ZipManager vs Date Formatter
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ZipManager
Easily manage and extract compressed files from various sources like email and web browsers. Supports password-protected archives, multiple folder levels, and a wide range of document and media formats.
- Create and manage folders
- Zip and unzip files
- Password protected zip support
- File search functionality
- Open-in feature for external apps
- View multiple file formats
- Print and sort files
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Open zip files from mail, safari or other apps and unzip it! Features: 1. Multi-level folder supported, you can create folders & subfolders in “Zip Manager”, conveniently manage your files. 2. Supports zip, unzip, rename, copy, cut, paste, delete, mail features 3. Supports password protected zip file. 4. Search feature supported for finding out the files you want. 5. Supports open-in feature: you can open the supported data from Mail, Safari or some other Apps that supported open-in feature; Also allows other Apps to open local files (Just tap and hold the file’s image, then the open-in menu will appear). 6. Supports viewing a large number of file formats (docx, xlsx, pdf, pptx, mp3, mp4 etc.). 7. Supports print feature. 8. Supports file sorting feature.
Date Formatter
This utility helps developers easily test and understand date and time format strings. It allows for setting custom dates, time zones, and supports over 689 locales for localized formatting.
- Test any date/time
- Set different time zones
- Support for 689+ locales
- Quick guide with examples
- Detailed reference for format symbols
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Have you ever felt a headache when dealing with date/time format string? When things come to a localized date/time format, it's even more difficult. Date Formatter is a handy tool for the developer who is dealing with date/time format string. It makes your life with date format easier! With this tool, you can test any format string with any date/time and see the result simultaneously. Never tweak format strings in code and run the program again and again. Features: - Set any date/time - Set different time zones - Support more than 689 locales (you can test date strings in any country your iOS device support) - Quick guide with examples - Detailed reference with the symbol, number of symbols, examples and descriptions Now, speed up with your work with date time string and localization!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Date Formatter at Free against ZipManager's $0.99. Date Formatter also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.0). ZipManager's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 29 months) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 11.0). On ratings volume, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Date Formatter is free to download; ZipManager costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Date Formatter holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively.
ZipManager ships an update every 2 months, Date Formatter every 29 months. The most recent releases landed on October 5, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ZipManager | Date Formatter |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 3.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 83.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 29 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 11.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 13 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 冠兰 姜 | Honghao Zhang |
Customer experience
ZipManager
Date Formatter
In-app purchases
ZipManager
No in-app purchases
Date Formatter
No in-app purchases
