StuffIt Expander vs Easy zip
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
StuffIt Expander
Easily open and manage compressed files from various cloud storage services like iCloud, Box, Google Drive, Dropbox, and OneDrive. View, share, or move expanded content to your preferred cloud provider. It also supports opening archives directly from the Files app.
- Open StuffIt and Zip archives
- Integrates with iCloud, Box, Google Drive, Dropbox, OneDrive
- View expanded contents
- Email and share files
- Move expanded content to cloud providers
- Open archives from Files App
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Open StuffIt and Zip archives from iCloud or other Cloud Providers such as Box, Google Drive, Dropbox and OneDrive. View, email, share or move the expanded contents to your favorite cloud provider. You can also open a StuffIt archive from within the Files App.
Easy zip
This app allows you to easily compress and decompress various file types, including zip and rar. It features an in-app browser for downloading and opening files, supports playback of media files, and integrates with cloud storage services.
- Compress and decompress zip files
- Uncompress rar files
- In-app browser for downloads
- View and play media files
- Cloud storage integration
- QR code scanner
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Zip file compression / decompression application for Japanese Launch in-application browser and send zip file attached to download / mail of zip to the application and easy to decompress. Extracted image file / movie file / document can be viewed in the application - Main functions - - Decompress and compress zip - Uncompress rar - Download corresponding files such as zip / rar with in-app browser - Open QR by reading QR code with in-app browser - doc xls Viewing document files such as pdf - Movie ・ Music file playback ・ Background playback - Browse jpeg / png / gif - Compression of camera roll files - File linkage with Dropbox - File linkage with iCloud - File linkage with other applications - Easy uploader function - Launch in-app browser using URL scheme - URL scheme easyzip:// - Main correspondence file format in in-app viewing is as follows - - File format that can be decompressed zip / rar / 7z - Compressible file format zip - Movie files mp4 / mov/ m4v / 3gp / wmv / avi /webm / mkv / mpeg / flv / ogv / ts - Audio file mp3 / aac / m4a / wav / aiff / aif / wma / spx / opus / flac - Image file gif / jpg / png / heic / tif / bmp - Other files xls / xlsx / doc / docx / pdf / rtf / txt / csv / url
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Easy zip at 84% against StuffIt Expander's 20%. Easy zip also leads on rating (4.7 vs 3.1) and ratings volume (191 vs 7). StuffIt Expander's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). On price, update cadence, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Easy zip holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Easy zip has 191 ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 20% of StuffIt Expander's written reviews are positive against 84% of Easy zip's.
StuffIt Expander ships an update every 9 days, Easy zip weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | StuffIt Expander | Easy zip |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.1 (7 ratings) | 4.7 (191 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 20.0% of reviews | 83.8% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 7 | 191 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 16.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 13 MB | 93 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Smith Micro Software, Inc. | WEBDIA INC. |
Customer experience
StuffIt Expander
Easy zip
In-app purchases
StuffIt Expander
No in-app purchases
Easy zip
No in-app purchases
