RAR Extractor vs Keka
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
RAR Extractor
Easily extract a wide variety of compressed archive files, including RAR, ZIP, and 7z formats. This utility provides a fast and safe way to open and manage your compressed documents and media.
- Extracts RAR, ZIP, Tar, 7z, and more
- Fast and safe extraction
- Supports dozens of compressed formats
- No ads
- Left scrolling to share folders
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RAR Extractor - Unarchiver is a very easy-to-use app which aims at decompress Rar,Zip,Tar,7-zip,Gzip,Bzip2,XZ,Tar.gz,bz2,iso,pkg,swf,exe,jar,xip,dms... and dozens of other compressed files, you can use it to extract archive files conveniently, fast and safely. ● No ads. ● Added left scrolling to share folder. ● the name is also RAR Extractor Lite on the MacOS platform, more powerful and easier to use. ● If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us at tzq17888@163.com.
Keka
This app allows you to compress and encrypt files for secure storage and sharing. It also supports browsing and extracting a wide variety of compressed file formats, including encrypted and encoded archives.
- Compress files in multiple formats
- Encrypt files for secure sharing
- Extract various archive formats
- Support for 7Z, ZIP, RAR, TAR, and more
- Handle encrypted and encoded archives
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Keka is a full featured file archiver, as easy as it can be. With Keka you can compress as many files as you want in a bunch of formats. You can also encrypt them to store and share securely and with privacy. Keka can also browse and extract lots of compressed files, from ZIP and 7Z to RAR archives. Whether they are encrypted or encoded in with old charsets this is not a problem for Keka. Compression formats supported: 7Z, ZIP, TAR, ZSTD, GZIP, BZIP2 and AppleArchive (AAR) Extraction formats supported: 7Z, ZIP, RAR, TAR, GZIP, BZIP2, AAR, XZ, ZSTD, ISO, LZMA, EXE, CAB, MSI, PAX, JAR, APK, APPX, XPI, IPA, CPGZ, CPIO, XIP, CPT and many more Terms of Use: https://www.keka.io/termsofuse
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: RAR Extractor at Free against Keka's $3.99. RAR Extractor also leads on ratings volume (545 vs 164) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 18.5). Keka's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and rating (4.8 vs 4.6). On review sentiment, update cadence, ads 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
RAR Extractor is free to download; Keka costs $3.99 up front. RAR Extractor sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Keka asks for nothing beyond the download.
Keka holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 545 and 164 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 87% of RAR Extractor's written reviews are positive against 82% of Keka's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | RAR Extractor | Keka |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $3.99 |
| Rating | 4.6 (545 ratings) | 4.8 (164 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 86.8% of reviews — better | 82.4% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 545 — better | 164 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Paid |
| Best chart rank | — | #51 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better | iPhone, iPad, Vision Pro |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 18.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 7 MB | 42 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 青青 余 | Jorge Garcia Armero |
Customer experience
RAR Extractor
Keka
User reviews
RAR Extractor
From 545 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Easy to use
- 🚀 Fast and efficient
- 💯 Works as expected
- 🔥 Reliable and consistent
- 🤩 Smooth and seamless
Room to improve
- 🐛 Occasional crashes or errors
- 💰 Requests paid version for certain features
- 🤔 Compatibility issues with some file types
- 📂 Difficulty managing multiple archives in the same folder
Keka
From 164 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Intuitive and simple UI
- 🚀 Fast and powerful archiving
- 💰 Affordable one-time purchase
- 🚫 No ads or subscriptions
- 🍏 Seamless integration with Apple ecosystem
Room to improve
- 🐛 Fails when resuming background tasks
- 🐛 Compression sometimes fails
- 🐛 Inconsistent decryption with some formats
- 🐛 Inability to name archives before compression
- 🐛 Cannot compress multiple folders at once
Bugs and requests
RAR Extractor
Reported bugs
3 issues- Unable to extract certain RAR files
- Fails to open password-protected archives
- Extracts files to incorrect locations
Requested features
4 requests- Preview file contents before extraction
- Batch extraction or processing capabilities
- Option to specify extraction output directory
- Support for more archive formats (e.g., 7z, ISO)
Keka
Reported bugs
13 issues- Occasional decryption failures
- Compression fails when using the share button
- Background tasks fail when resuming
- Permission to access files reappears after being revoked
- Cannot decompress .part files
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- Cannot decompress .tar.gz files
- Cannot decompress LZ4 files
- Windows compatibility issues with character encoding
- Removal of .7z AES256 encryption support
- Inability to decompress external split archives
- Extraction failed errors reported by some users
- Compression fails for large numbers of files
- Permission bug: permission reappears after revoking
Requested features
14 requests- Add support for .tar.gz decompression
- Add support for .part files
- Add option to name archives before compression
- Add ability to compress multiple folders at once
- Add ability to add files to existing compressed files
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- Add option to delete compressed file after compression
- Add option to view documents without creating a copy
- Add password confirmation fields
- Add testing of archives for integrity
- Add support for LZ4 file decompression
- Add support for splitting archives on iOS (like macOS)
- Add Chinese language support
- Improve German translation quality
- Clarify location of 'keka folder'
In-app purchases
RAR Extractor
- Extractor Pro$2.99
Keka
No in-app purchases
