DiffTool the File Compare Tool
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About DiffTool the File Compare Tool
Use this diff utility to compare text, binary files (HexDiff), complete folders and SD-cards.
It can compare documents too (the unformated text of them).
+ And you can also store information about all the files located on your directories, to detect changed files later.
The functions of DiffTool in detail:
1. Compare 2 Texts:
- supports:
text files,
clipboard text,
source code,
text of documents (Microsoft Office and Open Office),
compiled Android XML (diff Manifest file)
- supported file formats:
ASCII, ANSI, ISO-8859-1, Latin1, CP1252,
UNICODE (UTF-8/16/32 little and big endian),
DOCX, XLSX, PPTX,
ODT, ODS, ODP,
DOC, XLS, PPT, RTF(latin1 only)
- ignores differences on whitespace
- ignores end-of-line format differences (Unix,Windows,Mac)
- search for text or line numbers
2. Compare 2 Binary Files (HexDiff):
- files can have any format
- HEX and ASCII display
- checks differences on whitespace and end-of-line
- search for HEX, ASCII text or the address
- when having tons of bytes which differ, showing all details can take a while
3. Compare 2 Folders:
- checks if files are 100% BIT EXACT
(to compare by HASH run 4.)
- include or exclude subfolders
- compare the content of ZIP, JAR, EPUB and APK
- search for file names
- use double-click to compare/merge files or to merge/synchronize folders
4. Store Folders State:
- Stores the state containing the info of files located on your directories. By viewing this state later (see 5.) all files changed, since the state has been stored, are displayed.
- This feature can also be used to compare two SD-Cards. Store the state of card 1, after it, replace card 1 by card 2, view the stored state (see 5.) and all the files which differ will be shown.
5. View Stored Diff File:
- loads stored diff's, also of other Diff/Patch tools
- loads a folder state file and checks changes
6. View the Text of a File:
- views any text file, the text of supported documents and clipboard's text
- views AndroidManifest.XML of any APK
7. View a Binary File:
- Hex Viewer
8. FGrep:
- search for text in files and documents (find in files)
On the Result Screens:
- colors:
red = old content A
green = new content B
red/green = changed content
yellow = inline changes
black = identical content, A=B
- pinch-to-zoom
- export results as text
- works on big and small displays! (uses an integrated view instead of 2 panels)
- you can search for text, file names and line numbers
- click long on a file to open it
DiffTool is also an ideal source code viewer for all developers to check their changes on C, C++, HTML, PHP, C4droid *, Python ® **, AIDE ***, Java ® **** and any other source code.
Useful AddOns:
- Fonts for DiffTool (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.difftool.fonts)
- DiffDroid (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.difftool.diffdroid)
This temporary version of DiffTool is currently free of charge and free of advertising!
= NO WARRANTY =
THE PROGRAM IS DISTRIBUTED WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY. IT IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. THE ENTIRE RISK AS TO THE QUALITY, YOUR DEVICE, YOUR DATA AND PERFORMANCE OF THE PROGRAM IS WITH YOU.
* C4Droid is a product of n0n3m4.
** Python ® is a registered trademark of the Python Software Foundation (PSF).
*** AIDE is a product of the appfour GmbH
**** Java ® is a registered trademark of Sun Microsystems, Inc.
It can compare documents too (the unformated text of them).
+ And you can also store information about all the files located on your directories, to detect changed files later.
The functions of DiffTool in detail:
1. Compare 2 Texts:
- supports:
text files,
clipboard text,
source code,
text of documents (Microsoft Office and Open Office),
compiled Android XML (diff Manifest file)
- supported file formats:
ASCII, ANSI, ISO-8859-1, Latin1, CP1252,
UNICODE (UTF-8/16/32 little and big endian),
DOCX, XLSX, PPTX,
ODT, ODS, ODP,
DOC, XLS, PPT, RTF(latin1 only)
- ignores differences on whitespace
- ignores end-of-line format differences (Unix,Windows,Mac)
- search for text or line numbers
2. Compare 2 Binary Files (HexDiff):
- files can have any format
- HEX and ASCII display
- checks differences on whitespace and end-of-line
- search for HEX, ASCII text or the address
- when having tons of bytes which differ, showing all details can take a while
3. Compare 2 Folders:
- checks if files are 100% BIT EXACT
(to compare by HASH run 4.)
- include or exclude subfolders
- compare the content of ZIP, JAR, EPUB and APK
- search for file names
- use double-click to compare/merge files or to merge/synchronize folders
4. Store Folders State:
- Stores the state containing the info of files located on your directories. By viewing this state later (see 5.) all files changed, since the state has been stored, are displayed.
- This feature can also be used to compare two SD-Cards. Store the state of card 1, after it, replace card 1 by card 2, view the stored state (see 5.) and all the files which differ will be shown.
5. View Stored Diff File:
- loads stored diff's, also of other Diff/Patch tools
- loads a folder state file and checks changes
6. View the Text of a File:
- views any text file, the text of supported documents and clipboard's text
- views AndroidManifest.XML of any APK
7. View a Binary File:
- Hex Viewer
8. FGrep:
- search for text in files and documents (find in files)
On the Result Screens:
- colors:
red = old content A
green = new content B
red/green = changed content
yellow = inline changes
black = identical content, A=B
- pinch-to-zoom
- export results as text
- works on big and small displays! (uses an integrated view instead of 2 panels)
- you can search for text, file names and line numbers
- click long on a file to open it
DiffTool is also an ideal source code viewer for all developers to check their changes on C, C++, HTML, PHP, C4droid *, Python ® **, AIDE ***, Java ® **** and any other source code.
Useful AddOns:
- Fonts for DiffTool (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.difftool.fonts)
- DiffDroid (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.difftool.diffdroid)
This temporary version of DiffTool is currently free of charge and free of advertising!
= NO WARRANTY =
THE PROGRAM IS DISTRIBUTED WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY. IT IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. THE ENTIRE RISK AS TO THE QUALITY, YOUR DEVICE, YOUR DATA AND PERFORMANCE OF THE PROGRAM IS WITH YOU.
* C4Droid is a product of n0n3m4.
** Python ® is a registered trademark of the Python Software Foundation (PSF).
*** AIDE is a product of the appfour GmbH
**** Java ® is a registered trademark of Sun Microsystems, Inc.
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App History & Updates
What's Changed
1.94: improved zip folder handling like: APK, JAR, ...
1.93: bugfix cut on none ASC-II characters
1.92: minor improvements
1.91: compare clipboard text (on DiffTool's file browser press: [*] select root / use clipboard content)
1.90: bugfix for XLSX files with more than 26 columns, reduced APK size
1.89: minor bugfix
1.88: includes FGrep, no need anymore to install FGrep separately
1.87: include or exclude subfolders
1.94: improved zip folder handling like: APK, JAR, ...
1.93: bugfix cut on none ASC-II characters
1.92: minor improvements
1.91: compare clipboard text (on DiffTool's file browser press: [*] select root / use clipboard content)
1.90: bugfix for XLSX files with more than 26 columns, reduced APK size
1.89: minor bugfix
1.88: includes FGrep, no need anymore to install FGrep separately
1.87: include or exclude subfolders
Version update DiffTool the File Compare Tool was updated to version 1.94
More downloads DiffTool the File Compare Tool reached 10 000 - 50 000 downloads
More downloads DiffTool the File Compare Tool reached 5 000 - 10 000 downloads
Version update DiffTool the File Compare Tool was updated to version 1.87
What are users saying about DiffTool the File Compare Tool
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The user interface looks like it was made in paint, and scrolling through any menus or large files is very hard to do
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It's a great app... But needs a feature of copying...
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Nice tool, poor GUI
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First of all, let me stress that this app works as described! I'd love to give it a 5 but the interface is just terrible, and no options to speak of (e.g. treat apk files as files, not folders!)
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UI could be better, but it does the job and is *free*! Thanks to the dev!
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This app is like me. It might not be the prettiest thing you have ever seen, but it does the job, and does it well. I will take hot function over hot looks ANY day! Dev: thank you SO MUCH for this cool tool.
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Not very useable. Can't copy paste. Navigating a long list of files is hard, for my use. EDIT: Thanks for the reply, and for making your work available. I'm sure it will useful for someone, but doesn't suit my needs.
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Brilliant
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Needed to compare two text files. Found this and downloaded. Within seconds had compared and confirmed the one expected difference ... and highlighted really nicely (before/after). Brilliant!
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While I could figure out how to use the app intuitively, I could not understand the output. I'm trying to compare two directories with a couple of hundred files in them. A side by side list would be ideal. This was just too tough to figure out.
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Is there any option to save the differences between 2 text files ? Edit: looks like it combines the 2 files in 1, I just want to extract/save the difference .. thank you
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Nice app. Light weight. Is it possible to select the diff between the files?
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The UI makes the app feel really old, but I'm honestly not sure how I'd change it. It's really intuitive and easy to use, though, which is what really matters.
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I'm a longtime TextPad user and wanted to find the search in files capability for my Android tablet. DiffTool with Fgrep seems to fit the need. Play Store says the app is designed for phones. I hope it's not restricted against Android tablets.
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Works well, except I wanted the option to retain the original file dates when copying to a backup; now, all copied files are dated to the time of copy.
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Great app to compare and debug! Closest thing to Meld.
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A tried comparing hand written file and a notepad txt document... It showed errors in the whole work.... As I think ur app just can compare the to same type text document
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This works very well the only one on the market that actually works
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First, I really appreciate your effort, this is what I'm looking for, and really there are no apps like this. It could do a bit of re-designing though :-) Maybe a touch of Material Design. Other than that, I'd really like to able to access ftp servers, so I could compare local files with remote ones. With a nicer design and remote access, I'd even pay for it. :-)
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Nice application. Need some more improvement in the functionality. While we select the option to remove the identical files, it only removes them from view alone. Physically the duplicate files still continue to exist on the device.
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The best diff app, great support
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good
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A must have and an only if it's kind App. Nice work, Keep it up
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While the results were confusing for me, not nicely listed in a pretty gui(dual columns), the popup menu that happened after the results was good enough to action a workable solution, so it gets a thumbs up. In any event, there is hardly anything like this in the play store, so your choices are really limited. This one is free while "file compare" costs if you want to compare folders.
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This works very well the only one on the market that actually works
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good enough
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Help
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I was way confused how to comapre my contact backups (which are automaticaly generated by sms contact backup software i hv in my phone) and get a unique no i deleted several months ago and did not remember the name too. This app compared on the fly and give the changes in colours and arrows helpd to jump between changes it had and did not hang at all . Beter then file compare software . way stable.. but interface is old school but gets the job done fantastically. Thanku got the girl that i deletd in anger.
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I got a black screen
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In my PC I like to use "Beyond Compare", in Android: "Diff Tool", the Best Comparison Tool for android! Thanks for the amazing App!!!
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Crashes on start! Waste of band.
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1- navigation is slippery and Buttons appear to have no activity 2- UI is ugly Update: "Buttons appear to have no activity" means they do not change their appearance whether being pressed or not. So the user may not be sure if he has pressed a button or not.
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On startup it immediately goes to a black screen and just sits there even after waiting >10 minutes. Closed and restarted the app—same result. This is on a Samsung Galaxy Tab S 10.5 running Android 5.0.2. Update: The dev is very responsive so chances are good for a fix soon. Adding another star. Update: The dev was very responsive, but couldn't determine why this app and a test module he sent go to black screen on my device. Are any of the other Tab S users running the English version of Android?
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A great App! It has a *lot* of potential!
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The user interface is a bit non-standard, but the app's functionality is outstanding!
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Hopeless. A non-starter.
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Superr :)
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I am a big fan of diff/compare software. I use it everyday for work and research. This type of software is crucial to android programming and most other things. The problem is that most people don't know software and apps like this exist. I have been using BC for years and had always hoped that someone would come out with a great diff app for Android that was worthy. Thank you soooooo much. ---h311s|dr0id---
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It does work but is so awkward to use its not really worth it unless really needed. Doing this using tools on a computer is far faster and less frustrating. UI is not good, scrolling is bad. Horizontal scroll is really bad. Not what I would call user friendly.
by R####:
needs overhaul ... offers delete options when results appear but app doesn't acquire 'external' sd card permissions when files not inernal. results scroll poor. folder path on selection screens spolit by "..." when path is too long.