Better Open With Makes Your Complete Action Dialog Smarter
About Better Open With
Better Open With is a productivity app developed by Giorgi Dalakishvili.
Download Statistics
Better Open With has been downloaded 450 thousand times. In the last 30 days, the app was downloaded 540 times.
User Ratings
Better Open With is rated 4.06 out of 5 stars. The rating is based on 4.8 thousand ratings.
App Information
Better Open With is FREE to download. The APK download size is 383.33 kB. The latest version available is 1.4.16. The last update was on May 15, 2023.
Technical Requirements
Better Open With requires Android 4.0.3+ or higher. The app has a content rating of Everyone. The app has been available on Google Play July 2014.
Description
With so many cool Android apps, Better Open With saves you the hassle of having to choose only one default app handler when you click a filetype, and without having to choose between "only once" and "always"!
Created to mimic Android's default "Complete action using" dialog, Better Open With shows you a visually similar popup screen when you choose to open a link, an image, a PDF or any other filetype - listing all possible app handlers as you normally see.
What's different is that you only see the popup dialogue for a few seconds (5 seconds by default, but customizable), allowing you to choose an app handler if you want, after which it will automagically open it with your preferred app!
Unlike other similar apps, you just wait for your preferred app handler to launch (no clicks necessary), or choose a different app in the meantime. Just set Better Open With as your default handler for the filetypes you want, and let it work for you!
Personalize how you want to view the Better Open With popup screen!
• Choose between grid and list view
• Set text size, show only icon (no text) and other options
• Light and Dark themes available
• more options to follow!
Better Open With is handy if:
• you switch between browsers, but usually have one preferred app;
• you prefer using one app to view your PDFs, photos and other files, but sometimes use another app to edit them;
• you usually want video links to open with a player, but sometimes you want to open them with an app that lets you download the file, and maybe yet another that will Chromecast it;
Better Open With is completely free, and no ads! No permissions requested!
It started off as a little side project, inspired by a reddit post by reddit's oroboros74 at http://www.reddit.com/comments/24okaq/what_apps_would_you_like_to_have_that_dont_exist/ch96jid. Since we think others might enjoy it, we're making it available to everyone!
Future releases will include:
• support for more filetypes!
• sort apps in list (alphabetical-default, manual, chronological)
• create "sessions", allowing to choose a different, temporary preferred app (for next X clicks, next X minutes)
• translations (translators wanted!)
• suggestions from you, the user!
Email the developer at android@aboutmycode.com if you have any question, suggestion or want to contribute.
Suggest new features or vote for existing suggestions at https://betteropenwith.uservoice.com/
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Wow thanks this worked perfectly for me. If this doesn't work for your go to settings, apps, default apps, open link with, and choose this (or default browser in some phones)
★★★★★László Balogh· Sep 7, 2025
First app to install on my phone since a stupid android update blocks choice of apps to open links
★★★★★Paul Wyer· Jun 7, 2026
Fantastic solution, and thank you for making it! The only way this could be better would be if it handled other open by default link types that can't be disabled in Android.
★★☆☆☆Todd Barney· Jun 21, 2024
Ok for choosing a browser but rarely presents an actual app choice. Once in a while it'll throw Ticketmaster on the list for who knows why, but the vast majority of the time it's a choice between 2 browsers. I never see Twitter, Reddit, Google photos, etc
★☆☆☆☆Manish Bakhada· Feb 26, 2024
Sky high Antivirus say this app is Behave Like. Suspicious.dc&Max secure Antivirus with virus total says this app is Trojan. Trojan. Dropper. AndroidOS.hqwar.bb Trojan.& Antivirus & Security App say this app is virus:APK:RepMalware(Trojan)
★☆☆☆☆Darren Lee· Mar 12, 2026
No default browser set, no pop up with browser choice... opens all links in Firefox. Been working faultless. Reinstall doesn't resolve the issue.
★☆☆☆☆Charlie· Sep 22, 2024
As far as I can tell, the reddit feature straight up just does not work, and that's the only reason I installed this app for in the first place. I tried every option I could think of including disabling and uninstalling the official reddit app, but links only ever open in the official app or in Chrome as the mobile site. Useless.
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