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 510 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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Does what it says on the label, and has a decent amount of well-thought-out options. Use it on all my phones for a number of years now. Only issue ever encountered is trying to sign in to Samsung Smart Things from their app requires setting a browser as default in Android, instead of Better Open With because some argument isn't properly passed along, so Samsung's sign in page will display an "Unsupported browser error". A feature request: Ability to rearrange app grid so fave is in thumb reach
★★★★★Robert E· Oct 9, 2025
Best app ever! You can actually choose different apps, browsers, editors for pictures, links, docs ツ
★☆☆☆☆BML 20XX· May 31, 2024
Only reason I installed this was to open twitter links from Discord in Twitter app and not some useless "default browser". Twitter app does not appear as an option to open those links, only the same options for "web browsers" that my phone gives me without the need for an additional link sorting app in between.
★☆☆☆☆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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Technologies used by Better Open With
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