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DiffTool the File Compare Tool

2.08
Ludwig Gruber
3.42
432 reviews
10,000+
Downloads
Free

DiffTool compares texts, binary files and complete folders (directories)

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About DiffTool the File Compare Tool

DiffTool the File Compare Tool was a tools app developed by Ludwig Gruber. It was removed from Google Play Feb 20, 2024 and is no longer available for download.

Download Statistics

DiffTool the File Compare Tool had been downloaded 34 thousand times before it became unavailable.

User Ratings

DiffTool the File Compare Tool was rated 3.42 out of 5 stars, based on 430 ratings.

App Information

DiffTool the File Compare Tool was free to download. The APK download size was 4.51 MB. The last available version was 2.08. The last update was on April 24, 2021.

Technical Requirements

DiffTool the File Compare Tool required Android 2.2+ or higher. The app had a content rating of Everyone. The app had been available on Google Play August 2014.

Description
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
- press long on a file to open it
- pressing long on the left side, opens a scrollbar having diff info too

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 can be used to display Cyrillic, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and other Unicode characters: (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.difftool.fonts)
- DiffDroid can be used to start DiffTool from your file explorer: (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.

Recent changes:
2.08: bugfix
2.07: allows super user access on rooted devices
2.06: bugfix
2.05: added root access
2.04: bugfix
2.03: long press on the left side opens scrollbar, bugfix on text search
2.02: find in files (fgrep) can be used within ZIP, APK or JAR archives
2.01: fixes the crash on startup (in the pasta unfortunately only a few devices did run into always)
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More data about DiffTool the File Compare Tool

Price Free to download
Total downloads 34 thousand
Rating 3.42 based on 430 ratings
Version 2.08
APK size 4.51 MB
Number of libraries 2
Designed for Android 2.2+
Suitable for Everyone
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DiffTool the File Compare Tool has been downloaded 34 thousand times.

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Comments on DiffTool the File Compare Tool for Android

★★★★★ Dear Ludwig, would it please be possible to let us know how to fix this nice app? I've really enjoyed using it in the past & would like to use it again. After giving permission and launching it, it shows this message: "Error: Diff Tool does not have rights to access files or folders. To run Diff Tool, please open the Android settings of your device and enable storage access permission for this App! Ok".
★★★★★ "Compare two files" didn't work for APKs. But "compare two folders" ok, navigate to first file, select/open it, press OK, exit the file, navigate to second file, select/open, OK, then it shows the result, in my case they had the same content. Total Commander: select/mark first file, select/mark second file (prevent cumbersome navigation, I made 2 copies in a directory), touch and hold one of the files, a popup arises with many options, one of them "compare two files". That works too ;-)
★★★★★ UI isn't pretty and a little unintuitive at first, but if you don't want to spend hours comparing and copying the contents of two folders and their subfolders, then this tool is a godsend!
★★☆☆☆ It does not see the text files. Only shows JPG files to compare. There is no option to select permission for text files. Only audio, movie and image file permissions can be selected.
★★☆☆☆ It's 5-star app.....but please update it to android 11 scoof storage so that it can access all files in android 11 and uper versions.... please
★★☆☆☆ I've used this app before on a different device, but my current device is not able to run it, first thing the apps asks is for storage access then it says cannot access files and folders. Please fix asap

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