DiffTool the File Compare Tool is an app by Ludwig Gruber in the Tools category. It includes native code for ARM (legacy), ARM 32-bit and ARM 64-bit, so it runs on practically every phone.
It asks for 2 permissions, 1 of them sensitive: modify shared storage.
What's new in v2.08
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)
Description
From the listing uploaded by “appupdater”.
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.
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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.
- loads stored diff's, also of other Diff/Patch tools
- loads a folder state file and checks changes
- views any text file, the text of supported documents and clipboard's text
- views AndroidManifest.XML of any APK
- Hex Viewer
- search for text in files and documents (find in files)
- 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:
- DiffDroid can be used to start DiffTool from your file explorer:
This temporary version of DiffTool is currently free of charge and free of advertising!
* 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.
Security & authenticity
Security rating: Trusted
Signing certificate
Certificate issued to “LG”Not the developer's name (“Ludwig Gruber”). Names in certificates can't be verified, so this alone proves nothing.
Uploaded by “appupdater”Gold tier · 117,810 followers · uploading since 2020
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Permissions (2)
DiffTool the File Compare Tool requests 2 permissions, 1 of them sensitive.
DiffTool the File Compare Tool APK: questions and answers
Can I install this APK over the version I already have?
Only if it is signed with the same certificate as the copy on your phone and isn't an older version. If Android says “App not installed”, the certificates differ; uninstalling your copy first works but deletes its data unless it is backed up.
Is the DiffTool the File Compare Tool APK safe?
No one can promise that a file is safe, but some things can be checked. The source store rates this file Trusted. After downloading, check that the file's MD5 is 965ff7296194a8c1043e91b7f016e4fe.
