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Software Reviews by yassertariq

The reviews and opinions below are posted by SnapFiles visitors. They do not necessarily reflect our opinion, and they are solely based upon the experience of individual users.

PureSync

Has some qualms but still it's good

The main drawback is that it only supports 15 jobs and lacks compression/encryption. Price: Free

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BullZip PDF Printer

In a league of its own

After all these years, it still is the best PDF printer available as a freeware with the most user-friendly interface. Price: Free

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The interface is what strikes the most; extremely easy and logical. Especially designed for the novice. The feature that impressed me the most was the ability to create 4-GB 'portable' self-decrypting 'containers'. Highly recommended, although the price is on the higher end when compared to the freely available VeraCrypt. Price: Free Trial ($39.95)

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Betternet

Unlimited free vpn!

The most salient point is that no registration, logging in or credit card is required. Just install, and connect. It does not save any logs, IPs, ports, user information or timestamps. And for ensuring privacy, OpenVPN with AES256 encryption and 128 bit AES-CBC for IPSec is employed. The main drawback is that after it connects, it opens the page of Twitter. Price: Free

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Photomatix Pro

The best hdr post-processing software

Although it is pricey, but it is a great investment. Unlike other tone mapping software it has tonnes of options and the added advantage is that it is nifty as compared to other bloated software. My only desire is that the developers change the GUI to charcoal colour. Highly recommended for photographers. Price: Free Trial ($99.00)

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Firewall App Blocker

Too basic

The small utility disappoints, because it does not address the inbound rules. Price: Free

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Photivo

Not intuitive.

Powerful yet not for novices, as it has a steep learning curve. Price: Free

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Calme

By far the best of the lot

This Java based programme is extremely easy to use, and the packed templates are very easy to customize. Choose the calendar template you seek, and then customize various aspects of it from the sidebar (margins, images used, font, colour etc.) Price: Free

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Comodo System Utilities

Rudimentary application

What it lacks: 1. An uninstaller 2. A registry defragmenter 3. Duplicate file finder 4. A hard drive 'doctor' It's good for an average user only. Price: Free

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Greenshot

Good but not great

It lacks a magnifier and a floating bar. Other than these two key features, it has all the features I could think of. Perfect for a USB flash. Price: Free

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EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard

Not that effective

It's recovery was just at par with that of the freeware Recuva. I wasn't impressed as it managed to recover 89 files from my Bin, while another shareware found 138 files, and completely recovered them. Price: Free

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GeoSetter

The best geocoder

It's the best geocoder. At first look it feels a bit overwhelming, but as you settle down you realise that it's loaded with rich functions that make other tagging tools simpleton. The author has done a great job! Price: Free

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YoWindow

The best screensaver

It's the only weather forecasting software that allows one to use one's own image as the background animation. I've recommended it to my mates. My favourite weather application! Price: Free Trial ($10.00)

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My Lockbox Free

Only one folder!

It encrypts only one folder, however that folder can have unlimited sub-folders ansor files. The encryption is 128-bit strong. Price: Free Trial ($19.95)

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MjM Photo Recovery

It saved the day

My friend accidentally formated the MicroSD card while fooling around with his Nokia mobile. He brought forth his predicament to me, as he considers me tech savvy (which I can assure you that I am not). The first software that I used to recover the photos was my all-time favourite, Recuva, and to my utter disappointment it failed to find even a single file, even with its deep-scan option enabled. Then read the review by 'dpqbdp' and used this REMARKABLE freeware, and presto: 268 JPG images recovered, and out of which only 16 images were corrupt. And now my friend has promised me a pack of Cohibas. Price: Free

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PNotes

Almost perfect

Finally a virtual sticky that bettered my all time favourite post-it notes software, Stickies (by Tom Revell), by being really low on resources when idle. Price: Free

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Window Ruler

Nfty tool for quick checking.

I use it more than often to see the actual sizes of the 'resized' images on the monitor. A nifty tool in every amateur photographer's arsenal. Price: Free

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AIMP

Almost on a par with Winamp

Those who are hooked on Winamp, would love this wonderful Russian audio-player too. It utilizes very low resources, yet houses some rich features that even an audiophile would appreciate. Give it a go. Price: Free

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RarmaRadio

The only radio player you'll ever need

I have been using it since it was a freeware. The only drawback I feel is that of the interface. A face-lift is needed, other than that, it is the best in the business. Price: Free Trial ($29.00)

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MediaMonkey

A very effective music manager

It's a very effective music manager. At first instance it seems a bit intimidating but once you get a hang of it, it's far better than .... Give it a try if you have a large collection of music files. Price: Free

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Dynamic Auto-Painter

Amazing piece of software

I made a couple of landscape photographs of my friends into pieces of digital art. They just couldn't believe their eyes. Give it a try, you'll be amazed. Price: Free Trial ($49.95)

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PhoXo

For novices

The program is meant for novices or as a stepping-stone to more advance editors. Price: Free

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Click.to

Nifty tool.

It actually saved a great deal of clicking that I do daily. Price: Free Trial ($9.80)

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KMPlayer

Top notch media player

Suffice to say, it's my default video files player. Price: Free

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Efficient Diary

Nemo Documents

Good file manager

The major con, even when it is idle it hogs a whopping 30 MB. Price: Free

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Privatefirewall

Free top-class security

It passed all the PC Flank tests. The training is a bit cumbersome, as it is with all the other firewalls. Coupled with my Eset NOD32, it's a great internet security tool. Price: Free

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Switch Off

Excellent freeware

Just download it. It does what it says. Price: Free

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Orbit Downloader

Not what it used to be

After using it as my default download manager for 3 years, I'm forced to say that it is not what it used to be. So find something else if you intend to download files greater than 400 MB. Price: Free

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Winamp Full

It's a hall of fame entrant

I have been hooked up on it since eons. The best audio-manager an audiophile can have. Price: Free

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VisualRoute

Excellent shareware

Though it's on the expensive side for such a utility, nevertheless, the mapping feature just provides hours of entertainment. The interface needs some face-lifting in order to be at par with the current software. If money can be spared then this software should be on the list of a power-user. Price: Free Trial ($49.95)

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FreeCommander XE

The best file-manager

The latest version now supports FTP Price: Free

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Xion Audio Player

Good but not great.

It's a very nice audio player for an average listener, but definitely falls short of catering to a serious listener. The skins are interesting, but not all components of the player get skinned. The plus point is that it uses very light resources. Price: Free

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NoteZilla

The best "sticky"

I've used numerous sticky utilities and somehow I am always unsatisfied, but this one's the ultimate sticky application. I can safely bet that you would not need any other. Price: Free Trial ($29.95)

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GIF Movie Gear

Great application.

It's the best GIF animation tool out there. give it a try and you would never use another GIF making tool. Price: Free Trial ($29.95)

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dBpowerAMP Music Converter

A classic software.

It's a must for all audiophiles. Recently I downloaded the R12.4 and tested it to the extreme. Conclusion: It's a classic software. Price: Free Trial ($39.00)

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TextAloud

Great application.

It is really fun to hear emails and websites, give it a shot, you shan`t regret it. Price: Free Trial ($29.95)

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SunTimes

Great piece of coding.

It displays the current, past and future days and nights moving across the map of the world. It is a great time-killing application. Price: Free

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ACDSee Pro

Extremely powerful photo-manager.

It is far better than Adobe's Lightroom, but if you don't have the latest and greatest PC then you'll have to live with somewhat sluggish performance. Nevertheless it is still my default image-viewer. Price: Free Trial ($199.99)

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Glary Utilities Free

Highly recommended.

A world-class utility with lots of features, and that too free! Price: Free

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XnView

Go get it!

It's image-viewer is almost fast as windows internal image-viewer. It has all the necessary features of a top-class image viewer. However, I would like to see a "black" skin in its future version. Price: Free

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Transporter P2P

Very nice freeware.

It's very easy to use. I tested it and liked it, it's a very basic communication-tool. Price: Free

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IZArc

It beats the rest by miles.

I have been using it since version 3.1 appeared on the scene. And ever since then, it's my default compression tool. At times it (version 3.81 build 1550) does fail to open password-protected RAR files. I hope this minor glitch is fixed in the next build. It's a must-have, so don't wait, download it now! Price: Free

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ZipGenius

Compression tools champion.

Although I'm a staunch supporter of IZArc, I'm still compelled to say that ZipGenius is a must-have for every power-user. You will not need any other compression suite. The Italians are the FIFA World Cup champions, F1 champions, UEFA Champions Leaugue champions and now the Compression Tools champions! Price: Free

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jetAudio Basic

Very impressive indeed.

I gave it a test, and it fulfilled all of my needs without any hassles. Over all it's a great media-player. And to be honest it's very difficult for me to decide which one is the better, WinAmp or JetAudio. JetAudio has all the plug-ins bundled in, whereas, WinAmp relies on 3rd-party plug-ins. Price: Free

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SWFText

Extremely easy.

Although it is very basic, yet it can create very nice text banners in SWF format. Moreover, it can also export the result as a GIF animation. Price: Free Trial ($39.95)

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SlickRun

Nifty application luncher.

It's the ultimate application launcher for a power user. A must have for every keyboard user! Price: Free

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Lock My PC

Excellent.

It locks the system without any leaks. Moreover, it can even lock the CD/DVD trays. Personally I like the feature of displaying a VIDEO while the system is locked. Although "1st Security Agent" has more features, this software is much more simpler. Give it a try. Price: Free Trial ($19.95)

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BlazeDVD Professional

Very good indeed.

The plus point of the player is that it is very light on the resources as compared to the giants like PowerDVD and WinDVD. I didn't experience any choppy results. Give it a try, it might become your default DVD playing software. Very efficient work by the Chinese coders. Price: Free Trial ($49.95)

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BitMeter 2

A superb bandwidth monitoring utility.

It has all the features that a bandwidth monitoring utility must have, including a "click through" feature that enables a user to click through the graph. The only drawback in my view is that it takes a lot of memory (from 17MB to 35MB on my PC). Price: Free

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