• Compare Advance

    Compare any 2 folders easily

    Compare Advance makes comparing any two folders an easy job. The stylish interface highlights what's different between the two folders and a powerful synchronisation dialog makes reconciling those differences easy too.
    Can be used to synchronise files and folders between 2 computers and to give you fine control over making a backup copy of your important data.

    • Latest version: 1.5.0
      Release date: 1 Nov 2016

      Freeware

Compare

Gnome-Preferences-System-Windows-64any two folders from the local hard drive, removable media (CD, DVD’s) or over the network, and easily see the differences between them. Unique views, folder coloring, summary node and highlighting features make picking up all the differences quick and easy. Then copy or delete files as necessary to resolve the differences.

Synchronize

Gnome-View-Refresh-64files between your desktop and laptop computers. First compare the desired folders from each computer and then resolve the differences with the advanced synchronization dialog, which makes it easy to see what each action will involve.

Backup

Gnome-Document-Save-64your important files and folders to the destination of your choice, uncompressed or as a zip archive file. A detailed log report records which files have been copied, from where to where, and notifies you if any errors have occured.

Advance

Gnome-View-Sort-Ascending-64Compare Advance introduces a new feature called “Archive Folder Filtering”, which in some cases can save you many megabytes of space. So you don’t need to backup folders which are simply extracted archive files.

Testimonials

Compare Advance has turned out to be a great application, money well spent!

Jason Hewitt

I have been using compare Advance for quite some time now and I am very happy with it.

D J Gilder

Unique Features

Exclude “Archive Folders” and save lots of space when you have a folder that contains zip files and their corresponding unzipped folders.

Unique “summary node” contains a summary of the difference between modified files, and highlights them with user defined colors.

Side-by-side folder selection dialog makes it easy to see what folders are available even before you start a comparison. Ability to exclude specific sub-folders straight from the selection dialog.

Advanced synchronize, backup and mirror dialog makes it easy to see which, and how many files will be involved in each of the above operations.

Feature Details

  • Unique “Archive Folder” technology allows you to exclude from a synchronization or backup, folders that are simply unzipped archive files, in some cases saving you many megabytes of disk space. You can even include any differences that may exist between the folder and zip file.
  • Ability to include or exclude specific sub-folders when selecting a main folder.
  • A Folder Statistics pane which gives you summary information about the similarities and differences between the two folders, and also updates itself after every copy or delete operation.
  • Flexible file and folder display views to suit your taste or needs, including list, tree and explorer views. Ability to sort file lists according to column headers.
  • Folder icon coloring, gives useful information about the compare status of each folder.
  • The differences between files that are “mismatched” (i.e. common to both folders but having different sizes, timestamps or binary data) are summarized and highlighted in a unique way, that makes it very easy to see what the differences are.

  • The ability to use checkboxes for selecting which files to use in an operation and the ability to hide or filter specific files or folders gives you fine control and ease of use for common file copy and delete tasks.
  • Side-by-side folder selection dialog makes it easy to see what folders are available even before you start a comparison.
  • Advanced synchronize, backup and mirror dialog makes it easy to see which, and how many files will be involved in each of the above operations.
  • Ability to seamlessly compare normal disk folders, zip files or folderprints (folder snapshots).
  • Ability to seamlessly synchronize and backup between normal disk folders and zip files.
  • Ability to save reports of basic folder contents or comparison results in text or HTML formats. Also save a folder snapshot to be used in future comparisons.
  • Detailed log information and error notification after every copy or delete operation.
  • Detailed help manual that not only gives detailed information about each part of the program, but also explains the basic concepts of how the program works.