UltraCompare is intended to help you compare files and folders without much effort. Besides, this application lets you preview and merge their contents. Its easy-to-use interface is composed of a series of side-by-side panels and allows browsing through the differences detected. Moreover, it can also be used from the command line or through a secondary click within Windows File Manager.
This utility allows various ways to perform a comparison. Some of the operations it supports include line-by-line, smart binary and 3-way comparisons as well as synchronization and merging of contents. Fortunately, comparisons can be fitted to your specific needs by telling the program to ignore given differences and use special filters.
It is a good thing that the application can interpret Word, Excel and PDF files, some of the most widely used formats. This way, it makes it quite easy to detect any changes made to the original version. One of its best advantages the availability of a three-way compare/merge mode, which lets you compare two documents to a source. Moreover, the utility can detect duplicate files by comparing not only their metadata but their binary contents as well. I am also glad to say that this tool also allows comparing the contents of not only local folders but also network and FTP locations.
One thing I did not like about this application is that, although there are versions for most major languages, they must be download them separately and it is not possible to change the interface language after it has been installed.
In general, I was quite pleased with UltraCompare. The program is both easy-to-use and powerful. The product is shareware and can be tried at no cost. However, if comparing files and folders is for you just a casual operation, you might not be willing to spend almost 50 bucks on it. In such case, it is good to know that there are some free alternatives out there.
v8.50.1028 [Feb 14, 2013]
- Greatly improved performance of remote folder compare via server directory listing
- Comparing files via directory listing avoids download of entire remote directory contents
- Used for basic (size and timestamp only) compare mode
- Configurable in Options -> Configuration -> FTP
- Basic (size and timestamp only) compare support for Folder Sync
- Dramatically increases speed of folder sync for large folders/files
- Configurable in Options -> Configuration -> Compare -> Folder Sync -> Folder Sync Options
- New quick exit option for command line
- Add "-esc" flag to command line to quickly dismiss application by pressing ESC key
- Useful when quickly diffing files out of CVS or other version control system
- Optionally load file/folder before running comparison
- Quickly preview files/folders before they are scanned for differences
- Configurable in Options -> Configuration -> Application Layout
- Darker contrast of colors in difference map for easier navigation
- Shortcut added for switching between compare panes (Ctrl Alt S; configurable in key mapping)
- Difference summary added to output/result files
- Separate options added for "Show spaces/tabs" and "Show line endings"
- Ability to clear file and folder path histories from address bar drop downs
- Ability to specify default backup directory (Advanced -> Configuration -> Backup & Save)
- Ability to lock/disable Check for Updates and FTP functionality
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