Utility

RAR for Android

Rar for Android gives you the means by which to create rar files on your mobile device. Developed by Rar Labs, it’s certainly a welcome feature if you have ever needed to use a compression app on your mobile. Since it’s made by the same company that gave you WinRAR, it has all the functionality you could hope for.

Aquamacs

Aquamacs is a distribution of the well-known and powerful Emacs text editor. Developed by David Reitter, it looks just like a Mac app and runs like one. However, it retains the power of GNU Emacs. In short, it brings you the power of Emacs as well as the configurability but with an easier to use interface.

JumiOne

JumiOne by JumiTech is an iOS remote desktop app, and with it you can use your iPhone or iPad to control your Windows PC. This app has features that would normally require downloading of other apps, but JumiOne gives you control of your desktop’s camera, mouse and other applications.

Brackets

Brackets is a free open source web development tool designed for front end developers and professional web designers. While there are plenty of web editors around, Brackets differs because it combines all the essential tools in the editor as you’re coding. It also saves all the changes you make automatically without the need to reload, but there’s more.

Okular

Okular is a free cross platform document reader. Developed by the Okular Team, it is a universal reader that can run on multiple platforms including Windows, Mac, Linux and BSD among others. Unlike other so-called document readers that support only PDF and a few other formats, Okular has wide ranging format support.

File Brick

File Brick is a free file manager for Windows 8. Developed by Compal, this is not just your typical file manager though, as it has a host of other functions that make it a very useful tool for managing your social media files and other stuff. It’s actually more like a social network manager than anything else.

SpaceSniffer

SpaceSniffer is a free Windows application from Uderzo Software that makes it simple for you to assess your files and folders. There are many similar applications available for Windows, but this one is still worth a look because of its features. It’s powerful but surprisingly easy to use.

Cubic Explorer

Cubic Explorer is a free, open source file management program for Windows. Created by Cubic Reality Software, it offers a simple and intuitive way of managing your files. It has many advanced features but is easy enough for a casual computer user to use.