# Disk Decipher — user reviews > 216 indexed App Store user reviews of Disk Decipher by Richard Huveneers, rated 4.60/5 from 90 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/disk-decipher/id516538625/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/disk-decipher/id516538625.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 73 · 4★ 7 · 3★ 2 · 2★ 3 · 1★ 5 ## What do users think of Disk Decipher? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 🚀 Works great with VeraCrypt/TrueCrypt - 🔒 Secure access to encrypted data - 👍 Convenient mobile access to encrypted files - 🚀 Allows access to encrypted data across devices - 👍 Well-designed app with good features **Cons** - 🐛 Occasional crashes or issues with certain file types - 💰 Hidden costs for some file system support - 🔒 Lacks support for keyfiles with VeraCrypt - 👤 Poor customer support or communication from developer **Commonly reported bugs** - Issues with mounting/opening encrypted containers - Problems with file deletion or management within containers - Incompatibility with certain VeraCrypt/TrueCrypt features **Most requested features** - Add support for editing/modifying files within encrypted containers - Improve Dropbox/cloud integration and usability - Expand support for additional file systems (e.g. APFS, ext4) - Implement dark mode or other UI improvements ## Newest reviews (17 of 216) ### 3/5 — Problème pour l’écriture. *2026-04-30* Bonjour. Merci pour votre application. Je signale un problème. Les disques locaux sur iPad fonctionnent parfaitement. Mes disques sur cloud : PCloud et Dropbox, ne permettent plus l’écriture depuis pas mal de temps. Pouvez-vous faire quelque chose ? **Developer response:** More info on write support is available here: https://disk-decipher.app/write-support/#storage-provider Dropbox (used as remote disk) never had write support, due to API limitations. pCloud used to have write support, but pCloud removed that capability from their API in 2025, more info on that here: https://disk-decipher.app/remote-storage/#pcloud You might want to install the Dropbox app and access your disk as Linked Disk, as described in this example: https://disk-decipher.app/disk-types/#example That will allow write access. ### 3/5 — Hidden Purchase *2026-02-24* It doesn’t tell you before you buy the app that once you buy the app, if you want to write anything to your encrypted volume you have to pay to unlock filesystems. I added one more star because I found if I expand the information there is text that explains file systems are an extra purchase, but there is no information to make a decision such as cost. In Australia it is $12 AUD to unlock all the filesystems. **Developer response:** The cost information is available on the App Store in the usual place: just expand the "In-App Purchases" section and the exact amount will be shown. As this amount depends on currency/location, we cannot include it in the app description. Note that the support site has more details on this subject: https://disk-decipher.app/filesystems/ ### 2/5 — Hidden costs! *2025-12-25* After paying $1 (CAD), I was disappointed to learn that it’s another $4 for write support for either APFS or MacOS Exten formats on a sparsebundle, or $10 for many formats. (Rounding up a cent for simplicity.) Should have been transparent about that ahead of time. If I don’t return it, I’ll play with it more and update my rating. **Developer response:** Thanks for raising this Joe. We will improve this on releasing the next update, adding this line to the App Store description: exFAT and write support for HFS, APFS and NTFS are offered as optional in-app purchases to cover patent and licensing royalties. Note that the support site has more details on this subject: https://disk-decipher.app/filesystems/ ### 3/5 — Add Proton Drive Support *2025-12-22* Hi could you please add proton drive support please. Other than that app works great. **Developer response:** Proton Drive does not have an official API yet, so that makes it impossible to integrate like other cloud storage. What works today: Installing the Proton Drive app (which you probably already did) and then add a container as Linked Disk (just browse to Proton Drive when prompted). More details on the support site: https://disk-decipher.app/disk-types/ ### 4/5 — Minor Networking Bugs & Creating Disks *2025-10-29, version 6.1.4* When it asks me to sign into my Google or Microsoft account. On Google it will log in but it won’t save. The Google login will keep asking me to login and I can’t create a disk on Google Drive. The Microsoft Account won’t even load the login page. I’m not sure if it’s because I went password less for that account and Disk Decipher needs updated networking code to work with that? ### 5/5 — Great Little App *2025-07-25* This is a great little app. Does exactly what it says. Opens .dmg files on my iPhone and iPad. This means I can carry locked, confidential files with me and I know they are secure. Well worth the asking price of 99p. ### 5/5 — A great app I didn’t know I needed *2025-05-09* I’ve recently been consolidating my various pots of online storage to Filen and have some VeraCrypt archives on my NAS which I’ve just moved across. Previously I could only access these from home or via a pretty convoluted route of my VPN and Remote Desktop access. With this app I can now access them directly from my phone which makes it much easier to keep my files secure whilst still being accessible. Brilliant! ### 5/5 — FIDO2 *2025-04-27* Please implement FIDO2 NFC hardware autenticator !!! **Developer response:** Please open a feature request here https://gitlab.com/huv/disk-decipher/-/issues so we can discuss how to integrate this into the mount flow. ### 5/5 — Sovrainty is a keep word *2025-04-26* Nice job, works like a charm with my NAS. I would appreciate to see French SECNUM CLOUD providers in the list. Thanks **Developer response:** Thanks for your feedback. To get a specific cloud provider added, please open a feature request (issue) here https://gitlab.com/huv/disk-decipher/-/issues ### 5/5 — Fonctionne très bien *2025-04-15* J’avais un peu des craintes en voyant l’interface un peu datée, mais fonctionne très bien pour lire des disque crypté par VeraCrypt et mises à jour régulières. Merci au développeur, car app vaut le prix. ### 4/5 — Questions about the import function *2025-03-25* I have a file on my local disk that has been encrypted with Veracrypt software, which allows me to decrypt and view the file and export it. But when I import the new file, I reopen the encrypted file and there is no new file. **Developer response:** You can save files by long-pressing them, or tapping the ellipses button. If you need more help, please contact us: https://disk-decipher.app/contact/ ### 5/5 — Perfect App for .dmg *2025-03-17, version 5.5.5* This is a must-have for all macOS/ iOS users! ### 4/5 — save file function pls *2025-03-11* This software is very helpful, the only downside is that it cannot save files, it can only view them. The save function is really needed. ### 4/5 — iPad Version Suggestions *2025-03-10, version 5.5.5* I would suggest these changes to the iOS version: •Alternate rows from white to grey to better read across •add support for the Mac color highlight items in the list ### 5/5 — Does Exactly What it Says on the Tin *2025-02-17* Perfect! Needed a way to open up my VeraCrypt container stored on my USB on my iPhone, this did it perfectly. Though a 'loading' modal when importing a local file would be nice, it took a bit because it's a large container, and I couldn't tell if it was actually working on opening or not. Also it just wouldn't open the file without an extension, and no errors. Otherwise I love this, well worth the $1 **Developer response:** Thanks for your review. We will look at adding the 'loading' modal, good suggestion. You could also add the USB hosted container as Linked disk btw, that would allow you to use the container directly on the USB disk, saving the import step which makes a copy to your device. ### 5/5 — The Best!!! 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 *2025-02-04* 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 App único no que se propõe! ### 5/5 — Sehr gute App *2025-01-31* Öffnet VeraCrypt-Volume problemlos und zeigt alle (von mir getesteten) Dateiformate sauber & fehlerfrei an…… ***** Sterne von mir. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Avoid *2026-08-22* If I could leave negative I would, it expects you to pay an extra £2.99 for exFAT file system support or £6.99 for all file systems . Considering you already pay £0.99 for the app in the first place! **Developer response:** Both the App Store description and the support site (https://disk-decipher.app/filesystems/) explain that the extra purchase is needed to cover 3rd party licensing and royalties costs. ### 1/5 — 更新后闪退打不开 *2026-03-26* 请您修复一下 更新后闪退打不开 **Developer response:** We fixed a crash reported on iOS 16 in version 6.4.9. Please update your app and retry. If the issue persists then please report the crash as described here: https://disk-decipher.app/contact/#crash-report ### 1/5 — Files disappear *2025-07-28* I created two containers on my iPad and loaded them up with about 5 GB each. The limit appears to be 9 GB. It will not create a container any larger than that. Everything went well, I loaded up the files and everything was accessible. I dismounted the disc and when I came backto open it the next day 90% of the files were not there. This program also will not work with a USB. It will not create a container at all. I found this program useless for my needs **Developer response:** Please contact us (https://disk-decipher.app/contact/) by opening an issue or sending an email so we can investigate your setup. There are no size limits (TBs of data is fine), any changes are committed to storage immediately. To use with USB, make sure the USB disk is formatted, after that you should be able to create a Linked container on the USB disk. ### 1/5 — Doesn’t work *2024-10-17* Can’t import large folders (~8GB) into veracrypt image created and stored in app (OSStatus Error 10810) Can’t create any volume outside app storage (generic error) **Developer response:** Please open an issue here https://gitlab.com/huv/disk-decipher/-/issues and we will resolve this ### 1/5 — Horror *2023-03-12* Do not use without a backup. I managed to pay for 2a additional formats for recording. All formats are optional. The interface is terrible, the errors are solid. When you try to delete what was done by mistakes in it, it was demolished into the entire section and without a trace. Of course I delete it. It's disgusting to even ask for a refund. **Developer response:** Please contact me https://disk-decipher.app/contact/ so we can resolve this. Data loss should never occur, the app should always provide a confirmation prompt. ### 1/5 — Problematic *2022-08-01, version 3.16.2* It can't, in fact, open veracrypt archives with keyfiles. It may be that this app either takes the entire keyfile rather than truncating, or that it truncates large keyfiles at a different length than veracrypt does. the result is the same: wrong key or not an encrypted volume. ### 1/5 — Problème *2020-11-22* Ne fonctionne pas après achat. Format disque ou mot de passe Cordialement **Developer response:** Please contact me privately (https://disk-decipher.app/contact/) so we can find out why your container cannot be mounted ### 1/5 — Ne fonctionne pas sur un fichier Truecrypt *2020-08-17* Installé et ne parviens pas à charger ce fichier (le processus tourne et s’arrête) ### 1/5 — VeraCrypt funktioniert nicht *2020-05-12* Habe meine OneDrive Container angebunden, aber sie funktionieren alle nicht. Anbindung ans NAS über sharedlinks funktionieren auch nicht. Bei open in wieder die App überhaupt nicht als Ziel angeboten. Für mich ist sie, nach mehr als zwei Stunden herumprobieren, komplett nutzlos. Schade ums Geld. ### 1/5 — This App Does Nothing *2019-03-11, version 2.5.4* Don’t waste your time or money! This App Does Nothing!!! Should get zero stars. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Läuft Super auf IPad Pro M4 *2026-06-12* Vielen Dank für dieses super Programm. Es kann problemlos die Inhalte meiner „alten“ TrueCrypt-Container auf IPad Pro anzeigen. Eine Spende schicke ich später noch an den Entwickler! Einen Wunsch hätte ich noch für ein Update: In meinem Container liegen viele Bilder und der Rahmen der Thumbnails ist sehr Groß bzw. Dick! Wäre es möglich diesen viel kleiner/dünner zu machen bzw. eine Option die Dateinamen auszublenden! **Developer response:** Danke für die Idee! Ich habe dafür einen Feature Request angelegt. Sie können ihn hier verfolgen: https://gitlab.com/huv/disk-decipher/-/work_items/388 ### 5/5 — Top *2026-05-01* Em 2026 funciona perfeitamente, muito top!! ### 5/5 — One of my favorite apps *2026-04-26, version 6.5.0* It will be greater if it has built in slideshow functionality. ### 5/5 — The best by far *2026-03-24* The best disk/volume encryption solution for iOS. The developer is very engaged and responsive. ### 5/5 — Thanks *2026-03-01* This is so cool ### 5/5 — Works but….. *2026-02-07, version 6.4.0* I had some issues at first but got it to work however when I went to disk-decipher.app/contact for help there is no way to contact anyone. I don’t want to have to join Reddit just to get help. If someone needs help we should have access to a valid contact. ### 5/5 — Allows encryption across platforms *2026-02-06* Fantastic app, allows me to access my encrypted Veracrypt (Truecrypt) files from my Mac and PC on my iPad and iPhone. Use it for storing sensitive files, photo’s, video, etc.. Features like Exclude from Backup and Linked image (i.e. link to a cloud file) make this program outstanding value. Have been using it for years, Highly Recommend. ### 5/5 — The best *2026-02-01* The best tool for encrypt volume containers ### 5/5 — A great mobile app *2025-11-01* So, I have been using Disk Decipher or the past two and a half years. As my job required encrypted data, we were using encrypted disks on PC, because nothing like a mobile app was available. Then came Disk Decipher, an app on mobile that helped get our encrypted data on the go. I used it, I liked it, I loved it. The developer is great, always updating and improving the app. I got my (almost) whole company using the app. Keep doing the best work, we will always support you. ### 5/5 — Super , weiter so *2025-08-13* Hallo , finde die App super und hoffe das noch viele neue Funktionen kommen werden. Klasse ist das sogar Untertitel im Video erkannt werden 👌. Aber Mehr Video Formate wäre super **Developer response:** Thanks. To use non-native video formats you can install the companion app https://apps.apple.com/us/app/media-list-player/id6737306774 which allows Disk Decipher to play almost any video format without leaving the app. --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-09-06.*