# TopSecret — Redact & Blackout — Redact anything, for good

> Redact anything, for good (iPhone/iPad app by Benjamin Dansby.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/topsecret-redact-and-blackout/id6797709119 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Benjamin Dansby](https://appshunter.io/developer/1895087808)
- Category: Productivity, Utilities
- Price: $4.99
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 26.0 · 3 MB
- Languages: German (Germany), American English, French (France), Italian, Japanese, Korean, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian, European Spanish, Ukrainian and 1 more
- Released: 2026-08-11
- Data updated: 2026-08-24
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/topsecret-redact-and-blackout/id6797709119/reviews.md

## What is TopSecret?

TopSecret blacks out anything sensitive in an image or PDF — then exports a flattened copy where the hidden data is genuinely gone, not just hidden behind a rectangle.

Most "redaction" just draws a box on top. The text underneath is still there, still selectable, still recoverable. TopSecret rebuilds the pixels: the content under every bar is destroyed, so a redacted name, number, or face can't be selected, copied, or pulled back out of the exported file.

REDACT BY HAND OR AUTOMATICALLY
• Drag to draw a bar over anything. Move it, resize it, or delete it.
• Auto-Detect finds emails, Social Security numbers, phone numbers, card numbers, IP addresses, and faces — on this page or every page — in one tap.
• Find & Redact blacks out every occurrence of a word or number you type, with an optional fuzzy match that catches close spellings and OCR slips.

IMAGES AND MULTI-PAGE PDFS
• Import a screenshot, a photo, or a long PDF from Photos or Files.
• Step through every page — iPad adds a thumbnail rail alongside it.
• Sweep every page at once, or work page by page.
• Exported PDFs are rasterized, so nothing lingers underneath the bars.

PICK UP WHERE YOU LEFT OFF
• Save an editable session and come back to it later — your bars, exactly where you left them.
• Export a flattened copy any time and share it straight from the app — Files, Mail, Messages, AirDrop, wherever it needs to go.

PRIVATE BY DESIGN
• Everything happens on your device. All text and face detection uses Apple's on-device Vision framework.
• No network, no accounts, no telemetry. TopSecret only ever touches the file you hand it.
• One universal app for iPhone and iPad.

Redact anything, for good.


## Version history (last 1 release)

### 1.0 — 2026-08-21

No release notes.

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All apps by Benjamin Dansby: https://appshunter.io/developer/1895087808

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