Comparison

Crypto vs Sub Cipher

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Crypto

Encrypt and decrypt messages using classic Caesar and Vigenère ciphers. Easily create secret messages to share with friends or decode incoming encrypted text.

Highlights
  • Caesar cipher encryption/decryption
  • Vigenère cipher encryption/decryption
  • Create encrypted messages
  • Decrypt encrypted messages
  • Uses secret keys or keywords
Features
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Dive into cryptography with Crypto. Use Caesar and Vigenère ciphers and encrypt and decrypt messages. CRYPTO Crypto allows you to encrypt and decrypt messages using Caesar and Vigenère ciphers. Create a message, select a key or a keyword, and then send the encrypted message to your friends. Similarly can you decrypt encrypted messages. CIPHERS In both Caesar and Vigenère ciphers, each letter is substituted with another, which makes them substitution ciphers. Only those who know the secret key are able to decrypt messages, though it is possible to decrypt an encrypted message without knowing the key by using brute force. CAESAR CIPHER In the case of Caesar’s cipher, we use a secret integral key (k). This secret key is used to rotate (i.e. shift) each letter by k places, wrapping A to Z and a to z as needed. For example, if we use the key of 1 to encrypt “Hello world!”, we will get “Ifmmp xpsme!” To decrypt this message, shift the letters backward. VIGENÈRE CIPHER Vigenère cipher improves upon Caesar cipher by shifting letters using different keys. This sequence of keys is known as a keyword. Each letter in the keyword represents by how far the corresponding letter in the original message will be shifted (A and a represent 0, B and b represent 1, Z and z represent 25). If we encrypt “Hello world!” with the keyword “Squirrel”, we will get “Zuftf nscdt!”

About

Sub Cipher

Easily encode and decode messages using simple substitution ciphers like Caesar and Atbash. Convert up to 2,000 characters at a time and save your cipher settings for later use. Ideal for fun educational purposes, not for serious secret messaging.

Highlights
  • Encode/decode simple substitution ciphers
  • Supports Caesar and Atbash cipher methods
  • Converts up to 2,000 characters at once
  • Save cipher settings as text
  • Create magic decoder wheels
  • No licensing or royalties required for published ciphers
Features
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Sub Cipher is an easy-to-use Encoder/Decoder app, which can encode or decode your text using various "simple substitution" cipher methods. * Simply type or copy-paste your encoded or decoded text to and from e-mail, messages, social media, and it is immediately converted for you. Up to 2,000 characters can be converted at a time. Sub Cipher offers you the encoded text, placeholder-text, and even a magic decoder wheel that you can add to your own books and publications. You can also capture the cipher settings you have dialed in (as lines of text) to save in another document. This can be useful if you are publishing a newsletter or book of ciphers, and want to keep a record of the settings you used with each cipher along with the cipher itself. Main Features: *Easy to use: Type into the plain-text or the cypher-text box, and the converted text is immediately displayed. *Easy to transfer: You can select all the converted text and paste it into any other text document. *Easy to adjust: Any substitution offset, forward or reverse can be dialed in. *Easy to save: The settings you dial in can also be saved as text for your notes. *Easy to publish: Any ciphers you make are 100% yours to publish and sell; no copyright restrictions or restrictive "commercial use" clauses here. *Forever Free: Download this software once and it is yours forever. You get all future new features and updates free. No upgrade costs or "subscription/rental" fees. Ever. *No Ads: You are never distracted from enjoying my software. *Human-Made: This software was completely and carefully hand-designed and written by me. No A.I. toys were allowed anywhere near this software. *Private: Your work is safely yours and always stays on your computer. You are never required to create internet accounts, and none of your information is ever stored in the cloud. * Caveat Emptor: It uses the "Caesar" and "Atbash" style cipher methods, which are simple offset-alphabet ciphers. The well-known "Rot13" cipher is one of these. These ancient styles of ciphers are very simple and easy to decode! This is simply a fun educational utility, and is not intended for serious "secret message" work.

Screenshots

Crypto3 screens
Sub Cipher4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Crypto at 4.7 against Sub Cipher's 3.8. Crypto also leads on iOS requirement (8.4 vs 16.6). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Crypto holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 11 and 4 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Crypto versus Sub Cipher: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCryptoSub Cipher
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (11 ratings) — better3.8 (4 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings11 — better4
Update frequency—Every 7 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS8.4 — better16.6
Further details — not scored
Size9 MB40 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMaxim AleksaEduard Schwan

Customer experience

Crypto

All ratings11 ratings
Positive90.9%
Neutral9.1%
Negative0.0%

Sub Cipher

All ratings4 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Crypto

No in-app purchases

None

Sub Cipher

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Crypto free?
Crypto is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Sub Cipher free?
Sub Cipher is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Crypto or Sub Cipher?
Crypto is rated higher. Crypto averages 4.7 out of 5 from 11 ratings, while Sub Cipher averages 3.8 from 4 ratings.
Do Crypto or Sub Cipher have ads?
Neither Crypto nor Sub Cipher shows ads.

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