Comparison

Text Crypter vs Paranoia Text Encryption Lite

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

Head to head
About

Text Crypter

Securely encrypt and decrypt messages using a custom password. Share sensitive information privately by ensuring only intended recipients can read your communications. The application offers a straightforward method for message protection.

Highlights
  • Text encryption
  • Text decryption
  • Password protection
  • Private message exchange
  • User-defined passwords
Features
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This is text encryption, decryption app. You can exchange messages that you want to not be known, determining password in advance. What's this app for , up to you.

About

Paranoia Text Encryption Lite

Securely encrypt and decrypt sensitive text data, including notes, messages, and cryptocurrency keys. Offers robust security with multiple strong encryption algorithms and advanced steganography features to hide data within images. Also supports secure password exchange using post-quantum cryptography.

Highlights
  • Text encryption and decryption
  • Steganography (hide text in JPEG)
  • Post-quantum key encapsulation
  • Multiple strong encryption algorithms
  • Copy/paste and file saving
  • Session-based password management
Features
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• Paranoia Text Encryption is a comprehensive text encryption application for iOS devices (iPhone/iPad/iPod) and macOS, developed by Paranoia Works. • Paranoia Text Encryption safeguards your notes, SMS messages, emails, social networking posts, cryptocurrency keys (seeds, mnemonics), and any other text from unwanted readers. • Simply copy and paste text to and from your favorite applications, or save it to a file for future use. • This app does not function as a "vault application." Instead, a password is set for the current encryption/decryption session, not to enter the app itself. You may use an unlimited number of passwords for any purpose—different files, tasks, people, etc. • The app guarantees robust security by encrypting data using strong encryption algorithms: Blowfish (448-bit), AES (256-bit), RC6 (256-bit), Serpent (256-bit), and Twofish (256-bit) ciphers. • Steganography: The application includes steganographic features, allowing you to conceal text or files within a JPEG image. Two algorithms are available: J-UNIWARD (content-adaptive, minimizes visual distortion, harder to detect) and F5 (matrix encoding, efficient embedding). The selected algorithm works with the chosen symmetric cipher to produce the final steganogram. • Key Encapsulation (KEM): Securely exchange encryption passwords using the post-quantum ML-KEM mechanism (NIST FIPS 203). Two parties can establish a shared password without ever transmitting it directly, with protection against future quantum computer attacks. ◆ Differences between Free and PRO versions: The PRO version offers additional encryption algorithms, specifically Threefish (1024-bit), SHACAL-2 (512-bit), and Paranoia C4 (2048-bit), which is a cascade of Threefish–Serpent–AES–SHACAL-2. While the free version can decrypt data encrypted by these advanced algorithms, the ability to encrypt data using these algorithms is exclusive to the PRO version. The PRO version also provides a key to activate the PRO versions of desktop applications: Paranoia File & Text Encryption for PC, Paranoia Text Encryption for PC, and S.S.E. File Encryptor for PC. • The application is natively compatible with macOS (10.15 and later). Versions for other systems and platforms can be downloaded from the application homepage: https://paranoiaworks.mobi/download/. • An online (web-based) version, utilizing AES and client-side JavaScript, and other utilities are available at https://pteo.paranoiaworks.mobi

Screenshots

Text Crypter2 screens
Paranoia Text Encryption Lite4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Paranoia Text Encryption Lite at 4.5 against Text Crypter's 3.7. Paranoia Text Encryption Lite also leads on update cadence (every 2 months vs every 10 months) and ratings volume (84 vs 3). Text Crypter's advantage is iOS requirement (8.0 vs 14.5). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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

Paranoia Text Encryption Lite holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Paranoia Text Encryption Lite has 84 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 60% of Text Crypter's written reviews are positive against 74% of Paranoia Text Encryption Lite's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Text Crypter ships an update every 10 months, Paranoia Text Encryption Lite every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 27, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Text Crypter versus Paranoia Text Encryption Lite: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterText CrypterParanoia Text Encryption Lite
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.7 (3 ratings)4.5 (84 ratings) — better
Positive reviews60.0% of reviews74.1% of reviews — better
Number of ratings384 — better
Update frequencyEvery 10 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better
Requires iOS8.0 — better14.5
Further details — not scored
Size23 MB18 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperYuki TakedaFrantisek Dvorak

Customer experience

Text Crypter

All ratings3 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%
Written reviews10 reviews
Positive60.0%
Neutral10.0%
Negative30.0%

Paranoia Text Encryption Lite

All ratings84 ratings
Positive84.5%
Neutral4.8%
Negative10.7%
Written reviews27 reviews
Positive74.1%
Neutral7.4%
Negative18.5%

In-app purchases

None

Text Crypter

No in-app purchases

None

Paranoia Text Encryption Lite

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Text Crypter free?
Text Crypter is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Paranoia Text Encryption Lite free?
Paranoia Text Encryption Lite is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Text Crypter or Paranoia Text Encryption Lite?
Paranoia Text Encryption Lite is rated higher. Text Crypter averages 3.7 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while Paranoia Text Encryption Lite averages 4.5 from 84 ratings.
Do Text Crypter or Paranoia Text Encryption Lite have ads?
Neither Text Crypter nor Paranoia Text Encryption Lite shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Text Crypter or Paranoia Text Encryption Lite?
Text Crypter ships an update every 10 months, and Paranoia Text Encryption Lite every 2 months. Most recently, Text Crypter was updated on September 27, 2026 and Paranoia Text Encryption Lite on October 6, 2026.

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