Comparison

HidVid vs privid

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

Head to head
About

HidVid

Features
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In today’s world people mostly care about their data privacy and when it comes to their smart phone data privacy they give their 100% to not leak it at all. Students, Adults, Businessmen or any other professionals do care about their smart phone video privacy as family members often tries to get hands on it. Hid Vid – This application is specially designed to save and protect your private videos from your friends and family. Below are the main features of Hid Vid app. Important Features of Hid Vid Password protected – Hid Vid application is designed and developed based on users reviews. This application will increase the security level of your private videos in 2 ways. First at the start of the application users need to add security password to add their private videos. In first screen users can add their less private videos so in case if any of the family members cracked your password (Common password) then you can still be secured. The second way and the most important feature of this application is that users can create secret video album inside the application where they can add extremely private videos. For secret album users can add different password so it can increase the security level of yours and videos too. Add Unlimited Videos - In this app users can create unlimited video albums with unlimited videos. One more important thing is to notice is that once you have added any video in the application from your iPhone gallery then you have to delete it from your gallery else there is no way to secure it. Some more features. 1. Create as much as albums you want 2. Add as much as videos in each album 3. Create secret folder to add extreme private videos 4. Inbuilt streaming player to enjoy videos 5. Recover password using self added question and answer 6. Also available in IPad 7. Delete videos & albums from app 8. Move videos from application to iPhone gallery The application is fully secured and protected so install it now and increase your privacy with Hid Vid.

About

privid

Features
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privid records videos that stay private β€” encrypted on your device. No Photos library, no sharing. Ever. β€’ PIN lock: nothing is visible until you enter your PIN. The app re-locks the moment you leave it. β€’ Encrypted on device: every recording is encrypted as it is captured β€” no unencrypted copy ever touches the disk, and recordings never appear in the Files app or your photo library. β€’ Backup & device transfer: your encrypted library can be included in your iCloud or computer backup (on by default, can be turned off). A recovery code shown at setup brings everything back on a new iPhone β€” backups only ever contain encrypted data. β€’ Record with pause and resume, in portrait or landscape. β€’ Organize into folders with drag & drop and give recordings custom titles. β€’ Built-in trimmer: cut out sections and keep edited versions as a version history alongside the original. β€’ Screen-recording protection: the video is hidden while the screen is being captured. β€’ Auto-wipe: after repeated wrong PIN entries, all videos are deleted. privid collects nothing and sends nothing. Your videos never leave your device unencrypted. Try everything free for 7 days. After that, unlock privid with a single one-time purchase β€” no subscription. Your existing videos stay playable either way: you can always watch, rename and delete them.

Screenshots

HidVid4 screens
privid4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: HidVid at none against privid's 1. HidVid also leads on iOS requirement (8.0 vs 18.0). privid's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 23 months). On price, ads and device support there is nothing between them.

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

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

Both are free to download. privid sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. HidVid asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

HidVid ships an update every 23 months, privid every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences Β· 3 level
HidVid versus privid: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHidVidprivid
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 23 monthsEvery 3 weeks β€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo β€” betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod β€” betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS8.0 β€” better18.0
Further details β€” not scored
Size11 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNitin GohelMatthias Hennemeyer

In-app purchases

None

HidVid

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

privid

One-time1
  • Unlock privid$4.99

Questions

Is HidVid free?
HidVid is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is privid free?
privid is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do HidVid or privid have ads?
Neither HidVid nor privid shows ads.
Which is updated more often, HidVid or privid?
HidVid ships an update every 23 months, and privid every 3 weeks. Most recently, HidVid was updated on October 26, 2026 and privid on October 11, 2026.

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