Paranoia Text Encryption Lite vs Secretivity
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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
Secretivity
This app allows you to hide secret messages within seemingly normal text. Only when the recipient pastes the message into the app will the hidden content be revealed. It offers military-grade encryption for secure communication.
- Hide secret messages
- Disguised message display
- AES-256 encryption
- Password protection
- Cross-platform support
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Can you read between the lines? Hide your secret messages behind a disguised message! No one will be able to tell the difference. Only when your recipient copies the message into Secretivity, will the secret message be revealed. FEATURES: • Military-Grade Protection • You may set a password and encrypt your message with AES-256, a military-grade encryption. Rest assured that your message is secure even if it is intercepted! • Cross Platform Support • Secretivity works on all platforms – phone or tablet!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Paranoia Text Encryption Lite at 74% against Secretivity's 0%. Paranoia Text Encryption Lite also leads on rating (4.5 vs 3.7) and in-app purchases (none vs 1). Secretivity's advantage is iOS requirement (8.0 vs 14.5). On price, ads and device support 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
Both are free to download. Secretivity sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Paranoia Text Encryption Lite asks for nothing beyond the download.
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: 74% of Paranoia Text Encryption Lite's written reviews are positive against 0% of Secretivity's.
| Parameter | Paranoia Text Encryption Lite | Secretivity |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (84 ratings) — better | 3.7 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 74.1% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 84 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.5 | 8.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 18 MB | 10 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Frantisek Dvorak | Wong Jun Ming |
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In-app purchases
Paranoia Text Encryption Lite
No in-app purchases
Secretivity
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