Comparison

Paranoia Text Encryption Lite vs TA Hours

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

Head to head
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

About

TA Hours

Easily track your TA hours for each class and submit them directly to your professor for approval. This app helps teaching assistants manage their work time, ensuring accurate payment for their efforts.

Highlights
  • Track TA hours per class
  • Submit hours to professor
  • Manage work time
  • Ensure accurate payment
  • University TA support
Features
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A mobile app that allows you to track all of the TA hours for every class and send it directly to your Professor for approval. It is the job of every Teaching Assistant (TA) to keep track of all working hours to make sure you get paid for the work you did. As class assignments and responsibilities add up, it is very hard to remember the number of hours you worked, what exactly you did, and for which class. This is a very common problem amongst TAs in all universities. Privacy policy: https://www.digitalhero.tech/application-privacy-policy Terms of Usage: https://www.digitalhero.tech/terms-of-usage Support: https://www.digitalhero.tech/application-support

Screenshots

Paranoia Text Encryption Lite4 screens
TA Hours4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Paranoia Text Encryption Lite at 74% against TA Hours's 0%. Paranoia Text Encryption Lite also leads on rating (4.5 vs 3.5) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 41 months). 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 3.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Paranoia Text Encryption Lite has 84 ratings behind it against 2, 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 TA Hours's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Paranoia Text Encryption Lite ships an update every 2 months, TA Hours every 41 months. The most recent releases landed on September 9, 2026 and September 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Paranoia Text Encryption Lite versus TA Hours: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterParanoia Text Encryption LiteTA Hours
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (84 ratings) — better3.5 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews74.1% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings84 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 41 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS14.5 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size18 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFrantisek DvorakArtem Karpovych

Customer experience

Paranoia Text Encryption Lite

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

TA Hours

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

None

Paranoia Text Encryption Lite

No in-app purchases

None

TA Hours

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Paranoia Text Encryption Lite free?
Paranoia Text Encryption Lite is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is TA Hours free?
TA Hours is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Paranoia Text Encryption Lite or TA Hours?
Paranoia Text Encryption Lite is rated higher. Paranoia Text Encryption Lite averages 4.5 out of 5 from 84 ratings, while TA Hours averages 3.5 from 2 ratings.
Do Paranoia Text Encryption Lite or TA Hours have ads?
Neither Paranoia Text Encryption Lite nor TA Hours shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Paranoia Text Encryption Lite or TA Hours?
Paranoia Text Encryption Lite ships an update every 2 months, and TA Hours every 41 months. Most recently, Paranoia Text Encryption Lite was updated on September 9, 2026 and TA Hours on September 25, 2026.

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