Comparison

KATANA Safety vs Cifer

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

Head to head
About

KATANA Safety

This app provides immediate connection to friends, family, and a 24/7 Response Center for personal safety. It alerts emergency services and trusted contacts with your GPS location via a quick trigger, designed to be used with a physical safety device.

Highlights
  • 24/7 Emergency Response Center connection
  • Immediate GPS location sharing
  • Alerts bypass phone lock screen
  • Trusted contact notifications
  • Background app operation for speed
  • Bluetooth device integration
Features
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Get Help Anytime, Anywhere, at the Touch of a Button! KATANA Safety empowers life, freedom, and safety through an immediate connection to friends, family and a 24/7 Response Center. KATANA is the only personal safety device that attaches directly to any smart phone keeping you connected and in control. Personal Safety on the Go. - Be Prepared For the Unpreparable The KATANA Safety Wallet’s patented quick trigger alerts bypass your phone’s lock screen to notify our 24/7 Emergency Response Center. Our trained professionals can dispatch emergency services to your exact GPS location and alert your trusted family and friends. - Requirements: * We strongly recommend keeping the KATANA Safety app running in the background to ensure your alerts dispatch as quickly as possible and provide the best location accuracy. * Bluetooth must be enabled and on to connect the app with your KATANA Safety Arc or Wallet * Location services must be set to Always Allow. This is vital for accuracy. Your location is only used or recorded in the event of an alert. * An active data plan or Wi-Fi connection is required * Please use iOS 10 or later. **Local Emergency Dispatch Service currently only available in the United States. All other features are available anywhere you have mobile service or Wi-Fi available.

About

Cifer

This secure messaging app offers a private communication environment with advanced privacy controls. Users can manage access, block contacts, and set self-destruct timers for messages. It prioritizes user control and data security.

Highlights
  • Independent enclosed environment
  • Full control of access
  • Pause, delete, block users
  • Password and 2FA
  • Screen capture block
  • Destruct timer
Read full description

Cifer is very secure. Use responsibly. Cifer is an alternative to provide responsible privacy in a world that is always trying to pry. We use an independent enclosed environment. You are an anonymous endpoint, and we give you full control of the access people have to your endpoint. You can pause, delete, block users. Contacts must be 'Approved' by you. You can add a password, two-factor authentication to your secure email, and even add screen capture block. A destruct timer is right there to control view time. It works. Be safe, be private, and have a life you control. Just Encrypting the 'server' is not enough. We use cryptologic and independent encrypted random tokens for the key. Combined with a super-computer denial encryption, this is your go to app for private talk.

Screenshots

KATANA Safety4 screens
Cifer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ratings volume: KATANA Safety at 50 against Cifer's 1. Cifer's advantage is update cadence (every 10 days vs monthly) and rating (5.0 vs 4.8). 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. KATANA Safety sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month and Cifer sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Cifer holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: KATANA Safety has 50 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

KATANA Safety ships an update monthly, Cifer every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
KATANA Safety versus Cifer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterKATANA SafetyCifer
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (50 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings50 — better1
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 10 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.613.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size38 MB58 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAluma Innovations, LLCThe Worldwide Exchange International

Customer experience

KATANA Safety

All ratings50 ratings
Positive94.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative6.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Cifer

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

5 purchases

KATANA Safety

Subscriptions5
  • Plus Monthly Subscription$9.991 Month
  • Premium$19.991 Month
  • Premier Monthly Subscription$19.991 Month
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  • Plus Yearly Subscription$99.991 Year
  • Premier Yearly Subscription$199.991 Year
3 purchases

Cifer

One-time3
  • Cifer . One Month Trial OfferFree
  • Cifer . Monthly Subscription$99.99
  • Cifer 'Secure' Messages$99.99

Questions

Is KATANA Safety free?
KATANA Safety is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Cifer free?
Cifer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, KATANA Safety or Cifer?
Cifer is rated higher. KATANA Safety averages 4.8 out of 5 from 50 ratings, while Cifer averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do KATANA Safety or Cifer have ads?
Neither KATANA Safety nor Cifer shows ads.
Which is updated more often, KATANA Safety or Cifer?
KATANA Safety ships an update monthly, and Cifer every 10 days. Most recently, KATANA Safety was updated on November 2, 2026 and Cifer on November 3, 2026.

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