Comparison

Secure Folder vs Periphery

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

Head to head
About

Secure Folder

Safeguard your private photos, videos, and notes with this app. It offers robust security features like Touch ID, Face ID, and password protection to ensure your personal content remains accessible only to you.

Highlights
  • Touch ID support
  • Face ID support
  • Password number pad
  • Intuitive interface
  • Easy to use
Features
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Secure Folder App help you protect your private photo, video and note. Let it only belong to you. Feature: - Support Touch ID, Face ID - Support Password number pad - Good Interface - Easy to use

About

Periphery

Features
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Professional Bluetooth LE scanner and debugger for iOS. Periphery gives developers, engineers, and power users a complete toolkit for inspecting Bluetooth Low Energy devices. Scan nearby devices, read GATT services and characteristics, write values, and subscribe to notifications — all in one elegant app. FEATURES - Scan and discover nearby BLE devices in real time - Full GATT inspector: browse services, characteristics, and descriptors - Read, write, and subscribe to BLE characteristics - Automatic UUID identification for known devices - Device fingerprinting: identify chips from Nordic, ESP32, Xiaomi, Shelly - Export scan logs for documentation and debugging - Offline UUID database — no internet required - Dark interface optimized for hardware labs - Find lost Bluetooth devices, tags, and trackers by signal strength (RSSI) with a live proximity meter PRO FEATURES Unlock with Periphery Pro: - Unlimited scanning, with no session limit - Session logging: every read, write and notification saved - Unlimited saved sessions, exportable as plain text - No ads, ever BUILT FOR - iOS and embedded developers - IoT engineers and hobbyists - Hardware prototypers - QA engineers testing BLE products - Anyone debugging Bluetooth connectivity - Anyone hunting a lost Bluetooth tag, tracker, or pair of earbuds The cleanest BLE inspector on the App Store. COMMON QUESTIONS Does it work without an account or internet? Yes to both. Everything happens over Bluetooth on the device. What can it actually see? Any Bluetooth Low Energy device advertising nearby: name, address, RSSI, advertisement data, then the full GATT tree — services, characteristics, descriptors — with read, write and notify. Can it find my lost earbuds or a tracker? It can tell you whether they are advertising and how strong the signal is, which gets you warmer or colder as you walk. It cannot show a map or a direction: BLE gives signal strength, not bearing. Does it work with classic Bluetooth devices? No. iOS only exposes Bluetooth Low Energy to apps. Car kits and older audio devices that use classic Bluetooth are invisible to any app on the App Store. Why does the address change every few minutes? That is iOS, not the app. Apple rotates the identifier it shows you for privacy, so the same device can appear under different addresses. Does it work on iPad? Yes. Terms of Use: https://masaapps360.com/periphery/terms/ Privacy Policy: https://masaapps360.com/periphery/privacy/

Screenshots

Secure Folder4 screens
Periphery4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Secure Folder at none against Periphery's 4. Secure Folder also leads on ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 17.0). Periphery's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 5 months). On price 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Periphery sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per 7 days. Secure Folder asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Secure Folder ships an update every 5 months, Periphery every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 3, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Secure Folder versus Periphery: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSecure FolderPeriphery
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.2 (26 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews12.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings26 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS9.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size36 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developerduytu tranGrima Hdez

In-app purchases

None

Secure Folder

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

Periphery

Subscriptions3
  • Periphery Pro Weekly$6.997 Days
  • Periphery Pro Monthly$14.991 Month
  • Periphery Pro Yearly$39.991 Year
One-time1
  • Periphery Pro Lifetime$79.99

Questions

Is Secure Folder free?
Secure Folder is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Periphery free?
Periphery is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Secure Folder or Periphery have ads?
Periphery shows ads; Secure Folder does not.
Which is updated more often, Secure Folder or Periphery?
Secure Folder ships an update every 5 months, and Periphery every 3 weeks. Most recently, Secure Folder was updated on October 3, 2026 and Periphery on October 7, 2026.

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