Comparison

Secret Squirrel vs Sub Cipher

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

Head to head
About

Secret Squirrel

Easily generate custom code names for your projects. Share your creations with friends or colleagues via SMS, iMessage, or email. Focus on the big picture while this app handles the naming details.

Highlights
  • Easy to use interface
  • Customizable code generation
  • Flexible project naming
  • Share names via SMS, iMessage, email
  • Future theme and category updates planned
Features
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Secret Squirrel is a code name generator that is easy to use, customisable and designed to be flexible. Once a project name has been selected you can share it with friends or colleagues using SMS, iMessage or email. Features planned for future versions include themes that determine the types of codes generated and user maintained word categories. Never feel intimidated by project naming again! Let Secret Squirrel decide on the little things so you can focus on the big picture.

About

Sub Cipher

Easily encode and decode messages using simple substitution ciphers like Caesar and Atbash. Convert up to 2,000 characters at a time and save your cipher settings for later use. Ideal for fun educational purposes, not for serious secret messaging.

Highlights
  • Encode/decode simple substitution ciphers
  • Supports Caesar and Atbash cipher methods
  • Converts up to 2,000 characters at once
  • Save cipher settings as text
  • Create magic decoder wheels
  • No licensing or royalties required for published ciphers
Features
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Sub Cipher is an easy-to-use Encoder/Decoder app, which can encode or decode your text using various "simple substitution" cipher methods. * Simply type or copy-paste your encoded or decoded text to and from e-mail, messages, social media, and it is immediately converted for you. Up to 2,000 characters can be converted at a time. Sub Cipher offers you the encoded text, placeholder-text, and even a magic decoder wheel that you can add to your own books and publications. You can also capture the cipher settings you have dialed in (as lines of text) to save in another document. This can be useful if you are publishing a newsletter or book of ciphers, and want to keep a record of the settings you used with each cipher along with the cipher itself. Main Features: *Easy to use: Type into the plain-text or the cypher-text box, and the converted text is immediately displayed. *Easy to transfer: You can select all the converted text and paste it into any other text document. *Easy to adjust: Any substitution offset, forward or reverse can be dialed in. *Easy to save: The settings you dial in can also be saved as text for your notes. *Easy to publish: Any ciphers you make are 100% yours to publish and sell; no copyright restrictions or restrictive "commercial use" clauses here. *Forever Free: Download this software once and it is yours forever. You get all future new features and updates free. No upgrade costs or "subscription/rental" fees. Ever. *No Ads: You are never distracted from enjoying my software. *Human-Made: This software was completely and carefully hand-designed and written by me. No A.I. toys were allowed anywhere near this software. *Private: Your work is safely yours and always stays on your computer. You are never required to create internet accounts, and none of your information is ever stored in the cloud. * Caveat Emptor: It uses the "Caesar" and "Atbash" style cipher methods, which are simple offset-alphabet ciphers. The well-known "Rot13" cipher is one of these. These ancient styles of ciphers are very simple and easy to decode! This is simply a fun educational utility, and is not intended for serious "secret message" work.

Screenshots

Secret Squirrel4 screens
Sub Cipher4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Secret Squirrel at every 5 days against Sub Cipher's every 7 months. Secret Squirrel also leads on iOS requirement (10.0 vs 16.6). On price, review sentiment, ads and in-app purchases 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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Secret Squirrel ships an update every 5 days, Sub Cipher every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on October 3, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Secret Squirrel versus Sub Cipher: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSecret SquirrelSub Cipher
PriceFreeFree
Rating—3.8 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—4 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 days — betterEvery 7 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS10.0 — better16.6
Further details — not scored
Size15 MB40 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJason van LintEduard Schwan

Customer experience

Secret Squirrel

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Sub Cipher

All ratings4 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Secret Squirrel

No in-app purchases

None

Sub Cipher

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Secret Squirrel free?
Secret Squirrel is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Sub Cipher free?
Sub Cipher is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Secret Squirrel or Sub Cipher have ads?
Neither Secret Squirrel nor Sub Cipher shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Secret Squirrel or Sub Cipher?
Secret Squirrel ships an update every 5 days, and Sub Cipher every 7 months. Most recently, Secret Squirrel was updated on October 3, 2026 and Sub Cipher on October 24, 2026.

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