Comparison

SimpleEdit vs Hide Photos & Videos

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

Head to head
About

SimpleEdit

This is a straightforward plain text editor that allows you to open and edit various text files. It offers a view-only mode for data detection and a rewind feature to restore original file states. The app supports customization of fonts and keyboard types for a personalized editing experience.

Highlights
  • Open text files from Files app
  • View-only mode with data detection
  • Rewind button to revert changes
  • Supports dark mode and multiwindow
  • Customizable font family and size
  • System font picker integration
  • Switchable native iOS keyboard types
Features
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A simple plain text editor built using SwiftUI. Features: • Open any text file or compatible data files as UTF8 encoded text from the Files app. • Enter view-only mode for data detection (links, phone numbers, addresses, …). • Rewind button to revert files to their original state. • Supports dark mode, multiwindow, and state restoration. • Customise font family & size used for editing. • Select fonts using the system font picker, which shows fonts installed in the Settings app. (Settings → General → Fonts) • Switch between native iOS keyboard types (default, number pad, phone pad, URL, web search, Twitter, …).

About

Hide Photos & Videos

Securely store and manage your private photos and videos locally. This app offers a private web browser for saving content directly, with advanced security features like FaceID/TouchID login and automatic app locking when not in use.

Highlights
  • Local data storage
  • Web content saving
  • FaceID/TouchID login
  • Automatic app lock
  • Built-in multi-tab browser
  • Support for GIFs and videos
Features
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Hide private photos and videos behind a passcode or Face ID. PRAM keeps everything stored only on this device: nothing is uploaded, and there are no ads. Someone asks to see your phone? Enter your decoy password and a completely separate decoy space opens instead. Wrong password? Break-in Alerts catch the person on camera. ■ Hide photos and videos • Keep photos, videos, Live Photos and GIFs in private albums and video folders, organized your way • Unlock with a 6-digit passcode or Face ID • Imported photos and videos keep their original capture date • After importing, choose to delete the originals from the Photos app • Export original files back to the Photos app ■ Decoy password Set a second password that opens a separate decoy space. Your private content never appears there, so you can open the app for anyone without giving anything away. ■ Break-in Alerts When someone enters a wrong password, the front camera takes a photo and records the time and the password entered. After you unlock, PRAM lets you know that someone tried to get in. Viewing intruder photos requires Pro; the time and password entered are always visible. ■ Private browser & Collect images Browse with tabs and bookmarks in the built-in private browser. Tap Collect images to gather every image on a web page, then save the ones you pick straight to an album, without going through the Photos app. ■ Encrypted backup & restore Back up the albums you choose to AES-256 encrypted ZIP files and restore them later, for example on a new phone. ■ Privacy first • Stored only on this device; nothing is uploaded • No account to create and no ads • Auto-locks as soon as you leave the app • Shake to lock ■ Make it yours • Alternate app icons keep PRAM low-key on your Home Screen (Pro) • Light and dark mode • 13 languages, switchable right in the app ■ PRAM Pro Pro adds unlimited photos and videos, unlimited albums and video folders, viewing intruder photos, alternate app icons, hiding small web images and switching between desktop and mobile web pages. The decoy space, Face ID, Break-in Alerts and shake to lock all work without Pro. Some features require PRAM Pro (in-app purchase).

Screenshots

SimpleEdit4 screens
Hide Photos & Videos4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Hide Photos & Videos at 4.5 against SimpleEdit's 3.5. Hide Photos & Videos also leads on review sentiment (85% vs 66%) and iOS requirement (18.0 vs 27.0). SimpleEdit's advantage is ratings volume (22 vs 2) and monetization model (free with in-app purchases vs paid). On price, update cadence, 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. SimpleEdit sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and Hide Photos & Videos sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Hide Photos & Videos holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: SimpleEdit has 22 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 66% of SimpleEdit's written reviews are positive against 85% of Hide Photos & Videos's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

SimpleEdit ships an update every 3 weeks, Hide Photos & Videos every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
SimpleEdit versus Hide Photos & Videos: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSimpleEditHide Photos & Videos
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.5 (22 ratings)4.5 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews65.5% of reviews84.6% of reviews — better
Number of ratings22 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS27.018.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size26 MB27 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperJamie Froggatt德明 杨

Customer experience

SimpleEdit

All ratings22 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral22.7%
Negative27.3%
Written reviews29 reviews
Positive65.5%
Neutral10.3%
Negative24.1%

Hide Photos & Videos

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews13 reviews
Positive84.6%
Neutral15.4%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

SimpleEdit

One-time3
  • Small Tip$0.99
  • Medium Tip$3.99
  • Generous Tip$9.99
1 purchases

Hide Photos & Videos

One-time1
  • Buy Pro Version$1.99

Questions

Is SimpleEdit free?
SimpleEdit is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Hide Photos & Videos free?
Hide Photos & Videos is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, SimpleEdit or Hide Photos & Videos?
Hide Photos & Videos is rated higher. SimpleEdit averages 3.5 out of 5 from 22 ratings, while Hide Photos & Videos averages 4.5 from 2 ratings.
Do SimpleEdit or Hide Photos & Videos have ads?
Neither SimpleEdit nor Hide Photos & Videos shows ads.
Which is updated more often, SimpleEdit or Hide Photos & Videos?
SimpleEdit ships an update every 3 weeks, and Hide Photos & Videos every 2 weeks. Most recently, SimpleEdit was updated on October 22, 2026 and Hide Photos & Videos on October 24, 2026.

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