Comparison

XHelper vs HMAC

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

Head to head
About

XHelper

A straightforward utility for developers to perform common cryptographic and encoding tasks. It allows hashing strings with SHA256, converting between epoch and Unix timestamps, and encoding/decoding with base64.

Highlights
  • SHA256 string hashing
  • Epoch and Unix timestamp conversion
  • Base64 encoding
  • Base64 decoding
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XHelper is a fast, private toolkit for the small conversions developers do all day. Paste anything and XHelper recognizes it โ€” a JWT, JSON, a Unix timestamp, a UUID, a URL, a color, a number, or Base64 โ€” and opens the right tool with your input already filled in. ENCODING โ€ข Base64 โ€” Encode and decode text and files, with a URL-safe option and image previews for decoded data. โ€ข URL โ€” Percent-encode and decode, and see every part of a URL plus its query parameters. โ€ข JWT โ€” Decode the header, payload and claims, see when a token expires, and verify HS256, HS384 and HS512 signatures. HASH โ€ข MD5, SHA-1, SHA-256, SHA-384 and SHA-512 for text or files, with optional HMAC. Large files are hashed in chunks. FORMAT โ€ข JSON โ€” Pretty-print with 2 spaces, 4 spaces or tabs, minify, sort keys, and get errors with the exact line and column. GENERATE โ€ข UUID โ€” Create v4 or time-ordered v7 UUIDs in batches, with uppercase, hyphen and brace options. Inspect any UUID, including the timestamp inside a v7. CONVERT โ€ข Epoch โ€” Unix timestamps in seconds, milliseconds, microseconds or nanoseconds to UTC, local time, ISO 8601 and relative dates, and back again. โ€ข Number Base โ€” Binary, octal, decimal and hex, including negative numbers. โ€ข Color โ€” Hex, RGB and HSL, plus ready-to-paste SwiftUI, UIKit and AppKit code. TEXT โ€ข Regex Tester โ€” Live match highlighting, capture groups and flags. โ€ข Text Diff โ€” Compare two blocks of text line by line. โ€ข Text Tools โ€” camelCase, snake_case, kebab-case and more; sort, reverse and de-duplicate lines; count characters, words, lines and bytes. WORKS EVERYWHERE โ€ข Shortcuts, Siri and Spotlight โ€” Encode and decode Base64 and URLs, hash text, format JSON, decode JWTs, generate UUIDs, convert timestamps and change case without opening the app. โ€ข Mac Services โ€” Select text in any Mac app and use Services โ†’ XHelper to encode, decode, format JSON or change case in place. โ€ข A native app for Mac, iPhone and iPad, with a searchable sidebar and keyboard shortcuts on Mac. PRIVATE BY DESIGN XHelper works completely offline. Nothing you paste ever leaves your device, and there's no tracking of any kind.

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HMAC

Features
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try base 64 and hex conversion safely!

Screenshots

XHelper4 screens
HMAC3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: HMAC at 15.6 against XHelper's 27.0. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard1 real difference ยท 7 level
XHelper versus HMAC: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterXHelperHMAC
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews100.0% of reviewsโ€”
Update frequencyEvery 16 monthsโ€”
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeโ€”
DevicesiPhone, iPad, MaciPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac โ€” better
Requires iOS27.015.6 โ€” better
Further details โ€” not scored
Size6 MB0 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperVea Software LLCGian Enrico Conti

In-app purchases

None

XHelper

No in-app purchases

None

HMAC

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is XHelper free?
XHelper is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is HMAC free?
HMAC is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do XHelper or HMAC have ads?
Neither XHelper nor HMAC shows ads.

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