Comparison

OneCryption vs PassPony

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

Head to head
About

OneCryption

This app offers true offline encryption for messages, photos, videos, and files. It emphasizes absolute secrecy through direct key exchange and no server reliance, ensuring quantum-proof security.

Highlights
  • Offline encryption for messages and files
  • Direct key exchange
  • No server reliance
  • Quantum-proof security
  • File and media encryption
  • Simple encryption/decryption
Features
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Private files and messages, encrypted on your iPhone. OneCryption is an offline encryption tool for people who prefer to exchange secret keys in person. It does not operate a message-delivery network: you choose how to send the encrypted result. HOW IT WORKS 1. Meet your contact and confirm their identity. 2. Generate shared secret key material and transfer it directly between nearby devices. 3. Write a message or select content, encrypt it locally, and share the encrypted result through a channel you choose. 4. The recipient decrypts it with the matching shared key. YOUR KEYS, YOUR CONTROL - Encrypt and decrypt text, photos, videos, audio and files. - Manage contacts and shared keys on your device. - See how much key material remains and exchange a fresh key when needed. - Use local encryption without a OneCryption messaging account. OneCryption uses a one-time-pad workflow. Key material must remain secret and must never be reused. Protect the devices and the key exchange. The channel you use to deliver encrypted content has its own privacy and metadata implications; encryption does not make a compromised device safe. FREE AND PREMIUM Text encryption is available for free. Some media and file features require Premium. Purchase options and current prices are shown in the app. If you choose a subscription, it renews automatically unless you cancel it in your App Store account settings. Privacy policy: https://www.onecryption.com/privacy Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

PassPony

This app is an open-source password manager that allows you to own your encrypted password files. It syncs with Git and is interoperable with command-line tools, offering features like QuickType autofill and live one-time codes.

Highlights
  • File-based encrypted password storage
  • Git synchronization
  • Interoperable with pass/passage CLI
  • QuickType autofill
  • Live one-time codes (TOTP)
  • Face ID/Touch ID unlock
  • Ephemeral clipboard
Features
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PassPony is a password manager for people who want to own their passwords. Every entry is one encrypted file in a store you control, in the same format as the pass and passage command line tools. Your Mac, your server, and your phone can all work on the same store. WHY A FILE-BASED STORE One entry, one file: the password on the first line, anything else after it. Encrypted with your keys: age identities for passage stores, OpenPGP keys for pass stores. Synced with git over HTTPS or SSH: clone your existing store, publish a new one, and resolve conflicts per entry, never with a silent merge. Interoperable: commits match the pass CLI format, so the store stays fully usable from the desktop tools. EVERYDAY USE AutoFill: your passwords appear above the keyboard when you sign in. Only entry names are indexed; nothing decrypts until you fill. Passkeys: save a passkey for a site and sign in with it. It lives in that site's entry, encrypted with your keys, and syncs like everything else. One-time codes: TOTP with a countdown ring, HOTP counters, and import from an authenticator app's export QR codes. Face ID or Touch ID unlock, with a five-minute grace window shared with AutoFill. Ephemeral clipboard: copies are local only and clear after 45 seconds. Field-level editing that preserves the exact bytes of lines it does not touch. YOUR KEYS STAY YOURS Back up every key on your phone to one file locked with a recovery code, and restore it on a new phone. SSH sync uses a key made on your phone or imported; hosts are trusted on first use and a changed host key is refused. Phones that share a store each add their own public key to it when they sync, and you approve every new key before your entries are re-encrypted for it. Secret keys never leave a device. PRIVATE BY ARCHITECTURE No account, no signup, no PassPony server. The only network connection is the git remote you configure. No analytics, no ads, no tracking. Open source, Apache-2.0. The full app and its Rust core are published in a public git repository for anyone to audit. FORMATS passage stores encrypt with modern age identities. pass stores encrypt with OpenPGP keys (Cv25519 and X25519/Ed25519 in software). RSA-keyed stores need a smartcard, which is not supported yet. Each format keeps its own store; switching never touches the other. Localized in English, Spanish, French, German, Simplified Chinese, Brazilian Portuguese, and Russian. If you already run pass or passage, PassPony is the missing phone half of your setup. If you have never used them, the first-run tour will have you adding your first pass in about a minute.

Screenshots

OneCryption4 screens
PassPony4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: PassPony at none against OneCryption's 2. PassPony also leads on update cadence (every 10 days vs every 4 months). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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. OneCryption sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $49.99 per month. PassPony asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for OneCryption against 5.0 for PassPony. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

OneCryption ships an update every 4 months, PassPony every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
OneCryption versus PassPony: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterOneCryptionPassPony
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings11
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 10 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemiumFree — better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS17.6 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size11 MB23 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperChristian HellKevin Stewart

Customer experience

OneCryption

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

PassPony

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

OneCryption

Subscriptions2
  • Premium features monthly7 Days trial$49.991 Month
  • Premium features yearly7 Days trial$500.001 Year
None

PassPony

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is OneCryption free?
OneCryption is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is PassPony free?
PassPony is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, OneCryption or PassPony?
OneCryption and PassPony are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do OneCryption or PassPony have ads?
Neither OneCryption nor PassPony shows ads.
Which is updated more often, OneCryption or PassPony?
OneCryption ships an update every 4 months, and PassPony every 10 days. Most recently, OneCryption was updated on November 2, 2026 and PassPony on November 6, 2026.

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