Comparison

DEM vs StripPii

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

Head to head
About

DEM

Features
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Introducing our new app, Discover Enrol Manage, for dataJAR.mobi customers This app allows you to test whether key services required for successful MDM enrolment are available and reachable from the network the app is running from. Key Features include: • Report on the current Wi-Fi connection • Report on the current Cellular connection • Report which DNS Servers are being used • Report the devices public IP • Report on whether dataJAR services are reachable • Report on whether key Apple services are reachable • Log a support ticket direct with dataJAR

About

StripPii

An offline tool to automatically detect and redact personal information from documents and images. It offers camera scanning for physical documents and supports various file types, ensuring your data remains private on your device.

Highlights
  • 100% Offline operation
  • Automatic PII detection
  • Camera scanning for physical documents
  • EXIF metadata visibility and stripping
  • DOCX and PDF metadata cleaning
  • Manual redaction and custom rules
  • Batch processing
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Redaction that actually removes the words. Most tools draw a black box over text that is still in the file. Copy and paste from the "redacted" PDF and the name is right there. StripPii removes the text itself - what comes out has nothing underneath the black. Nothing leaves your device. Ever. StripPii makes no network requests at all. It holds no network permission. There are no servers, no accounts, no analytics, no crash reporting. Your bank statements, medical letters and passport scans are read on your device and stay there - not as a policy, but because the app is technically incapable of doing otherwise. Finds what matters, in any language. Names, addresses, emails, phone numbers, dates of birth, passport and licence numbers, national IDs, card and account numbers, medical record numbers - and faces in photos, covered automatically. An on-device machine-learning model reads names and addresses that have no fixed shape to match, in any of the languages it was trained on. Exact patterns handle the things that do - the ones with checksums, like an IBAN or a National Insurance number. Each catches what the other cannot. On devices with Apple Intelligence, an extra on-device pass runs alongside. Also local. Also free. Detection is the same whether you pay or not. Every PII type. The AI. The lot. We are not going to find less of your personal data because you have not paid us. You decide before anything is redacted. Review every detection, with a label saying how it was found. Deselect anything that shouldn't go. Black out anything the app missed by hand. StripPii remembers what you confirmed, so the next document is faster. Free • PDF, text and images • Every PII type, on-device AI, automatic face detection • Manual redaction, review before redacting • One file at a time, watermarked export Pro - one-time purchase, no subscription • Clean export, no watermark • Whole folders at once - files, folders and ZIP archives • DOCX and multi-image documents • Strip hidden metadata: PDF properties, DOCX authors, tracked changes and comments • Remove EXIF - GPS location, device model, camera settings • Password-protected PDFs stay protected on the way out • Search & Mask, custom keywords and rules • Blur and frosted-glass redaction • Scan and redact with the camera (iPhone and iPad) One purchase covers iPhone, iPad and Mac.

Screenshots

DEM2 screens
StripPii4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: DEM at none against StripPii's 1. DEM also leads on iOS requirement (14.0 vs 17.6). StripPii's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 3 months). On price, ads 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. StripPii sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. DEM asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

DEM ships an update every 3 months, StripPii fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 5 level
DEM versus StripPii: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDEMStripPii
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews—50.0% of reviews
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS14.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB175 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperData JAR LtdJolson Da Costa

In-app purchases

None

DEM

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

StripPii

One-time1
  • StripPii Pro$24.99

Questions

Is DEM free?
DEM is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is StripPii free?
StripPii is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do DEM or StripPii have ads?
Neither DEM nor StripPii shows ads.
Which is updated more often, DEM or StripPii?
DEM ships an update every 3 months, and StripPii fortnightly. Most recently, DEM was updated on November 6, 2026 and StripPii on November 5, 2026.

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