Comparison

Guard Ninja vs Type

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

Head to head
About

Guard Ninja

This app acts as a personal security guard for your phone and belongings. It triggers an alarm if someone attempts to move or tamper with your device or items it's placed near, providing customizable sound, light, and vibration alerts.

Highlights
  • Motion-activated alarm
  • Customizable alarm sounds, light, and vibration
  • Adjustable sensitivity settings
  • Password protection to disarm
  • Timer for arming and disarming
  • Protect nearby items like wallets and suitcases
Features
Read full description

Meet Guard Ninja - the guard of your phone! You don't know how to secure your phone? With this app you can leave your phone alone. Nobody will touch it without launching an alarm. Sleeping in a train or on the airport without anxiety that someone will rob you won’t be a problem. Guard Ninja will warn you in every situation like that. Increase phone security in a simple way! Not only your phone, but also other things nearby can be protected with Guard Ninja app. Simply, put your guarded phone for example into your suitcase. Or lay it down on your wallet or laptop. If someone will try to take your things, alarm will turn on. And you can react quickly. How the app works? You can create your own, customizable alarm. Use different alarms for specific situations. Creating an alarm includes a few elements: Decide what will be your alarm behavior. You can turn on the sound, light or vibration. Behaviors can be mixed, depends on you. Set sensitivity for your alarm. Adjust sensitivity of phone movement which will activate the alarm. Set timers to arm and disarm your alarm. You will have some time to put the phone in a place where you suspect it can be touched and then to turn the alarm off before it will launch. Create your unique password to disarm the alarm. Your alarm list is always visible on home screen. In every moment one of them can be activated.

About

Type

A simple text editor designed for mobile devices, offering code highlighting for various programming languages and line numbering. It allows for easy code editing on the go, mimicking desktop editor styles.

Highlights
  • Code highlighting for multiple languages
  • Line number display
  • Long line wrapping
  • Desktop-like code style
  • Easy mobile code editing
Features
Read full description

Type - A Pure Text Editor for user to edit text on Phone, it support to highlight when open lua, python, javascript file, it had the same code style like on the mac text Editor, it is easy edit code on phone when you on the train or any place had no PC. Feature √ Support code highlight when opne code file √ Support support code language: lua python3 javascript html Objective c c++ etc √ Support show line number √ Support wrap long line, take easy to view

Screenshots

Guard Ninja4 screens
Type2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Type at Free against Guard Ninja's $0.95. Type also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.5) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). Guard Ninja's advantage is ratings volume (46 vs 1) and update cadence (every 3 months vs every 6 months). On ads, in-app purchases, monetization model 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

Type is free to download; Guard Ninja costs $0.95 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Type holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Guard Ninja has 46 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Guard Ninja ships an update every 3 months, Type every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Guard Ninja versus Type: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGuard NinjaType
Price$0.95Free — better
Rating4.5 (46 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews42.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings46 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 3 months — betterEvery 6 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPod — better
Requires iOS18.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJan SlusarzShenZhen Yuyue Technology Co., Ltd.

Customer experience

Guard Ninja

All ratings46 ratings
Positive84.8%
Neutral6.5%
Negative8.7%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive42.9%
Neutral14.3%
Negative42.9%

Type

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Guard Ninja

No in-app purchases

None

Type

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Guard Ninja free?
Guard Ninja costs $0.95, with no in-app purchases.
Is Type free?
Type is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Guard Ninja or Type?
Type is rated higher. Guard Ninja averages 4.5 out of 5 from 46 ratings, while Type averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Guard Ninja or Type have ads?
Neither Guard Ninja nor Type shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Guard Ninja or Type?
Guard Ninja ships an update every 3 months, and Type every 6 months. Most recently, Guard Ninja was updated on October 7, 2026 and Type on September 24, 2026.

Other comparisons