Comparison

Stegg vs Advanced Pixels

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

Head to head
About

Stegg

This app allows you to embed secret messages within any digital image, keeping the photo visually unchanged. Only those with the app can reveal the hidden text. Advanced features offer enhanced privacy and disguise options.

Highlights
  • Hide messages within images
  • Visually identical images
  • Password protection for messages
  • Disguise app as calculator (Pro)
  • Hide images within images (Pro)
  • Customizable app themes (Pro)
Features
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Stegg hides secret messages and entire photos inside ordinary images. The result looks like a normal picture. Your recipient can reveal what’s hidden in Stegg, and optional password encryption keeps protected secrets unreadable without the password. PRIVATE BY DESIGN • Every message and image is processed entirely on your device. • Stegg never uploads your images, messages, or passwords. • No account, usage tracking, or third-party ads. • Password protection uses strong encryption; the correct password is required to decrypt the secret. HIDE, SHARE, AND REVEAL • Hide text inside a photo without visibly changing it. • Hide a complete photo inside another with Stegg Pro. • Share compatible Steggs between iPhone and Android. • Open images from other apps directly in Reveal. • Share only the stegged image with Discreet Share, or send a short explanation with Invite to Decode. • Core message hiding and revealing stay free so recipients never need Pro to decode what you send. BUILT FOR REAL-WORLD SHARING • Social-Proof mode helps preserve hidden data when a service may recompress an image. • Deep Search looks for hidden data in many cropped, resized, or screenshot images. • For the most reliable results, send or download the original image file. STEGG PRO: ONE PURCHASE Unlock photo-in-photo hiding, Calculator Disguise, five custom themes, and matching app icons. Pay once. No subscription. Your localized price appears before you buy. An app by RUNEWORKS.

About

Advanced Pixels

Features
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We made this App for You can secure hide sensetive infos in image and extract it whenever You or Your partners want. App needn't Internet for work and don't collect any infos Short manual for hide infos: 1 Get or create sensitive infos file in any format 2 Archive this file to ZIP 3 On tab "Inject" in App choose some image 4 Choose created ZIP file 5 Tap "Inject ZIP file" 6 Save created Image in any place Short manual for extract infos: 1 On tab "Extract" in App choose image for Extract 2 Tap "Extract" 3 If image contain infos - Save extracted ZIP file in any place

Screenshots

Stegg4 screens
Advanced Pixels4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Advanced Pixels at none against Stegg's 1. Advanced Pixels also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 3 months). Stegg's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.0). 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. Stegg sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Advanced Pixels asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Stegg ships an update every 3 months, Advanced Pixels every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on August 2, 2026 and September 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Stegg versus Advanced Pixels: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSteggAdvanced Pixels
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (6 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings6 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS13.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size39 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRUNEWORKS LLCVladyslav Rakovych

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Stegg

One-time1
  • Stegg Pro$4.99
None

Advanced Pixels

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Stegg free?
Stegg is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Advanced Pixels free?
Advanced Pixels is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Stegg or Advanced Pixels have ads?
Neither Stegg nor Advanced Pixels shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Stegg or Advanced Pixels?
Stegg ships an update every 3 months, and Advanced Pixels every 2 days. Most recently, Stegg was updated on August 2, 2026 and Advanced Pixels on September 25, 2026.

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