NAEQuery vs Kryptos Tools
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
NAEQuery
This app allows users to apply cipher values to texts and compare multiple books side-by-side. It highlights significant words by their numerical value and offers a Safari extension for mobile browsing. An Apple Watch app is also available for on-the-go deciphering.
- Apply cipher values to texts
- Side-by-side book comparison
- Highlight significant words by number
- Safari Extension for mobile browsing
- Apple Watch app for on-the-go use
- Verse numbers included in results
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NAEQuery lets you apply your curious findings to nine Class "A" texts, including The Book of the Law. Use the filter to compare multiple books side-by-side. Book verse numbers are visually included in your cipher results. FIND MATCHING CIPHER VALUES BY NUMBER Have you found a unique word, phrase, or nom de plume? NAEQuery provides an exclusive tool to highlight significant words by number value ― 112 … tells you you’re in important territory. USE NAEQuery IN MOBILE SAFARI With iOS 15 adding support for Safari Extensions, you can now select any text in a Safari mobile browser to immediately unlock its NAEQ cipher value. The NAEQuery Safari Extension can enabled in the iOS Settings app -> Safari -> Extensions -> NAEQuery (or enable it directly within the mobile Safari app) ONE OF A KIND APPLE WATCH APP Dubbed “Wriste Watch”, this Apple Watch app gives you access to the cipher from your wrist. Simply speak or scribble a word to instantly see its deciphered value. The perfect tool for your on the go cipher rabbit holes.
Kryptos Tools
This app offers a comprehensive suite of classic cryptography tools, including Vigenère and Transposition ciphers, to help users explore and potentially solve complex puzzles. It consolidates features from previous versions and provides detailed information on famous unsolved codes.
- Classic cipher implementations
- Vigenère cipher
- Transposition Matrix
- Detailed puzzle information
- Sixteen classic ciphers
- Future cipher additions
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Kryptos Tools combines the best features of the previous two apps (Kryptos Tools - Vigenère and Kryptos Tools - Transposition) along with additional details, documents and photos consolidated into one great app. Kryptos Tools includes classic ciphers, like the Vigenère cipher, that was used to encrypt the first two sections of Kryptos (K1 and K2). It also includes the Transposition Matrix which provides a visual implementation of the Transposition cipher for solving Kryptos section K3. Kryptos Tools now contains sixteen (16) classic ciphers: * Affine * Atbash * Beaufort (plus Autokey variant) * Bifid * Caesar * Columnar Transposition * Four-square * Gronsfeld (plus Autokey variant) * Hill * One-Time Pad * Playfair * ROT13 (Rotate-13) * Substitution * Transposition Matrix * Trifid * Vigenère (plus Autokey variant) Additional ciphers and utilities will be added in future releases. Detailed solutions and information about these sections of the puzzle are also detailed within. Kryptos is a sculpture by the American artist Jim Sanborn located on the grounds of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) in Langley, Virginia. Since the dedication of Kryptos on November 3, 1990, the first three sections have been successfully decrypted. However, the fourth section remains one of the most famous unsolved codes in the world. Are you going to be the one to solve this mystery?
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: NAEQuery at 100% against Kryptos Tools's 0%. NAEQuery also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.6) and device support (4 vs 2). Kryptos Tools's advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 10 months). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
NAEQuery holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 7 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of NAEQuery's written reviews are positive against 0% of Kryptos Tools's.
NAEQuery ships an update every 10 months, Kryptos Tools monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | NAEQuery | Kryptos Tools |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (5 ratings) — better | 4.6 (7 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 5 | 7 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 10 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 18.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 40 MB | 36 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Chad Milburn | Jeffrey Williams |
Customer experience
NAEQuery
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In-app purchases
NAEQuery
No in-app purchases
Kryptos Tools
No in-app purchases
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