Instant PGP vs OnionShare
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Instant PGP
Easily manage your PGP keys for secure communication. Generate, import, and export public and private keys in ASCII format. Encrypt, decrypt, sign, and validate messages with robust PGP functionality.
- Generate PGP keys
- Import PGP keys
- Export PGP keys
- Encrypt messages
- Decrypt messages
- Sign messages
- Validate signatures
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The app allows you to generate, import and export your public and private PGP keys in ASCII format. You can use these keys to encrypt/sign cleartext messages, decrypt PGP MESSAGEs and validate PGP SIGNED MESSAGEs. For questions and suggestions contact me at instantpgp@gmail.com.
OnionShare
Securely share files and host websites directly from your device without relying on cloud services. Protects against third-party access, network eavesdropping, and user identity exposure through end-to-end encryption and Tor network integration.
- Direct file sharing
- Host websites
- Tor Onion Services integration
- End-to-end encryption
- Anonymity protection
- No third-party servers
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Ever wanted to share something without also sharing it with Google or Dropbox? Tax documents, medical information, or unpublished research? Share files directly and securely without the middlemen. Your Private Productivity Suite.. In Your Pocket! Share files and host websites right from your phone, all over Tor Onion Services, built by the developers who created Orbot, Briar, Onion Browser and CalyxOS! What OnionShare protects against Third parties don’t have access to anything that happens in OnionShare. Using OnionShare means hosting services directly on your computer. When sharing your files with OnionShare, they are not uploaded to any third-party server. This avoids the traditional model of having to trust the computers of others. Network eavesdroppers can’t spy on anything that happens in OnionShare in transit. The connection between the Tor onion service and Tor Browser is end-to-end encrypted. This means network attackers can’t eavesdrop on anything except encrypted Tor traffic. Even if an eavesdropper is a malicious rendezvous node used to connect the Tor Browser with OnionShare’s onion service, the traffic is encrypted using the onion service’s private key. Anonymity of OnionShare users are protected by Tor. OnionShare and Tor Browser protect the anonymity of the users. As long as the OnionShare user anonymously communicates the OnionShare address with the Tor Browser users, the Tor Browser users and eavesdroppers can’t learn the identity of the OnionShare user. If an attacker learns about the onion service, they still can’t access anything. Prior attacks against the Tor network to enumerate onion services allowed attackers to discover private .onion addresses. To access an OnionShare service from its address, the private key used for client authentication must be guessed (unless the service is already made public by turning off the private key – see Turn Off Private Key).
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: Instant PGP at 49 against OnionShare's 5. Instant PGP also leads on iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.0). On price, rating, review sentiment and ads 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.
OnionShare holds the better App Store score, 3.8 against 3.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Instant PGP has 49 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 54% of Instant PGP's written reviews are positive against 56% of OnionShare's.
| Parameter | Instant PGP | OnionShare |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.6 (49 ratings) | 3.8 (5 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 53.8% of reviews | 55.6% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 49 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | — | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 15 MB | 35 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Igor Fedotov | Lockdown Systems |
Customer experience
Instant PGP
OnionShare
In-app purchases
Instant PGP
No in-app purchases
OnionShare
No in-app purchases








