Comparison

SSSS Mobile vs Crastinate

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

Head to head
About

SSSS Mobile

This app implements Shamir's Secret Sharing Scheme, allowing you to split text secrets into multiple shares. These shares can be reconstructed when a specific threshold is met, and can be shared via QR codes or text.

Highlights
  • Split secrets into multiple shares
  • Reconstruct secrets with a threshold
  • Share shares via QR code
  • Share shares via text
  • Retrieve shares from QR code
  • Retrieve shares from NFC Tag
Features
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SSSS Mobile is an implementation of Shamir's Secret Sharing Scheme (SSSS). In cryptography, Secret Sharing allows you to split a short "secret" text into multiple shares for later reconstruction when a specified threshold of shares are available. With SSSS Mobile, shares can be copied into another application or encoded in a QR Code and shared via email. Shares can later be retrieved from text, QR Code or NFC Tag (when available). You can also write shares to an NFC tag using a 3rd party NFC app. The optional Token parameter is prefixed to the share text to help describe the share or threshold. Some possible use cases for SSSS Mobile: * Split a short message intended for a group of individuals to decode only when the group is together. It may be interesting to store the shares on NFC tags attached to physical objects in this scenario. * Split an important but rarely used strong password across multiple QR Codes. Print and hide these QR codes in multiple locations for later retrieval. * Encrypt a large file with a difficult to remember password. Store the file in a potentially insecure location, but store the SSSS shares that protect your password in various other locations. Perhaps hide a large number of shares but only require a lower threshold for combination later if there is potential for some shares to be lost. * Encrypt the private key to your Bitcoin or other cryptocurrency holdings with an impossible to remember password. SSSS split the password, print the shares to QR Code and bury them in multiple locations. Require a lower threshold than the total number of hidden shares in case some are lost or damaged over time. IMPORTANT #1: If you intend to protect potentially important information, please take all necessary backup precautions and use at your own risk! IMPORTANT #2: The threshold must be met EXACTLY at the time of retrieval/combination. You cannot combine more or less than the exact threshold specified at the time that the share set is generated. It may be useful to use the optional Token parameter to indicate the threshold. Combining the wrong number of shares or invalid shares may result in an error OR an incorrect secret message reconstruction. IMPORTANT #3: The secret message must be 128 characters or less. The longer the message, the more processing time will be required for splitting and combining. For large secrets it is recommended to encrypt with a tool such as PGP/GPG and SSSS split only the password. Additional Notes: * This app uses the ssss-js library by Gabriel Burca to be compatible with the "ssss" UNIX/Linux application by B. Poettering.

About

Crastinate

This task manager offers a simple and kind approach to managing your to-do list. It focuses on getting things done without rigid schedules or due dates, making productivity feel effortless.

Highlights
  • Task management without rigid calendars
  • Procrastination made useful
  • Forgets due dates
  • Clean and simple interface
  • No signups or data collection
Features
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Crastinate is a task manager that works like you do. It does away with rigid calendars, makes procrastination useful and forgets due dates ever existed. It's clean, simple and most of all kind. No signups, in-app purchases, data collection, or AI required. Please procrastinate!

Screenshots

SSSS Mobile4 screens
Crastinate4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: SSSS Mobile at Free against Crastinate's $0.99. SSSS Mobile also leads on update cadence (every 8 days vs monthly) and device support (3 vs 1). Crastinate's advantage is ratings volume (11 vs 2). On rating, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

SSSS Mobile is free to download; Crastinate costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for SSSS Mobile against 4.9 for Crastinate. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Crastinate has 11 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

SSSS Mobile ships an update every 8 days, Crastinate monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
SSSS Mobile versus Crastinate: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSSSS MobileCrastinate
PriceFree — better$0.99
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better4.9 (11 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings211 — better
Update frequencyEvery 8 days — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS13.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size9 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDustin RunnellsLucas Forsman Boothe

Customer experience

SSSS Mobile

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Crastinate

All ratings11 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

SSSS Mobile

No in-app purchases

None

Crastinate

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is SSSS Mobile free?
SSSS Mobile is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Crastinate free?
Crastinate costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, SSSS Mobile or Crastinate?
SSSS Mobile is rated higher. SSSS Mobile averages 5.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while Crastinate averages 4.9 from 11 ratings.
Do SSSS Mobile or Crastinate have ads?
Neither SSSS Mobile nor Crastinate shows ads.
Which is updated more often, SSSS Mobile or Crastinate?
SSSS Mobile ships an update every 8 days, and Crastinate monthly. Most recently, SSSS Mobile was updated on November 4, 2026 and Crastinate on October 30, 2026.

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