Comparison

SSSS Mobile vs heaper

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

heaper

Organize notes, files, and tasks using a flexible tag-based system. Create a network of knowledge with cross-linking and choose offline-first or cloud syncing. Self-hosting options provide full data control and privacy.

Highlights
  • Flexible tag system for organizing content
  • Cross-linking for creating knowledge webs
  • Offline-first data storage
  • Optional cloud syncing
  • Self-hosting for data privacy
  • Manage notes, files, images, and tasks
Features
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Heaper is your flexible digital workspace for managing notes, images, documents, videos, and tasks - all in one place. Whether you’re writing, planning, researching, or organizing a creative project, Heaper lets you throw everything into one heap and organize it later with powerful tags. There are no folders to maintain - just blocks of content that you can freely tag and link. Tags provide a powerful yet simple way to organize even the biggest workspaces. Heaper works offline-first with optional syncing via the cloud and supports self-hosting for full control and privacy. Features • Flexible Tag System: Forget rigid folders. Tag anything - notes, files, images, links - and access it from anywhere. • Each Tag is its own document called a Block, add context to everything. • Cross-Linking: Create a web of knowledge with mentions and tag relationships. • Offline-first: Your data is saved locally and syncs when you’re online. • Self-Hosting Option: Use our cloud or host it yourself - your data, your rules. Ideal for: • Personal knowledge management (PKM) • Creative workflows and project planning • Task and goal tracking • Bookmarking, journaling, and archiving • Managing photos and research libraries Get started for free with no account required to it offline. Heaper is built by a solo developer passionate about organization and freedom, no lock-in, no bloat, just a sane fundament for you to manage your data.

Screenshots

SSSS Mobile4 screens
heaper4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: SSSS Mobile at none against heaper's 10. SSSS Mobile also leads on update cadence (every 8 days vs every 3 weeks) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.6). On price, rating, ratings volume 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. heaper sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. SSSS Mobile asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for SSSS Mobile against 5.0 for heaper. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 2 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

SSSS Mobile ships an update every 8 days, heaper every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on June 2, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
SSSS Mobile versus heaper: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSSSS Mobileheaper
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings22
Update frequencyEvery 8 days — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size9 MB78 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperQR Wild LLCJan Vincent Lunge

Customer experience

SSSS Mobile

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

heaper

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

SSSS Mobile

No in-app purchases

10 purchases

heaper

Subscriptions10
  • Heaper Core Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Heaper Pro Monthly$9.991 Month
  • Heaper Cloud Pro Monthly$14.991 Month
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  • Heaper Ultra Monthly$39.991 Month
  • Heaper Core Yearly$49.991 Year
  • Heaper Cloud Ultra Monthly$59.991 Month
  • Heaper Pro Yearly$99.991 Year
  • Heaper Cloud Pro Yearly$149.991 Year
  • Heaper Ultra Yearly$399.001 Year
  • Heaper Cloud Ultra Yearly$599.001 Year

Questions

Is SSSS Mobile free?
SSSS Mobile is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is heaper free?
heaper is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, SSSS Mobile or heaper?
SSSS Mobile and heaper are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 2 and 2 ratings respectively.
Do SSSS Mobile or heaper have ads?
Neither SSSS Mobile nor heaper shows ads.
Which is updated more often, SSSS Mobile or heaper?
SSSS Mobile ships an update every 8 days, and heaper every 3 weeks. Most recently, SSSS Mobile was updated on June 2, 2026 and heaper on October 11, 2026.

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