Comparison

Reciclo vs Krypton

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

Head to head
About

Reciclo

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Con esta App puedes intercambiar artículos que tu necesites por artículos de otros usuarios que ya no necesiten, dando así una segunda vida/oportunidad a estos artículos y por consiguiente disminuyendo el impacto medioambiental que causaría si se tirase a la basura.

About

Krypton

Securely encrypt and protect your personal documents and folders with strong encryption. This app acts like a digital vault, keeping your sensitive files safe from unauthorized access on your devices and cloud storage.

Highlights
  • Strong encryption for documents and folders
  • Acts as a secure digital vault
  • Supports various file types (pictures, movies, PDFs, etc.)
  • Cloud synchronization with iCloud Drive and Dropbox
  • Available on iOS and macOS
Features
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Protecting your personal and confidential information since 2009, Krypton is the first, simplest and most reliable App on the iOS Store to strongly encrypt entire documents and folders. Now also available on the macOS App Store. Your stuff is secure from prying eyes no matter where you are in the world. Metaphorically, Krypton keeps your encrypted items in a special vault, with each item contained in their own deposit box; to gain access to an encrypted item the vault must be open and the passcode key must be used to unlock the deposit box before you can discern the plaintext contents inside. In iOS the vault may be open or closed, while on macOS the vault opens upon Log In. Because the unit of encryption is an entire document or folder, Krypton is not a password manager in the traditional sense, although you can maintain a document of all your passwords that you encrypt between uses. Krypton can encrypt any type of document, including but not limited to: • Pictures and movies from your photo album. • Email messages from your mailbox. • Songs, PDFs, movies, Zip files, word processing documents, text files, images, program source code or any other object that you can download over the network or from your personal web server. • Anything on the iOS pasteboard. • Any document other Apps are willing to Share, such as Pages, Numbers and Keynote. • iCloud Drive and Dropbox files for easy cloud synchronization. Krypton uses strong encryption on each item. This has several ramifications: • If your passcode is strong enough to withstand a brute force attack, no one is going to see your stuff. • If you forget your passcode, no one can recover your stuff for you! But only that one document is lost, not your entire collection of items. • Your stuff is secure even if your iDevice or Mac is stolen, or iCloud Drive or Dropbox account is compromised. Visit http://www.bigcatos.com to learn more.

Screenshots

Reciclo3 screens
Krypton4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Reciclo at Free against Krypton's $2.99. Reciclo also leads on update cadence (every 4 months vs every 10 months) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 14.0). Krypton's advantage is device support (4 vs 2). On 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

Reciclo is free to download; Krypton costs $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Reciclo ships an update every 4 months, Krypton every 10 months. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 5 level
Reciclo versus Krypton: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRecicloKrypton
PriceFree — better$2.99
Rating—5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—2 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 months — betterEvery 10 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Paid
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better
Requires iOS12.0 — better14.0
Further details — not scored
Size73 MB110 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAmodo Soluciones SLSteve Lidie

In-app purchases

None

Reciclo

No in-app purchases

None

Krypton

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Reciclo free?
Reciclo is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Krypton free?
Krypton costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Reciclo or Krypton have ads?
Neither Reciclo nor Krypton shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Reciclo or Krypton?
Reciclo ships an update every 4 months, and Krypton every 10 months. Most recently, Reciclo was updated on October 27, 2026 and Krypton on November 3, 2026.

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