Comparison

HIN Authenticator vs Eidetic

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

Head to head
About

HIN Authenticator

Features
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HIN two-factor authentication app You must be a HIN member to use the HIN Authenticator app. The HIN Authenticator app offers a convenient way to log into the HIN platform. The app acts as the second factor alongside your HIN password. How you benefit: - A convenient alternative to logging in using an SMS code (mTAN) or HIN Client - Simple, quick and secure - User-friendly thanks to fingerprint technology More information: https://support.hin.ch/hin-2fa

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Eidetic

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The passwords, the codes, the number someone read out to you on the phone. Eidetic keeps them on your iPhone, gets them back when you need them, and now types them for you when you have to sign in. SIGN IN WITHOUT COPY AND PASTE You save a login β€” site or app, username, password β€” and from then on the iPhone keyboard offers it the moment you reach that site. One tap, Face ID, and the fields fill. In Safari and inside apps. The password comes out only after iPhone has checked it is you: iOS asks, not Eidetic. Without that check nothing is filled in, and an address that merely looks like yours gets no password at all. WRITE DOWN WHAT YOU MUST NOT FORGET A password, a PIN, an IBAN, the address of a place. You write it and it stays there, in an archive encrypted with AES-256 that never leaves the phone. A password or a code gets its own field: it copies on its own, without the words around it, and you edit it when it changes. FIND IT WITH ONE WORD Type a word you remember. Search covers everything you saved, not only the latest items, and it is free without limits. FROM SCREENSHOTS TOO Save a screenshot and the text inside is read on your iPhone: from then on you find it by searching a word, and you can reopen the original image. SHARE β†’ EIDETIC From Photos, from Safari, from any app: send Eidetic a screenshot, some text or a link and save it without copy and paste. The app shows you what is about to go into the archive before it writes anything. SEND A LIST WORTH LOOKING AT Places for the weekend, gift ideas, recipes to try: pick what to send and it goes as a page β€” an image, or a PDF when it runs to several pages. Readable with or without Eidetic. EVERYTHING ON YOUR PHONE No account, no cloud, no data collection. Search, text recognition and AI all run on the device. Notifications never show what you wrote, the archive is kept out of iCloud backups too, and the credentials used for AutoFill never reach iCloud and never move to another phone. ENCRYPTED BACKUP From Settings you can export the archive to a file protected by a password you choose, to move it to another iPhone. DEADLINES ON WHAT YOU KEEP You can give an entry a deadline: what to do, by when, and when to be warned. The deadline, the renewal date and the warning stay three separate things. "To do" lists them, overdue first. If the note already contains a date, Eidetic offers it together with the sentence it read it from: you confirm. PREMIUM (optional) The first entry that carries deadlines is free; adding them to other entries is part of Premium, together with the written AI answer. Whatever you already created stays readable, editable and completable. A one-sentence answer over the memories a search found, computed on your iPhone. Underneath the answer are the memories it came from, with the exact text you saved. Requires a one-time 2.9 GB download. Writing and searching stay free for everyone. No account also means no password recovery: lose the phone without a backup and the archive is gone. That is the price of keeping it only with you. Privacy Policy: https://benedetto69.github.io/eidetic-legal/ Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

HIN Authenticator4 screens
Eidetic4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: HIN Authenticator at none against Eidetic's 3. Eidetic's advantage is update cadence (every 6 days vs every 13 months). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

Both are free to download. Eidetic sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $8.99 per month. HIN Authenticator asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

HIN Authenticator ships an update every 13 months, Eidetic every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences Β· 4 level
HIN Authenticator versus Eidetic: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHIN AuthenticatorEidetic
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 13 monthsEvery 6 days β€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo β€” betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod β€” betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 β€” better16.0
Further details β€” not scored
Size98 MB42 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHealth Info Net AGBENEDETTO RIBA

In-app purchases

None

HIN Authenticator

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Eidetic

Subscriptions2
  • Neural Core β€” Mensile$8.991 Month
  • Neural Core β€” Annuale$44.991 Year
One-time1
  • Neural Core$89.99

Questions

Is HIN Authenticator free?
HIN Authenticator is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Eidetic free?
Eidetic is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do HIN Authenticator or Eidetic have ads?
Neither HIN Authenticator nor Eidetic shows ads.
Which is updated more often, HIN Authenticator or Eidetic?
HIN Authenticator ships an update every 13 months, and Eidetic every 6 days. Most recently, HIN Authenticator was updated on November 7, 2026 and Eidetic on November 5, 2026.

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