Comparison

Arrowat Encryptor vs Secret.ly

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

Head to head
About

Arrowat Encryptor

Features
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Encrypt important text that can only be read by the people who has the decryptor key you share with or can be decrypted just by yourself. Arrowat Encryptor provides the way to save the encrypted content to file with a separated encrypted key that is used to decrypt the content, you can share the encrypted file and provide the secret key to allow others to read it, most important is keep content secret from others, use it for secure your letters, numbers and any text you want to keep secret. Learn how to use the app at https://arrowat.net/arrowatencryptor/docs/encrypt-and-decrypt-text

About

Secret.ly

This app lets you hide text or images within other images using steganography. It employs encryption and customizable secret keys for secure data storage and sharing, ensuring privacy without collecting user data.

Highlights
  • Hide text or images within other images
  • Steganography techniques
  • Customizable secret keys
  • Data encryption
  • Secure storage and sharing
  • No data collection
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Secret.ly© allows you to hide and reveal data on images imperceptibly without any visual changes through steganography techniques. Steganography is a set of ancient techniques that consist of hiding information in plain sight but isn't a form of cryptography because it only hides the existence of that data. That's why Secret.ly uses a customizable secret key that is automatically encrypted as well as the data that will be hidden, ensuring security and inviolability. With Secret.ly you can: • Store sensitive data in plain view securely. • Hide and reveal any type of text or image within images. • Use customizable passwords on each image with hidden data to reveal their content. • Save and share the hidden data. Privacy and security - Secret.ly encrypts all data and hash values of the secret keys used in the app. Even without setting a customizable secret key, a default encrypted one is used to prevent third parties from accessing your data. - Only the same key that encrypted a file is able to decrypt it and it is not possible to recover forgotten keys. - We do not collect or store any data used in the application, not even passwords (secret keys). To share images with hidden data, make sure that the chosen app or communication channel allows to send images at their original size without compression. Compressing an encoded image to reduce its size can corrupt or completely erase the hidden data, making it impossible to decode them.

Screenshots

Arrowat Encryptor4 screens
Secret.ly3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Secret.ly at every 5 days against Arrowat Encryptor's every 25 months. Arrowat Encryptor's advantage is iOS requirement (8.0 vs 15.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Arrowat Encryptor ships an update every 25 months, Secret.ly every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Arrowat Encryptor versus Secret.ly: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterArrowat EncryptorSecret.ly
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.4 (7 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—80.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—7 — better
Update frequencyEvery 25 monthsEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS8.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size32 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperArrowat LLCS. Technologies Solutions

In-app purchases

None

Arrowat Encryptor

No in-app purchases

None

Secret.ly

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Arrowat Encryptor free?
Arrowat Encryptor is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Secret.ly free?
Secret.ly is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Arrowat Encryptor or Secret.ly have ads?
Neither Arrowat Encryptor nor Secret.ly shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Arrowat Encryptor or Secret.ly?
Arrowat Encryptor ships an update every 25 months, and Secret.ly every 5 days. Most recently, Arrowat Encryptor was updated on October 14, 2026 and Secret.ly on October 1, 2026.

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