Secret.ly vs Paranoia File Encryption Lite
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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.
Paranoia File Encryption Lite
Securely encrypt your private files and folders using robust algorithms. This app creates encrypted archives and offers options to delete original files automatically or manually after encryption. It supports multiple strong encryption ciphers for enhanced data protection.
- Encrypt files and folders
- Create .enc archive files
- Delete original files automatically
- Supports Blowfish, AES, RC6, Serpent, Twofish
- Decrypt PRO version encrypted files
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• Paranoia File Encryption is a universal file encryption application for iOS (iPhone/iPad/iPod), brought to you by Paranoia Works. It securely encrypts your private and confidential files or entire folders. P.F.E. works like an archiver, creating a new .enc file after encryption. The original file(s) can be deleted or wiped after the encryption process is completed. This can be done manually or set to be done automatically. • The app guarantees real security by encrypting data using robust encryption algorithms: Blowfish 448 bits, AES 256 bits, RC6 256 bits, Serpent 256 bits, and Twofish 256 bits ciphers. • Steganography: The application offers steganographic features, allowing you to conceal files within a JPEG image. Two algorithms are available: J-UNIWARD and F5. The selected algorithm works with your chosen symmetric cipher to create the final steganogram. • Versions for other systems and platforms are available on the application's homepage (download section - https://paranoiaworks.mobi/download/). • The AES web version is available at: https://pteo.paranoiaworks.mobi/paranoia-file-encryption/ • Free / PRO version differences: The PRO version contains more algorithms - specifically, Threefish 1024bit, SHACAL-2 512bit, and Paranoia C4 2048bit (which is a cascade of Threefish–Serpent–AES–SHACAL2). The free version can decrypt data encrypted by these advanced algorithms, but encryption is exclusive to the PRO version. In addition, the PRO version allows the selection of multiple files and their batch processing. It also provides a key to activate the PRO version of the desktop application: Paranoia File & Text Encryption for PC, Paranoia Text Encryption for PC and S.S.E. File Encryptor for PC
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Paranoia File Encryption Lite at 5.0 against Secret.ly's 4.4. Paranoia File Encryption Lite also leads on device support (4 vs 2). Secret.ly's advantage is update cadence (every 5 days vs every 2 months) and review sentiment (80% vs 71%). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Paranoia File Encryption Lite holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 7 and 2 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 80% of Secret.ly's written reviews are positive against 71% of Paranoia File Encryption Lite's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Secret.ly ships an update every 5 days, Paranoia File Encryption Lite every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Secret.ly | Paranoia File Encryption Lite |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (7 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 80.0% of reviews — better | 71.4% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 7 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 14.5 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 23 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | S. Technologies Solutions | Frantisek Dvorak |
Customer experience
Secret.ly
Paranoia File Encryption Lite
In-app purchases
Secret.ly
No in-app purchases
Paranoia File Encryption Lite
No in-app purchases
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