Comparison

Secret.ly vs Cipher Pixel

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

Head to head
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.

About

Cipher Pixel

Features
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Cipher Pixel: Hide Messages in Your Photos With Cipher Pixel, you can securely send hidden messages or keep them safely hidden within images in your gallery. Cipher Pixel makes it easy to hide secret messages in your photos. Using the ancient technique of steganography, this app conceals information within the pixels of your images. Unlike cryptography, which scrambles data into unreadable text, steganography hides data in plain sight, ensuring secrecy without drawing attention. Why Choose Cipher Pixel? Seamless Integration: Effortlessly hide messages in your photos without changing their appearance. User-Friendly Design: Encode and decode messages with ease using a simple interface. Advanced Security: Encrypt your secret messages using the AES algorithm before embedding them in your photos, ensuring that your hidden data is protected with an extra layer of security. How It Works: Encode: Input your message, and Cipher Pixel transforms it into bits. Encrypt: Secure your message with AES encryption before hiding it in the image. Embed: Select a photo, and let Cipher Pixel discreetly hide your encrypted message within its pixels. Share Securely: Share your photo confidently, knowing your hidden message is safe. Additional Note: Once you have created an image with a secret message hidden in the Cipher Pixel app, be careful not to resize or compress the image when sharing it. When sending an image using messaging applications, the image must be sent as a 'Document'. If you send it as an image, the saved message may be lost. This is because messaging applications change the image format.

Screenshots

Secret.ly3 screens
Cipher Pixel4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Secret.ly at every 5 days against Cipher Pixel's monthly. 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

Secret.ly ships an update every 5 days, Cipher Pixel monthly. The most recent releases landed on August 31, 2026 and September 19, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Secret.ly versus Cipher Pixel: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSecret.lyCipher Pixel
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (7 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews80.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings7 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 days — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS15.0 — better16
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperS. Technologies SolutionsSerhat Cihangir

In-app purchases

None

Secret.ly

No in-app purchases

None

Cipher Pixel

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Secret.ly free?
Secret.ly is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Cipher Pixel free?
Cipher Pixel is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Secret.ly or Cipher Pixel have ads?
Neither Secret.ly nor Cipher Pixel shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Secret.ly or Cipher Pixel?
Secret.ly ships an update every 5 days, and Cipher Pixel monthly. Most recently, Secret.ly was updated on August 31, 2026 and Cipher Pixel on September 19, 2026.

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