Comparison

Crypto Tools (De)Encryption vs Kryptos Tools

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

Head to head
About

Crypto Tools (De)Encryption

This app offers a comprehensive suite of cryptographic tools for Apple devices, including encryption, decryption, key management, and certificate analysis. It's designed for developers, security professionals, and technical learners to inspect, validate, and manage sensitive data locally with precision.

Highlights
  • Encrypt and decrypt data with AES-256-GCM
  • Generate, import, inspect, and manage cryptographic keys
  • Parse and analyze ASN.1 structures and certificates
  • Analyze and verify Apple Sign-In JWTs
  • Validate and generate JWS
  • Work with JWT, JWS, and JWE flows
  • QR code workflows and PKPass tooling
Features
Read full description

CryptoTools: Encryption, JWT, Certificates & Forensics for Apple Devices CryptoTools is a privacy-first cryptography and forensic analysis toolkit for Apple devices. Built with SwiftUI, it combines encryption, certificate inspection, ASN.1 parsing, JWT and JWS analysis, JWE support, QR workflows, PKPass tooling, and advanced key utilities in one streamlined app for developers, security professionals, forensic analysts, and technical learners. Designed for transparency and precision, CryptoTools helps you inspect, convert, validate, generate, encrypt, decrypt, and manage sensitive data locally with clear, reproducible results. Features • Encrypt and decrypt data with AES-256-GCM • Generate, import, inspect, and manage cryptographic keys • Parse and analyze ASN.1 structures and certificates • Analyze and verify Apple Sign-In JWTs • Validate and generate JWS in a dedicated UI • Work with JWT, JWS, and JWE flows, including decryption • Use a JWT validator and debugger • Perform SecKey calculations • Generate JWK representations • Export RSA keys to PEM or DER • Manage OpenSSH keys • Generate CSRs • Parse password-protected certificates with OpenSSL • Convert Base64 data quickly and accurately • Share encrypted data through QR codes • Open keys, files, encrypted content, and PKPass workflows via deep links • Access onboarding and in-app technical documentation Built for Real Security Workflows CryptoTools is ideal for testing cryptographic flows, validating signed tokens, inspecting certificates, managing key material, analyzing PKI structures, and sharing protected data across apps and devices. JWT, JWS, JWE & Apple Sign-In Inspect token structure, review claims, verify signatures, generate signed payloads, and decrypt supported JWE content in a dedicated interface. CryptoTools also supports Apple Sign-In JWT analysis and verification using Apple public keys, making authentication debugging faster and clearer. Certificate, ASN.1 & PKI Inspection Explore certificate contents and ASN.1 objects in a readable, structured format designed for debugging, validation, and forensic review. OpenSSL-based parsing also supports password-protected certificate workflows. Key Management & Interoperability Generate, organize, inspect, and transform key material with metadata that supports traceability and repeatable testing. CryptoTools includes JWK generation, RSA export to PEM or DER, OpenSSH key management, CSR generation, and SecKey-based operations for compatibility across common security workflows. QR, Deep Links & PKPass Use QR tools and deep links to move secure or structured data efficiently between systems and apps. PKPass support extends CryptoTools to Wallet-related inspection and testing scenarios. Privacy by Design CryptoTools follows a local-first approach, minimizes unnecessary network activity, and gives users direct visibility into cryptographic operations, certificate inspection, and token analysis. Whether you are validating Apple Sign-In tokens, auditing certificates, generating CSRs, testing JWS or JWE payloads, handling RSA or OpenSSH keys, inspecting PKPass content, or learning applied cryptography, CryptoTools delivers a focused and expert-grade toolkit for Apple platforms. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Kryptos Tools

This app offers a comprehensive suite of classic cryptography tools, including Vigenère and Transposition ciphers, to help users explore and potentially solve complex puzzles. It consolidates features from previous versions and provides detailed information on famous unsolved codes.

Highlights
  • Classic cipher implementations
  • Vigenère cipher
  • Transposition Matrix
  • Detailed puzzle information
  • Sixteen classic ciphers
  • Future cipher additions
Features
Read full description

Kryptos Tools combines the best features of the previous two apps (Kryptos Tools - Vigenère and Kryptos Tools - Transposition) along with additional details, documents and photos consolidated into one great app. Kryptos Tools includes classic ciphers, like the Vigenère cipher, that was used to encrypt the first two sections of Kryptos (K1 and K2). It also includes the Transposition Matrix which provides a visual implementation of the Transposition cipher for solving Kryptos section K3. Kryptos Tools now contains sixteen (16) classic ciphers: * Affine * Atbash * Beaufort (plus Autokey variant) * Bifid * Caesar * Columnar Transposition * Four-square * Gronsfeld (plus Autokey variant) * Hill * One-Time Pad * Playfair * ROT13 (Rotate-13) * Substitution * Transposition Matrix * Trifid * Vigenère (plus Autokey variant) Additional ciphers and utilities will be added in future releases. Detailed solutions and information about these sections of the puzzle are also detailed within. Kryptos is a sculpture by the American artist Jim Sanborn located on the grounds of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) in Langley, Virginia. Since the dedication of Kryptos on November 3, 1990, the first three sections have been successfully decrypted. However, the fourth section remains one of the most famous unsolved codes in the world. Are you going to be the one to solve this mystery?

Screenshots

Crypto Tools (De)Encryption4 screens
Kryptos Tools4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Kryptos Tools at none against Crypto Tools (De)Encryption's 2. Kryptos Tools also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 4 months) and ratings volume (7 vs 1). Crypto Tools (De)Encryption's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.6). On price, ads 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. Crypto Tools (De)Encryption sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Kryptos Tools asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Crypto Tools (De)Encryption holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Kryptos Tools has 7 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Crypto Tools (De)Encryption ships an update every 4 months, Kryptos Tools every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on June 8, 2026 and September 17, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Crypto Tools (De)Encryption versus Kryptos Tools: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCrypto Tools (De)EncryptionKryptos Tools
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better4.6 (7 ratings)
Positive reviews—0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings17 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemiumFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS26.018.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size18 MB35 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHUBO SOFTJeffrey Williams

Customer experience

Crypto Tools (De)Encryption

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Kryptos Tools

All ratings7 ratings
Positive85.7%
Neutral14.3%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral100.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Crypto Tools (De)Encryption

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly membership$1.991 Month
  • Annual membership$17.991 Year
None

Kryptos Tools

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Crypto Tools (De)Encryption free?
Crypto Tools (De)Encryption is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Kryptos Tools free?
Kryptos Tools is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Crypto Tools (De)Encryption or Kryptos Tools?
Crypto Tools (De)Encryption is rated higher. Crypto Tools (De)Encryption averages 5.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Kryptos Tools averages 4.6 from 7 ratings.
Do Crypto Tools (De)Encryption or Kryptos Tools have ads?
Neither Crypto Tools (De)Encryption nor Kryptos Tools shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Crypto Tools (De)Encryption or Kryptos Tools?
Crypto Tools (De)Encryption ships an update every 4 months, and Kryptos Tools every 3 weeks. Most recently, Crypto Tools (De)Encryption was updated on June 8, 2026 and Kryptos Tools on September 17, 2026.

Other comparisons