Kragon vs hintview
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Kragon
Securely encrypt any file type, including documents, photos, and videos. This utility works seamlessly with local, external, and cloud storage, offering a cloud-first approach for progressive syncing.
- Encrypt any file type
- Supports local storage
- Supports external drives
- Works with cloud storage
- Progressive cloud syncing
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> File encryption for local, external, and cloud storage - Anything Encrypt documents, photos, videos, or any files. - Anywhere Works with local, external, and cloud storage. - Cloud-first Files are encrypted individually. Changes can be synced progressively to cloud storage. You can use it to encrypt local files, files in external drives, or files in cloud storage services like iCloud, Google Drive, Dropbox, etc.
hintview
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This app is a viewer for HINT files. HINT files are generated by HiTeX or HiLaTeX which is distributed together with TeX Live since 2022. HINT files contain TeX output in a reflowable format; this means that paragraphs and pages are adjusted on demand to the available window or screen size.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Kragon at every 6 weeks against hintview's every 8 months. 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Kragon ships an update every 6 weeks, hintview every 8 months. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and September 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Kragon | hintview |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks — better | Every 8 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac | iPhone, iPad, Mac |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 16.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 24 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 园园 刘 | Hochschule fuer angewandte Wissenschaften Muenchen |
In-app purchases
Kragon
No in-app purchases
hintview
No in-app purchases
