Special Symbols vs OneCryption
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Special Symbols
Enhance your messages, emails, and social media posts with a creative touch. This app provides 21 distinct keyboards to easily insert unique characters and styles directly from your system keyboard.
- 21 unique keyboards
- Add special characters
- Creative text styles
- Bold and italic text
- Monospace and gothic fonts
- Full width text
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Special Symbols is a powerful set of keyboards that will help you to add a special touch of creativity to your messages, email and social apps! Just add 1 keyboard to your system going to Settings > General > Keyboards and you'll have 21 keyboards available in your system! • pǝʇɐʇoɹ • ⓒⓘⓡⓒⓛⓔⓓ • squared • ¢σσɭ ɭєʈʈєяȿ • åĉĉéńẗŝ ĂČČĔŃŤŚ • bold • italic • monospace • double text • gothic •full width / FULL WIDTH Help us to improve and continue the development rating this app 5 stars! Thank you!
OneCryption
This app offers true offline encryption for messages, photos, videos, and files. It emphasizes absolute secrecy through direct key exchange and no server reliance, ensuring quantum-proof security.
- Offline encryption for messages and files
- Direct key exchange
- No server reliance
- Quantum-proof security
- File and media encryption
- Simple encryption/decryption
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Private files and messages, encrypted on your iPhone. OneCryption is an offline encryption tool for people who prefer to exchange secret keys in person. It does not operate a message-delivery network: you choose how to send the encrypted result. HOW IT WORKS 1. Meet your contact and confirm their identity. 2. Generate shared secret key material and transfer it directly between nearby devices. 3. Write a message or select content, encrypt it locally, and share the encrypted result through a channel you choose. 4. The recipient decrypts it with the matching shared key. YOUR KEYS, YOUR CONTROL - Encrypt and decrypt text, photos, videos, audio and files. - Manage contacts and shared keys on your device. - See how much key material remains and exchange a fresh key when needed. - Use local encryption without a OneCryption messaging account. OneCryption uses a one-time-pad workflow. Key material must remain secret and must never be reused. Protect the devices and the key exchange. The channel you use to deliver encrypted content has its own privacy and metadata implications; encryption does not make a compromised device safe. FREE AND PREMIUM Text encryption is available for free. Some media and file features require Premium. Purchase options and current prices are shown in the app. If you choose a subscription, it renews automatically unless you cancel it in your App Store account settings. Privacy policy: https://www.onecryption.com/privacy Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: OneCryption at 100% against Special Symbols's 52%. OneCryption also leads on price (Free vs $0.99) and rating (5.0 vs 3.5). Special Symbols's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 5) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 4 months). On ads 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
OneCryption is free to download; Special Symbols costs $0.99 up front. OneCryption sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $49.99 per month. Special Symbols asks for nothing beyond the download.
OneCryption holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Special Symbols has 8 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 52% of Special Symbols's written reviews are positive against 100% of OneCryption's.
Special Symbols ships an update every 2 months, OneCryption every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Special Symbols | OneCryption |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 3.5 (8 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 51.9% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 8 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 14.7 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 11 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Marco Petrucci | Christian Hell |
Customer experience
Special Symbols
OneCryption
In-app purchases
Special Symbols
No in-app purchases
OneCryption
- Premium features monthly7 Days trial$49.991 Month
- Premium features yearly7 Days trial$500.001 Year
- Key of size 100MB$0.99
- Key of size 500MB$0.99
- Premium Lifetime$399.99
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