Disk Decipher vs Keka
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Disk Decipher
Access and manage encrypted virtual disk images directly on your iPhone and iPad. Supports a wide range of encryption formats and file systems, offering secure viewing and playback of your data anywhere.
- Access encrypted virtual disks
- Supports VeraCrypt, TrueCrypt, LUKS, DMG
- Native file system handling
- Secure authentication options
- File Provider integration
- Media playback
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Access encrypted virtual disks on iPhone & iPad. Open VeraCrypt, TrueCrypt, LUKS, DMG, ProxyCrypt and more—securely, anywhere. Disk Decipher supports many advanced features. Full compatibility details and documentation are available on the support site: https://disk-decipher.app. Highlights: - Freedom of storage - Keep your disk images on your device, on an external disk or NAS, or in the cloud - Broad disk‑image compatibility – VeraCrypt, TrueCrypt, LUKS, DMG, Apple sparse image/bundle, ProxyCrypt - Native file‑system handling – FAT, exFAT, NTFS, HFS, APFS, Linux ext (*) - Rich viewer & media playback – Work securely with your files within the app, or use the File Provider integration across apps - Secure authentication options – Password, passcode, Touch ID, Face ID; Keyfiles, smart-card and FIDO2 security key. (*) exFAT and write support for HFS, APFS and NTFS are offered as optional in-app purchases to cover patent and licensing royalties.
Keka
This app allows you to compress and encrypt files for secure storage and sharing. It also supports browsing and extracting a wide variety of compressed file formats, including encrypted and encoded archives.
- Compress files in multiple formats
- Encrypt files for secure sharing
- Extract various archive formats
- Support for 7Z, ZIP, RAR, TAR, and more
- Handle encrypted and encoded archives
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Keka is a full featured file archiver, as easy as it can be. With Keka you can compress as many files as you want in a bunch of formats. You can also encrypt them to store and share securely and with privacy. Keka can also browse and extract lots of compressed files, from ZIP and 7Z to RAR archives. Whether they are encrypted or encoded in with old charsets this is not a problem for Keka. Compression formats supported: 7Z, ZIP, TAR, ZSTD, GZIP, BZIP2 and AppleArchive (AAR) Extraction formats supported: 7Z, ZIP, RAR, TAR, GZIP, BZIP2, AAR, XZ, ZSTD, ISO, LZMA, EXE, CAB, MSI, PAX, JAR, APK, APPX, XPI, IPA, CPGZ, CPIO, XIP, CPT and many more Terms of Use: https://www.keka.io/termsofuse
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Keka at none against Disk Decipher's 8. Keka also leads on rating (4.8 vs 4.6) and review sentiment (82% vs 72%). Disk Decipher's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 6 weeks) and price ($0.99 vs $3.99). On ratings volume, 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
Disk Decipher costs $0.99 and Keka $3.99 up front. Disk Decipher sells 8 one-off in-app purchases. Keka asks for nothing beyond the download.
Keka holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 91 and 153 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 72% of Disk Decipher's written reviews are positive against 82% of Keka's.
Disk Decipher ships an update weekly, Keka every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Disk Decipher | Keka |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 — better | $3.99 |
| Rating | 4.6 (91 ratings) | 4.8 (153 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 72.2% of reviews | 82.1% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 91 | 153 — better |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Paid |
| Best chart rank | #137 | #37 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Vision Pro | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Vision Pro |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.5 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 16 MB | 49 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Richard Huveneers | Jorge Garcia Armero |
Customer experience
Disk Decipher
Keka
Bugs and requests
Disk Decipher
Reported bugs
3 issues- Issues with mounting/opening encrypted containers
- Problems with file deletion or management within containers
- Incompatibility with certain VeraCrypt/TrueCrypt features
Requested features
4 requests- Add support for editing/modifying files within encrypted containers
- Improve Dropbox/cloud integration and usability
- Expand support for additional file systems (e.g. APFS, ext4)
- Implement dark mode or other UI improvements
Keka
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Disk Decipher
- Small Donation$0.99
- Medium Donation$1.99
- exFAT filesystem support$2.99
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- APFS write license$2.99
- NTFS write license$2.99
- HFS write license$2.99
- Large Donation$3.99
- All filesystem licenses$7.49
Keka
No in-app purchases
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