Disk Decipher vs Crosswind Calculator
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.
Crosswind Calculator
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A crosswind calculator that starts from the real report. Paste the METAR, pick the runway, and read the verdict: headwind or tailwind and crosswind, steady and gust, graded against your own personal minimums — plus density altitude and what it costs you. PASTE A METAR Copy the report from any source, paste it once, and the wind, gusts, temperature and altimeter fill both calculators. Read offline from the text you pasted — nothing is fetched, and the app shows you what it read before you use it. WIND COMPONENTS Pick the runway, dial the wind, add the gust. Headwind or tailwind and crosswind in knots, labeled from left or right, for the steady wind and for the gust. A tailwind gets a plain red banner that names the other end of the runway. THE ROSE A drawn compass rose with the runway strip at its magnetic heading, the wind arrow blowing in from its direction, and the wind broken into head and cross components from the field center. Tap it for the full-screen close-up. PERSONAL MINIMUMS Set your max crosswind and max gust factor, or save them per aircraft and switch with a tap. Every figure is green, amber from 80% of your limit, and red at it. The app grades; you decide. DENSITY ALTITUDE Field elevation, altimeter and temperature give pressure altitude and density altitude, with the ISA deviation and a plain note on what it means for performance. Optional dew point for the humidity effect. BEST RUNWAY Every runway 01 to 36 ranked by head and crosswind for the current wind, so the choice at a field with options takes one look. WORKS ANYWHERE Offline, no account, no subscription. Save any result; saved checks are one tap away on every tab. Training and planning aid — not for primary flight operations.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Crosswind Calculator at none against Disk Decipher's 8. Disk Decipher's advantage is price ($0.99 vs $5.99) and chart position (#90 vs unranked). On update cadence, ads and iOS requirement 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 Crosswind Calculator $5.99 up front. Disk Decipher sells 8 one-off in-app purchases. Crosswind Calculator asks for nothing beyond the download.
Disk Decipher ships an update weekly, Crosswind Calculator every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Disk Decipher | Crosswind Calculator |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 — better | $5.99 |
| Rating | 4.6 (93 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 72.4% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 93 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 10 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Best chart rank | #90 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Vision Pro — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 16 MB | 11 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Richard Huveneers | NOSHU, llc |
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
Crosswind Calculator
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
Crosswind Calculator
No in-app purchases
Questions
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