Comparison

Pastor vs Secret Message

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

Head to head
About

Pastor

Securely store and manage your private information, including passwords and account details, directly on your device. Find what you need quickly with powerful search and sorting options. Import and export your data easily.

Highlights
  • Encrypted local storage
  • Face ID/Touch ID unlock
  • Offline functionality
  • Search and filter entries
  • Copy fields and open websites
  • Sort and find inactive entries
  • Import/export data (CSV/TSV)
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Keep passwords, account details, and short personal notes encrypted on your iPhone or iPad. Pastor is a simple place for information you want to keep private and easy to find. Store a title, website address, user name, password or PIN, and notes for each entry. PRIVATE, LOCAL STORAGE Your entries are stored locally using Apple's device encryption. Unlock Pastor with Face ID, Touch ID, or your device passcode. Pastor works offline and has no account or cloud sync service. FIND WHAT YOU NEED Search titles, website addresses, user names, and notes. Tap a field to copy it, reveal a password when needed, or open an entry's website in Safari. KEEP YOUR COLLECTION USEFUL Sort by title, creation date, last edit, last viewed, or last used. Find entries you haven't viewed or used for 1, 3, 6, or 12 months, and filter by date range or unknown dates. Activity History shows the latest dates for each entry. Using an entry means copying a field or opening its website; viewing alone does not count as use. Earlier activity is unknown for existing or imported entries. Period filters take account of how much history is available. IMPORT AND EXPORT Import Pastor TSV files through Finder on your Mac, choosing Merge or Replace. Export all entries or your current results as CSV or TSV. Exported files are cleartext and do not include activity history. Made for iPhone and iPad, with light and dark appearance. Requires iOS or iPadOS 15 or later and a device passcode. Device backups and clipboard sharing follow your Apple settings. Keep a current backup of information you need.

About

Secret Message

Features
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You can make Secret Messages or Convert your private photo & Videos into secure files and read n view your friend's messages n files with Secret Messages. With the help app user can convert private files, photos n videos into encrypted files And store them in a secure place, so no one can see or read that without your permission. Very useful for social media apps like dating, WhatsApp, Facebook, Messanger etc. If you don't want other unwanted users to read the text. Simply Changing keys can help you and your friend to read only the message. This is called Cryptography. Secret Message uses Encryption to make text unreadable and Decrypt them to see the Original Message. Features in App Private Message: Make a Secret Message and share it with your friends. Tell them to use Secret Message to read the message. It is recommended to change keys if you are sharing an important message. Keep your message private and unreadable by anyone. Private Photo & Video: Convert Photo or Video and share it with your friends. Your friend has to download same app to see your private photo or video or file. Keep your files private and unreadable by anyone. App Locking: Secret Message makes your key inaccessible with this. No one can get your key without your PIN. If you forgot your PIN. You will lose access to all of your Key and your previously Encrypted messages. Secure: Secret Message encrypts and decrypts messages using a very strong default key and it uses 128-bit AES method. No one can hack it and see your messages. Key Changing: This option in Secret Message makes the message only readable to the users who put the same key in their app in the settings. You can even generate a random/new/powerful key and share it with your friends.

Screenshots

Pastor4 screens
Secret Message4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Secret Message at Free against Pastor's $1.99. Secret Message also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). On update cadence, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Secret Message is free to download; Pastor costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 8 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Pastor versus Secret Message: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPastorSecret Message
Price$1.99Free — better
Rating4.7 (3 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews30.6% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 8 monthsEvery 8 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB42 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMarkus MehlauPramod Tapaniya

In-app purchases

None

Pastor

No in-app purchases

None

Secret Message

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Pastor free?
Pastor costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Secret Message free?
Secret Message is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Pastor or Secret Message have ads?
Neither Pastor nor Secret Message shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Pastor or Secret Message?
Pastor ships an update every 8 months, and Secret Message every 8 months. Most recently, Pastor was updated on November 1, 2026 and Secret Message on November 3, 2026.

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