Comparison

Secure Text Message vs Arrowat Encryptor

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

Head to head
About

Secure Text Message

This app provides a secure method for sending private messages. It allows users to encrypt and decrypt text using a password, then send it directly via text message or email. Saved messages can also be copied to the clipboard.

Highlights
  • Encrypt and decrypt messages
  • Send as text message
  • Send as email
  • Save to clipboard
  • Landscape and portrait modes
  • Password protection
Features
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„Secure Text Message“ is an easy and save way to send secret messages. :: Encrypt and decrypt messages Using a self-selected password will scramble your messages. Based on your chosen password, the text can be unscrambled. :: Text-messages Send the encrypted or decrypted message directly from the app as a text-message. You don’t have to close the app in a complicated way. :: E-mail Send the encrypted or decrypted message directly from the app as an e-mail. You don’t have to close the app in a complicated way. :: Clipboard Save your encrypted or decrypted messages in your clipboard. :: Landscape and Portrait-mode To write with the large keyboard you just have to alternate your iPhone into landscape mode. :: And the best of all it’s free! Your data is NOT stored at any time anywhere! Just your opposite is able to decrypt your message with the right password.

About

Arrowat Encryptor

Features
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Encrypt important text that can only be read by the people who has the decryptor key you share with or can be decrypted just by yourself. Arrowat Encryptor provides the way to save the encrypted content to file with a separated encrypted key that is used to decrypt the content, you can share the encrypted file and provide the secret key to allow others to read it, most important is keep content secret from others, use it for secure your letters, numbers and any text you want to keep secret. Learn how to use the app at https://arrowat.net/arrowatencryptor/docs/encrypt-and-decrypt-text

Screenshots

Secure Text Message4 screens
Arrowat Encryptor4 screens

Verdict

The call

Secure Text Message and Arrowat Encryptor are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Secure Text Message ships an update every 36 months, Arrowat Encryptor every 25 months. The most recent releases landed on September 30, 2026 and September 29, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Secure Text Message versus Arrowat Encryptor: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSecure Text MessageArrowat Encryptor
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 36 monthsEvery 25 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS7.1 — better8.0
Further details — not scored
Size27 MB32 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGeekmeArrowat LLC

In-app purchases

None

Secure Text Message

No in-app purchases

None

Arrowat Encryptor

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Secure Text Message free?
Secure Text Message is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Arrowat Encryptor free?
Arrowat Encryptor is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Secure Text Message or Arrowat Encryptor have ads?
Neither Secure Text Message nor Arrowat Encryptor shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Secure Text Message or Arrowat Encryptor?
Secure Text Message ships an update every 36 months, and Arrowat Encryptor every 25 months. Most recently, Secure Text Message was updated on September 30, 2026 and Arrowat Encryptor on September 29, 2026.

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