Dualock vs Tiny Notes
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Dualock
This app securely stores your notes by splitting them into two encrypted parts, stored separately. Access requires authentication from two specified SNS accounts, ensuring your data remains private and inaccessible to others.
- Two-part encrypted note storage
- Separate cloud storage for each part
- Dual SNS account authentication
- No password required
- Secure and private data handling
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Write your note. Leave Dualock keep it safe in the cloud. We do not use password, because password is not safe enough and hard to remember. Every note you saved here will be splited into two part. Both the parts will encrypted separately and saved separately, using a pair of SNS account you specified. To unlock your note, both accounts is needed. Only you know the pair and the order of the pair. It's safe. Even I don't know how to crack it.
Tiny Notes
Securely store your private notes, passwords, and sensitive information with advanced biometric and password protection. Keep your data locked away without cloud sync, and access it instantly with Face ID or Touch ID.
- Password & PIN protection
- Face ID & Touch ID unlock
- No cloud sync
- Smart data detection
- Unlimited notes
- Dark Mode support
- Print and share options
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Keep your private notes, passwords, and sensitive data locked away with Tiny Notes — the secure note vault with Face ID, Touch ID, and master password protection. Instantly lock your secret diary, PIN-protected memos, or hidden journal with biometric unlock in seconds. Features • Password & PIN protection — lock every note behind a master password • Face ID & Touch ID unlock — instant biometric access to your secret vault • Stays private — no cloud sync, no account required • Smart data detection — tap phone numbers, URLs & addresses to act on them instantly • Unlimited notes — store as many private notes as you need • Dark Mode support • Haptic feedback — satisfying tactile response on all modern iPhones • Print via AirPrint or copy lists to clipboard • Share by AirDrop, Message or Mail • Split Screen support for iPad • Supports Portrait and Landscape orientations • Available on iPhone, iPad & Mac Note: For your security, Tiny Notes does not store your master password anywhere. If you need to reset it, reinstall the app from the App Store. We recommend keeping your password in a safe place.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Tiny Notes at Free against Dualock's $1.99. Tiny Notes also leads on ratings volume (298 vs 1) and device support (4 vs 2). Dualock's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). On update cadence 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
Tiny Notes is free to download; Dualock costs $1.99 up front. Tiny Notes sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Dualock asks for nothing beyond the download.
Dualock holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Tiny Notes has 298 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 3, 2026 and September 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Dualock | Tiny Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 4.7 (298 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 73.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 298 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 26 MB | 10 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Gear Zero Network Inc. | Miroslav Otsedarski |
Customer experience
Dualock
Tiny Notes
Bugs and requests
Dualock
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Tiny Notes
Reported bugs
4 issues- Notes disappear after renaming
- Information disappears during editing
- Cannot retrieve lost data
- Cannot change password (no keyboard)
Requested features
4 requests- Default sorting option (alphabetical descending)
- Ability to save data as encrypted zip for backup/restore
- Adjustable font size
- Confirmation before deleting notes
In-app purchases
Dualock
No in-app purchases
Tiny Notes
- Remove Ads$1.99
