Comparison

Kryptos Tools vs Stego

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

Head to head
About

Kryptos Tools

This app offers a comprehensive suite of classic cryptography tools, including Vigenère and Transposition ciphers, to help users explore and potentially solve complex puzzles. It consolidates features from previous versions and provides detailed information on famous unsolved codes.

Highlights
  • Classic cipher implementations
  • Vigenère cipher
  • Transposition Matrix
  • Detailed puzzle information
  • Sixteen classic ciphers
  • Future cipher additions
Features
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Kryptos Tools combines the best features of the previous two apps (Kryptos Tools - Vigenère and Kryptos Tools - Transposition) along with additional details, documents and photos consolidated into one great app. Kryptos Tools includes classic ciphers, like the Vigenère cipher, that was used to encrypt the first two sections of Kryptos (K1 and K2). It also includes the Transposition Matrix which provides a visual implementation of the Transposition cipher for solving Kryptos section K3. Kryptos Tools now contains sixteen (16) classic ciphers: * Affine * Atbash * Beaufort (plus Autokey variant) * Bifid * Caesar * Columnar Transposition * Four-square * Gronsfeld (plus Autokey variant) * Hill * One-Time Pad * Playfair * ROT13 (Rotate-13) * Substitution * Transposition Matrix * Trifid * Vigenère (plus Autokey variant) Additional ciphers and utilities will be added in future releases. Detailed solutions and information about these sections of the puzzle are also detailed within. Kryptos is a sculpture by the American artist Jim Sanborn located on the grounds of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) in Langley, Virginia. Since the dedication of Kryptos on November 3, 1990, the first three sections have been successfully decrypted. However, the fourth section remains one of the most famous unsolved codes in the world. Are you going to be the one to solve this mystery?

About

Stego

Features
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Stego lets you hide private text or images inside ordinary photos and extract them later on your iPhone or iPad. Your cover images and hidden payloads are processed on your device—they are not uploaded to Japality Limited. CHOOSE YOUR WORKFLOW • LSB-1 for lossless PNG workflows • DCT and GN-QIM for JPEG and recompressed sharing scenarios • Social Media Mode to prepare images for apps that may resize uploads • Optional error correction for tougher recovery FEATURES • Hide text, notes, or an image inside another image • Extract hidden content from stego images • UTF-8 support, including Chinese and emoji • Warnings when a cover image is too flat for reliable embedding FREE & STEGO PRO Stego is free to use with ads. Stego Pro (monthly or yearly subscription) removes banner, interstitial, and app-open ads. Payment is charged to your Apple ID. Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the period. Manage subscriptions in Settings → Apple ID → Subscriptions, or in Stego → Settings → Stego Pro. PRIVACY See our Privacy Policy for how ads (Google AdMob) and subscriptions (RevenueCat) handle data. Steganography operations themselves stay on your device. IMPORTANT Stego is for lawful personal use only. You are responsible for complying with applicable laws. Steganography is not encryption—anyone with the original file may detect or lose hidden data if the image is recompressed. Support: https://app.japality.com/stego/i/support/ Privacy: https://app.japality.com/stego/i/privacy_policy/ Terms: https://app.japality.com/stego/i/terms/

Screenshots

Kryptos Tools4 screens
Stego4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Kryptos Tools at none against Stego's 2. Kryptos Tools also leads on ads (none vs shown). Stego's advantage is iOS requirement (16.0 vs 18.6). On price, update cadence 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

Both are free to download. Stego sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Kryptos Tools asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Kryptos Tools ships an update monthly, Stego every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Kryptos Tools versus Stego: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterKryptos ToolsStego
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (8 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings8 — better—
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 6 weeks
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.616.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size36 MB51 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJeffrey WilliamsJapality Limited

In-app purchases

None

Kryptos Tools

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Stego

Subscriptions2
  • Stego Pro (Monthly)$2.991 Month
  • Stego Pro (Yearly)$14.991 Year

Questions

Is Kryptos Tools free?
Kryptos Tools is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Stego free?
Stego is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Kryptos Tools or Stego have ads?
Stego shows ads; Kryptos Tools does not.
Which is updated more often, Kryptos Tools or Stego?
Kryptos Tools ships an update monthly, and Stego every 6 weeks. Most recently, Kryptos Tools was updated on November 3, 2026 and Stego on October 30, 2026.

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