Comparison

Am I Secure? Forensic Scan vs Aircharge

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

Head to head
About

Am I Secure? Forensic Scan

This app provides advanced security scanning to detect malware, spyware, and viruses. It goes beyond basic checks with deep forensic analysis and AI-driven threat detection, offering manual review by cybersecurity experts for confirmed threats.

Highlights
  • Advanced security scanning
  • Detects malware, spyware, and viruses
  • Deep forensic analysis
  • AI-driven threat detection
  • Manual review by experts
  • Anomaly-based analysis
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Am I Secure? performs forensic analysis of your iPhone or iPad to find signs of compromise. If you are a journalist, activist, executive, lawyer, government official or anyone with reason to think you may be of interest to a sophisticated adversary, this app is built for you. The same applies if you hold digital assets in self-custody. The device holding your keys is the target, and that device is what Am I Secure? examines. WHAT A COMPROMISED DEVICE MEANS Your whole life is on your phone. Private messages, email, photos, contacts, financial information. If you can read it, so can someone who has compromised the device. Encryption protects your messages in transit; it does not protect anything once the device itself is under someone else's control. An attacker in that position can read your messages before they are encrypted and after they are decrypted, see your location, take your stored credentials, and reach any account you are signed in to. They can listen through the microphone to conversations in the room, record through the camera, and follow your movements. There is generally no way to tell from using the device. WHY THIS REQUIRES A DIFFERENT APPROACH iOS is among the most secure consumer platforms available. iOS does not let any app, including security apps, look outside its own container or "sandbox". No security app on your device can inspect the processes, the filesystem, or the behavior of the rest of the system. That is a deliberate security property of the platform, and it is why an app running on your phone can only report on your settings, not on what is actually running. Am I Secure? works differently. You generate a system diagnostic "sysdiagnose" file using the tool built into iOS. That file is produced by the operating system itself, not by us, and it contains a detailed record of processes, logs, and system state. You share that file with the app, which uploads it to our servers. We analyze it and report what we find. The diagnostic file is end-to-end encrypted on your device before it is uploaded and stays encrypted until it reaches hardware we own and operate in our own facilities in Canada and the European Union (EU). It is not decrypted or accessible by any third party, including intermediary data center and network operators. Once analysis is complete the file is deleted. A HUMAN REVIEWS ANYTHING UNUSUAL Where our automated analysis flags something, our team examines the results by hand before anything is reported to you. The same automated analysis pipeline is used by our government clients via our on-premises Private Protection suite. WE LOOK FOR ANOMALIES, NOT JUST KNOWN INDICATORS Most detection tools match against published indicators of compromise. The moment those indicators become public, the operators behind commercial surveillance tools change their software to avoid them, and signature matching stops working against the new version. We compare your device against a baseline of expected iOS behavior instead. That can surface anomalies that do not match public indicators. MEDIA COVERAGE Reviewed by Forbes cybersecurity contributor Davey Winder in December 2024, who wrote he was "very impressed with the capabilities of this app." WHAT ELSE THE APP CHECKS, FOR EVERYONE • Whether your iOS version is current, overall and for your specific device • Lockdown Mode status • Lock screen, passcode, and biometric configuration • iCloud Private Relay and VPN status • Whether connections to well-known sites are being intercepted or inspected • Third-party keyboards installed on the device • Device integrity • Your processor's security features, network details, and diagnostic information SUBSCRIPTION The Advanced Security Scan requires a subscription, available as an in-app purchase (monthly or annual). For the Government & Enterprise Edition, search for Am I Secure? Endpoint Security here on the App Store. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Aircharge

Discover public locations offering wireless phone charging. Browse offers from participating venues and report any issues with charging stations. This app helps you find convenient power-up spots on the go.

Highlights
  • Find nearby charging locations
  • Browse venue offers
  • Report charging station issues
  • Low power charger alerts (coming soon)
Features
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The new Aircharge app allows you to find publicly accessible venues with wireless charging on offer. - Search for Nearby Phone Charging Locations. - Get a nearby charger alert when on low power and connected to mobile data. (Coming Soon!) - Browse offers from venues, restaurants and shops with wireless chargers available. - Report any issues with charging locations to Aircharge Support. Aircharge wireless chargers do not require the app to use, just place a compatible device on the charger."

Screenshots

Am I Secure? Forensic Scan4 screens
Aircharge4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Aircharge at none against Am I Secure? Forensic Scan's 4. Aircharge also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs monthly) and review sentiment (100% vs 83%). Am I Secure? Forensic Scan's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price 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. Am I Secure? Forensic Scan sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Aircharge asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Am I Secure? Forensic Scan ships an update monthly, Aircharge every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and June 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Am I Secure? Forensic Scan versus Aircharge: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAm I Secure? Forensic ScanAircharge
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (79 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews82.9% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings79 — better—
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 2 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesAd-supported — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS16.614.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size22 MB41 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNumbers Station IncCMS Industries Ltd

Customer experience

Am I Secure? Forensic Scan

All ratings79 ratings
Positive92.4%
Neutral1.3%
Negative6.3%
Written reviews35 reviews
Positive82.9%
Neutral5.7%
Negative11.4%

Aircharge

Written reviews8 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Am I Secure? Forensic Scan

Subscriptions4
  • Advanced Threat Detection$9.991 Month
  • Advanced Threat Detection$24.993 Months
  • Advanced Threat Detection$34.996 Months
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  • Advanced Threat Detection$49.991 Year
None

Aircharge

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Am I Secure? Forensic Scan free?
Am I Secure? Forensic Scan is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Aircharge free?
Aircharge is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Am I Secure? Forensic Scan or Aircharge have ads?
Aircharge shows ads; Am I Secure? Forensic Scan does not.
Which is updated more often, Am I Secure? Forensic Scan or Aircharge?
Am I Secure? Forensic Scan ships an update monthly, and Aircharge every 2 days. Most recently, Am I Secure? Forensic Scan was updated on September 23, 2026 and Aircharge on June 1, 2026.

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