Comparison

ShakeMyHand vs Private Note Encrypted

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

Head to head
About

ShakeMyHand

This app helps verify the authenticity of digital communications, ensuring you're interacting with the intended person. It's useful for confirming urgent requests, financial transactions, and sensitive data sharing with friends, family, and colleagues.

Highlights
  • Verify sender authenticity
  • Secure financial transaction confirmation
  • Confirm family member requests
  • Team data security
  • Secure role and permission granting
  • Confirm remote team member identity
Features
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Ever wondered if that 'urgent' message from your boss is legit, or if your friend's quirky text was actually sent by them? In this era of digital trickery, ShakeMyHand is here to help. It's a nifty app that cuts through the noise, ensuring that the person texting you for your weekend plans or the team member pinging you for a last-minute meeting is the real deal. No more second-guessing texts or emails. With ShakeMyHand, peace of mind is just a quick verification away, keeping your digital conversations authentic and worry-free. Safeguard financial transactions with colleagues, friends, and family: Before sending bank transfers or sending money through apps like Venmo or PayPal based on an e-mail, text request, or phone call, use ShakeMyHand to confirm it's truly your colleague or friend asking. Verify messages from family members: When you receive unusual requests or messages from family members, especially in urgent situations, ShakeMyHand can confirm their authenticity. Team data security: Need to swap login details or API keys in your team? With ShakeMyHand's easy passphrases, team members can make sure they're sharing sensitive info with the right people, keeping everything tight and secure, especially in remote setups. Grant roles and permissions securely: When a team member needs new roles or privileges in a tool or system, ShakeMyHand steps in. Just swap a quick passphrase to confirm it's them asking, and you're all set to update access safely. Confirm the identity of remote team members: Before sharing sensitive project details in a virtual team meeting, use ShakeMyHand to ensure you're communicating with the actual team. How does it work? 1. Install the app: First, both you and your contact (be it a friend, colleague, relative, or anyone else) need to download ShakeMyHand on your phones. 2. Scan the QR code: Next time you meet in person, open ShakeMyHand and scan each other's QR code. This is a quick and secure way to exchange digital identifiers, much like modern, secure business card exchange. 3. Synced for life: After scanning, your apps are now paired. From this point on, both phones will generate the same secret three-word passphrase. This passphrase acts as a unique, lifelong password that remains in perfect sync everytime it re-generates. 4. Verification anytime: Now, whenever you need to confirm each other's identity - through text, email, phone calls, or video chats - use your shared passphrase. A matching phrase means you're communicating with the right person, ensuring authenticity in your digital interactions.

About

Private Note Encrypted

Features
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Private Note lets you send a secret message that self-destructs the moment it is read. Your message is encrypted on your device with AES-256-GCM before it ever leaves. We only ever store unreadable ciphertext — never your text or your key. The instant the recipient opens it, it is permanently deleted. No copies, anywhere. WHY PRIVATE NOTE • Zero-knowledge: our servers never see your message or your key • Read once, then gone forever — no recovery, no archive, no backup • No accounts, no phone number, no tracking, no ads • Unread messages auto-expire after 7 days • All data stored and processed in the EU (GDPR-compliant) HOW IT WORKS 1. Write your secret and choose an encryption key 2. Create a secure link — only ciphertext is uploaded 3. Share the link, and give the key separately 4. The recipient opens it once, enters the key, and the message is destroyed PERFECT FOR Passwords, API keys, access codes, private messages — anything you don't want lingering in an inbox or chat history. Reading notes others send you is always free. A Private Note Premium subscription unlocks unlimited secure-link creation. SUBSCRIPTION Private Note Premium is an auto-renewable monthly subscription. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at purchase confirmation. It renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the period. Manage or cancel anytime in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use: https://private-note.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://private-note.app/privacy Private Note is built on a simple principle: privacy is a right, not a feature.

Screenshots

ShakeMyHand2 screens
Private Note Encrypted3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: ShakeMyHand at none against Private Note Encrypted's 1. Private Note Encrypted's advantage is device support (3 vs 1). On price, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Private Note Encrypted sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $3.99 per month. ShakeMyHand asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
ShakeMyHand versus Private Note Encrypted: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterShakeMyHandPrivate Note Encrypted
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequency—Every 11 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.115.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB52 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperHUMEN Information Services B.V.ZONESOFT S.R.L.

In-app purchases

None

ShakeMyHand

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Private Note Encrypted

Subscriptions1
  • English$3.991 Month

Questions

Is ShakeMyHand free?
ShakeMyHand is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Private Note Encrypted free?
Private Note Encrypted is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do ShakeMyHand or Private Note Encrypted have ads?
Neither ShakeMyHand nor Private Note Encrypted shows ads.

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