Comparison

App Hide vs PaperLink IO

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

Head to head
About

App Hide

Securely hide your applications and games behind a PIN password. This app acts as a disguise assistant, ensuring your private content remains inaccessible to others. Protect your secrets with encrypted access.

Highlights
  • Hide applications
  • Hide games
  • PIN password protection
  • Encrypt applications
  • Disguise assistant
Features
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Hide applications, hide games~Hide all your little secrets. You can put all the apps, games, etc. that you don't want others to see in the app hiding and disguising assistant Set up PIN password protection function, encrypt applications, games, and only display them after you enter your password, so you no longer worry about others discovering it! Regarding member subscriptions: -Subscription: After a 3-day free trial/$6.99/week -Payment: After the user confirms the purchase and makes the payment, it will be credited to their iTunes account. -Cancel Renewal: To cancel the renewal, please manually disable the automatic renewal feature in iTunes/Apple ID settings management 24 hours before the current subscription expires. -Renewal: Apple iTunes account will be charged within 24 hours before expiration, and the subscription period will be extended accordingly after successful deduction. Privacy policy:https://m11iavy23en.feishu.cn/docx/V1hYddNBDoeYKUxsHQNci1y7nDe?from=from_copylink User agreement:https://m11iavy23en.feishu.cn/docx/VvfldAXDoopVibxiuNycmS6knth?from=from_copylink Subscription Service Agreement:https://kdocs.cn/l/cshGOUPAcyxM

About

PaperLink IO

Features
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Your world isn't physical or digital. It's both. PaperLink brings the two together. PaperLink connects the physical things in your life to the digital things that belong with them. A page can connect to a thought. A photograph to a video. Study notes to the resources behind them. A greeting card to someone's voice. A physical product to an entire digital experience. And a collection of PaperLinks can become something larger — a presentation, a project, a body of research, a collection of memories, or simply a better way of organising the things you're thinking about. PaperLink doesn't replace the physical world with another app. It adds another layer to it. One connection. Lots of possibilities. PaperLink can be used in different ways depending on what you're trying to do. For Ideas Connect handwritten thoughts, notes and physical references to the digital material behind them. Keep the idea on paper while giving it somewhere to grow. For Presentations Bring PaperLinks together into a sequence and present the content associated with them on another screen. For Memories Connect photographs, journals, albums and keepsakes to videos, voices, photographs and moments that paper alone can't preserve. For Learning Connect notes, books and study material directly to videos, documents, websites, explanations and other resources. For Everyday Life Turn physical places and objects into simple triggers for digital information, routines, reminders and experiences. For Products Connect cards, clothing, jewellery, packaging and other physical products to digital experiences created for the people who own them. For Brands Build PaperLink into products you already make, while PaperLink provides the digital layer behind them. How PaperLink works The idea is simple: Something physical → a PaperLink → whatever belongs with it digitally. Scan an existing PaperLink or create one in the app. Add video, audio, photographs, documents, links, notes, ideas or other supported content. Then return to it from the physical world whenever you need it. A PaperLink might be represented by a QR code on a page or product, but the QR code isn't the experience. It's the doorway. What happens after you open it is what makes PaperLink useful. The physical things you love don't need replacing. Your notebook can still be a notebook. Your photographs can still sit in an album. Your greeting card can still live on someone's shelf. Your ideas can still begin with a pen. PaperLink simply lets those things reach beyond their physical limits. Your world isn't physical or digital. It's both. PaperLink brings the two together. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

App Hide4 screens
PaperLink IO4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: PaperLink IO at none against App Hide's shown. PaperLink IO also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs fortnightly). App Hide's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price, in-app purchases 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. App Hide sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per 7 days and PaperLink IO sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

App Hide ships an update fortnightly, PaperLink IO every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
App Hide versus PaperLink IO: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterApp HidePaperLink IO
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 4 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size130 MB17 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer志勇 苏Urban Legend Makers

In-app purchases

5 purchases

App Hide

Subscriptions1
  • Subscribe to weekly membership3 Days trial$6.997 Days
One-time4
  • Weekly membership$6.99
  • Monthly membership$14.99
  • Quarterly membership$29.99
Show 1 more
  • Annual membership$39.99
3 purchases

PaperLink IO

Subscriptions3
  • Paperlink Layer$3.997 Days
  • Paperlink Layer$9.991 Month
  • Paperlink Layer$89.991 Year

Questions

Is App Hide free?
App Hide is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is PaperLink IO free?
PaperLink IO is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do App Hide or PaperLink IO have ads?
App Hide shows ads; PaperLink IO does not.
Which is updated more often, App Hide or PaperLink IO?
App Hide ships an update fortnightly, and PaperLink IO every 4 days. Most recently, App Hide was updated on November 4, 2026 and PaperLink IO on November 7, 2026.

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