Comparison

LegacyApp vs After Me

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

Head to head
About

LegacyApp

Securely store and manage sensitive digital information, including documents and financial details. This app offers encrypted cloud storage and a unique feature to grant access to a nominated beneficiary after your passing, ensuring your digital legacy is protected.

Highlights
  • Encrypted cloud storage
  • Digital legacy management
  • Beneficiary access
  • Well-being checks
  • Trusted friends verification
  • 1-minute setup
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All the important things in your life, in one place on your phone: bank and investment accounts, insurance policies, documents, passwords and instructions. You find what you need in seconds. And if something happens to you, one person you choose gets it. EVERY DAY โ€ข Notes in ready-made categories: banks, insurance, property, vehicles, email and online accounts, family matters and more โ€ข Photos of documents, taken with the camera or added from your gallery โ€ข Search: type "life insurance" and the note is there โ€ข Where things are: the safe code, the green folder, the spare keys โ€ข Tips inside the app on documents, passwords and planning ahead FOR YOUR FAMILY, WHEN THE TIME COMES โ€ข Your Recipient: one person you choose, reached by email โ€ข Trusted Friends: people who confirm that something has happened. They can't see your notes. LegacyApp asks "Are you OK?" every day, every 7 days or every 14 days, as you choose. Going away? Vacation Mode pauses the questions for 15 or 30 days. If you stop answering, we ask your Trusted Friends. When one of them confirms that something has happened, the handover starts. 12 hours later your Recipient gets an email and reads your notes in their own free LegacyApp, after entering your Encryption key. PRIVACY โ€ข Your notes stay on your phone. Their content never reaches our servers. โ€ข Your backup goes to your own Google Drive, always encrypted with AES-256. โ€ข You sign in with a link sent to your email. No password to remember. โ€ข The app is locked with a PIN and Face ID or Touch ID. Moving from an older version? You can still restore your previous iCloud backup.

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After Me

Features
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When the time comes, your family shouldn't have to search. After Me is the encrypted vault for the documents your family will need โ€” and the only app built around making sure they can actually reach them. The family kit Most document apps store your files. After Me gives your family access to them. When you create a Family Kit, the app generates two things: an encrypted .afterme file containing all your documents, and a printed QR Key Card. Give the card to a trusted person โ€” a partner, an adult child, a solicitor. Keep the file on a USB drive, in Google Drive, or anywhere accessible. When the time comes, your loved one downloads After Me on their own phone. They scan the QR card, select the file, and your vault opens โ€” step by step, guided through exactly what to do. No Apple ID needed. No account. No password. No access to your phone. Just the card and the file. No other app does this. Zero knowledge. Your device. Your data. After Me is local-first. Your documents are encrypted on your device with AES-256-GCM โ€” the same standard used by banks and governments. Nothing leaves your device unless you choose it. We have no ability to see, access, or decrypt your documents. No one does except you. Optional encrypted iCloud Backup is available for personal device recovery. It does not provide family access โ€” that is what the Family Kit is for. Eight categories. Everything they need. Organise your vault across Identity, Financial, Property, Insurance, Medical, Legal, Digital, and Personal. Scan physical documents with your camera, import from Photos or Files, and add personal messages for your loved ones. The app tracks document freshness, alerts you when things expire, and prompts you to update your Family Kit whenever your vault changes significantly. What makes After Me different True zero-knowledge architecture โ€” we cannot see your data, ever Local-first โ€” documents stay on your device by default Family access without your Apple ID, account, or phone Open format โ€” .afterme files can be decrypted independently of the app Biometric protection โ€” Face ID or Touch ID required to open the vault UK-built and GDPR compliant โ€” no data sold, no profiling, ever Pricing Free Store up to five documents โ€” a will, an insurance policy, a passport, a bank note, a personal message. Five is enough to understand exactly what After Me does for your family. No credit card required. Annual Subscription Unlimited documents, Family Kit, up to five vaults, personal messages, and all future features. Cancel any time. Lifetime One-time purchase Everything in the annual plan. Pay once, own it permanently. Your family inherits the access โ€” not the invoice. With a subscription, your family may face a renewal after you are gone. With the lifetime purchase, they never will. Built by a small team in the UK. Designed for the one problem nobody plans for. Your documents. Your wishes. Protected. Ready. https://www.myafterme.co.uk/terms

Screenshots

LegacyApp4 screens
After Me4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: LegacyApp at none against After Me's 2. After Me's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. After Me sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $34.99 per year. LegacyApp asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences ยท 6 level
LegacyApp versus After Me: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLegacyAppAfter Me
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews100.0% of reviewsโ€”
Update frequencyMonthlyโ€”
AdsYesNo โ€” better
In-app purchasesNo โ€” betterYes
MonetizationAd-supportedโ€”
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod โ€” better
Requires iOS15.515.1 โ€” better
Further details โ€” not scored
Size45 MB46 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperLegacyApp P.S.A.Edward Lufadeju

In-app purchases

None

LegacyApp

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

After Me

Subscriptions1
  • Afterme Premium Annual Subscription$34.991 Year
One-time1
  • Premium - Lifetime$79.99

Questions

Is LegacyApp free?
LegacyApp is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is After Me free?
After Me is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do LegacyApp or After Me have ads?
LegacyApp shows ads; After Me does not.

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