Cipher Pixel vs Address Scanner
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Cipher Pixel
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Cipher Pixel: Hide Messages in Your Photos With Cipher Pixel, you can securely send hidden messages or keep them safely hidden within images in your gallery. Cipher Pixel makes it easy to hide secret messages in your photos. Using the ancient technique of steganography, this app conceals information within the pixels of your images. Unlike cryptography, which scrambles data into unreadable text, steganography hides data in plain sight, ensuring secrecy without drawing attention. Why Choose Cipher Pixel? Seamless Integration: Effortlessly hide messages in your photos without changing their appearance. User-Friendly Design: Encode and decode messages with ease using a simple interface. Advanced Security: Encrypt your secret messages using the AES algorithm before embedding them in your photos, ensuring that your hidden data is protected with an extra layer of security. How It Works: Encode: Input your message, and Cipher Pixel transforms it into bits. Encrypt: Secure your message with AES encryption before hiding it in the image. Embed: Select a photo, and let Cipher Pixel discreetly hide your encrypted message within its pixels. Share Securely: Share your photo confidently, knowing your hidden message is safe. Additional Note: Once you have created an image with a secret message hidden in the Cipher Pixel app, be careful not to resize or compress the image when sharing it. When sending an image using messaging applications, the image must be sent as a 'Document'. If you send it as an image, the saved message may be lost. This is because messaging applications change the image format.
Address Scanner
Digitize contact information from physical documents like mailing labels, business cards, and checks using your phone's camera. It automatically extracts names, addresses, and phone numbers, offering smart features like name splitting and contact matching.
- Live camera scanning with real-time address detection
- Scan photos from library
- Extracts addresses and phone numbers
- Smart name splitting for checks
- Fuzzy contact matching
- Edit fields before saving
- Create new or add to existing contacts
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Scan mailing labels, business cards, and personal checks with your camera to quickly save contact information. Point your phone at an address, and Address Scanner uses OCR to extract names, street addresses, and phone numbers automatically. Key Features: - Live camera scanning with real-time address detection - Scan photos from your library with pinch-to-zoom and rotation - Extracts addresses and phone numbers from mailing labels, business cards, and personal checks - Smart name splitting for checks with two names (e.g., "John & Jane Smith") - Fuzzy contact matching finds existing contacts by name - Shows whether a contact already has the scanned address or phone number - Edit any field before saving - Create new contacts or add to existing ones Perfect for quickly digitizing a stack of holiday cards, business mail, or personal checks without typing everything by hand.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Cipher Pixel at none against Address Scanner's 1. Address Scanner's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs monthly). On price, ads, device support 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
Both are free to download. Address Scanner sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Cipher Pixel asks for nothing beyond the download.
Cipher Pixel ships an update monthly, Address Scanner fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Cipher Pixel | Address Scanner |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16 | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Serhat Cihangir | Aaron Trank |
In-app purchases
Cipher Pixel
No in-app purchases
Address Scanner
- Remove Scanning Limits$2.99
Questions
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