Lily pad vs SendSafe
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Lily pad
This app offers a gentle approach to time management, reducing stress during daily tasks like meal prep or getting ready. It aids in building routines, overcoming procrastination, and achieving a better activity balance.
- Manually adjust visual timer
- Create multiple timers
- Distraction-free time tracking
- Build routines
- Reduce stress with time management
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Enjoy a gentle time awareness by having our visual timer as an aid. We created this app to have less stress during activities that require time management. Like preparing to go outside or making a meal. It also helps to build up routines, to get started with things one postpones, or get a better balance between activities. Features: - Manually adjust your visual timer - Create multiple timers - Keep track of the time, free from distraction
SendSafe
Securely redact sensitive information from documents and photos using on-device AI. Protect your personal data by burning black bars into pixels, stripping metadata, and adding optional watermarks. Your files never leave your device.
- On-device AI redaction
- Manual redaction tools
- Metadata stripping
- Custom watermarking
- PDF and image support
- Multi-page PDF handling
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Send safer. Redact IDs, bank statements, and insurance cards in seconds — without uploading anything. SendSafe uses on-device AI to find the sensitive information on your document, then burns black bars into the pixels so there's no copyable text underneath. Drag your own black bars on anything the AI misses. Add a watermark for the specific recipient. Strip EXIF and GPS metadata on export. Done. 100% on-device. Your photos, PDFs, and detected fields never leave your phone. WHAT IT DOES • Pick a photo or import a PDF • AI auto-highlights SSNs, credit cards, names, addresses, IDs, dates of birth, phone numbers, and emails • Tap each highlight to redact it, or tap "Redact all" for one-shot • Drag anywhere to redact anything else • Multi-page PDF support — swipe between pages or jump straight to redacted pages • Press and hold the eye icon to peek behind the redactions and verify nothing leaked • Export to flat image-PDF (no underlying text layer) or PNG • Optional watermark, automatically dated for the recipient PRIVACY-FIRST BY DESIGN • No account, no signup, no email • No analytics, no ads, no third-party SDKs • No cloud upload — Vision and Natural Language run on-device • EXIF and GPS metadata stripped on every export • Source of truth: your phone PREMIUM ($4.99 ONE-TIME) • Remove the SendSafe watermark • Custom watermark text, color, opacity • Document templates (coming soon) • Higher-quality export options One purchase. Forever. No subscription. No usage limits in the free version. Made for renters submitting paperwork to landlords, job seekers sending W-2s to HR, patients sharing insurance cards with new doctors, and anyone who has ever screenshotted an ID and wondered if their address number was still visible behind the marker scribble.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: SendSafe at 100% against Lily pad's 50%. SendSafe also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.7). Lily pad's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ratings volume (3 vs 1). 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. SendSafe sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Lily pad asks for nothing beyond the download.
SendSafe holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 1 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of Lily pad's written reviews are positive against 100% of SendSafe's.
| Parameter | Lily pad | SendSafe |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.7 (3 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 days | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.1 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 35 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Freek Lever | WEIXUAN HUANG |
Customer experience
Lily pad
SendSafe
In-app purchases
Lily pad
No in-app purchases
SendSafe
- SendSafe Premium$4.99
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