Ente Locker vs Where
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Ente Locker
Securely store and manage your most important documents, credentials, and notes with end-to-end encryption. Share sensitive information privately with trusted contacts and set up emergency handoffs for critical data.
- End-to-end encrypted storage
- Store IDs and documents
- Secure notes
- Private sharing
- Emergency data handoff
- Open source
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Ente Locker is a secure vault for life’s essentials - your most important documents and credentials - protected with end-to-end encryption. STORE WHAT MATTERS • IDs and personal documents • Financial records and important paperwork • Credentials and recovery details • Secure notes SHARE PRIVATELY Share specific items with trusted people, on your terms. EMERGENCY HANDOFF Set up trusted contacts so the right information can be passed on automatically when it’s needed most. PRIVACY BY DESIGN Your data is encrypted with your keys before it leaves your device, so only you can access it. Ente’s architecture and source code have been audited by Cure53. Open source. No ads.
Where
This app offers real-time, end-to-end encrypted location sharing with friends. It prioritizes privacy by not requiring accounts or storing user data on central servers, ensuring only intended recipients can view locations.
- Real-time location sharing
- End-to-end encryption
- Direct friend sharing via QR code/link
- No accounts or personal information required
- Open-source code
- Masks social relationships from server
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Where is a realtime location sharing app designed for privacy. Unlike other location apps, Where uses end-to-end encryption (E2EE) to ensure that only you and your friends can see where you are. Most location apps send your GPS coordinates directly to a central server. This means the company running the app knows exactly where you are, where you’ve been, and who you’re with. Where is different. * Direct Sharing: You add friends by scanning a QR code or sharing a private link. This establishes a “handshake” directly between your devices. * Encryption First: Before your location ever leaves your phone, it is scrambled into a mathematical code that only your friend’s phone can unscramble. * The “Blind” Server: Our server acts like a digital post office that can’t read the mail. It sees that someone sent a package to someone else, but it doesn’t know who they are or what’s inside. * No Identity Required: There are no accounts, no email addresses, and no phone numbers. Your “identity” is just a random key stored on your device. Where uses a double ratchet inspired by the Signal Protocol to ensure forward secrecy, and header encryption to mask your social relationships (whom you share with) from the server or anyone snooping on your traffic. Where is open source: https://where.af0.net.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Where at every 5 days against Ente Locker's monthly. Ente Locker's advantage is ratings volume (9 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Ente Locker against 5.0 for Where. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Ente Locker has 9 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Ente Locker ships an update monthly, Where every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Ente Locker | Where |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (9 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 75.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 9 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 140 MB | 10 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ente Technologies, Inc. | Daniel Margolis |
Customer experience
Ente Locker
Where
In-app purchases
Ente Locker
No in-app purchases
Where
No in-app purchases









