Cipher Message vs Cipher5000
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Cipher Message
Easily encrypt and decrypt messages within your messaging app using various classic ciphers. Protect your conversations with friends and upgrade for advanced encryption methods and Face ID unlock.
- Encrypt/decrypt in iMessage
- Classic ciphers (Caesar, Vigenère)
- Advanced ciphers (AES)
- Face ID unlock
- Private conversations
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Cipher Message is an App and iMessage Extension that lets you easily encrypt and decrypt messages right inside the Messages app. Choose from classic ciphers like Caesar and Vigenère, Rail Fence, or Playfair to protect your conversations, or upgrade to Premium to enable AES (password) and add Face ID to lock the message. Simply select your cipher, type your message, set your key, and then encrypted and send to your friends. They can decrypt your message using the same extension, keeping your chats private and fun. Features: - Encrypt and decrypt messages directly in iMessage - Supports Caesar, Vigenère, Rail Fence, and Playfair - Easy-to-use interface - Share encrypted messages with friends - Keep your conversations private Upgrade to Premium to enjoy: - No Ads - Additional Ciphers and Encryption Methods: - AES (set your own password) - Face ID Secondary Encryption (disclaimer: does not use FaceID to encrypt, only requires FaceID of recipient to unlock message)
Cipher5000
Transform your text into coded messages using a vast library of unique ciphers. Share these encoded messages with friends, who can then decode them with the correct cipher. It's a fun way to create private communications.
- Text to coded message transformation
- Library of 250 unique ciphers
- Share coded messages via messaging platforms
- Decode messages with the correct cipher
- Creative communication tool
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Cipher is a creative tool that transforms text into fun, coded messages only decodable by the intended recipient. With a library of 250 unique ciphers, you can encode text into fun formats and then share them with friends through any messaging platform. As long as your recipient knows which cipher to use, they can decode the text and reveal its hidden meaning.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Cipher5000 at none against Cipher Message's 1. Cipher5000 also leads on ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.5). On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence 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. Cipher Message sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Cipher5000 asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Cipher Message against 5.0 for Cipher5000. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively.
Cipher Message ships an update fortnightly, Cipher5000 every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Cipher Message | Cipher5000 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.5 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 21 MB | 185 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Nathaniel Van Evera | Sean Scollin |
In-app purchases
Cipher Message
- Cipher Message Premium$0.99
Cipher5000
No in-app purchases
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