Comparison

RedactKit vs Punching

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

Head to head
About

RedactKit

Features
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RedactKit is a powerful, AI-powered PII detection and redaction tool that automatically identifies and removes sensitive personal information from any text β€” all on your device, with no internet connection required. Paste any text into RedactKit and watch as the on-device machine learning model instantly highlights and redacts Personally Identifiable Information (PII) before you share it with anyone. WHAT REDACTKIT DETECTS β€’ Person names and identities β€’ Email addresses β€’ Phone numbers (all formats) β€’ Physical addresses and locations β€’ Social Security Numbers (SSNs) β€’ Credit card numbers β€’ Dates of birth and other sensitive dates PRIVATE BY DESIGN RedactKit runs entirely on your device using CoreML and NeuroBERT. Your text never leaves your iPhone. No accounts, no ads, no analytics, no tracking β€” just fast, accurate, local processing. KEY FEATURES β€’ AI-Powered Detection: Uses CoreML and NeuroBERT for accurate, real-time PII identification β€’ Animated Redaction: Smooth, satisfying animations show exactly what's being protected β€’ History Management: Processed content is saved locally so you can revisit previous redactions β€’ Clipboard Integration: Paste text in and copy clean output out in seconds β€’ Beautiful SwiftUI Interface: Modern design with clean visual feedback HOW IT WORKS 1. Paste or type any text into the app 2. Tap "Redact" β€” the AI model scans for PII instantly 3. Review the animated redaction results 4. Copy the clean, redacted text and share it safely PERFECT FOR Sharing documents or messages that contain personal details, preparing content for screenshots or screen recordings, removing sensitive data before forwarding emails or notes, and protecting your own information before copying it to other apps. PRIVACY RedactKit is designed with privacy at its core. All processing happens on-device. No data is sent to any server. Redaction history is stored locally using SwiftData. RedactKit requires no account creation and collects zero data about you or your content.

About

Punching

Features
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Turn the moment you hold into a moving sticker. Punching is a camera app that tears off whatever you see through the lens as a sticker. Line up the scene in the hole-puncher window in the middle of the screen and press and hold. You get a sticker that captures the short motion just before and after your press. If there’s a subject to cut out, like a person, a pet or an object, only that subject is cut out; if there isn’t, like a landscape, it’s punched out as a stamp with a perforated edge. Here’s what you can do Send from Messages and the keyboard Punched stickers appear in the sticker drawer in Messages, and once you turn on the Punching keyboard you can pick and paste them in other apps too. Moving stickers are sent moving. Copy and send in one tap Tap send right after punching, or touch and hold a sticker to copy it and paste it anywhere. Change the shape and motion any time Even after punching, you can switch between the cut-out and stamp shapes, and between motion and still. Your original photo is kept as it was. A look and a few words Choose a look from Original, Sepia, Black & White, Faded, Vivid and Cyan, and leave a short note on each sticker. The date and place you punched it are saved too. A sticker book for every theme Create books by theme and pick stickers book by book in Messages and the keyboard. Choose pages like kraft, grid, lined or parchment, and arrange the order however you like. Print real stickers Turn a book into a printable PDF with stamp-shaped cut lines and print it straight onto sticker paper. Import from Photos Turn photos you took earlier into stickers and add them to a book. All your stickers and photos are stored only on your device.

Screenshots

RedactKit3 screens
Punching4 screens

Verdict

The call

RedactKit and Punching are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters β€” price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them β€” neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
RedactKit versus Punching: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRedactKitPunching
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyβ€”Weekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad β€” betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.218.0 β€” better
Further details β€” not scored
Size20 MB9 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSupachod Trakansiroruthyunho lee

In-app purchases

None

RedactKit

No in-app purchases

None

Punching

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is RedactKit free?
RedactKit is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Punching free?
Punching is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do RedactKit or Punching have ads?
Neither RedactKit nor Punching shows ads.

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