CrypNote vs Falcon File Manager
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
CrypNote
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CrypNote – Private & Encrypted Notes & Images CrypNote is a privacy-focused app that keeps your personal notes and images completely secure. All content is encrypted locally on your device, and encryption keys are safely stored in the Keychain—so only you can access your data. Key Features • End-to-End Local Encryption: All notes and images are encrypted directly on your device. Only you can decrypt and view them. •Encrypted Images: Securely import photos, encrypt them instantly, and decrypt them only when needed. Keep private images safe from prying eyes. •Automatic Protection: Notes are always saved in encrypted form, even if you forget to encrypt them manually. •Secure Key Management: Encryption keys are stored in the Keychain for persistent, safe access—even after reinstalling the app. •Local Storage for Maximum Privacy: Notes and images remain entirely on your device and are never transmitted to external servers. •Non-Deterministic Encryption: Every note or image is encrypted uniquely; encrypting the same content multiple times produces different encrypted files. •Search Your Notes: Quickly find notes using the text you typed or their encrypted form. •Export & Import via CSV: Backup your encrypted notes or move them between devices safely using CSV export/import. •App-Exclusive Decryption: CrypNote can only decrypt content encrypted within the app. •Easy Copy, Paste & Share: Decrypt notes instantly to copy text, or export encrypted images safely when you need them. •User-Friendly Interface – Clean, intuitive design for fast and secure note-taking and image protection. Privacy & Security Your notes, images, and encryption keys remain strictly on your device. CrypNote guarantees complete privacy while allowing you to securely manage, export, and restore your encrypted data. CrypNote combines strong encryption with a simple interface—keeping your private notes and images protected has never been easier.
Falcon File Manager
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Falcon File Manager is a private home for your videos, music, photos, and files. Bring in your media, organise it your way, and play almost anything in one app. ORGANISE EVERYTHING Sort your library into folders with different icons, choose from over 50 layout options. Automatic bookmarks remember the last item you opened in each folder, so you can jump straight back in. SEARCH AND FAVOURITES Search by name within a folder or across your whole library, filter by file type, and mark anything as a favourite so it is always easy to find. VIDEO PLAYER A powerful built-in player with wide format support, including MP4, MOV, M4V, MKV, AVI, FLV, WMV, WebM, and TS. It plays HDR video, loads subtitles both embedded and as external SRT files, supports picture in picture, and remembers where you left off. MUSIC PLAYER Play your music and audiobooks in MP3, M4A, AAC, FLAC, WAV, and OGG. Build playlists, see album artwork, and keep playing in the background while you use other apps or lock your screen. Smart Resume picks long tracks back up exactly where you stopped, ideal for audiobooks and podcasts, while short tracks always start from the beginning. Apple Music is also supported. PHOTOS AND LIVE PHOTOS Supports JPG, PNG, HEIC, animated GIF, and WebP. Live Photos play back with sound, and you can browse your Apple Photos library from inside the app. DOCUMENTS AND OTHER FILES Open PDFs and ePub books, read and edit text and code files including TXT, Markdown, JSON, XML, YAML, HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, and preview office documents such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Pages. Scan documents and create new text files on the spot. Falcon stores and organises any file type at all, even ones it cannot open. LINK EXISTING FOLDERS Link folders from the Files app or iCloud and work with them in place, with no need to import or copy. Everything stays where it is and in sync. PRIVATE Your files stay on your device, with no account, no tracking, and nothing synced to our servers. If you use iCloud Backup, your data is included in your own personal device backup, by your choice. Lock private folders with a PIN, Face ID, or Touch ID. CHOOSE YOUR LOOK Choose from over 36 themes, each with light and dark variants, or design your own using the built in Theme Studio. Give any folder or your Home screen its own header photo, and switch the app icon to match your style. CAST TO YOUR TV Send your videos to the big screen with AirPlay, Screen Mirroring, Google Cast, and DLNA, with surround sound tracks playing through your TV or home theatre. Music can play to AirPlay too. If your TV supports one of these, you are ready to go. TRANSFER OVER Wi-Fi Move files between your phone and your computer through a web browser. No cable and no extra software needed. PORTAL FOLDER Link iPhones and iPads together to stream or download their contents onto another device over Wi-Fi. ZIP AND ARCHIVES Create zip files and lock them with a password, protected by AES-256, a strong and widely trusted encryption standard. You can also extract ZIP, RAR, and 7z archives, including password-protected ones. FIND DUPLICATES Track down duplicate files across your library, including folders you have linked from the Files app. TRASH BIN Deleted items move to the Trash, so you can restore anything you remove by mistake, or empty it to reclaim space.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: CrypNote at none against Falcon File Manager's 1. Falcon File Manager's advantage is iOS requirement (16.0 vs 18.0). On price, ads and device support 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. Falcon File Manager sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. CrypNote asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | CrypNote | Falcon File Manager |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 16.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 126 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ali Hasan | Paul Rowland |
In-app purchases
CrypNote
No in-app purchases
Falcon File Manager
- Falcon Pro$9.99





