Comparison

Chart Builder vs MessageSeal

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

Head to head
About

Chart Builder

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Bring your data to life with Chart Builder, the easiest way to create stunning charts and graphs on your iPhone, iPad, and Mac. Whether you're a student, a business professional, or just someone who loves data, Chart Builder provides the tools you need to create insightful and beautiful visualizations. With a simple and intuitive interface, you can create a variety of chartsβ€”including bar, line, and pie chartsβ€”with just a few taps. Add your data points, customize your labels, and watch as Chart Builder instantly transforms your numbers into a clear and compelling chart. Key Features: Create Multiple Chart Types: Choose from bar, line, and pie charts to best represent your data. Effortless Data Entry: Quickly add, edit, and manage the data for your charts. Intuitive Interface: A clean and user-friendly design makes chart creation a breeze. Full-Screen View: Immerse yourself in your data with a beautiful full-screen view of your charts. iCloud Sync: Your charts are automatically synced across all your Apple devices. Made for Apple: Chart Builder is a native app built with SwiftUI, ensuring a seamless and responsive experience. Download Chart Builder today and start visualizing your data in a beautiful new way!

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MessageSeal

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MessageSeal lets you encrypt text or sign readable messages on your device, then share the result through the apps you already use. Create one or more local identities. Each identity bundles separate encryption and signature keys under one label. Share your signed public identity bundle, import other people's identities, and keep private keys on device. Write a message, choose `Encrypt` to create a `MessageSeal1` bundle for saved recipients, or choose `Sign` to keep the text readable and add a detached signature footer that recipients can verify later. If you include a sender identity while encrypting, the encrypted bundle can also carry sender authentication. The app also includes a Messages extension so you can encrypt, sign, share your identity, and open compatible protected text inside Messages on device. If the other person is nearby, `Nearby Exchange` can swap signed public identities, compare the same safety code on both screens, and save the other person's public identity for later use. Nearby Exchange is main-app-only, foreground-only, and does not add a backend, inbox, or chat history. What makes it different: - `Nearby Exchange` for device-to-device identity setup and safety-code comparison - One pinned Apple-native crypto profile at a time instead of in-band suite negotiation - Apple-native `XWing HPKE` recipient wrapping plus `AES-256-GCM` for encrypted text - Apple-native hybrid `ML-DSA87 + P521` signatures with `SHA-512` for readable signed messages - Authenticated encrypted messages and signed plaintext in one app - On-device key generation, encryption, signing, decryption, and verification - One signed shareable public identity bundle with separate encryption and signature keys - Saved nearby recipients remain usable later even after the nearby session ends - `128-bit` verification fingerprints for serious out-of-band checks - Private keys stored as device-only Keychain items for the app and its Messages extension - Optional app lock and optional Messages extension lock with device authentication - Encrypted identity backup with password strength guidance and restore verification - No account, no server, no analytics, and no cloud sync - Support for multiple local identities and multiple saved recipients - Guided tour, `Protocol Specification`, glossary, and in-app help that explain the workflow clearly MessageSeal is a lockbox, not a mailbox. It protects message contents before you send them through another app, and Nearby Exchange only helps with local identity setup. It does not run a chat network or message relay service. Why post-quantum matters: Traditional public-key systems are expected to become weaker if future large-scale quantum computers become practical. MessageSeal keeps the same local-only workflow as the earlier release, but the current version moves the public-key layer to Apple-native hybrid post-quantum cryptography for recipient encryption and signatures so long-lived sensitive text is not tied only to older public-key designs. The app pins one crypto profile at a time to avoid downgrade-prone negotiation, and the current profile keeps a classical hedge during the transition instead of relying on only one newer post-quantum primitive. The app uses `AES-256-GCM` for the message body because strong symmetric cryptography remains appropriate here. Important: Encrypted bundles protect message contents, and authenticated encrypted bundles can also prove continuity of the included sender signing key. Signed plaintext proves continuity of the included signing key and identity data, but it does not prove transport metadata or a human name by itself. Verify public identities through a trusted out-of-band channel before you rely on them. Nearby Exchange safety codes prove that both nearby devices saw the same exchanged identity continuity data, but they still do not prove a claimed human name by themselves.

Screenshots

Chart Builder4 screens
MessageSeal4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Chart Builder at 18.5 against MessageSeal's 26.0. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

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.

Scorecard1 real difference Β· 5 level
Chart Builder versus MessageSeal: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterChart BuilderMessageSeal
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyβ€”Every 2 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac β€” betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.5 β€” better26.0
Further details β€” not scored
Size1 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRetroAge EngineeringAldo Gonzalez

In-app purchases

None

Chart Builder

No in-app purchases

None

MessageSeal

No in-app purchases

Questions

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

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