NoteCrypt vs VaultPony

NoteCrypt is a private notes app for your iPhone and iPad. Journals, meeting notes, and ideas stay on this device. There is no account and no cloud copy. SECURITY • Notes are encrypted on this device with AES-256 • Unlock with Face ID, Touch ID, or your password • A recovery code is shown when you set or change your password. Save it. It cannot be shown again • Auto-lock after a timeout you choose • The note you were reading is hidden in the app switcher • Emergency wipe deletes your notes from this device WRITE AND ORGANIZE • A plain writing screen for a title, your words, and categories • Markdown preview for headings, lists, and links. The note stays plain text • Search across your notes • Categories. Open one to see only those notes • Pin important notes to the top • Sort by last edited, created, or title • Trash. Restore a note, or empty the trash to delete it BACKUP • Export an encrypted backup you can import on this device • Export a plain-text file when you explicitly choose to. That file is not encrypted • Share one note as text ON YOUR DEVICES • iPhone and iPad. The iPad uses a sidebar • Works offline GOOD FOR • A personal journal • Meeting notes • Plans, lists, and ideas you want kept on this device NoteCrypt does not sync notes to iCloud. A backup opens only with the key already on this device.

VaultPony creates and opens encrypted containers on iPhone and iPad. A vault is a single encrypted file that holds a private filesystem, and only your password opens it. The containers are compatible with VeraCrypt, so you can open the same vaults on the desktop and back. There is no account, no cloud, and no network access. Your vaults are just files, kept wherever you choose, On My iPhone, iCloud Drive, or a third-party storage provider. Features: Create and open VeraCrypt-compatible containers, with a choice of cipher, hash, and filesystem (FAT or exFAT). Hidden volumes: conceal a second vault inside the first. Two passwords, and the outer one gives no sign the hidden one exists. The outer volume can be write-protected so normal use will not overwrite the hidden data. Header backup and recovery, in-place password change, and keyfiles. Face ID unlock, auto-lock when the app leaves the foreground, a privacy screen that hides vault content in the app switcher, and a no-trace mode that never writes decrypted content outside the vault. A full split-view layout on iPad; browse and preview side by side. Localized in English, German, Spanish, French, Russian, and Brazilian Portuguese. VaultPony is free and open source, built on a shared Rust core you can inspect. It is not affiliated with or endorsed by IDRIX; VeraCrypt is a registered trademark of IDRIX.