Comparison

Secure Password Encryptor vs PassPony

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

Head to head
About

Secure Password Encryptor

Features
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Password Vault provides a simple and secure way to store your passwords directly on your device. Your data never leaves your phone. Everything you save is encrypted using industry-standard AES-GCM encryption, with keys derived from your private master password. Create, update, or remove passwords for any service you choose. Only you can access your encrypted vault—no accounts, no cloud syncing, and no tracking. Everything stays private on your device. Features: • Secure AES-GCM encryption • Local-only storage (nothing collected or shared) • Add, update, and delete passwords • Master password protection • Optional iCloud backup of encrypted data only • Simple, clean interface Password Vault does not connect to the internet, does not collect analytics, and does not share data.

About

PassPony

This app is an open-source password manager that allows you to own your encrypted password files. It syncs with Git and is interoperable with command-line tools, offering features like QuickType autofill and live one-time codes.

Highlights
  • File-based encrypted password storage
  • Git synchronization
  • Interoperable with pass/passage CLI
  • QuickType autofill
  • Live one-time codes (TOTP)
  • Face ID/Touch ID unlock
  • Ephemeral clipboard
Features
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PassPony is a password manager for people who want to own their passwords. Every entry is one encrypted file in a store you control, in the same format as the pass and passage command line tools. Your Mac, your server, and your phone can all work on the same store. WHY A FILE-BASED STORE One entry, one file: the password on the first line, anything else after it. Encrypted with your keys: age identities for passage stores, OpenPGP keys for pass stores. Synced with git over HTTPS or SSH: clone your existing store, publish a new one, and resolve conflicts per entry, never with a silent merge. Interoperable: commits match the pass CLI format, so the store stays fully usable from the desktop tools. EVERYDAY USE AutoFill: your passwords appear above the keyboard when you sign in. Only entry names are indexed; nothing decrypts until you fill. Passkeys: save a passkey for a site and sign in with it. It lives in that site's entry, encrypted with your keys, and syncs like everything else. One-time codes: TOTP with a countdown ring, HOTP counters, and import from an authenticator app's export QR codes. Face ID or Touch ID unlock, with a five-minute grace window shared with AutoFill. Ephemeral clipboard: copies are local only and clear after 45 seconds. Field-level editing that preserves the exact bytes of lines it does not touch. YOUR KEYS STAY YOURS Back up every key on your phone to one file locked with a recovery code, and restore it on a new phone. SSH sync uses a key made on your phone or imported; hosts are trusted on first use and a changed host key is refused. Phones that share a store each add their own public key to it when they sync, and you approve every new key before your entries are re-encrypted for it. Secret keys never leave a device. PRIVATE BY ARCHITECTURE No account, no signup, no PassPony server. The only network connection is the git remote you configure. No analytics, no ads, no tracking. Open source, Apache-2.0. The full app and its Rust core are published in a public git repository for anyone to audit. FORMATS passage stores encrypt with modern age identities. pass stores encrypt with OpenPGP keys (Cv25519 and X25519/Ed25519 in software). RSA-keyed stores need a smartcard, which is not supported yet. Each format keeps its own store; switching never touches the other. Localized in English, Spanish, French, German, Simplified Chinese, Brazilian Portuguese, and Russian. If you already run pass or passage, PassPony is the missing phone half of your setup. If you have never used them, the first-run tour will have you adding your first pass in about a minute.

Screenshots

Secure Password Encryptor3 screens
PassPony4 screens

Verdict

The call

Secure Password Encryptor and PassPony are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Secure Password Encryptor ships an update every 3 weeks, PassPony every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on November 9, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Secure Password Encryptor versus PassPony: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSecure Password EncryptorPassPony
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 10 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.6 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB23 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperZohaan HussanKevin Stewart

In-app purchases

None

Secure Password Encryptor

No in-app purchases

None

PassPony

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Secure Password Encryptor free?
Secure Password Encryptor is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is PassPony free?
PassPony is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Secure Password Encryptor or PassPony have ads?
Neither Secure Password Encryptor nor PassPony shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Secure Password Encryptor or PassPony?
Secure Password Encryptor ships an update every 3 weeks, and PassPony every 10 days. Most recently, Secure Password Encryptor was updated on November 9, 2026 and PassPony on November 6, 2026.

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