Comparison

FoundKey vs Dit

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

Head to head
About

FoundKey

Features
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FoundKey is a hands-on cryptography toolkit and learning app. Run real cryptographic operations, see exactly how ciphers transform your text, build multi-step cipher recipes, and trade encrypted messages and code-cracking challenges with friends - all in a beautiful, fast, fully offline app. WORKBENCH - 45+ OPERATIONS • Encode & decode: Base64, Hex, Binary, URL, Morse code (with audio playback), and more • Classical ciphers: Caesar, Vigenère, Atbash, Rail Fence, Playfair, Enigma, and friends • Modern crypto: AES, ChaCha20, Blowfish, and other symmetric ciphers • Hashing & key derivation: SHA-256 and the SHA-2 family, MD5, BCrypt, Argon2 • Utilities: frequency analysis, text tools, random keys, and more SEE HOW CIPHERS ACTUALLY WORK Tap "Explain" and watch your own text get transformed step by step - letter shifts, key alignment, rail patterns. It's the fastest way to truly understand a cipher: not a diagram from a textbook, but your message, traced live. CIPHER LAB - BUILD YOUR OWN ENCRYPTION Chain operations into reusable recipes: Vigenère into Base64 into reversed text — whatever you can dream up. Save, color-tag, and share recipes, or publish them as "black box" puzzles where friends must figure out the password. LEARN - A CRYPTOGRAPHY LIBRARY IN YOUR POCKET Illustrated chapters take you from ancient ciphers to modern encryption and hashing, with progress tracking as you read, test, and master each topic. MESSAGES - REAL ENCRYPTED NOTES Compose messages encrypted with real algorithms and pass them to friends by QR code, AirDrop, or link. They decrypt in the recipient's app with the key you share. No accounts, no servers — the message travels inside the code itself. CHALLENGES - CRACK THE CODE Solve built-in puzzles across difficulty tiers, race the clock, use hints sparingly - or craft your own challenges and dare your friends. PRIVATE BY DESIGN • No account, no ads, no analytics, no tracking • Everything stays on your device; works fully offline • Sensitive clipboard copies expire automatically and never sync to other devices • History auto-deletes on your schedule POWER-USER FRIENDLY • Siri Shortcuts for Base64, Hex, and SHA-256 • Spotlight search for operations, articles, and recipes • Deep links and .cwb files for sharing • Beautiful native design for iPhone and iPad, light and dark FREE VS PREMIUM Free forever: all 45+ operations, 5 cipher recipes, the first Learn chapters, starter challenge packs, and unlimited message exchange. One single purchase — no subscription — unlocks unlimited recipes, all 8 Learn chapters, every challenge pack, and early access to new features. Whether you're a puzzle lover, a student, a developer who needs a quick Base64 or hash, or just someone who thinks Enigma machines are cool — Crypto Workbench turns cryptography from a black box into a playground. Download it and crack your first code in the next five minutes. Terms of use: https://gitlab.com/seisembay/foundry-docs/-/blob/main/terms-of-use.md

About

Dit

Learn Morse code by listening and tapping, not by memorizing charts. This app introduces characters by sound and frequency, focusing on real-world usage. It adapts to your learning pace, reinforcing difficult letters and tracking recognition speed.

Highlights
  • Learn by sound, not sight
  • Adaptive learning for weak spots
  • Real-time character recognition tracking
  • Introduces letters by frequency
  • Offline functionality
  • Progress saving
Features
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Dit teaches Morse code by ear, not by eye. There's no need to memorize a dot-and-dash chart. You hear each character as a sound and tap it back. Characters play at real speed from the start. If they played slowly enough to count individual dots and dashes, you'd do exactly that, and then you'd be stuck translating forever instead of just hearing the letter. The spacing between letters starts generous and tightens as you improve. Choose how you practice: - Practice walks you through small groups of letters and advances when you're ready. - Freestyle lets you tap whatever you want and see what it decodes to. - Listen trains recognition of characters, common English words, and Q codes. You can also play your own text and optionally type along to check your copy. - Conversation lets you practice a simulated CW contact with an AI operator. Hear the other station, then key your reply, including continuous prosigns. Practice and Freestyle also support external Morse paddles through VBand-compatible adapters. For example, you can use a Bencher BY-1 iambic paddle with a compatible USB=C adapter. Connect your adapter to your iPhone or iPad, open Practice or Freestyle, and use the left paddle for dits and the right for dahs. Letter practice notices which characters trip you up and brings them back more often. Review Misses drills your weak spots. Dit tracks how quickly you recognize each character, so you can tell where you're sharp versus where you're still guessing. Letters are introduced in small packs that let you build common words and radio abbreviations. Track your progress in the app and with Home Screen or Lock Screen widgets. Core practice works offline. Progress saves on your device. Sign in to sync across devices if you want, but you don't have to. Conversation mode requires an internet connection. Before each contact, you choose whether to send your keyed messages and conversation history to Google Gemini to generate replies. Typed reception copy stays on your device.

Screenshots

FoundKey4 screens
Dit4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Dit at none against FoundKey's 1. On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. FoundKey sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Dit asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
FoundKey versus Dit: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFoundKeyDit
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.8 (5 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—5 — better
Update frequency—Every 5 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS17.616.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size12 MB68 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperIslam SeisembayTyler Robinson

In-app purchases

1 purchases

FoundKey

One-time1
  • FoundKey Premium$4.99
None

Dit

No in-app purchases

Questions

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

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