Comparison

Quantum Retriever vs GlassBox Dev

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

Head to head
About

Quantum Retriever

Features
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Not all AIs work the same. With Quantum Retriever, you can search and compare their results. You can compare their answers, to see where they agree and where they don't. You can synthesize their results for more full answers. You can also evaluate specific models head to head, including many open source and experimental models. You can see how they rank on speed, token count, math and logic interpretation, and more. All your queries are only saved locally on your device, and are not shared with anyone outside this app.

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GlassBox Dev

Features
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CryptoKit hands you a final hash or ciphertext and hides everything in between. GLASSBOX rebuilds each algorithm by hand so every intermediate value is visible, tappable, and provably correct against Apple's real implementation — then lets an on-device AI try to crack it, winning on the weak and drowning on the strong. Honesty is a hard requirement. No screen ever fakes progress against strong crypto. Where AI or brute force cannot win, the app shows it failing and explains why. The hand-written teaching engine is checked byte-for-byte against Apple's real CryptoKit/Security output — if they ever disagree, a test fails. WHAT YOU CAN DO ‒ Classical ciphers — Caesar, ROT13, Vigenère, XOR — with an on-device AI cracker that breaks them from ciphertext alone using real statistical cryptanalysis. ‒ Modern families rebuilt by hand and verified against the real thing: AES-128, ChaCha20, DES; SHA-256/512, SHA-1, MD5; RSA, ECC, X25519. Scrub AES through its 10 rounds, step RSA one exponent bit at a time, watch SHA-256 churn its state. ‒ The avalanche on camera: flip one input bit and about half the digest flips. ‒ Crack, Tamper, and Breach labs — a dictionary attack cracks weak passwords instantly while a real, device-timed Argon2id shows why strong hashing takes centuries. ‒ Labs of physics and math: a thermodynamic crack lab, a quantum threat layer (Shor/Grover verdicts + post-quantum survivors), an entropy forge that harvests real sensor noise, and Rosetta panels showing the same cipher in Swift, Python, and C++. ‒ The AI, honestly: a hand-written deep net genuinely learns a reduced-round distinguisher — then genuinely fails at full strength, forever. The flat line is the exhibit. ‒ Hermes — a persistent learner whose brain grows across sessions and syncs across your devices via iCloud. PRIVACY All cryptographic computation runs on your device; your inputs never leave it. The only network traffic is optional iCloud sync of the app's own learning data (in your private iCloud database) and anonymous crash/diagnostic reporting. No accounts, no ads, no tracking.

Screenshots

Quantum Retriever4 screens
GlassBox Dev3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: Quantum Retriever at 3 against GlassBox Dev's 1. Quantum Retriever also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 26.0). On price, ads and in-app purchases 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.

Scorecard2 real differences Β· 4 level
Quantum Retriever versus GlassBox Dev: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterQuantum RetrieverGlassBox Dev
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 9 daysβ€”
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod β€” betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.1 β€” better26.0
Further details β€” not scored
Size27 MB6 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperJames BeachFranky Fernandez

In-app purchases

None

Quantum Retriever

No in-app purchases

None

GlassBox Dev

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Quantum Retriever free?
Quantum Retriever is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is GlassBox Dev free?
GlassBox Dev is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Quantum Retriever or GlassBox Dev have ads?
Neither Quantum Retriever nor GlassBox Dev shows ads.

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