Comparison

DetectPII vs Redacta

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

Head to head
About

DetectPII

Features
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Identify personally identifiable information (PII) before it becomes a liability. detectpii is an advanced text analysis tool designed to locate sensitive data hiding within your documents, reports, and text snippets. Utilizing the NVIDIA GLiNER AI model, it provides highly accurate, real-time detection of over a dozen entity types, allowing you to audit your data with confidence. KEY CAPABILITIES • Comprehensive Detection: Automatically flags names, street addresses, bank account numbers, postal codes, and other critical identifiers instantly. • Broad File Support: Extract and analyze text directly from PDFs, CSVs, JSON, Markdown, and standard text files without manual copying. • Custom Entities: Tailor the scanner to your specific industry needs by adding custom entity types on the fly. • Visual Highlighting: Review detected information instantly through clear, color-coded text highlighting complete with AI confidence scores. PRIVACY BY DESIGN Your data remains yours. detectpii is built from the ground up on a strict zero-retention architecture. • Text is processed in real-time and immediately discarded. • We do not collect, store, or log your documents or the results. • Absolutely no analytics tracking or personal data collection. Whether you are auditing documents for compliance, reviewing files before sharing them externally, or verifying data security protocols, detectpii provides the exact insights you need without ever compromising your privacy.

About

Redacta

Features
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Redact patient identifiers before they ever reach an AI assistant – entirely on your iPhone. Clinicians and medical writers increasingly paste notes into ChatGPT and Claude. Redacta makes the safe version one tap away: it finds names, NHS numbers, dates of birth, record numbers, emails, phone numbers and addresses, and replaces them with neutral tokens like [NAME_1] and [NHS_NUMBER_1]. Nothing leaves your device. HOW IT WORKS • Paste or type clinical text, choose a mode, and tap Redact • Copy the safe, tokenised text into any AI assistant • Keep the token map to put the real values back into the AI's reply ON-DEVICE BY DESIGN • No network connection, no accounts, no analytics • Nothing is uploaded or stored – a truthful "Data Not Collected" • Token maps live in memory only and are never written to disk THREE MODES • Clinical – NHS numbers (checksum-validated), names, dates of birth, record IDs • General PII – emails, phone numbers, postcodes, cards, addresses • HIPAA Safe Harbor – the strictest set, including every date and age MORE WAYS TO REDACT • Share Sheet – redact selected text from Mail, Safari, Notes and more • Scan – photograph a letter and pull out the text with on-device OCR • Reinstate – paste the AI's reply and restore the real values • Shortcuts & Widget – "Redact clipboard with Redacta," hands-free WHO IT'S FOR Junior doctors, clinicians, medical writers, NHS staff, and anyone who wants to use AI with sensitive text without breaking confidentiality. Redacta is free. Automated redaction is best-effort – always review the output before sharing it. Redacta is a privacy utility, not a medical device, and does not provide medical advice.

Screenshots

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Verdict

The call

DetectPII and Redacta are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

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

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
DetectPII versus Redacta: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDetectPIIRedacta
PriceFreeFree
Update frequency—Every 9 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.016.0
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCagil DurgunMedcopywriter Ltd

In-app purchases

None

DetectPII

No in-app purchases

None

Redacta

No in-app purchases

Questions

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

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