Comparison

SafeType Keyboard vs AgePony

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

Head to head
About

SafeType Keyboard

This keyboard prioritizes your privacy by performing all functions, including autocorrect, autocomplete, and speech-to-text, directly on your device. It ensures no keystrokes or typed data are ever sent to external servers or collected.

Highlights
  • On-device autocorrect and autocomplete
  • Local speech-to-text functionality
  • No network access or data collection
  • Emoji suggestions
  • No account required
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Every word you type. Every message. Every search. Every note to yourself at 2 AM that you deleted before sending. Your keyboard has seen all of it. Most keyboards send your keystrokes to a server for autocorrect and "improvements." The permission is buried in the terms of service. The data travels whether you meant it to or not. SafeType doesn't. There is nothing to send. Autocorrect, autocomplete, emoji suggestions, and on-device speech-to-text — everything works locally on your iPhone. No network calls. No telemetry. No log of what you typed, when, or to whom. This is not "we encrypted it." This is not "we anonymized it." This is: it never left your phone. That claim is backed by architecture, not policy. What you get: • Full keyboard with autocorrect and autocomplete • Emoji suggestions • On-device speech-to-text — no microphone data sent anywhere • No account required What we don't do: • No network access — by design, not by setting • No data collection of any kind • No keystroke logging • No analytics or telemetry • No cloud processing You type. The words are yours. That's it. From Digital Disconnections — software that works without watching you.

About

AgePony

Securely encrypt, decrypt, and sign files using the modern age protocol. Protect your data with post-quantum cryptography and verify file authenticity without relying on servers or accounts. Supports various key types and any file size for robust local-first security.

Highlights
  • Post-quantum encryption (ML-KEM-768 + X25519)
  • Encrypt, decrypt, sign, and verify files of any size
  • Supports various public keys (SSH, age, passphrase)
  • Hardware security key integration (NFC)
  • Local-first, zero-backend architecture
  • Encrypted notes for sensitive data
Features
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Modern file encryption and signing for iPhone, built on the age protocol. Encrypt anything to anyone, sign files so others can verify they came from you, and keep every byte on your device. No accounts, no servers, no key-management headaches. POST-QUANTUM Hybrid ML-KEM-768 + X25519 recipients, so a file captured today stays private even if X25519 falls to a quantum computer years from now. Interoperable with the age CLI 1.3 and newer. Files already on a classical key? The re-encrypt tool moves them across. ANY SIZE Encrypt, decrypt, sign and verify files of any size. Nothing is held in memory, so a 1 GB video behaves like a text file. ENCRYPT TO ANYONE • Anyone's published SSH keys, fetched by their username • Any age public key, classical (X25519) or post-quantum • Any SSH public key (ed25519 or RSA) • A passphrase, when you don't need recipient keys at all SIGN FILES Prove a file came from you and hasn't been altered. Sign on its own, producing a detached signature anyone can check without AgePony. Or sign and encrypt in one step, sealing the signature inside the file so the ciphertext never reveals who sent it. Signatures are verified automatically as a file decrypts. • Sign with an in-app SSH key (ed25519 or RSA) • Sign with a Secure Enclave key, generated in hardware and never exportable • Sign with an external hardware security key over NFC, including keys protected by a PIN • Standard SSHSIG signatures, verifiable with the usual SSH command-line tools • Verify signatures from other people right inside the app BUILT ON AGE A clean-room implementation of the age v1 file format, a modern, simpler alternative to older encryption tools. X25519 key agreement, ChaCha20-Poly1305 authenticated encryption, scrypt for passphrase-protected files. Bit-perfect with the reference age CLI: encrypt on your phone, decrypt on your laptop, and back again. HARDWARE, PAPER, NEXT PHONE • Secure Enclave decryption keys, quantum-safe if you like • Decrypt with a security key over NFC • Move keys to your next phone over Wi-Fi • Passphrase-protected paper backups ENCRYPTED NOTES Passphrase-locked notes for secrets that never need to leave your device: recovery phrases, API keys, server credentials. Each note has its own passphrase, stretched through scrypt into its wrapping key. Forget it and the body is gone for good. That is the point. EVERY KIND OF DATA • Files: encrypt anything from the Files app • Several at once: one archive, or one encrypted file each, your choice • Text: armored age blocks for paste-into-email use • Inspect: see what any age file is encrypted to, without decrypting it • .age files: tap "Open in AgePony" from the Files app LOCAL-FIRST, ZERO BACKEND No accounts. No cloud sync. No telemetry. No analytics. No advertising. No third-party SDKs. Your vault stays on your device, encrypted at rest with a master key in the iOS Keychain that Face ID or Touch ID unlocks. The only internet request AgePony ever makes is fetching someone's published SSH keys, when you ask. FOR THE DEVELOPER SECURITY COMMUNITY If you have ever wished file encryption were simpler, age is the answer and AgePony is age on your phone. Sending someone an encrypted file without coordinating keys first takes one tap and their username. The interface is deliberately minimal: files, notes, text, identities, settings. OPEN SOURCE Apache 2.0. Source code linked from agepony.com. COMPATIBILITY • Any age v1 implementation, including the reference command-line tool • Post-quantum recipients need age CLI 1.3 or newer • Reads and writes both binary and PEM-armored age files • Requires iPhone with iOS 17.0 or later PRIVACY AgePony collects nothing and there is no server. Your data never leaves your device unless you export it. Policy: agepony.com/privacy. SUPPORT Documentation, FAQ, and contact: agepony.com/support Email: NorseHorse@norsehor.se Built quietly in Alabama by NorseHorse. Sibling to PGPony, the same idea for OpenPGP keys.

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Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: AgePony at Free against SafeType Keyboard's $4.99. SafeType Keyboard's advantage is rating (3.5 vs 3.3). On ratings volume, in-app purchases 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

AgePony is free to download; SafeType Keyboard costs $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

SafeType Keyboard holds the better App Store score, 3.5 against 3.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 3 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
SafeType Keyboard versus AgePony: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSafeType KeyboardAgePony
Price$4.99Free — better
Rating3.5 (2 ratings) — better3.3 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews—0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings23 — better
Update frequency—Every 3 weeks
Ads—No
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
Devices—iPhone — better
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size163 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCassidy BartonKevin Stewart

In-app purchases

None

SafeType Keyboard

No in-app purchases

None

AgePony

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is SafeType Keyboard free?
SafeType Keyboard costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is AgePony free?
AgePony is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, SafeType Keyboard or AgePony?
SafeType Keyboard is rated higher. SafeType Keyboard averages 3.5 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while AgePony averages 3.3 from 3 ratings.

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