Comparison

SendGuard vs PrivacyMask

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

Head to head
About

SendGuard

Features
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SendGuard finds what you did not mean to share - names, emails, IBANs, addresses, faces, hidden metadata - and takes it out before you send. Built for the second between you and Send. macOS - CLEAN THE CLIPBOARD BEFORE YOU PASTE Press ⌃⌘V instead of ⌘V. SendGuard reads what you copied, replaces names with [PERSON], emails with [EMAIL] and IBANs with [IBAN], and shows you what it removed. One click brings the original back. Works wherever you can paste: ChatGPT, Claude, Mail, Slack, Cursor, Notes. You can pick a different shortcut in Settings. CLEAN DOCUMENTS Open a PDF, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Pages, Numbers or Keynote file. SendGuard shows the author name in the metadata, hidden columns and sheets, tracked changes, comments and speaker notes, and exports a cleaned copy. CLEAN SCREENSHOTS AND PHOTOS SendGuard spots faces, email addresses, IBANs, postal addresses, browser tabs and notification banners, and covers them. Blur, pixelate and black bar are all included. EVERYTHING STAYS ON YOUR DEVICE Detection runs locally. No upload, no cloud, no account, no tracking. Your files never leave your device. KNOWS WHAT COUNTS AS PRIVATE WHERE YOU ARE Detection profiles for German IBANs, French SIRET numbers, UK National Insurance numbers, Japanese My Number and ID formats from ten countries, picked from your system region. IN YOUR LANGUAGE The whole app is translated into 65 languages. Text grows with your system text size, and VoiceOver reads the shortcuts out properly. macOS - PRO • Clean the clipboard with ⌃⌘V, anywhere on your Mac • Clipboard watch: a heads-up the moment you copy something sensitive • Launch at login, so the menu bar shield is up from the start FREE, AND NOT A TRIAL • Unlimited scans of every supported file type • Every blur style • Clean up and export a cleaned copy • All ten country profiles Pro adds the always-on layer. It never takes anything away. SendGuard catches common risks quickly. It is a fast pre-check, not a guarantee - for critical documents, read them through yourself as well. Questions: support@balane.tech SUBSCRIPTION SendGuard Pro is an auto-renewable subscription: Pro Monthly (1 month) or Pro Annual (1 year). Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. It renews automatically unless it is canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel it in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://www.balane.app/en/apps/sendguard

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PrivacyMask

Features
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PrivacyMask redacts personal information in your documents — entirely on your device. Built for lawyers and professionals who handle sensitive files. Nothing is sent to a server; all OCR, detection and masking run on your phone. KEY FEATURES • Automatic detection & masking: phone numbers, emails, national ID numbers, account numbers, credit cards, passport numbers, driver's licenses, addresses, names, dates of birth, case numbers and more • Detects and covers faces, QR codes and barcodes in images • Multiple inputs: document scan (auto-crop), photos & images, PDF, and text (paste or .txt) • Output: masked image, flattened PDF, or redacted text to save/share • Document presets: Default, Messenger capture, Legal document, ID & documents, Anonymize for AI • Masking styles: black box, blur, mosaic • Toggle each detection on/off and draw manual areas PRIVACY FIRST • No server upload Ā· no network transmission Ā· original never stored • All processing happens on-device PRO SUBSCRIPTION • Free: 3 redactions per day • Pro: unlimited (weekly / monthly / yearly) Subscriptions auto-renew unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the period. Manage or cancel anytime in your Apple ID settings. Privacy Policy: https://www.pickersoft.com/privacy_privacymask.html Contact: pickerdotcom@gmail.com Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

SendGuard4 screens
PrivacyMask3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: SendGuard at 3 against PrivacyMask's 1. PrivacyMask's advantage is iOS requirement (16.0 vs 26.0). On price, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.

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. SendGuard sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and PrivacyMask sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard2 real differences Ā· 4 level
SendGuard versus PrivacyMask: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSendGuardPrivacyMask
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 2 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone
Requires iOS26.016.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size9 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJonas HoettlerYEONGMI KIM

In-app purchases

2 purchases

SendGuard

Subscriptions2
  • ShotGuard Pro$1.991 Month
  • SendGuard Pro Annual$8.991 Year
3 purchases

PrivacyMask

Subscriptions3
  • Pro Weekly$0.997 Days
  • Pro Monthly$2.991 Month
  • Pro Yearly$22.991 Year

Questions

Is SendGuard free?
SendGuard is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is PrivacyMask free?
PrivacyMask is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do SendGuard or PrivacyMask have ads?
Neither SendGuard nor PrivacyMask shows ads.

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