Comparison

PromptSentry vs OpenManual

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

Head to head
About

PromptSentry

Features
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Detect hidden instructions in documents and images before they manipulate your AI tools. PromptSentry reviews business documents, PDFs, DOCX files, images and pasted text for prompt injection, jailbreak attempts, hidden text and encoded directions that could change how an AI assistant, agent or internal tool responds. Use PromptSentry before uploading or pasting outside content into AI. It helps you catch unsafe AI instructions in contracts, resumes, invoices, vendor files, support tickets, policies, client material, research and internal knowledge base content. Use PromptSentry for: - Business AI safety checks - Document review before using AI tools - Vendor and client document screening - Contract, invoice, resume and support ticket review - Data privacy workflows for sensitive content - Teams using AI assistants, agents, RAG systems and internal tools What you get: - Fast Safe, Suspicious or Dangerous result - Plain-language risk notes - Confidence and source context - Scan history for follow-up review - Adjustable sensitivity for your workflow - Private on-device scanning PromptSentry works as an AI scanner, file scanner and document review tool for professionals who need a simple AI security checkpoint between untrusted content and business AI workflows. Scan first, understand the risk, then decide whether to upload, edit or block the file. PromptSentry supports safer AI work without slowing down your team. PromptSentry is an assistive security tool. Detection is probabilistic and should be used as one layer of your review process.

About

OpenManual

Locate lost or inaccessible product manuals by scanning device labels or barcodes. It searches manufacturer sites, archives, and the open web to find documentation, even for discontinued items. Saved manuals are available offline and can be queried for specific answers.

Highlights
  • Scan labels and barcodes to identify products
  • Search manufacturer sites and archives
  • Offline access to saved manuals
  • Query saved manuals for specific answers
  • Handles discontinued products
  • Supports various household and professional equipment
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The manual is never around when you actually need it. It came in a box you recycled years ago, or it's in a drawer somewhere, or the company that made the thing doesn't even exist anymore. Meanwhile the thing is sitting right in front of you blinking and all you want to know is what the light means. So OpenManual starts where you already are, which is standing next to it. Point your camera at the label. Everything has one somewhere, whether it's a sticker on the back, a plate screwed to the side, or tiny type stamped into the plastic. OpenManual reads it and figures out which part is the brand and which part is the model, because those two are almost never labeled and the whole search depends on getting them right. If you can't get to the label, take a photo of it, scan the barcode on the box, or just type in what you know. Then it goes looking where manuals live. The maker's support site, the Internet Archive, which keeps documents long after a product is gone, and the open web get asked, so one engine having a bad day doesn't sink it. If the first pass comes up short, it reads what went wrong and searches again. The maker's own copy comes first. With Apple Intelligence, the phone's model reads the label, and Refine searches locally lets it sort results and plan a harder search. It finds documents but it never decides for you, and that's on purpose. Every result shows you the cover of the actual file, tells you what site it came from, and says in plain words how well it matches. If a document only half fits your device it says so instead of handing it over and hoping you don't notice. Nothing gets saved until you say yes. Sometimes the manual is real and sitting behind a login or a paywall. OpenManual won't sign in, pay, or sneak around a gate, so it just tells you where the document is and lets you go get it yourself. That felt more honest than pretending nothing turned up. Anything you keep stays on your phone (and in any backup of it) and works offline, which matters when you're in a basement and the signal gives up. Ask a question about a manual you saved and the answer comes straight from the document with the page shown, so you can check that it really says that. It works on the stuff that fills a house, a shop, or a building: • Washers, dryers, fridges, dishwashers, ovens • Furnaces, heat pumps, water heaters, thermostats • Drills, saws, mowers, pressure washers, generators • Printers, routers, TVs, cameras • The mystery unit in the garage that was already there when you moved in It also does medical and lab equipment, which is honestly why I built it. I spend my days supporting operating rooms, and I've spent a lot of that time hunting down IFUs for devices that went out of production a decade ago. So scan the UDI barcode on a device label and the whole device lands on one page: what it is, verified against the FDA's public registry, this unit's lot, serial and expiry, the instructions for use, recalls, adverse event reports split by what happened, and its class and regulation. It knows a REF from a serial from a lot number, and an IFU from a service manual from a cleaning guide. A few things worth knowing before you download it: • Three saved devices are free, no account, no sign up • One purchase lifts the limit forever and nothing renews • Saved manuals work offline • You confirm every document before it gets kept • It runs on iPhone and iPad One last thing, because it matters. OpenManual finds documentation and quotes it. It doesn't diagnose problems, it doesn't tell you whether something is safe to run, and it's not a substitute for someone who actually knows the machine. When it can't find your manual it says so, because being confidently wrong is worse than being honest.

Screenshots

PromptSentry4 screens
OpenManual4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: OpenManual at every 2 days against PromptSentry's every 5 days. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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. PromptSentry sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and OpenManual sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

PromptSentry ships an update every 5 days, OpenManual every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
PromptSentry versus OpenManual: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPromptSentryOpenManual
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 daysEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS26.426.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size378 MB8 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTOLGA BARIS KOCGunnar Hostetler

In-app purchases

1 purchases

PromptSentry

One-time1
  • PromptSentry Ultra$8.99
1 purchases

OpenManual

One-time1
  • Lifetime Unlock$4.99

Questions

Is PromptSentry free?
PromptSentry is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is OpenManual free?
OpenManual is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do PromptSentry or OpenManual have ads?
Neither PromptSentry nor OpenManual shows ads.
Which is updated more often, PromptSentry or OpenManual?
PromptSentry ships an update every 5 days, and OpenManual every 2 days. Most recently, PromptSentry was updated on October 12, 2026 and OpenManual on October 14, 2026.

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