AgePony vs TempContact
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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.
TempContact
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You talk to numbers you don't know all day: a supplier, an estate agent, a repair service, a courier. Save them all to Contacts and your address book bloats; save none and a week later you can't remember who called. TempContact sits in between. You save the number with a short label, and when that number calls again the label appears on the incoming call screen. When it expires the record deletes itself. Nothing is ever written to your Contacts. HOW IT WORKS • Enter the number and a short label (example: Modbus supplier - Mehmet) • Choose how long it stays: 4 hours, 1 day, 3 days, 1 week or permanent • Turn TempContact on in Settings > Apps > Phone > Call Blocking & Identification • See your label when that number calls FEATURES • Label numbers without touching your address book • Automatic deletion when time is up; the ones expiring soon sit at the top • Long notes only you see: write down what the call was about • Add from the share sheet: share a number or a contact card and the form comes prefilled • Shortcuts support: add the number on your clipboard in one tap • Pin the ones you want to keep so automatic cleanup skips them • Search across labels, numbers and notes PRIVACY Your records stay on your device. Numbers, labels and notes are never sent to a server. The app does not access your Contacts database and never asks for that permission. PREMIUM The free version keeps 5 active records at a time. A Premium subscription removes the limit. Subscriptions are monthly or yearly and renew automatically; manage or cancel them in Settings > Apple Account > Subscriptions. WORTH KNOWING iOS never hands the incoming caller's number to third-party apps. That is why you enter the number once; from the next call on the label appears by itself. Labels are shown on the incoming call screen; whether they also appear in Recents is up to the operating system. Privacy Policy: https://tempcontact.erdcc.com.tr/privacy-policy.html
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The clearest difference is in-app purchases: AgePony at none against TempContact's 2. TempContact's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs every 3 weeks). On price, ads, device support 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
Both are free to download. TempContact sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. AgePony asks for nothing beyond the download.
AgePony ships an update every 3 weeks, TempContact every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | AgePony | TempContact |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.3 (3 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Kevin Stewart | ERDINC SARI |
In-app purchases
AgePony
No in-app purchases
TempContact
- Premium Monthly$0.991 Month
- Premium Yearly$7.991 Year









