Comparison

OpenHTML vs iHide Photo

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

Head to head
About

OpenHTML

View HTML, Markdown, ZIP web projects, and source files privately on your device. Inspect and export rendered pages offline, diagnose rendering issues, and view code files securely. Designed for developers, students, and anyone needing to inspect web content safely.

Highlights
  • View HTML, Markdown, and source files
  • Import ZIP archives and web projects
  • Offline rendering with network access blocked by default
  • Diagnose rendering and resource issues
  • Export pages to PDF or long images
  • Private by default, no accounts or analytics
Features
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OpenHTML is a private, on-device viewer for HTML, Markdown, ZIP web projects and source files on iPhone and iPad. Open files from Files, Mail, chat apps, AI tools or Safari. Preview pages offline, inspect what went wrong when a file does not render, and export finished pages when you need a clean copy. What you can do: - Open .html, .htm, .xhtml and Markdown files - Import ZIP archives and multi-file web projects - Render LaTeX math in Markdown offline, with no scripts - Preview local pages with network access off by default - Diagnose missing files, blocked resources and JavaScript issues - View JSON, XML and source files with a code-friendly reader - Export full pages to PDF or long images with OpenHTML Pro - Keep selected files in your OpenHTML folder in iCloud Drive and open them on your other devices with OpenHTML Pro Private by default: OpenHTML has no accounts, no analytics and no ads. Files are copied into the app's private storage and stay on your device unless you add them to your own OpenHTML folder in iCloud Drive. Remote resources stay blocked unless you choose to allow them for a trusted document. OpenHTML is designed for developers, students, researchers, writers and anyone who receives HTML reports, AI-generated pages, saved webpages or packaged web projects and wants to inspect them safely on iOS.

About

iHide Photo

Quickly obscure sensitive details in your images before sharing. This tool automatically finds text and offers various redaction options like blur, mosaic, or color blocks. Process images locally for enhanced privacy.

Highlights
  • Automatic text detection
  • Manual redaction areas
  • Color block, mosaic, and blur tools
  • Undo/redo functionality
  • Local image processing
  • Watermark removal (iHide Plus)
Features
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iHide is a simple and efficient photo privacy protection tool, designed to help you quickly cover sensitive information before sharing screenshots, bills, chat records, order details, or other images. You can select photos from your photo library or import images from files. iHide detects text in images directly on your device and provides multiple editing tools, including color blocks, mosaic, blur, and annotation, helping you quickly hide names, phone numbers, account numbers, order IDs, transaction times, and other private information. Key Features: - Select photos from your photo library or import images from files - Automatically detect text in images - Tap detected areas to quickly redact sensitive information - Drag to manually create redaction areas - Supports color block, mosaic, blur, and annotation tools - Supports undo, redo, and reset editing - Save edited images to your photo library - Supports Chinese and English interface - iHide Plus unlocks the ability to save images without the watermark iHide is designed with privacy in mind. Photo processing and text recognition are completed locally on your device. No account is required, and your images or private data are never uploaded.

Screenshots

OpenHTML4 screens
iHide Photo4 screens

Verdict

The call

OpenHTML and iHide Photo both sit at 5.0 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of iHide Photo's written reviews are positive against 33% of OpenHTML's. iHide Photo also leads on iOS requirement (16.6 vs 18.0). OpenHTML's advantage is update cadence (every 5 days vs monthly). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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. OpenHTML sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and iHide Photo sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for OpenHTML against 5.0 for iHide Photo. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 33% of OpenHTML's written reviews are positive against 100% of iHide Photo's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

OpenHTML ships an update every 5 days, iHide Photo monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 14, 2026 and September 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
OpenHTML versus iHide Photo: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterOpenHTMLiHide Photo
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews33.3% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings2 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 5 days — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.016.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size14 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer吉帅 仇琦臻 王

Customer experience

OpenHTML

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive33.3%
Neutral33.3%
Negative33.3%

iHide Photo

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

OpenHTML

One-time1
  • OpenHTML Pro$0.99
1 purchases

iHide Photo

One-time1
  • iHide Plus Lifetime$0.99

Questions

Is OpenHTML free?
OpenHTML is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is iHide Photo free?
iHide Photo is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, OpenHTML or iHide Photo?
OpenHTML and iHide Photo are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 2 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do OpenHTML or iHide Photo have ads?
Neither OpenHTML nor iHide Photo shows ads.
Which is updated more often, OpenHTML or iHide Photo?
OpenHTML ships an update every 5 days, and iHide Photo monthly. Most recently, OpenHTML was updated on September 14, 2026 and iHide Photo on September 25, 2026.

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