Comparison

Central Photo Stripper vs BurnPony

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

Head to head
About

Central Photo Stripper

This app removes hidden metadata like location and device information from your photos before you share them. It offers a simple one-tap process to protect your privacy without compromising image quality. Enjoy a secure sharing experience with local processing and no ads.

Highlights
  • One-tap metadata cleaning
  • Preserves photo quality
  • Local processing for privacy
  • Native Light and Dark modes
  • No trackers or ads
Features
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Every photo you take hides a digital footprint. When you share a picture of your home, your family, or your workspace, you are also sharing the exact map coordinates, the date and time, and your device’s serial profile. Central Photo Stripper cleans your image files instantly before you post or send them. It preserves the stunning visual quality of your photo while scrubbing away the invisible data layers that put your privacy at risk. Crafted exclusively for iOS, the app features a minimalist, premium design that fits perfectly into your everyday workflow. WHY CHOOSE CENTRAL? • SIMPLE ONE-TAP CLEANING: Choose your photo, preview the hidden data tracks, and save a pristine copy in seconds. • ABSOLUTE PRIVACY: Your photos are never uploaded to the internet or external servers. The entire cleanup happens locally on your own phone's chip. • CHOOSE YOUR STYLE: Seamless integration with beautiful native Light and Dark display modes. • NO TRACKERS, NO ADS: A clean, quiet space focused entirely on your digital safety. Take control of your personal data. Clean your photos, secure your footprint, and share with absolute peace of mind. A proud addition to the sovereign Central utility ecosystem.

About

BurnPony

Features
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Send a secret without making the other person install anything. Write a note, set the self-destruct rules, share one link. The note is encrypted on your iPhone with AES-256-GCM before anything is uploaded, and it decrypts only in the recipient's browser. The decryption key travels in the part of the link after the #, which browsers never send to any server, so the server stores ciphertext it cannot read, plus a note ID, a view count, and an expiry. No accounts, no names, no analytics. THREE KINDS OF NOTE • Simple: one note, one link, optional passphrase • Double bottom: one link with separate compartments, each opened by its own passphrase. Hand over one passphrase and only that compartment shows; nobody can prove the others exist • Split key: the note opens only when enough key links are combined, for example any 2 of 3 WHAT YOU CONTROL • Views: burn after 1 reading, or allow up to 100 • Expiry: 5 minutes to 30 days, changeable later, counted from now • Scheduled opening: the note stays hidden, looking like it does not exist, until the time you pick • Optional passphrase, stretched with PBKDF2 and mixed into the key. Send it through a different channel than the link • Open immediately: skip the confirmation screen when a note should open on the first visit • Auto-hide: the revealed note re-hides after a timer • Read receipts, disclosed to the recipient before they reveal the note. BurnPony does not do silent read tracking • Defaults for new notes, set once in Settings • A private label for your own list; it never leaves your device • QR code for in-person handoff: the whole link, key included, transfers with no network at all SAVED COPIES (OPTIONAL, OFF BY DEFAULT) Keep a copy of a note you send so you can reread it after it burns. You choose per note. Each copy is encrypted to a key held in the Secure Enclave, which only uses it after Face ID, Touch ID or your passcode. Double bottom notes are never saved. HONEST LIMITS Whoever has the full link (and passphrase, if set) can read the note. A recipient can always copy or photograph a note while it is visible. Self-destruction limits future access; it does not control the moment of reading. OPEN The app, the server, the viewer, and the wire-format specification are open source (Apache-2.0), with cross-implementation test vectors. Self-hosters can point the app at their own server from Settings. Protocol: https://burnpony.app/protocol BurnPony is part of the pony family of privacy tools: encryption you can inspect instead of taking a developer's word for it.

Screenshots

Central Photo Stripper3 screens
BurnPony4 screens

Verdict

The call

Central Photo Stripper and BurnPony are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Central Photo Stripper versus BurnPony: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCentral Photo StripperBurnPony
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequency—Every 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.618.6
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAarush SinghKevin Stewart

In-app purchases

None

Central Photo Stripper

No in-app purchases

None

BurnPony

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Central Photo Stripper free?
Central Photo Stripper is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is BurnPony free?
BurnPony is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Central Photo Stripper or BurnPony have ads?
Neither Central Photo Stripper nor BurnPony shows ads.

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