Comparison

BurnPony Self vs PrivacyMe

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

Head to head
About

BurnPony Self

Features
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Write a secret. Share one link. It reads once and burns. BurnPony encrypts your note on your phone before anything is sent. The server stores only ciphertext it cannot read, the decryption key travels in a part of the link that browsers never transmit, and the recipient needs nothing but a browser. No app on their side, no account on yours. WHAT IT DOES One link, any recipient, any device with a browser. View limits from 1 to 100, expiry from 5 minutes to 30 days, an optional auto-hide timer after reveal. Optional passphrase as a second factor, shared through a different channel than the link. Read receipts, honestly: the recipient is told before they open. No silent tracking, ever. Labels that never leave your phone: name a note "wifi password for mom" and the read notification says so, while the server knows nothing. Sent Notes: live status, view counts, change the expiration after sending, burn early with a swipe. The recipient page speaks nine languages, following the reader's browser. WHY YOU CAN CHECK INSTEAD OF TRUST The entire system is open source: this app, the server, and the recipient page, with a written protocol specification and cross-implementation test vectors. The note page is byte-reproducible from its published source, so View Source is a real audit, not a gesture. You can even run your own server and point the app at it from Settings. HONEST LIMITS Self-destruction limits exposure; it cannot un-share. A recipient can always copy or photograph a revealed note, and BurnPony says so on the note page itself, because a privacy tool that overpromises is worse than none. From NorseHorse, maker of PGPony, CarrierPony, AgePony, RelayPony, and QuorumPony.

About

PrivacyMe

Features
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Who has your data — and how hard will they make it to leave? PrivacyMe is a field guide to taking your data back: • CATALOG — Browse 2,800+ companies. Search, filter by deletion difficulty, and compare up to three side by side. • RISK SCORES — Every company gets a 0–100 privacy risk score based on how sensitive the data it collects is (from cookies to biometrics) and how hard it makes account deletion. • HOW TO LEAVE — Step-by-step deletion guides, one-tap deletion pages, and a ready-to-send GDPR / CCPA erasure request. No support email on file? Copy the template and paste it anywhere. • MY CLEANUP — Keep a checklist of the accounts you're closing: To Do, Requested, Deleted — with a progress ring and reminders of what's outstanding. • INSIGHTS — See the big picture: which data types are collected most, and which companies are the most invasive. • KNOW YOUR RIGHTS — Plain-English summaries of your GDPR and CCPA deletion rights on every page. Private by design: PrivacyMe collects nothing. No account, no analytics, no tracking — your cleanup checklist never leaves your device.

Screenshots

BurnPony Self4 screens
PrivacyMe4 screens

Verdict

The call

BurnPony Self and PrivacyMe 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
BurnPony Self versus PrivacyMe: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBurnPony SelfPrivacyMe
PriceFreeFree
Rating—3.5 (2 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—2 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS18.617.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB14 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKevin StewartYiwen Luo

In-app purchases

None

BurnPony Self

No in-app purchases

None

PrivacyMe

No in-app purchases

Questions

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

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