Sign vs Pubky Ring
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Sign
This iPad app digitizes paper signup sheets, allowing for unlimited custom lists with up to six configurable fields. Personalize the app's appearance with custom colors, logos, and background images. Export collected data easily via email or spreadsheet after events.
- Replace paper signup sheets
- Unlimited custom lists
- Up to 6 custom fields
- Field type selection
- Customizable appearance (color, logo, background)
- Password protection
- Data export via email/spreadsheet
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Sign-Up Sheet replaces your paper lists with an iPad or iPhone app. Have unlimited lists with up to six custom fields, make them required or not and select field type. You can also customize the color, logo, background image, message and many of the features of the app. Export your lists after each event. - Replace your paper signup sheet - Collect names, emails, phones numbers...anything - Maintain multiple lists for different events - Up to 6 custom fields - Customize color, logo, messages. - Password protect your settings and lists
Pubky Ring
Securely manage your public keys for decentralized applications. Authorize or revoke access, organize keys across devices, and control active sessions. Maintain self-custody of your identity without accounts or tracking.
- Securely manage public keys
- Authorize/revoke service access
- Organize and sync keys
- View and control active sessions
- Self-custodial identity
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Pubky Ring is the key manager for your identity in the Pubky ecosystem. It lets you securely manage your pubkys—the public keys that power your presence across decentralized apps. Use Pubky Ring to: - Authorize or revoke access to services - Organize and sync your pubkys across devices - View and control active sessions - Stay fully self-custodial, with no accounts or tracking Whether you’re using the Pubky App or any other tool built on Pubky Core, Pubky Ring keeps your identity portable, private, and under your control. Crafted by Synonym Software Ltd.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Pubky Ring at 100% against Sign's 26%. Pubky Ring also leads on rating (5.0 vs 1.8) and in-app purchases (none vs 1). On price, ratings volume, ads 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
Both are free to download. Sign sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Pubky Ring asks for nothing beyond the download.
Pubky Ring holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 3 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 26% of Sign's written reviews are positive against 100% of Pubky Ring's.
Sign ships an update every 3 months, Pubky Ring every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Sign | Pubky Ring |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.8 (5 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 26.3% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 13 MB | 51 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Orionbelt.com LLC | Synonym Software Ltd |
Customer experience
Sign
Pubky Ring
In-app purchases
Sign
- Add Un-Limited Sing-Ups$7.99
Pubky Ring
No in-app purchases
