Comparison

Whatool vs Tapadito

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

Head to head
About

Whatool

Search your WhatsApp, Line, and Viber chats with advanced filters for date, sender, and message content. Keep your messages safe with on-device processing and create backup copies. Merge multiple conversations for a unified search experience.

Highlights
  • Advanced chat search
  • Filter by date, sender, content
  • On-device data processing
  • Merge multiple conversations
  • Create message backups
  • Compatible with WhatsApp, Line, Viber
Features
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Whatool turns an exported chat into something you can read and search, on your own device. In WhatsApp choose Export chat, then pick Whatool from the share sheet — it sits among the actions, in the bottom row. The .txt file and the .zip WhatsApp produces today are both read, and a chat file already on your device opens just as well. The whole history then becomes searchable: by word, by sender, by date. Jump to the day you are looking for instead of thumbing through years of messages. MERGE puts several conversations into one timeline, so a story told across three chats reads as one. Everything happens on your iPhone or iPad. Your messages are read and stored on the device, nothing is sent to a server, and Whatool works with no connection at all. Whatool also keeps what a messaging app does not. A phone you no longer own, a chat you cleared, someone you have lost: an export opened in Whatool stays readable years later. LINE exports are read too. Free, with optional purchases to remove the ads and lift the free limits. ----------------------------------- Disclaimer: app created by Luca Rubin. WhatsApp Messenger, LINE, their names, registered trademarks and all other aspects of these applications are registered trademarks of their respective owners. If you believe your rights have been infringed, please email us with all the relevant details at whatool@lucarubin.com

About

Tapadito

Protect your personal phone number by using a temporary, disposable number for communication. Ideal for real estate agents or online dating, it allows you to stay in touch without revealing your private contact details.

Highlights
  • Disposable phone numbers
  • Private communication
  • Number masking
  • Temporary contact
  • Secure messaging
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Today our personal phone number is a very delicate thing to simply give to anyone. For this reason, people who work in real estate or a girl who has just met a boy on the Internet, are a little afraid to give their personal phone number to someone they have just met. Now with Tapadito, that fear has passed into the past! Now, with Tapadito you can keep in touch with someone without having to give them your personal phone number.

Screenshots

Whatool4 screens
Tapadito4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Tapadito at 100% against Whatool's 24%. Tapadito also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 5) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 3 months). Whatool's advantage is rating (4.3 vs 3.4) and ratings volume (70 vs 5). On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Whatool sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Tapadito asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Whatool holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 3.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Whatool has 70 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 24% of Whatool's written reviews are positive against 100% of Tapadito's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Whatool ships an update every 3 months, Tapadito every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Whatool versus Tapadito: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWhatoolTapadito
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (70 ratings) — better3.4 (5 ratings)
Positive reviews24.5% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings70 — better5
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesAd-supported — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size24 MB24 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLuca RubinRemwes, LLC

Customer experience

Whatool

All ratings70 ratings
Positive82.9%
Neutral2.9%
Negative14.3%
Written reviews49 reviews
Positive24.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative75.5%

Tapadito

All ratings5 ratings
Positive60.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative40.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

5 purchases

Whatool

One-time5
  • Unlimited conversations$0.99
  • Remove adverts$1.99
  • Merge up to 5 conversations$1.99
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  • Unlimited merging$3.99
  • Unlock all features$5.99
None

Tapadito

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Whatool free?
Whatool is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Tapadito free?
Tapadito is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Whatool or Tapadito?
Whatool is rated higher. Whatool averages 4.3 out of 5 from 70 ratings, while Tapadito averages 3.4 from 5 ratings.
Do Whatool or Tapadito have ads?
Both Whatool and Tapadito show ads.
Which is updated more often, Whatool or Tapadito?
Whatool ships an update every 3 months, and Tapadito every 2 weeks. Most recently, Whatool was updated on October 26, 2026 and Tapadito on October 10, 2026.

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