SecureMary vs HID Approve
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SecureMary
This app provides HIPAA-compliant text messaging for healthcare providers. It enables secure communication with supported answering services, ensuring patient data privacy.
- HIPAA-compliant messaging
- Secure communication
- Integration with answering services
- Healthcare provider focused
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An app offering fully HIPAA-compliant text messaging to healthcare providers who use a supported answering service. Note: Please ensure your answering service supports secure messaging with SecureMary before downloading.
HID Approve
Securely validate transactions and authenticate using your mobile device. Approve requests with a simple swipe or generate one-time codes for offline use. This multi-factor authentication solution integrates with HID Global's security platform.
- Multi-factor authentication
- Push notification approvals
- Swipe-gesture validation
- One-time secure code generation
- Offline authentication
- Integration with HID Authentication Platform
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HID Approve is a multi-factor authentication solution from HID Global that delivers a simple and secure way for you to validate transactions and authenticate. With push notifications and a simple swipe-gesture you can approve an authentication or transaction request on your mobile device. For mobile offline use, HID Approve enables you to generate one-time secure codes for strong authentication. HID Approve is a part of a broad range of hardware and software security tokens from HID Global that work with the HID Authentication Platform. To get started with HID Approve you will need to download the App and enroll it with your service provider.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: SecureMary at 100% against HID Approve's 14%. SecureMary also leads on rating (3.7 vs 2.3) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). HID Approve's advantage is ratings volume (28 vs 3) and chart position (#125 vs unranked). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
SecureMary holds the better App Store score, 3.7 against 2.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: HID Approve has 28 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of SecureMary's written reviews are positive against 14% of HID Approve's.
SecureMary ships an update every 2 months, HID Approve every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 18, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SecureMary | HID Approve |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.7 (3 ratings) — better | 2.3 (28 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 13.8% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 28 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Best chart rank | — | #125 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 7 MB | 22 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Statcall Medical | HID Global |
Customer experience
SecureMary
HID Approve
In-app purchases
SecureMary
No in-app purchases
HID Approve
No in-app purchases
