Comparison

Private Message Box vs Fingerprint Lock Hide Message

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

Head to head
About

Private Message Box

Secure your private conversations with password protection. Send unlimited texts, photos, and location details to other users for free. Enhance your privacy with a virtual number option.

Highlights
  • Password protected conversations
  • Free texting between users
  • Send unlimited text, photo, and location
  • Full emoji support
  • Virtual number for hidden communication
  • Privacy Guard
Features
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Do you want to hide your private conversations? Worried on messages from one friend checked by others, then Private Message Box is for you. It saves messages of secret contacts behind PIN pad. Its easy to use and keeps user conversation secret. Your conversation with PSB contacts is 100% SECRET and secure. It also provides free texting between App Users. Just Sign-In with your number. Send unlimited text, photo and location details to another user. You can do conversations only with users who have enabled Free messaging. 
Full of emoji characters (300 emoji support), useful to represent emotions. Features
- Free text & Multimedia Messaging between Users
- Image/Location sharing
- Password protection: Cannot be opened by other people
- Privacy Guard Pro version feature: -No Advertise - Remove ads from the application. Pro version subscriptions Options: -Duration of the subscription is 1 Year with a charge of $4.99 every year. Buy Virtual Number: - Hide your private conversation from your personal cell phone bill. - Keep your personal phone number hidden from some contacts. - Send or receive messages from anywhere in the world. Buy Virtual Number Options: - 58.99$/year for countries like USA, Canada etc. - 102.99$/year for countries like Estonia, Latvia etc. Please note :- All subscriptions are auto renewable. Subscription will be charged to your credit card through your iTunes account. Your subscription will automatically renew unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current subscription period. You will not be able to cancel the subscription once activated. Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period. You can cancel your subscription any time by turning off auto-renewal in your iTunes Account Settings. You can manage your subscription in iTunes Account settings after purchase. -Find more information in our privacy policy, click on this link http://privatesmsbox.com/legal.html - For terms of use, click on this link http://privatesmsbox.com/termsofuse.html Excited to receive feedbacks or queries at: info@privatesmsbox.com

About

Fingerprint Lock Hide Message

Secure your private conversations and messages with advanced locking features. Easily back up and retrieve chats from popular messaging applications, ensuring your sensitive information remains protected and accessible only to you.

Highlights
  • Password or fingerprint lock
  • Backup messages from popular apps
  • Retrieve backed-up chats
  • Easy to use interface
  • Secure privacy for conversations
Features
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Fingerprint Lock is the best way to secure your privacy and secret! You can make your conversations private easily. The Best and Secure app for your chats messages backup and retrieve. Main Features √ Lock your privacy with password or fingerprint √ Backup your messages in popular messaging applicatios such as WhatsApp, and access them whenever you need with password only √ Chat your friends and save this funny moment √ Easy to use NOTE: this app does note add a passcode to the WhatsApp app. ----- Information about the auto-renewable nature of the subscription - With subscribing you can lock & backup your chats without restriction. - Subscription periods are 1 month. Every 1 month your subscription renews. - Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. - Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. - Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period. - You can cancel your subscription via this url: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202039 - Privacy policy: http://linwang.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/fingerprint/privacypolicy.html - Term of use: http://linwang.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/fingerprint/termsofservice.html DISCLAIMER Unofficial Product. Any product names, logos, brands, and other trademarks or images featured or referred to within this app are the property of their respective trademark holders. Any of these trademark holders are not affiliated with us, our products, or our apps. They do not sponsor or endorse this app or any of our online products.

Screenshots

Private Message Box4 screens
Fingerprint Lock Hide Message4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: Private Message Box at free with in-app purchases against Fingerprint Lock Hide Message's subscription. Private Message Box also leads on rating (2.9 vs 2.6). Fingerprint Lock Hide Message's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (17% vs 7%). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases 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. Private Message Box sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per year and Fingerprint Lock Hide Message sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $9.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Private Message Box holds the better App Store score, 2.9 against 2.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 20 and 66 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 7% of Private Message Box's written reviews are positive against 17% of Fingerprint Lock Hide Message's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Private Message Box ships an update monthly, Fingerprint Lock Hide Message every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Private Message Box versus Fingerprint Lock Hide Message: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPrivate Message BoxFingerprint Lock Hide Message
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.9 (20 ratings) — better2.6 (66 ratings)
Positive reviews6.7% of reviews17.1% of reviews — better
Number of ratings2066 — better
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterSubscription
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.09.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size50 MB52 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperVartit Technology Private LimitedDhani Jagatap

Customer experience

Private Message Box

All ratings20 ratings
Positive45.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative55.0%
Written reviews15 reviews
Positive6.7%
Neutral6.7%
Negative86.7%

Fingerprint Lock Hide Message

All ratings66 ratings
Positive34.8%
Neutral7.6%
Negative57.6%
Written reviews187 reviews
Positive17.1%
Neutral4.3%
Negative78.6%

In-app purchases

5 purchases

Private Message Box

Subscriptions4
  • Proversion$4.991 Year
  • Buy Number - Zone1 Yearly$21.991 Year
  • Buy Number - Zone2 Yearly$58.991 Year
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  • Buy Number - Zone3 Yearly$102.991 Year
One-time1
  • Get SMS Balance$6.99
1 purchases

Fingerprint Lock Hide Message

Subscriptions1
  • Unlimited to backup chats3 Days trial$9.991 Month

Questions

Is Private Message Box free?
Private Message Box is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Fingerprint Lock Hide Message free?
Fingerprint Lock Hide Message is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Private Message Box or Fingerprint Lock Hide Message?
Private Message Box is rated higher. Private Message Box averages 2.9 out of 5 from 20 ratings, while Fingerprint Lock Hide Message averages 2.6 from 66 ratings.
Do Private Message Box or Fingerprint Lock Hide Message have ads?
Private Message Box shows ads; Fingerprint Lock Hide Message does not.
Which is updated more often, Private Message Box or Fingerprint Lock Hide Message?
Private Message Box ships an update monthly, and Fingerprint Lock Hide Message every 3 weeks. Most recently, Private Message Box was updated on October 1, 2026 and Fingerprint Lock Hide Message on October 15, 2026.

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