Comparison

Secret Folder vs Black Audio Tool

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

Head to head
About

Secret Folder

Securely hide your personal photos and videos behind a password-protected folder. Import content, take private media directly within the app, and manage it all with organized albums. Additional features include a decoy password, export options, secret notes, and an app disguise.

Highlights
  • Password protection
  • Hide photos and videos
  • Import from camera roll
  • Private camera/video capture
  • Album management
  • Decoy password
  • Secret notes
Features
Read full description

Hide your photos and videos in a secret folder protected with password. - Import content from your device's camera roll. - Take a picture or capture a video, it's PRIVATE. - Create and manage your albums. - Decoy password: setup some fake photos as a second defense. - Export content to your phone - Create secret notes for things to remember like link, text or contact. - Disguise your app as a calculator Enjoy watching your videos with full privacy and security.

About

Black Audio Tool

This app is a versatile sound generation tool for exploring audio. It allows users to create and control a wide range of sounds, from classic waveforms to various noise colors, with built-in effects for further shaping. Designed for audiophiles, sound designers, and musicians, it offers precise real-time control for creative experimentation.

Highlights
  • Precise waveform generation
  • Multiple noise colors
  • Built-in reverb and distortion
  • Real-time parameter control
  • Infra sonic and ultra sonic modes
  • Audio recording to file
Features
Read full description

Black Audio Tool – B.A.T. Black Audio Tool (B.A.T.) is a powerful and versatile sound-generation app for anyone who enjoys exploring audio. Whether you are an audiophile, sound designer, musician, engineer, or simply curious about the physics of sound, B.A.T. turns your device into a compact laboratory for tone creation, noise shaping, and experimental listening. Create and control a wide range of sounds with precision. Generate classic waveforms such as sine, square, sawtooth, and triangle, then fine-tune them in real time with responsive controls for frequency, tuning, fine tuning, amplitude, and wet/dry mix. B.A.T. goes beyond standard tone generation. Explore interference, layered signal combinations, and a rich collection of noise colors, including white, pink, brown, blue, violet, green, and black noise for everything from soft ambience to unpredictable textures and randomized bursts. To shape your sound even further, B.A.T. includes built-in audio effects such as reverb and distortion, with the option to combine them for more complex and aggressive sonic results. The interface is designed for fast experimentation, precise adjustment, and smooth real-time control. From clean reference tones to abstract soundscapes, from audible frequencies to infra sonic and ultra sonic ranges, B.A.T. is built for discovery, testing, and creative play. Key Features: * Precise waveform generation * Sine, square, sawtooth, and triangle waves * Interference and overlay sound generation * Multiple noise colors, including black noise * Reverb, distortion, and mixed effects * Infra sonic and ultra sonic tone modes * Real-time parameter control * Audio recording to file * AirPlay support Private by Design: * No ads * No in-app purchases * No trackers * No data collection B.A.T. is a focused utility app made for pure sound experimentation — clean, direct, and fully yours.

Screenshots

Secret Folder4 screens
Black Audio Tool4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Black Audio Tool at 100% against Secret Folder's 66%. Black Audio Tool also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.5). Secret Folder's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 24 months) and ratings volume (74 vs 7). On ads, 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

Secret Folder costs $0.99 and Black Audio Tool $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Black Audio Tool holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Secret Folder has 74 ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 66% of Secret Folder's written reviews are positive against 100% of Black Audio Tool's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Secret Folder ships an update weekly, Black Audio Tool every 24 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Secret Folder versus Black Audio Tool: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSecret FolderBlack Audio Tool
Price$0.99 — better$1.99
Rating4.5 (74 ratings)5.0 (7 ratings) — better
Positive reviews65.6% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings74 — better7
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 24 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS10.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size24 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTung NguyenPhilippe Zay

Customer experience

Secret Folder

All ratings73 ratings
Positive91.8%
Neutral2.7%
Negative5.5%
Written reviews32 reviews
Positive65.6%
Neutral0.0%
Negative34.4%

Black Audio Tool

All ratings7 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Secret Folder

No in-app purchases

None

Black Audio Tool

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Secret Folder free?
Secret Folder costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Black Audio Tool free?
Black Audio Tool costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Secret Folder or Black Audio Tool?
Black Audio Tool is rated higher. Secret Folder averages 4.5 out of 5 from 74 ratings, while Black Audio Tool averages 5.0 from 7 ratings.
Do Secret Folder or Black Audio Tool have ads?
Neither Secret Folder nor Black Audio Tool shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Secret Folder or Black Audio Tool?
Secret Folder ships an update weekly, and Black Audio Tool every 24 months. Most recently, Secret Folder was updated on November 1, 2026 and Black Audio Tool on November 4, 2026.

Other comparisons