Comparison

Secret Folder vs ScreenShield

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
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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

ScreenShield

This app creates a visual illusion of system processes like software updates or disk cleanups to deter unwanted attention. It uses realistic progress bars and messages to create a distraction, with a hidden gesture to exit safely. Designed for privacy and entertainment.

Highlights
  • Simulated software updates and lockdowns
  • Realistic progress bars and system messages
  • Customizable durations and modes
  • Hidden exit gesture
  • Visual-only simulations
Features
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ScreenShield is a privacy-focused simulation app designed to deter unwanted attention and protect your screen from prying eyes. Whether you’re in a public space, around nosy friends, or just want to create a digital distraction, ScreenShield simulates realistic system activities like software updates, firmware installs, and disk cleanups to discourage interaction. With professionally styled progress bars, file logs, and optional sound effects, ScreenShield creates the illusion that your device is in the middle of a critical operation. Each simulation is fully visual—no actual system changes are made. When you’re ready to exit, simply triple-tap the screen to return safely to the home screen. This hidden gesture ensures no one else can easily break the illusion. Key Features: • Simulated software updates, lockdowns, and cleanups • Realistic progress bars, system messages, and countdowns • Customizable durations and modes • Optional premium unlock for longer sessions • Designed for entertainment, privacy, and deterrence Note: This app does not make actual changes to your system. All simulations are visual and for deterrent purposes only.

Screenshots

Secret Folder4 screens
ScreenShield4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: Secret Folder at free against ScreenShield's paid. Secret Folder also leads on ratings volume (74 vs 1) and device support (3 vs 1). ScreenShield's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.5). On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

ScreenShield 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 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Secret Folder versus ScreenShield: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSecret FolderScreenShield
Price$0.99$0.99
Rating4.5 (74 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews65.6% of reviews—
Number of ratings74 — better1
Update frequencyWeekly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS10.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size24 MB19 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTung NguyenJimmy Louis

Customer experience

Secret Folder

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

ScreenShield

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Secret Folder

No in-app purchases

None

ScreenShield

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Secret Folder free?
Secret Folder costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is ScreenShield free?
ScreenShield costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Secret Folder or ScreenShield?
ScreenShield is rated higher. Secret Folder averages 4.5 out of 5 from 74 ratings, while ScreenShield averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Secret Folder or ScreenShield have ads?
Neither Secret Folder nor ScreenShield shows ads.

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