strong room vs Paranoia File Encryption Lite
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
strong room
Securely store and manage all your passwords, PINs, and account details in one organized place. Features encryption, custom fields, and private browsing for quick access to your online accounts.
- Password and secret storage
- Custom fields and notes
- Categorization and tagging
- Secure private browsing
- Password autofill (iOS 12+)
- Data export and import
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If you're looking at this, then you already know that you have way too many user names, passwords, PINs, access codes, and account numbers to remember on your own. You need a simple and safe way to put all of these in one place and then be able to get to them quickly when you need them. You found it. strong room uses industry best practices for encryption and security to protect your secrets from unauthorized access and presents and manages them within a simple, flexible, and intuitive user-interface. SECRET TYPES strong room doesn't just store passwords. You can store any type of user login, email account, credit card, debit card, access code, voicemail account, combination code, or client account. All in one place! CUSTOM FIELDS Each type of secret includes it's own specific set of fields for input, but you can add whatever else you need as a custom field, and there's a notes field too for all of those other details! CATEGORIES Organize your secrets by assigning them to one of the pre-defined categories or create your own categories and use them instead. TAGS Further categorize your items by assigning one or more 'tags' to associate them with things like 'work', or 'kids', or 'personal' and whatever other kind of tag that you need. FILTER AND SEARCH Use the assigned categories and tags to filter your secret list or find a secret quickly and easily by entering its name in the always-present search-field. SECURE PRIVATE BROWSING Assign a website to your secret and access the site directly from within the app, including quick access to the secret fields that you need for authentication. PASSWORD AUTOFILL Devices running iOS 12 or later with biometric authentication enabled for strong room can enable Password Autofill on the device and get access to strong room user logins directly from the standard iOS Password AutoFill mechanisms for websites and apps. DATA EXPORT AND IMPORT Securely export your stored secrets for backup purposes or for importing into another device. Super safe; super simple; and way less pricey than the other alternatives out there. Give strong room a try and you'll be glad that you did.
Paranoia File Encryption Lite
Securely encrypt your private files and folders using robust algorithms. This app creates encrypted archives and offers options to delete original files automatically or manually after encryption. It supports multiple strong encryption ciphers for enhanced data protection.
- Encrypt files and folders
- Create .enc archive files
- Delete original files automatically
- Supports Blowfish, AES, RC6, Serpent, Twofish
- Decrypt PRO version encrypted files
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• Paranoia File Encryption is a universal file encryption application for iOS (iPhone/iPad/iPod), brought to you by Paranoia Works. It securely encrypts your private and confidential files or entire folders. P.F.E. works like an archiver, creating a new .enc file after encryption. The original file(s) can be deleted or wiped after the encryption process is completed. This can be done manually or set to be done automatically. • The app guarantees real security by encrypting data using robust encryption algorithms: Blowfish 448 bits, AES 256 bits, RC6 256 bits, Serpent 256 bits, and Twofish 256 bits ciphers. • Steganography: The application offers steganographic features, allowing you to conceal files within a JPEG image. Two algorithms are available: J-UNIWARD and F5. The selected algorithm works with your chosen symmetric cipher to create the final steganogram. • Versions for other systems and platforms are available on the application's homepage (download section - https://paranoiaworks.mobi/download/). • The AES web version is available at: https://pteo.paranoiaworks.mobi/paranoia-file-encryption/ • Free / PRO version differences: The PRO version contains more algorithms - specifically, Threefish 1024bit, SHACAL-2 512bit, and Paranoia C4 2048bit (which is a cascade of Threefish–Serpent–AES–SHACAL2). The free version can decrypt data encrypted by these advanced algorithms, but encryption is exclusive to the PRO version. In addition, the PRO version allows the selection of multiple files and their batch processing. It also provides a key to activate the PRO version of the desktop application: Paranoia File & Text Encryption for PC, Paranoia Text Encryption for PC and S.S.E. File Encryptor for PC
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Paranoia File Encryption Lite at Free against strong room's $0.99. Paranoia File Encryption Lite also leads on device support (4 vs 2) and iOS requirement (14.5 vs 17.6). strong room's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 71%). On rating, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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
Paranoia File Encryption Lite is free to download; strong room costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for strong room against 5.0 for Paranoia File Encryption Lite. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 2 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 100% of strong room's written reviews are positive against 71% of Paranoia File Encryption Lite's.
strong room ships an update every 3 months, Paranoia File Encryption Lite every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | strong room | Paranoia File Encryption Lite |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 5.0 (5 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 71.4% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 14.5 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 23 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Christopher King | Frantisek Dvorak |
Customer experience
strong room
Paranoia File Encryption Lite
In-app purchases
strong room
No in-app purchases
Paranoia File Encryption Lite
No in-app purchases
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