Kryptomate vs Arrowat Encryptor
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Kryptomate
This app allows you to encrypt and decrypt text using Caesar and Vigenère ciphers. It's ideal for puzzles, games, or fun with friends, but not for securing sensitive data.
- Caesar cipher encryption/decryption
- Vigenère cipher encryption/decryption
- Handles alphabetical characters
- Preserves non-alphabetical characters
- Source code available on GitHub
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Kryptomate is an app to help you en- or decode small text snippets through either Caesar or Vigenère cipher. Be it for a puzzle (e.g. for a Geocache) or for fun with your friends. The caesar cipher is probably the simplest and most well-known cipher out there. It works by shifting each letter of the given phrase forward in the alphabet by a given number. It is named after Julius Caesar, who was known for encrypting sensitive military information with a shift of three. The caesar cipher is often used to teach the basics of cryptography, as it's purpose and function is easily understood. The vigenère cipher works using the same principle, but is significantly younger and it took quite a while for the first person to break it. It uses a key instead of a single shift to determine a different shift for each letter of the given phrase. Doing so makes it a lot harder for a single person to try and break it by guessing the shift. The ciphers used in Kryptomate are in no way something you should use to keep actual data safe. Even the newer of the two methods is over 450 years old. The caesar and vigenère ciphers are both very simple concepts and often used in puzzles. Both are not secure for modern purposes. Please note that Kryptomate will only work with alphabetical characters (A-Z, a-z). Punctuation, numbers and other special characters will stay the same. The source for this application is available on Github. See https://github.com/kiliankoe/kryptomate-ios
Arrowat Encryptor
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Encrypt important text that can only be read by the people who has the decryptor key you share with or can be decrypted just by yourself. Arrowat Encryptor provides the way to save the encrypted content to file with a separated encrypted key that is used to decrypt the content, you can share the encrypted file and provide the secret key to allow others to read it, most important is keep content secret from others, use it for secure your letters, numbers and any text you want to keep secret. Learn how to use the app at https://arrowat.net/arrowatencryptor/docs/encrypt-and-decrypt-text
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Verdict
Kryptomate and Arrowat Encryptor are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
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.
| Parameter | Kryptomate | Arrowat Encryptor |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Update frequency | — | Every 25 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 | 8.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 32 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Kilian Koeltzsch | Arrowat LLC |
In-app purchases
Kryptomate
No in-app purchases
Arrowat Encryptor
No in-app purchases









