Skip to main content

Top Android Encryption Apps

After I released my own android encryption app called Dexacrypt, I wanted to see what else was available on the market. Although, I thought my idea was unique there are already a large number of encryption apps on the market. Let's review some of them and rank them. 

In this post, we will only look at message encryption apps and not advanced apps such as Surespot or SSE that provide file encryption or messaging. Meet the Contenders:

Encrypt Messages And Text

This app was last updated in November 2021 and has more than a 100,000 installs. Many reviews praise its simple UI and small size, however one user has specified that the latest version no longer works on Android 12.

Secret Message - Encrypt/Decrypt Messages

This app has a slightly larger size of 12 MB but only has 5000+ installs. The top review says and I quote,

I am sorry but this is not as easy or self explanatory as it should be. You need to grab someone and hand them a phone and watch their expression.

Ouch! maybe he can try Dexacrypt... 😎

AES Message Encryptor for SMS

The smallest encryption app by far, only 84K, now that is impressive. As per the reviews, it does not offer many different ciphers but it seems to be by far the easiest and simple to use. Encryption is provided through AES algorithm and the app was last updated in 2017. 

Text Encryption

Woah, too many negative reviews on this one. Some have mentioned that the encryption works once, others have mentioned spyware and that encryption is not deterministic. This app is also very small and has 1000+ installs. The reason many people have come across this app is because of its brilliant name but that seems to be the only upside. 😒

Dexacrypt

Last but not the least, comes my very own app which I am obviously very biased towards. I should mention that my app is in no way the best but it does have a few upsides. Compared to the rest, its size is rather big at 22 MB. It is using a dark material style which takes up most of the space but I do think it makes it look much cooler, almost a movie-like encryption gadget. Also it offers two encryption algorithms unlike some of the other apps. Don't forget the sexy name Dex a Crypt! 💕

So here is my final takeaway, ranking the above five apps:

1. Dexacrypt 😉

2. Secret Message - Encrypt/Decrypt Messages

3. AES Message Encryptor for SMS

4. Encrypt Messages And Text

5. Text Encryption


 Anyways, thanks for reading my article, stay crusty and GLHF!

Labels:

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Beware: Those who use chatGPT for their exams or work!

ChatGPT struggles with prime numbers! While trying to understand how the public private key cryptographic architecture works using chatGPT, I asked what is a coprime number after chatgpt explained its use in the said architecture. Here is the response in all its glory: Two numbers are said to be coprime (or relatively prime) if they have no common prime factors other than 1. In other words, their greatest common divisor (GCD) is 1. For example: 8 and 15 are coprime because their only common factor is 1. 14 and 15 are coprime because they share no common factors other than 1. 10 and 21 are not coprime because they both have 1 as a common factor. Looking at the first and then the last example which is supposed to be a counter-example as to what is not a coprime number, we can clearly see that chatgpt gives the same reason for each case i.e they only have 1 as a common factor. After further investigation, chatgpt replies: Apologies for the confusion. You're correct. 10 and 21 do not h
1 comment
Read more

GameDev Lessons: Endless Runners Part 1

Every Game Developer probably starts with an endless runner and there are many tutorials on the internet to do just that but after building a few myself, I can tell you that most of those tutorials are filled with bad advice which from a learning point of view makes sense to help a beginner get the concepts quickly but in the long run they can turn things into a gruesome mess which becomes a chore to update or improve upon. It is my opinion that although a tutorial should have instructions that are quick and easy to replicate, it is much more important to organize the code and assets in such a way that they can be easily built upon. Almost every tutorial at the end of the day should be self contained as much as possible so that they can be easily changed by the person following it. This means, instead of simply uploading a zip file containing the whole project, each part of the tutorial should be organized in such a way so they can be easily copied into an existing project. Now with th
Post a Comment
Read more