hYYa Encrypted Folder VS PrivacyNotes

hYYa Encrypted Folder's answer

Anyone who keeps private files, photos and videos on a Mac, iPhone, iPad or Android phone (passports and IDs, contracts, tax or medical records) and wants them encrypted rather than just hidden. That includes people who use Apple devices and an Android phone together.

PrivacyNotes's answer:

People who want their private life in one private place: notes, plans, passwords, a journal and health records. It fits independent professionals who keep sensitive material, such as lawyers, journalists, therapists, doctors, developers, researchers and founders. It also fits anyone who is tired of paying for five apps that each hold one part of their life.

hYYa Encrypted Folder's answer

A native app on each platform. AES-256 encryption uses Apple's CryptoKit on Apple devices and Android's own cryptography on Android, and the Apple apps run in the App Sandbox. On the Mac the encryption key lives in the macOS Keychain. Optional sync goes through the user's own iCloud or Google Drive.

PrivacyNotes's answer:

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hYYa Encrypted Folder's answer

It actually encrypts. Most folder-lock apps only hide files or put a password screen in front of them, so the files stay readable. hYYa Encrypted Folder encrypts them with real AES-256, and a folder's contents stay unreadable until you unlock it, even to someone holding your device. Keep a folder in your own Google Drive and it opens on iPhone, iPad, Mac and Android alike.

PrivacyNotes's answer:

PrivacyNotes keeps your notes, tasks, passwords, journal, files, calendar, contacts and bookmarks in one app, with mood and medication tracking. Everything is encrypted on your device with XChaCha20-Poly1305, under a key from a 12-word recovery phrase. Most privacy apps do one of these jobs and charge for it every month. PrivacyNotes does all of them, and Pro is a one-time purchase. The apps are open source, so anyone can check what they do.

hYYa Encrypted Folder's answer

There's no hYYa account, no hYYa server and no analytics of our own, and hYYa never holds your files. You open folders with Face ID or Touch ID — or your passcode or Mac password — and on Android with a biometric such as a fingerprint, or the screen lock. The core app is free, with an optional one-time Pro unlock instead of a subscription, bought separately on the App Store and on Google Play.

PrivacyNotes's answer:

Three reasons:

• One app, not a stack of subscriptions. Standard Notes, Day One, Daylio and Bitwarden each cover one part of your life. PrivacyNotes covers all of them, with one price, paid once.
• Encrypted on your device. Your notes are always encrypted, on your device and on the way to our servers in Zurich, Switzerland. With self-custody, the server holds nothing that opens your notes.
• Open source, no ads, no trackers. The apps and the encryption code are published for review, and there is no ad, tracker or analytics of what you write anywhere in the app.

hYYa Encrypted Folder's answer

hYYa is one studio behind a family of apps built on a simple idea: everyday tools should feel calm, do one job well and keep your information yours. Encrypted Folder's one job is to lock private files away for real, with no backdoor and no master key. We hold nothing, so we can't unlock your files or hand them over. A Recovery Key you keep yourself opens them if you ever forget your passphrase.

PrivacyNotes's answer:

PrivacyNotes started from a simple frustration: staying organized meant spreading your life across half a dozen apps, each with its own monthly bill. We wanted one place for notes, tasks, a journal, files and passwords, encrypted on your device, and paid for once instead of forever. So we built the encryption first, made it the base of every feature, and published the apps as open source so the promise can be checked, not just believed. Everything else grew from one rule: your data is yours.

PrivacyNotes's answer:

We do not keep a customer list to show, and that is on purpose. You can sign up with only a 12-word phrase, with no email and no name, and the app has no trackers and no analytics. So we do not profile the people who use it. A privacy product that watched its users closely enough to name them would miss its own point.