#CRYPTOMATOR MOBILE INSTALL#
#CRYPTOMATOR MOBILE SOFTWARE#

It basically means that Cryptomator is better to use with cloud services than VeraCrypt. Don’t worry if that sounds complicated to you.

#CRYPTOMATOR MOBILE SOFTWARE#

It works a little different to the free software VeraCrypt because Cryptomator stores each file separately rather than have everything in one volume like VeraCrypt does. The cryptomator interface is quite good looking and very user friendly. Using Cryptomator with them at least ensures that they don’t know what you are storing and therefore can’t scan or use it. The upside is that you can even use Cryptomator with gmail, dropbox and all of those other terrible options for cloud storage. The only reason I ended up paying for Pcloud Crypto is because unlocking Cryptomator volumes is a bit too slow for my patience. I’ve used Cryptomator with pCloud and it works well. Using it means that you can have client-side encryption with any cloud service you ever use. It’s particular niche is that it is a great encryption software to use with cloud services. Hope that helps.Cryptomator is a free, open source file encryption software. After a while of using both programs, I have to admit that I prefer Cryptomator from a usability and portability perspective. Howver, VC has some kind of super-paranoid mode with some kind of nested volumes, which Cryptomator does not offer, if you are into that.ĭisclaimer: I a not a programmer, nor a security expert, so all of my observations and recommendations are purely from a user perspective. So, security-wise I can't realy make a judgement which one may be better or not. Cryptomator creates encrypted 'file containers' similar to VC, which lets you access your files and folders in a virtual drive when unlocked.īoths apps are open source, have been audited and have a pretty good reputation. Also a donation is required to unlock some features within the Cryptomator app (like the dark mode).

Some of the mobile Cryptomator apps have to be paid for.

#CRYPTOMATOR MOBILE INSTALL#

This was a rather important aspect for me, as I wanted to access my encrypted containers also on my work PC, so I convinced my IT department to install it for me. Unfortunately is no 'portable' (no-install) app for it. Also, for you don't need admin rights for using Cryptomator. provided by Cryptomator) on all platforms (like Windows, MacOS, iOS, Android) and it supports cloud service / WebDAV integration so you can easily exchange encrypted conatiners between all your devices and your personal cloud storage if you wish, and you can do that all with the same app across devices. I am not sure, if VC offers cloud service / WebDAV integration, I've never tried this.Ĭrytomator has native apps (i.e. Also, AFAIK VC has no native apps for mobile devices, there you would have to use third-party apps, which are able to handle VC containers (e.g. This is, to some extent, a disadvantage of VC, as you can't use it on a machine without admin rights, even if you use just the 'portable' (no-install) version. Note, that VC always requires administrator rights to run. I use VeraCrypt on my private Win10 machine to encrypt some of my drives (HDDs). They are both quite similar, but also have some important differences.

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