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Andrognito 2: Hiding & Encryption Made Simple

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Andrognito 2: Hiding & Encryption Made Simple
4/22/2015 12:41:00 PM

When we first covered aritraroy’s Andrognito last year, the app was still in its infancy. Less than a year later however and it has developed to become one of the best encryption and file hiding tools we’ve seen. Featuring a glorious Material Design theme and exceptional security, if you don’t already have it take a few minutes of your time to try it out. You won’t be disappointed.

The Premise

The concept behind Andgronito is a simple one, keeping your files both hidden and safe. Register with your name and a pin and then simply select your files from the built-in file browser and they will be hidden using AES encryption. We reached out to aritraroy for a few words on the app:

“Andrognito has always been my dream project. I have always appreciated the power of smartphones, but was quite disappointed by the fact how people do not take their own security seriously. There have been some file hiding apps in Android but none of them could actually satisfy me in terms of security, speed, design, customization and advanced features. So I decided to fill the gap. I am constantly working on improving the app by fixing bugs and adding awesome features. Some we will have a powerful Theme Manager, Stealth Camera, Panic Mode, and more awesome features in it. I want to make the app simple to use yet give power to those advanced users.
I would also like to expand Andrognito beyond file hiding and make it a complete security suite in Android.”

How It Runs

The app’s security is of the up most importance to the developer and as such there are more than a few awesome features:

For your access pin, you can choose either a standard static 4 digit code or enable the ‘Timely’ function which changes your pin up to every minute linking it to the time and date in a variety of formats. The app also supports fake accounts and Force Closes or hiding the app and enabling access through the dialer.

The file browser is clear and responsive making the app quick to use. The encryption is incredibly fast (we encrypted roughly 150 MB in several seconds). Try, as I could not find anything to fault, everything worked as expected and the process was seamless and very fluid. The options available are very versatile allowing for searching through your encrypted files or organizing by size, name and category.

Until the theme engine is released, the color scheme is a very dark MD, which we know a lot of you want in your apps. The animations are simple and definitely add to the user experience. The overall Layout of the app is simple and clearly defined. We are certainly looking forward to the day when the app can be called a security suite, and if his speed with developing the app so far is anything to go by, this may not be far off.

The free version supports up to 1GB of encryption and lacks some of the more advanced features, but that is more than enough for the average user. If you would like to try it out, or to keep up to date with the latest additions and news head over to the thread!