What's New

v2.10 -> v2.12
- all deprecated code updated
- status menu bar icon not only matches macOS dark mode but also the wallpaper light/dark setting
- status menu bar icon dark mode switching supported

App Description

Hide your secret text inside any picture or video!
Use it as a simple video player too.

Still, writing secrets in notebooks stashed away in a locked drawer?
Text Hider provides a better way of hiding secrets: in pictures, and not just image files, but also in video files or even in PDF files.

Just drop a picture into Text Hider, type or paste your secret text into the app, and press save. The picture or movie could then be saved, copied, or sent anywhere, and only Text Hider will be able to find and read that secret text.

Features: v2.02
- hide text inside pictures, movies, and PDF files without a length limit.
- files can still be sent and shared as usual.
- simple-to-use flip over the interface
- two modes of shaking notification
- supports all common picture and video formats:
png, jpg, jpeg, gif, bmp, tiff, pdf, psd, tag, icns
mov, flv, avi, wmv, mp4, m4v, mpg, mpeg, 3gp, rm
- dropped movies can be played/paused
- playback related buttons will show up if the video is dragged in
- there is neither encryption nor steganography used in this basic version

v2.02 -> v2.05
- menu re-arranged for simplification
- more by dragonBTV simplified
- app size dramatically reduced
- performance improvements for macOS 10.13 High Sierra

v2.05 -> v2.10
- app's name changed from HideAway to Text Hider
- the color of the app's icon changed
- status menu added to the app
- new version for All Mac (Apple Silicon, Intel) system
- all deprecated code updated
- display app dock icon option updated
- support menu updated
- "save as" function modified for creating quick copies of pictures

v2.10 -> v2.12
- all deprecated code updated
- status menu bar icon not only matches macOS dark mode but also the wallpaper light/dark setting
- status menu bar icon dark mode switching supported

iPhone Screenshots

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Text Hider screenshot 1

App Changes

  • July 12, 2016 Initial release
  • November 14, 2016 Price decrease: $4.99 -> FREE!
  • November 21, 2016 Price increase: FREE! -> $0.99
  • December 04, 2016 Price increase: $0.99 -> $4.99
  • June 15, 2019 New version v2.05
  • June 15, 2019 Price decrease: $4.99 -> $1.99
  • June 16, 2019 Price decrease: $4.99 -> $1.99
  • July 15, 2020 Price increase: $1.99 -> $4.99
  • September 16, 2023 New version v2.12