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DigiSafe vs DigiLocker, Drive and the apps you already use.

The DigiSafe home screen
Setting how long a DigiSafe link lasts
The DigiSafe PIN screen

DigiLocker, Google Drive, WhatsApp and your gallery all do some things well. Here is what each one is for, where DigiSafe fits, and when to use both.

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Five apps for one document, or one app

A scanner app, Google Drive, DigiLocker, a PDF compressor and WhatsApp, all for one KYC request. The same job in DigiSafe, in 39 seconds.

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It's 11:47. Bank wants your KYC. By tomorrow.

Scanner app. Google Drive. DigiLocker. Some compress-PDF website. WhatsApp. Five apps. One document.

So... meet DigiSafe. Scan it. Store it. Share it. One app.

Aadhaar? First 8 digits, hidden. File too big? 200 KB. Done. The link? Gone in 24 hours.

Encrypted on your phone. Free. Fewer apps. More sleep. DigiSafe.

DigiSafe home screen with folders for bills, PAN, Aadhaar and passport, and a warranty reminder
DigiLocker

DigiSafe vs DigiLocker

DigiSafe vs DigiLocker: keep the official copy, and everything else

Most people in India should use both: DigiLocker for official documents, DigiSafe for everything else and for sharing copies safely.

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Setting up a DigiSafe share link that stops after 1 day and can be opened 3 times
Google Drive

DigiSafe vs Google Drive

DigiSafe vs Google Drive for your Aadhaar, passport and ID papers

Many people use both: Drive for everyday files, DigiSafe for Aadhaar, passport and other papers that can be misused.

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A DigiSafe share link with a QR code, 24 hours left and not opened yet
WhatsApp

DigiSafe vs WhatsApp

DigiSafe vs WhatsApp: is it safe to send your Aadhaar in a chat?

Use them together: send the DigiSafe link on WhatsApp, so the chat keeps a link that expires, not your document.

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The DigiSafe lock screen with a shuffled keypad and fingerprint unlock
Your phone's gallery

DigiSafe vs phone gallery

DigiSafe vs your phone's gallery: where should your ID photos live?

Keep your photos in the gallery and your papers in DigiSafe, then delete the loose ID photos once they are scanned.

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The DigiSafe scanner framing a specimen PAN card
Proton Drive

DigiSafe vs Proton Drive

DigiSafe vs Proton Drive: two encrypted homes for your documents

They work well together: Proton Drive for general private files, DigiSafe for the ID papers you share with offices.

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A DigiSafe folder of scanned documents
Ente Locker

DigiSafe vs Ente Locker

DigiSafe vs Ente Locker: two encrypted document vaults, compared

Both encrypt end to end and scan documents. Ente Locker's free plan holds 100 items and 1 GB, any Ente subscription raises that to 1,000 items and 10 GB, and it runs on iOS, Android and the web. DigiSafe is free today, installs on phones and computers, and adds ID tools: masked Aadhaar, number reading, watermarks, expiring links and checklists.

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The DigiSafe lock screen with a shuffled keypad
1Password

DigiSafe vs 1Password

DigiSafe vs 1Password for documents, notes and passwords

If you rely on autofill, keep your logins in 1Password and your papers, notes and family details in DigiSafe.

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How we compare

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Dated, so you know how fresh

Each comparison says when it was last checked. Products change, and so will these pages.

We say when theirs is better

DigiLocker is the official one. Drive is better for working together. Each page says so plainly.