# NibVault: Fountain Pen Tracker — Ink collection, fills & care

> Ink collection, fills & care (iPhone/iPad app by George Demertzoglou.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/nibvault-fountain-pen-tracker/id6800098034 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [George Demertzoglou](https://appshunter.io/developer/6800098036)
- Category: Utilities, Productivity
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 16.4 · 96 MB
- Languages: British English, French (France), German (Germany), Greek, Italian, Japanese, Brazilian Portuguese, European Spanish, Chinese (Traditional, Taiwan)
- Released: 2026-08-30
- Data updated: 2026-10-29

## What is NibVault?

NibVault keeps a detailed record of your fountain pens and inks. Use it locally without an account, with optional sync when you want it.

Catalogue and organise your collection

• Record makers, models, variants, colours, materials, nibs, filling systems, capacity, condition, acquisition details, value and notes
• Add multiple photographs with full-screen viewing and zoom
• Rate individual pens and inks from zero to five stars
• Organise items into nested locations such as Study / Cabinet / Drawer 2
• Browse, search, filter, favourite and archive records without losing their history
• Scan packaging to find likely catalogue matches, then review the details before adding an entry. Recognition happens on your device
• Suggest missing catalogue products from your custom entries, with product details prefilled for review and private collection information excluded

Pens, inks and pairings

• See which pens are currently inked and when each fill began
• Record fill volumes, dates and notes
• Rate each pen-and-ink pairing and keep notes on flow, colour, drying time, cleaning or anything else you notice
• Track bottle sizes, remaining ink levels, colour families, sheen, shimmer and shading

Care and rotation

• Record cleaning, flushing, inspection, nib work, repairs and professional servicing
• Schedule local cleaning and rotation reminders
• Review upcoming, due-today and overdue Care tasks

Wishlist and grails

• Add wanted pens and inks from NibVault's catalogue or create a custom entry
• Choose a brand, model and version, then adjust the details to match what you want
• Save preferred colours, nibs, editions, release years, target prices, notes and listing links
• Mark special long-term targets as grails

Physical labels and sharing

• Every owned pen and ink can have a printable QR label
• Create A4 label sheets in three sizes for cases, boxes, shelves and ink drawers
• Scan your own label for quick actions, or another collector's label to review product details before adding them to your collection or wishlist
• Share importable item links, PDF records and social cards

Private sync, backup and transfer

• Optionally sync your collection between your own iPhone and iPad using your private iCloud storage
• Create complete NibVault backups including photographs and history
• Preview a backup before restoring it
• Import CSV or Excel collections with guided column mapping
• Export pens, inks, fill history and Care records as CSV or multi-sheet Excel workbooks

Made for iPhone and iPad

• Use an adaptive iPad layout in portrait and landscape, with navigation rails, multiple columns and split item details
• See your current rotation and upcoming care in Home Screen widgets, or open the QR scanner from an iPhone Lock Screen widget
• Use Siri and Shortcuts to check a pen's ink, find pens using an ink, check maintenance and choose your next rotation pen
• On iOS 18 or later, add controls for scanning labels and starting entries to Control Centre or the Lock Screen, or use a compatible Action button
• Find owned pens and inks from Spotlight
• Open Add a pen, Add an ink, Scan a label or Search by pressing and holding the NibVault icon
• Choose Cream, White, Sakura, NibVault, Black or Garnet, with separate light and dark themes and optional device appearance switching
• Choose any of six app icons, or select Match my theme
• Use NibVault in English, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Brazilian Portuguese, Greek, Japanese or Traditional Chinese

Some system features require a compatible device and iOS version

Your data and privacy

Your collection is stored locally. Optional iCloud sync uses your private Apple storage. Optional website sync requires a NibVault account and sends collection records and photos to NibVault. Catalogue suggestions and problem reports send the information you review and choose to submit; reports can include technical diagnostics. No advertisements, subscriptions or locked features.

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Ink Sample Tip | $0.99 | one-time |
| Ink Bottle Tip | $2.99 | one-time |
| Premium Ink Bottle Tip | $4.99 | one-time |
| Luxury Ink Bottle Tip | $9.99 | one-time |


## Is NibVault safe?

Not enough ratings yet to assess NibVault.

## Is NibVault legit?

NibVault: Fountain Pen Tracker has limited verification signals. The AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for NibVault is 58 out of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.


## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 1.5.3 — 2026-10-26

More reliable widgets, Siri actions and problem reporting.

• Keep confirmation and reference numbers for received problem reports, even after restarting NibVault.
• Retry an unconfirmed report using the same reference to avoid duplicate submissions.
• Include more useful technical details when you choose to send a problem report.
• Improve widget previews and updates, including empty collections and collections without active care reminders.
• Improve care-reminder timing and overdue counts across day changes and daylight-saving transitions.
• Improve Siri action handling when requests arrive close together or the app moves into the background.

### 1.5.2 — 2026-10-14

Smoother collection browsing, safer unfinished edits and more reliable photo sync and backups.

Features

- Search directly from Collection using a search icon that opens a search field. The main navigation now has five destinations: Collection, Pens, Inks, Care and Menu. Pens and Inks retain their own search fields.
- Cancel backup preparation or photo extraction before a restore is applied.

Improvements

- More responsive pen, ink, archive and search lists, especially for larger collections. Lists adapt to the space available, with columns on suitable wider layouts.
- Clearer text contrast across all six themes, larger labels and touch targets, and navigation that adapts better to larger system text.
- Improved landscape and resizable layouts. Full-screen photo controls respect screen edges and cutouts after rotation.
- More efficient processing of photo-inclusive backups on iOS, with clearer restore previews and a clearer distinction between saving to a destination and confirming a cloud upload.
- More efficient iOS widget and Spotlight updates after collection changes. Deleted and archived records are reconciled with the search index.
- Clearer photo-storage help: photos are kept locally and copied to the services you choose when sync is enabled.
- Reduced Android app code size through release optimisation and resource shrinking, alongside updates to the supported app framework.

Bug fixes

- Unfinished pen and ink edits, pending photos and custom selections remain in place when changing themes. Android also preserves the current screen and edits when changing system font or display size. Leaving an unfinished pen or ink form asks before discarding changes.
- Pens and Inks open at the top on first entry and remember the previous scroll position when returning. Archiving, restoring or deleting items no longer empties the remaining list while it refreshes.
- Google Drive photo sync can recover when an existing cloud photo differs from the local copy. The previous cloud file is preserved while the replacement is uploaded and verified.
- Website sync explains when the phone needs a newer shared catalogue and provides access to the catalogue update and retry actions.
- Improved website-account disconnection when the service is unreachable, and protection against an old connection error affecting a newly linked account.
- Fixed a database-startup race on a fresh installation and improved the recovery screen shown if startup fails.
- Corrected the Collection logo artwork across themes and improved iOS scan handling for the four-page limit.

### 1.5.0 — 2026-09-27

Features
• Optional sync with my.nibvault.app, currently in an invitation-only trial. Connect your collection and photos with guided phone linking. Local app use still needs no account.
• Ink stock tools: group matching bottles, add stock, mark a bottle finished or adjust/refill it. Different sizes, formats and samples remain separate.
• Optional collector specifications, specification filters and catalogue reference images where available. Personal details take priority over catalogue defaults.
• View local catalogue suggestions alongside website submission history when connected.

Improvements
• Find brands first, or search directly for a pen model or ink. Product matches skip unnecessary selection steps. Alphabetical lists, model/ink search and paged results make large catalogues easier to browse.
• Collector specifications sit at the end of forms and stay collapsed until you choose to open them.
• Clearer online-sync and backup controls, independent personal-cloud and website sync, and photo-transfer progress during setup. New collection photos are resized for transfer without changing your originals.
• Pens, Inks and Locations tabs bring physical labels and storage management together.
• Clearer edition choices preserve existing catalogue links and personal records. Updated collector labels across all nine interface languages.

Bug Fixes
• Fixed excessive catalogue-search rendering that could cause freezes or crashes with large ink catalogues.
• Improved reconnection, account-switch recovery, photo-upload retries and handling of offline changes and conflicting edits.
• Archive or delete directly from the archive action. Inks with filling history are protected from permanent deletion; finishing or archiving them keeps that history.
• Improved stock-change checks and compatibility when syncing with older clients.

Website sync runs while the app is open and online. Connecting uploads an online copy to NibVault, separate from personal iCloud or Google Drive sync.

### 1.4.5 — 2026-09-11

• Organise multiple pens or inks directly from your collection. Select items together to update favourites, move them between storage locations or archive them.
• Discover Collection insights from your home screen, with collection totals, fill and care history, favourite pairings and rotation suggestions.
• Report problems without sending an email. Add an optional description and review the available technical diagnostics before choosing what to submit.
• Take control of saved error reports: turn off automatic reminders, review reports later or delete saved logs.
• Restore backups with clearer previews and confirmation messages. Restore immediately if you already have a backup, or choose to back up first.
• Improved iCloud sync progress and recovery guidance, backup validation and restoration of nested storage locations, alongside reliability improvements when editing your collection and adding photographs.

### 1.4.3 — 2026-09-09

• Added Japanese and Traditional Chinese, bringing NibVault to nine languages.
• Select either new language in Appearance and language, or follow your device settings.
• Spreadsheet imports now recognise translated column headings and Japanese/Traditional Chinese Yes/No values.

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