PiceaOne vs Message Vault
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
PiceaOne
This utility app connects with Picea® Services to display device information after scanning a QR code. It guides users through service completion and allows for an optional report summary transfer to a computer via iTunes file sharing.
- QR code scanning
- Automatic device information display
- Service completion guidance
- Optional report summary
- iTunes file sharing transfer
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PiceaOne app works together with Picea® Services and other services. Scan the QR code to start. Device information is displayed automatically. Follow the required steps to complete the service. At the end, optionally review a report summary and transfer it to computer via iTunes file sharing.
Message Vault
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Message Vault turns your text conversations — years of them, going back further than your phone can currently show — into a private, permanent, searchable archive that only you can open. THE COMPLETE BACKUP, DONE HONESTLY A real backup of a text thread means two things: the words, and the pictures. Message Vault keeps the words — every message, searchable, forever. Apple doesn't allow any outside app to reach the photos and videos inside Messages, so Message Vault can't copy those, and it never pretends to. Instead, it walks you through saving your photos and videos into your own Photos library — a few taps, right inside the app — and marks in every conversation where a photo or video belongs, so your searchable text becomes the index back to the picture. Your words live in Message Vault. Your pictures live in Photos. Together, that's the whole conversation, kept. YEARS OF CONVERSATIONS, ACTUALLY SEARCHABLE Messages makes it hard to search anything old and painful to get anything out. Message Vault holds everything you've archived — search by name, date, or a half-remembered phrase, and export what you find. IMPORT WITH A TAP, APPROVE EVERY BATCH Message Vault never reads your messages on its own. You run the Vault Sync shortcut yourself, and iOS shows you exactly what's being shared every time. Anything already archived is recognized and never duplicated. ENCRYPTED BEFORE IT TOUCHES ANYTHING Everything you archive is encrypted on your device with a key that lives in your iPhone's Keychain — decrypted only in memory, only for you. YOUR iCLOUD, NOT OURS Optionally keep an encrypted copy in your own Apple Account's private iCloud database. It leaves your phone only as ciphertext — there's no Message Vault server, so there's nowhere for us to read your messages. A RECOVERY PHRASE ONLY YOU HOLD Turn on recovery and you get a one-time phrase that unlocks your vault on a new iPhone. We never see it and can't recover it — that's what makes it yours. NO ACCOUNTS. NO ANALYTICS. NO SERVERS. Message Vault is a paid app on purpose, so you're the customer, not the product. GOOD TO KNOW Message Vault archives what iOS makes available to Shortcuts, typically conversations through the previous day. Sync is manual. Requires the free Shortcuts app from Apple. Message Vault is not affiliated with or endorsed by Apple Inc. iMessage and iCloud are trademarks of Apple Inc.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: PiceaOne at Free against Message Vault's $4.99. PiceaOne also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.0). Message Vault's advantage is chart position (#179 vs unranked). On update cadence, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
PiceaOne is free to download; Message Vault costs $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
PiceaOne ships an update every 5 weeks, Message Vault every 2 months. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | PiceaOne | Message Vault |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $4.99 |
| Rating | 2.0 (4 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 33.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 4 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | — |
| Best chart rank | — | #179 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 25 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Piceasoft | BS Boys LLC |
In-app purchases
PiceaOne
No in-app purchases
Message Vault
No in-app purchases









