Comparison

AppLock vs Vortex Wheel Blaster Support

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

AppLock

Securely hide your private photos and videos with a password, fingerprint, or face ID. This app offers a private browser with automatic history deletion, ensuring your sensitive media remains inaccessible to others.

Highlights
  • Hide photos
  • Hide videos
  • Password lock
  • Fingerprint lock
  • Face ID lock
  • Private browser
Features
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AppLock is a photo vault to protect your private photos and videos, with password, fingerprint and face ID. It has more than 400 million users in global. If you want to keep some pictures and videos safe, hide them from prying eyes, AppLock will be a trustable tool. After hiding photos and videos in AppLock, they can only be viewed with password. There is an privavy browser in AppLock. It can automatically delete the browser history. So you can search at any time and place without worry the risk of privacy leak. With AppLock, you will never worry about: the families check your photos and find your secret! the children delete important photos by mistake! friends or colleagues see the private files while borrowing the phone! the privacy risk during the phone repair! ---Feature--- Hide photos Hide videos Password lock Fingerprint lock Face ID lock No limit to the number of photos No limit to the number of albums Set album cover Private browser Random keyboard Easy to use More features are coming. Welcome to send us feedback or leave a comment. Email: support@domobile.com

About

Vortex Wheel Blaster Support

Features
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Vortex Wheel Blaster Support — combines a skilled AI with your own machine manual. Vortex is a troubleshooting and support assistant for operators and maintenance technicians working on shot blasting and peening machines. Stop digging through paper manuals or PDFs to find an answer. Just ask. What you can do with Vortex: Trained AI troubleshooting on YOUR machine's manual — Upload the technical manual of your blasting machine once. Vortex reads it, understands it, and uses it to diagnose your issues step by step. Multi-language trained AI chat — Ask in your language. Vortex answers in your language. No translation barriers between you and your machine, whatever is the language of the manual. Visual references from the manual — When you ask about a component, Vortex shows you the diagram from the right page of your manual. No more flipping through hundreds of pages. And if you need the manual, it is in-app with a convenient search bar ready to use. Email support — Nothing urgent but something not sounding right? Ask the trained AI to get confirmation, then email the specialist attaching pictures and videos. Answer within 48 hours from a real human specialist. VortExpert — human specialist on demand — When the trained AI is not enough, tap "Call VortExpert" and get a real human technician in 1-1 live chat, right inside the app. They see your context, you can share pics of details and videos, they help fast. Spare parts RFQ — Found the part you need? Vortex pre-fills a Request For Quotation with the exact code, description, and quantity from the manual. One tap and your supplier gets the request. You choose if to send it internally or forward it straight away to the vendor to get a fast and reliable quote. One app, your team — Up to 2 machines per organization. Each with its own manual, its own history. Share access with your operators, maintenance crew, and managers. And if you have more, just add them or ask for an enterprise quote. Who is Vortex for? Workshops, plants and factories that rely on shot blasting machines and need to reduce downtime. Built for shop & operations managers and their team. It also greatly supports maintenance electricians, plant managers, and procurement teams. Subscriptions: Tier A — €49.99/month — 1 user, 15 min VortExpert/month Tier B — €89.99/month — 2 users, 30 min VortExpert/month Tier C — €199.99/month — 5 users, 60 min VortExpert/month All plans include unlimited trained AI troubleshooting and handle 2 machines per organization. Cancel anytime from the App Store. Need more VortExpert time? Buy a VortExpert 30 top-up (30 extra minutes) on demand. Corporate or enterprise needs? Contact us for a custom plan. About the developer Vortex is built and maintained by Silvio Ruiu, 10+ years designing blasting and peening processes and fixing them around the world. Built by a technician for technicians, by people who know what a noisy plant floor looks like at 6am when a machine is down. Privacy & Terms: cmblasterus.com/vortex

Screenshots

AppLock4 screens
Vortex Wheel Blaster Support4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: AppLock at none against Vortex Wheel Blaster Support's 4. AppLock also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 18.6). Vortex Wheel Blaster Support's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 3 days vs every 5 months). On price 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Vortex Wheel Blaster Support sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $44.99 per month. AppLock asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

AppLock ships an update every 5 months, Vortex Wheel Blaster Support every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 23, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
AppLock versus Vortex Wheel Blaster Support: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAppLockVortex Wheel Blaster Support
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.6 (418 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews32.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings418 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsEvery 3 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationAd-supported—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS13.0 — better18.6
Further details — not scored
Size66 MB19 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperDoMobile Co., Ltd.Silvio Ruiu

Bugs and requests

AppLock

Reported bugs

10 issues
  • Photos and videos deleted after app uninstall
  • Data loss after phone factory reset
  • Data not recoverable when switching to new device
  • Album selection not showing when locking photos
  • App crashes and forces exit
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  • Photos stored in app disappear without explanation
  • False storage full notifications
  • Ads difficult or impossible to skip
  • Ads appear every few seconds during navigation
  • App logout issues causing permanent data loss

Requested features

9 requests
  • Premium subscription option to remove ads
  • Cloud backup and account recovery functionality
  • iCloud integration for data persistence
  • Fingerprint/biometric authentication instead of password
  • Multi-tab private browser
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  • Actual app locking feature (not just photo locking)
  • Cross-platform data synchronization
  • Ad removal option or purchase
  • Better album organization in gallery selection

Vortex Wheel Blaster Support

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

AppLock

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

Vortex Wheel Blaster Support

Subscriptions3
  • Vortex Tier A — Solo$44.991 Month
  • Vortex Tier B — Team$79.991 Month
  • Vortex Tier C — Team$179.991 Month
One-time1
  • VortExpert 30 — Live Support Top-up$69.00

Questions

Is AppLock free?
AppLock is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Vortex Wheel Blaster Support free?
Vortex Wheel Blaster Support is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do AppLock or Vortex Wheel Blaster Support have ads?
AppLock shows ads; Vortex Wheel Blaster Support does not.
Which is updated more often, AppLock or Vortex Wheel Blaster Support?
AppLock ships an update every 5 months, and Vortex Wheel Blaster Support every 3 days. Most recently, AppLock was updated on October 24, 2026 and Vortex Wheel Blaster Support on October 23, 2026.

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