Comparison

Shadow Vault vs WPressReader for wordpress

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

Head to head
About

Shadow Vault

Securely store your private notes, photos, videos, and contacts in one place. Organize your hidden data with a powerful tagging system and access it easily with biometric authentication. Sync your information across devices for seamless management.

Highlights
  • Biometric lock (Touch ID/Face ID)
  • iCloud sync
  • Markdown support for notes
  • Delete original media after import
  • Omni toolbar for editing
  • Tagging system for organization
Features
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Store your notes, photos and videos, contacts all in one app! With a powerful tagging system to help you organize and navigate all your hidden data. You will need to enable lock screen after installing app in order to use the feature. Features: - Lock Screen with support for Touch ID and Face ID - iCloud sync so you can use across your iPhone and iPad - Markdown support for notes - Support to delete original photos and videos after import to [App Name] - Omni toolbar with consistent UX to help you edit at any tabs.

About

WPressReader for wordpress

Features
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Every site. One reader. WPressReader turns the WordPress sites, blogs and news publishers you follow into one clean, fast news reader. Type a website address, and the app connects to the site's public WordPress feed and shows its latest articles in a home screen you design yourself. No account. No sign-up. No tracking. READ ANY WORDPRESS SITE • Add a site by typing its web address, or start with a suggested publication • The app checks the site for you and tells you plainly if it can't be read • Works with WordPress blogs, magazines, news sites and independent publishers • Follow one site for free, or many sites with Premium • Switch between sites from the menu or site picker without losing your place A HOME SCREEN THAT'S YOURS • Choose the categories and tags that matter to you, and turn each into a section on Home • Show, hide and reorder sections whenever you like • Set a layout for each section: carousel, grid, list, magazine or ranked list • Set different layouts for each site, or use one default for all of them • Pull to refresh and see when each site was last updated EXPLORE AND SEARCH • Browse every category and tag a site publishes • Search articles and topics, and sort by newest, oldest or relevance • See post counts for each topic before you open it • Find related articles at the end of every story A BETTER READING EXPERIENCE • Articles are drawn natively, so pages load fast and stay clean • Reading time is shown on every story, with a progress indicator as you read • Image galleries, code blocks, audio, video, maps and social posts are all handled • Article scripts are never run, so nothing from a site executes inside the app • Share any article, or open the original page in your browser • Adjust text size on top of your iOS settings, so accessibility sizes keep working SAVE ARTICLES AND READ OFFLINE • Save any article with one tap and find it again in Saved • Every saved article keeps its text, ready to read without a connection • Filter Saved by the current site or all your sites • With Premium, saved articles are also downloaded with every image, so they read fully offline on a plane, a train or anywhere the signal drops • Saved stories are clearly marked when they're available offline MAKE IT LOOK LIKE YOU • Five themes: Apple Regular, Apple Glass, Magazine, Minimal and Colourful • Twelve card styles, from large featured stories to compact lists and text-focused rows • Choose separate fonts for the interface and for reading, including serif faces for long articles • Light, Dark or System appearance • Reduce visual effects for a calmer, simpler look FRESH CONTENT, LESS DATA • Background refresh keeps your sites up to date • Efficient loading keeps even very large sites quick • See storage used by cached articles and images, and free up space at any time • Clearing the cache never removes your saved articles or the images they need PRIVATE BY DESIGN • No account required • No tracking or analytics • Everything stays on your device • Ad privacy controls in Settings FREE, PREMIUM AND AD-FREE READING WPressReader is free to use with ads. Watch a short video to earn ad-free reading time, and add more whenever you like. Your remaining time is always visible in Settings. Go Premium to unlock: • Unlimited sites • Fully offline saved articles with every image downloaded • Ad-free reading Restore Purchases is available in Settings at any time. AVAILABLE IN YOUR LANGUAGE English, Arabic, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese (Brazil), Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese and Hindi. Add your first site and build a home screen for the way you read. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Shadow Vault4 screens
WPressReader for wordpress4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: WPressReader for wordpress at none against Shadow Vault's shown. Shadow Vault's advantage is update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 39 months). On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

Both are free to download. Shadow Vault sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and WPressReader for wordpress sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Shadow Vault ships an update every 5 weeks, WPressReader for wordpress every 39 months. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences Ā· 6 level
Shadow Vault versus WPressReader for wordpress: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterShadow VaultWPressReader for wordpress
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeks — betterEvery 39 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size13 MB27 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTung VuFarouk Nasser

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Shadow Vault

One-time1
  • Remove Advertisement$7.99
3 purchases

WPressReader for wordpress

Subscriptions3
  • Premium Weekly$0.997 Days
  • Premium Monthly$2.991 Month
  • Premium Yearly$29.001 Year

Questions

Is Shadow Vault free?
Shadow Vault is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is WPressReader for wordpress free?
WPressReader for wordpress is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Shadow Vault or WPressReader for wordpress have ads?
Shadow Vault shows ads; WPressReader for wordpress does not.
Which is updated more often, Shadow Vault or WPressReader for wordpress?
Shadow Vault ships an update every 5 weeks, and WPressReader for wordpress every 39 months. Most recently, Shadow Vault was updated on November 3, 2026 and WPressReader for wordpress on November 8, 2026.

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