Comparison

Circular Ring vs Vault

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

Head to head
About

Circular Ring

This platform offers comprehensive health tracking and improvement tools. It provides deep insights into sleep, recovery, stress, heart health, and activity, with personalized recommendations from an AI coach to help users understand and optimize their wellness.

Highlights
  • Sleep Monitoring
  • Energy Score
  • Heart Rhythm Monitoring
  • Stress Tracking
  • Coherence Training
  • AI Health Coach (Kira)
Features
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Circular is the world’s most complete health improvement platform, offering 13+ features to help you optimize your wellness. Paired with the Circular Ring, the Circular app provides deep insights into your sleep, recovery, stress, heart health, energy levels, activity, and much more, making it easy to understand and improve your health over time. Through the Circular ring, track your biosignals, 24/7. With the Circular app, unleash the full potential of data. FEATURES Each feature is called a Circle, allowing you to personalize your health journey. Activate or customize Circles anytime in the "Manage My Circles" section. -Sleep Monitoring – Get a detailed sleep quality score with contributors and trends to optimize your rest. -Energy Score – Understand your daily readiness and recovery with biometric-based scoring. -Heart Rhythm Monitoring – Track your heart rhythm with real-time insights and detect irregularities. -Stress Tracking – See how your body responds to daily challenges and learn to manage stress effectively. -Coherence Training – Use guided breathing exercises with real-time biometric tracking to enhance focus and relaxation. -Women's Health Tracking – Monitor your cycle and hormonal changes for a better understanding of your body. -Activity & Sport Sessions – Track workouts, daily movement, and exertion levels to optimize performance. -Live Measurements – Take spot-check readings of your vitals, and activity data. -Vital Alerts – Get notified when your biosignal levels exceed your set thresholds. -Smart Alarm Clock – Wake up at the optimal moment in your sleep cycle. -Medication Reminders – Setup your medication routine and stay on track with alerts for scheduled doses. -Personal Diary & Calendar – Add notes and track trends in your health data. -Challenges & Gamification – Earn Circular Coins, streaks, and badges while improving your health. PERSONAL AI HEALTH COACH – KIRA Kira is your AI-driven wellness assistant, helping you interpret your data and make better health decisions with: Automatic day & night cross-data correlation Personalized, science-backed recommendations Event validation & insights based on your lifestyle ADVANCED ANALYTICS & CALIBRATION Machine learning-powered scoring – Circular cross-analyzes your health metrics to generate detailed, data-driven wellness scores. 14-Day Calibration – Kira learns your unique patterns by collecting baseline data, setting reference values, and adjusting recommendations to fit your profile. ADDITIONAL TOOLS Airplane Mode – Disable data transmission for privacy and extended battery life. Timer – Set custom vibration alerts. COMPATIBILITY & SUPPORT Circular Ring required – The app works exclusively with a Circular Ring. Bluetooth required – Background Bluetooth usage may reduce battery life. Important: Circular is not a medical device and does not provide medical diagnoses. For any health concerns, consult a doctor. Need help? Visit https://www.circular.xyz/help or email support@circular.xyz. Need Ring? Visit https://www.circular.xyz/ Learn more: https://www.circular.xyz/learn.

About

Vault

This app provides a straightforward way to log your workouts, track personal records, and monitor your training consistency. It focuses on a clean interface without unnecessary features, allowing you to easily record sets, reps, and weight for any exercise. View your progress over time with automatic PR tracking and session history.

Highlights
  • Log exercises, sets, reps, and weight
  • Automatic personal record tracking
  • Rest timer
  • Session notes
  • Workout history and volume tracking
  • Consistency calendar and streak tracking
Features
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Vault is a workout tracker built for people who already know why they train. No AI telling you what to do. No badges for showing up. No ads. Just a clean, fast log that gets out of your way and keeps a perfect record of every session you've ever done. Log it your way: Build any workout from scratch — exercises, sets, reps, weight. Rest timer built in. Session notes when you need them. Done before you change plates. Know your numbers: Every PR is tracked automatically. Open your history and see exactly how far you've come — total volume, session duration, every set you've ever touched. Stay consistent: Your streak, your monthly calendar, your weekly frequency — one screen. No interpretation needed. You either showed up or you didn't. Vault Pro: Full access to every feature, synced across devices, updated continuously. Less than a cup of coffee a month — and unlike coffee, it compounds. Start your free trial today. Terms of Service: https://www.vaultworkout.app/terms

Screenshots

Circular Ring4 screens
Vault4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Vault at 5.0 against Circular Ring's 2.8. Circular Ring's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and ratings volume (510 vs 1). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Vault sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Circular Ring asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Vault holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Circular Ring has 510 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Circular Ring versus Vault: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCircular RingVault
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.8 (510 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews16.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings510 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.615.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size193 MB54 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCircularLuke Zic

Customer experience

Circular Ring

All ratings501 ratings
Positive41.1%
Neutral5.4%
Negative53.5%
Written reviews507 reviews
Positive16.0%
Neutral6.9%
Negative77.1%

Vault

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Circular Ring

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Vault

Subscriptions2
  • Vault Pro Monthly3 Days trial$3.991 Month
  • Vault Pro Annually3 Days trial$29.991 Year

Questions

Is Circular Ring free?
Circular Ring is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Vault free?
Vault is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Circular Ring or Vault?
Vault is rated higher. Circular Ring averages 2.8 out of 5 from 510 ratings, while Vault averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Circular Ring or Vault have ads?
Neither Circular Ring nor Vault shows ads.

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