Comparison

App Lock For iPhone vs WA Sticker

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

Head to head
About

App Lock For iPhone

Secure your private photos, videos, and files with this app locker. It offers features like break-in alerts, fake password protection, and a secret camera to safeguard your personal content from prying eyes.

Highlights
  • Hide photos, videos, passwords, files & contacts
  • Break-in alerts with intruder photos
  • Customizable album covers and themes
  • Fake password protection
  • Secret camera for discreet capture
  • iCloud backup
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App Lock is your personal safe where you can keep your most memorable photos & videos and ensure that friends who use your phone don’t see your personal photos/videos if they browse through your gallery. Features include: • Hide photos, videos, passwords, files & contacts • Break-in alerts with intruders' photo, date & time • Change app icon • Customised album covers & themes • Fake password protection • All in one photo editor • Secret camera to take photos & videos • Back up to iCloud We love feedback so please email us at info@photovaultapps.com Photo Vault Pro Subscription • Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase • Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the period. • Length of subscriptions: Weekly & Yearly. • Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period, and identify the cost of the renewal. • Price of subscriptions: one month 3.99 USD & one year 19.99 USD • Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase. • No cancellation of the current subscription is allowed during active subscription period. • Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription. For further information: Privacy Policy: https://bartraca.wixsite.com/privatevault/privacy-policy Terms of Service : https://bartraca.wixsite.com/privatevault/terms-of-service

About

WA Sticker

Easily transform your short videos into animated stickers for WhatsApp. Import videos, remove backgrounds, and create custom sticker packs with personalized names and sizes.

Highlights
  • Import short videos
  • Extract frames
  • Remove backgrounds
  • Export GIF/WebP
  • Build 3-sticker packs
  • Customizable pack names
  • Prepare 512x512 frames
Features
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WA Sticker Maker helps you turn your own short videos into animated sticker assets and WhatsApp-ready sticker packs. Import a short video from Photos, extract frames, remove the background using Apple Vision on supported iOS versions, preview the result, export GIF/WebP files, and build a 3-sticker pack for WhatsApp import. Designed for creators, small shops, social media users, and anyone who wants to make personalised animated stickers from their own videos. Key features: • Import short videos from your Photo Library • Extract evenly sampled frames from the whole video • Preview separated frames in a clean grid • Remove backgrounds using Apple Vision foreground masking • Export animated GIF previews to Camera Roll • Export animated WebP files using Google libwebp • Build a WhatsApp sticker pack with 3 stickers • Choose one video for 3 stickers or add 3 different sticker videos • Customise the sticker pack name • Prepare 512×512 sticker frames and 96×96 tray icons • Progress bar and status updates during longer processing • Local activity log in Settings • Theme and display adjustments Important notes: WA Sticker Maker is an independent sticker creation tool. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by WhatsApp LLC or Meta Platforms, Inc. WhatsApp is a trademark of its respective owner. Sticker import depends on WhatsApp being installed on the device and accepting the generated sticker pack. Animated sticker size and format restrictions are controlled by WhatsApp.

Screenshots

App Lock For iPhone4 screens
WA Sticker4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: App Lock For iPhone at Free against WA Sticker's $0.99. WA Sticker's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 60%) and in-app purchases (none vs 3). On update cadence and device support 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

App Lock For iPhone is free to download; WA Sticker costs $0.99 up front. App Lock For iPhone sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per 7 days. WA Sticker asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

App Lock For iPhone ships an update every 6 weeks, WA Sticker every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
App Lock For iPhone versus WA Sticker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterApp Lock For iPhoneWA Sticker
PriceFree — better$0.99
Rating1.5 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews60.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeks — betterEvery 2 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS26.017.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size170 MB11 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperMaria RacaGlobalBIT Inc.

Customer experience

App Lock For iPhone

All ratings2 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive60.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative40.0%

WA Sticker

Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

App Lock For iPhone

Subscriptions3
  • App Lock Weekly$3.997 Days
  • Private Photo Vault Monthly$5.991 Month
  • Private Photo Vault Yearly3 Days trial$19.991 Year
None

WA Sticker

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is App Lock For iPhone free?
App Lock For iPhone is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is WA Sticker free?
WA Sticker costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do App Lock For iPhone or WA Sticker have ads?
App Lock For iPhone shows ads; WA Sticker does not.
Which is updated more often, App Lock For iPhone or WA Sticker?
App Lock For iPhone ships an update every 6 weeks, and WA Sticker every 2 months. Most recently, App Lock For iPhone was updated on November 3, 2026 and WA Sticker on November 5, 2026.

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