Comparison

Google vs SecureVault Private Storage

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

Head to head
About

Google

This app offers AI-powered search capabilities, allowing users to ask questions using text, voice, or images. It provides instant answers, helps explore interests, and offers features like visual search and song identification.

Highlights
  • AI Mode for AI-powered responses
  • Google Lens for visual search
  • Search Live for real-time voice and camera interaction
  • AI Overviews for quick information snapshots
  • Hum to Search for song identification
  • Personalized Discover feed
  • Home screen search widget
Features
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Download the Google app to find quick answers, explore your interests, and ask anything on your mind in any way. Try AI in Google Search with AI Mode, Lens, Search Live, and more. Feature highlights*: • AI Mode: Get AI-powered responses to your toughest questions with AI Mode–talk, type, or snap a photo to get started, and ask follow-up questions to dig deeper. You’ll continue to see a range of helpful links so you can keep exploring across the web. • Google Lens: See something you like? Snap a photo and discover where to shop for it, find related images, and more. Refine your camera searches by adding words – whether you want those shoes but in ‘blue’, or want to learn how to ‘repair’ that broken bit on your bicycle. • Search Live: Have a live, real-time conversation in Search by using your voice and camera to easily get answers and on-screen links to the web when you need them. • AI Overviews: Get a snapshot of key information about a topic or question, like ’how to fix a broken zipper’, with links so you can easily explore more on the web. • Hum to Search: Can't remember the name of that song? Hum the tune and Google will help find it for you—no lyrics, artist name or perfect pitch required. You can also search for a song playing near you. • Discover: Stay up-to-date on topics that matter to you. Get personalized news, articles, and videos based on your interests. • Google Search Widget: Search faster from your home screen or lock screen, with easy shortcuts to AI Mode, Lens, and more. Google Search, totally reimagined with AI • Explore a new intelligent Search box that expands with your curiosity, offers AI powered suggestions and lets you search with text, videos and more. • Bring your toughest questions to Search. With a more seamless Search experience, you can go from an AI Overview on the search results page to asking follow-up questions in AI Mode, with links to the web. • Get help with planning, researching, brainstorming new ideas, and more with the latest Gemini models delivering frontier performance for agents and coding. • Bring your ideas to life by transforming your photos in Lens or creating images in AI Mode with Nano Banana. Available in select languages and locations. Search what you see with Google Lens: • Use your camera to identify what you’re looking at. Identify plants and animals, translate text in real-time, find similar products to buy, and even solve math problems with step-by-step guides. • Translate over 100 languages on things like road signs when you travel, menus, and more by pointing your camera at text. • Reverse image search: Find the source, similar photos, and related information for any image. • Get step-by-step homework help on math, physics and word problems, and testing your knowledge with Questions and Answers are now fully supported within the Google app. Search safely and securely: • All searches in the Google app are protected by encrypting the connection between your device and Google. • Privacy controls are easy to find and use. Tap your profile picture to access your menu and delete recent search history from your account with one click. • Search proactively filters webspam to help ensure that you see safe, high-quality results. Learn more about what the Google app can do for you: https://search.google/ Privacy policy: https://www.google.com/policies/privacy Your feedback helps us create products you'll love. Join a user research study here: https://goo.gl/kKQn99 *Features may not be available in all countries.

About

SecureVault Private Storage

Features
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SecureVault helps you organize personal files in a password-protected vault stored locally on your device. FREE FEATURES • Store up to 25 vault items • Import photos, videos, audio, documents, and general files • Search, filter, and sort your vault • Play supported audio and video files • Preview supported files and documents • Record your screen and import completed recordings • Change your vault password • Review and manage local login-activity settings PREMIUM — ONE-TIME PURCHASE Unlock SecureVault Premium with a single lifetime purchase: • Unlimited vault items • Private non-persistent browser • Private video editing tools • Unlimited batch importing • Custom file titles and renaming • Restore Purchases support PRIVATE BROWSING Premium includes a private browser with a dedicated search home, URL and search-query entry, navigation controls, and session clearing. Browser website data uses a non-persistent WebKit session and is cleared when the vault locks. LOCAL STORAGE Imported vault files are encrypted before being written to the app’s local storage. SecureVault does not require a server-side account. Apple processes Premium purchases. SecureVault does not receive or store payment-card information. Remember your vault password and retain backups of important original files. Forgotten vault passwords cannot be recovered.

Screenshots

Google4 screens
SecureVault Private Storage4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: SecureVault Private Storage at none against Google's shown. Google's advantage is chart position (#1 vs unranked). On price, in-app purchases, 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. Google sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $0.89 per month and SecureVault Private Storage sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard2 real differences · 9 level
Google versus SecureVault Private Storage: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGoogleSecureVault Private Storage
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (5.3M ratings) — better—
Positive reviews59.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings5.3M — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 days—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
Best chart rank#1 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size521 MB5 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperGoogleGreg Williams

Bugs and requests

Google

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Search bar freezes or takes a long time to load
  • Tabs disappearing or not saving properly
  • Inability to save images or access image search
  • Crashing or force closing issues
  • Inconsistent dark mode/light mode behavior

Requested features

5 requests
  • Option to disable Google Lens
  • Improved tab management
  • Ability to customize news feed interests
  • Restore image download functionality
  • Dedicated search mode for trucks and larger vehicles

SecureVault Private Storage

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Google

Subscriptions10
  • 30 GB$0.891 Month
  • 100 GB$1.991 Month
  • 200 GB$2.991 Month
Show 7 more
  • Google AI Plus (400 GB)$4.991 Month
  • Google AI Plus (400 GB)1 Month trial$4.991 Month
  • Google AI Plus (2 TB)$9.991 Month
  • 100 GB$19.991 Year
  • Google AI Pro (5 TB)1 Month trial$19.991 Month
  • Google AI Pro (5 TB)$19.991 Month
  • Google AI Plus (400 GB)$49.991 Year
1 purchases

SecureVault Private Storage

One-time1
  • SecureVault Premium$9.99

Questions

Is Google free?
Google is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is SecureVault Private Storage free?
SecureVault Private Storage is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Google or SecureVault Private Storage have ads?
Google shows ads; SecureVault Private Storage does not.

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