Startup Key Combos vs EIDVault
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Startup Key Combos
This app provides essential key combinations for macOS startup issues and recovery modes. It helps users access different boot options, including fallback recovery for M-series Macs. Additionally, it includes shortcuts for common system actions like sleep, logout, restart, and shutdown.
- macOS startup key combinations
- macOS recovery mode access
- M-series fallback recovery
- Sleep, logout, restart, shutdown shortcuts
- Grouped by M-Series and Intel Macs
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Have you ever suffered a problem where your Mac would not start up properly? What key combination can you use to boot into macOS recovery? Were you aware that M-series Macs are equipped with a second “fallback” macOS recovery that can be utilized if the standard recovery fails? iStartup will tell you which key combinations to use. Also included are shortcuts for sleep, log out, restart, and shutdown. Shortcuts are grouped by M-Series and Intel.
EIDVault
This app provides a comprehensive reference for Windows Event IDs crucial for cybersecurity and digital forensics. It includes investigative notes, detection rules, and MITRE ATT&CK mappings to aid in fast, context-rich lookups. Users can also describe attack scenarios to surface relevant Event IDs with context.
- Windows EVTX log channel reference
- Investigative notes for Event IDs
- Detection rules (KQL, Sigma)
- MITRE ATT&CK mappings
- Scenario-based Event ID lookup
- Shareable EID details (text, Markdown)
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EIDVault is a comprehensive reference for Windows® EVTX log channels relevant to cybersecurity and DFIR. Event IDs (EIDs) are enriched with investigative notes, detection rules (KQL, Sigma, and more), and MITRE ATT&CK® mappings for fast, context-rich lookups. The Scenarios tab takes it further - describe an attack technique or investigation scenario and on-device intelligence surfaces the relevant EIDs with context. Share EID details as plain text or formatted Markdown for easy documentation or collaboration.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: EIDVault at 5.0 against Startup Key Combos's 3.7. EIDVault also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 7 months) and review sentiment (100% vs 75%). Startup Key Combos's advantage is ratings volume (7 vs 2) and iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
EIDVault holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 7 and 2 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 75% of Startup Key Combos's written reviews are positive against 100% of EIDVault's.
Startup Key Combos ships an update every 7 months, EIDVault every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Startup Key Combos | EIDVault |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.7 (7 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 75.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 7 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Bayhoff Software | Zachary Burnham |
Customer experience
Startup Key Combos
EIDVault
In-app purchases
Startup Key Combos
No in-app purchases
EIDVault
No in-app purchases
