Comparison

Listify vs The Vault

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

Head to head
About

Listify

Create and manage all your lists with a clean, simple interface. Enjoy fast data entry and real-time cloud syncing across all your devices for powerful organization.

Highlights
  • Create colorful lists
  • Cloud syncing
  • Simple interface
  • Fast data entry
  • Versatile list types
Features
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Listify turns scattered tasks into a clear plan you can trust. It shows what matters now without adding clutter. You move through the day with more focus and less friction. Listify is a focused productivity app for people who want structure that feels calm and usable. You can capture tasks quickly, organize work into clear layers, and adjust priorities in seconds as your day changes. From everyday errands to multi-step projects, Listify helps you stay steady, intentional, and in control. **Clear Daily Direction** Listify keeps your highest priorities visible from the first glance. That clarity reduces decision fatigue and helps you start meaningful work faster each day. **Fast Capture Flow** New tasks can be added in seconds while context is fresh. Quick capture protects good ideas and prevents important follow-ups from slipping away. **Flexible Organization** Projects, subprojects, and headings let you structure work around real outcomes. You get an organized system that adapts to personal routines and complex plans alike. **Progress You Can Trust** Due dates and completion state stay visible while you work. Seeing progress in context helps you maintain momentum and finish with less stress. **Instant Reprioritization** Drag-and-drop reordering makes plan changes painless when priorities shift. You can adapt quickly without rebuilding your entire list from scratch. Download Listify today and turn busy days into confident, consistent progress.

About

The Vault

Securely store passwords, documents, photos, and more with robust encryption. Keep all your confidential information safe and easily accessible on your device, without subscriptions or ads.

Highlights
  • Password management
  • Secure document storage
  • Photo and GIF storage
  • 256-bit AES encryption
  • No subscriptions
  • Local device storage
  • Automatic backups
Features
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◆ NO ads, NO tracking, NO subscriptions - Free with optional one-time charges ◆ Do you... ... have trouble remembering tens or hundreds of online passwords? ... write passwords down somewhere, even though you know this is not the safest thing to do? ... use the same ("cleverly" modified) password in multiple places, instead of using properly randomized passwords that offer the best security? ... sometimes wish you had a photo of a creditcard, passport or other document handy? ... want to securely store lots of other confidential information, photos, animated GIFs, office documents, you name it? ... want all this to be secure, but still very simple to use? Then ◆The Vault◆ is for you! The Vault provides straightforward, easy to use, secure storage for all your documents and other data, such as passwords, login credentials and any other confidential information. It can securely store any number of documents, images, screenshots or photos along with your confidential information. * 256-bit AES encryption * While storage and access is simple, The Vault uses rock-solid, industry standard encryption. [technical details below] ◆ ◆ ◆ WHY IS IT BETTER ? ◆ ◆ ◆ ▸ See all features: bit.ly/TheVault-Features ▸ The Vault is very simple to use, yet it employs industry-standard encryption to keep your data safe. (Some other - payed - apps do too, but some apps advertised as "secure" really do not, and for example save your data using a simple base-64 encoding: your information looks scrambled, but is as readable as plain text when you know how). ▸ The Vault will - never - show ad banners! We hate them too. ▸ The Vault stores information on * your * device. Not on some server somewhere on the net. ▸ Securely storing information is as simple as entering free text! ▸ The Vault can securely store photos and pictures from your camera or photo library; for example a copy of your passport, credit card, or just the serial numbers of some equipment you own. Anything. ▸ The Vault can securely store - and play - animated GIFs. ▸ The Vault can securely store *any* office or other document. ▸ Many secured documents can be viewed directly from The Vault, including PDFs, Keynote, Numbers, Pages, Powerpoint, Excel and Word files. ▸ You can optionally import data exported from your previous password app (or any other source that can provide the data). ▸ Automatically and securely backups your data! ◆ ◆ ◆ TECHNICAL DETAILS ◆ ◆ ◆ This is the part that matters. This is the part that is hard to get right. This is the part that makes the difference between actual security and insecurity. Claiming “military-grade” (or “industry standard” ;-) encryption is meaningless. Even claiming “256-bit AES encryption”, in itself is not very meaningful. Example: Claiming “military-grade” encryption and subsequently simply hashing a master passcode - e.g. using SHA, or MD5 is NOT good. What ís good is to use a proper key derivation algorithm such as PBKDF2, scrypt or bcrypt. Another example: AES is better than older algorithms such as Blowfish, Twofish or 3DES. But even for AES: an app that does not combine encryption with authentication... is doing it wrong. Currently there is some consensus that the best construct is to first encrypt a message and then calculate a message-authentication code, instead of the other way around. These things matter. ◆ ◆ ◆ The Vault uses PBKDF2 key derivation with an HMAC-SHA512 PRF, and HMAC-SHA256 Encrypt-then-MAC authenticated 256-bit AES encryption, using CommonCrypto functionality only. All cipher and MAC worker keys, as well as all salts and IVs, are purely random data. Keys and IVs are never reused. Each singular piece of data is encrypted with a unique random encryption key, and authenticated with a unique random HMAC key. Your Master Passcode is never stored; and neither are the derived cipher keys. ◆ ◆ ◆ THE ONLY THING ●YOU● HAVE TO DO? Choose a long master passcode. Make it long, and make it random!

Screenshots

Listify4 screens
The Vault4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Listify at 4.1 against The Vault's 3.7. The Vault's advantage is update cadence (every 9 days vs every 6 months) and review sentiment (65% vs 40%). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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

Both are free to download. Listify sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and The Vault sells 11 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Listify holds the better App Store score, 4.1 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: The Vault has 162 ratings behind it against 20, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 40% of Listify's written reviews are positive against 65% of The Vault's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Listify ships an update every 6 months, The Vault every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and November 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Listify versus The Vault: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterListifyThe Vault
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.1 (20 ratings) — better3.7 (162 ratings)
Positive reviews40.0% of reviews64.5% of reviews — better
Number of ratings20162 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 monthsEvery 9 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.0 — better18.2
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB66 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFishington StudiosBestApps BV

Customer experience

Listify

All ratings20 ratings
Positive80.0%
Neutral10.0%
Negative10.0%
Written reviews20 reviews
Positive40.0%
Neutral10.0%
Negative50.0%

The Vault

All ratings162 ratings
Positive63.0%
Neutral4.3%
Negative32.7%
Written reviews541 reviews
Positive64.5%
Neutral7.8%
Negative27.7%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Listify

One-time1
  • Upgrade to Pro$4.99
11 purchases

The Vault

One-time11
  • theVault Import$1.99
  • theVault Export$1.99
  • theVault Secure Backup & Restore$1.99
Show 8 more
  • Light & Dark Mode Appearance$3.99
  • theVault securePDF$4.99
  • Hidden Folders$4.99
  • SecureShare$4.99
  • Automatic Bulleted List$4.99
  • Rich Text Formatting$4.99
  • The Vault Secure Synchronization$9.99
  • The Vault - Password AutoFill$9.99

Questions

Is Listify free?
Listify is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is The Vault free?
The Vault is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Listify or The Vault?
Listify is rated higher. Listify averages 4.1 out of 5 from 20 ratings, while The Vault averages 3.7 from 162 ratings.
Do Listify or The Vault have ads?
Neither Listify nor The Vault shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Listify or The Vault?
Listify ships an update every 6 months, and The Vault every 9 days. Most recently, Listify was updated on October 23, 2026 and The Vault on November 1, 2026.

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