Comparison

Eisenhower vs Vaultora

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

Head to head
About

Eisenhower

This app helps you prioritize tasks by sorting them based on urgency and importance. It features a focus mode with a timer to help you concentrate on one task at a time and allows you to schedule or delegate tasks directly within the app. Cloud sync ensures your matrix is up-to-date across devices.

Highlights
  • Eisenhower Matrix for task sorting
  • Focus mode with customizable timer
  • Schedule and delegate tasks
  • Cloud synchronization with web app
  • Four-quadrant task management
Features
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Less collecting endless to-do lists. It's your time to decide, focus, finish, and move on! Some days the problem isn't too many tasks — it's that they all look equally important. EISENHOWER gives your work a simple shape: what to do now, what to schedule, what to delegate, and what to let go. Featuring the Eisenhower Matrix — the urgent vs. important prioritization principle Dwight used to run a country, and the method this app has been refining for iPhone and web since 2011. FOUR-QUADRANT MATRIX Sort every task by urgency and importance: Do First, Schedule, Delegate, Don't Do. Keep no more than eight per sheet so you stay focused — with room for unlimited tasks and notes when you need them. FOCUS MODE Pick one important task, start a clean timer (30 minutes, or whatever suits you), and stay with it until it's done. SCHEDULE & DELEGATE Turn a decision into action — drop a task into your calendar or hand it to a colleague without leaving the app. CLOUD SYNC Sign in once and your matrix stays in real-time sync with the web app at app.eisenhower.me, and back again. Work, study, side projects, or just a crowded day — EISENHOWER helps you see what deserves your attention next. Looking for a quick tutorial? www.eisenhower.me/eisenhower-matrix Questions or ideas? Write to us at feedback@eisenhower.me — we read every one. EISENHOWER PREMIUM FEATURES Dark Mode, custom backgrounds, Productivity Cockpit, and unlimited completed-task history are available to Premium subscribers. Eligible previous paid iOS purchasers retain these four features on iPhone and iPad after purchase verification.

About

Vaultora

Features
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Vaultora is an encrypted recording vault for people who want to record discreetly – material they are entitled to record. Audio, video and photo series go straight into a vault, encrypted file by file, and stay on this iPhone. No cloud, no accounts, no analytics. The limits first, because they are the product: The vault is excluded from iCloud backup; a .vaultora archive is the only way to back it up. If you lose the phone, the recordings are gone. If you forget your PIN, only the optional recovery passphrase you wrote down yourself can help – there is no master key and no support route that can open the vault. What nobody can recover for you, nobody can open against you. TWO VAULTS, TWO PINS Both vaults are created at setup. One entry field; the PIN decides which vault opens. Wrong entries are delayed exponentially, with no counter, and the delay survives a restart. Face ID or Touch ID optional for one vault. RECORD BEHIND A QUIET SCREEN While a recording runs, the display shows a black screen, a wallpaper or a plain view of your choice, dimmed if you like. This concerns Vaultora's own interface only: the iOS indicators for camera and microphone stay visible, always. Audio in segments, video with preview, photo series at intervals – everything is encrypted before it touches storage; plaintext is never cached. BROWSE, PLAY, EDIT Encrypted thumbnails, folders, playback straight from the vault, trim and split without altering the original. Scan documents, import media from Files. EXPORT AND BACKUP Single recordings via the share sheet or Files. The whole vault as a .vaultora archive with its own passphrase – that is your backup, and it opens on a new phone too. Wi-Fi transfer to your own computer, only on the addresses shown, encrypted. RECOVERY PASSPHRASE (NEW) For each vault you can have a ten-word passphrase generated. It is shown once and stored nowhere. With it, "Forgot PIN?" opens exactly that vault and you choose a new PIN. Without it, a forgotten PIN is final. INTRUSION LOG (OPTIONAL) After several failed attempts Vaultora can take one photo with the front camera and store it with a timestamp, so you can see who was holding the phone. PURCHASE Vaultora is bought once and is complete at that price: both vaults, recording, playback, export and import. One optional purchase, "Vaultora Pro", removes the limit of fifteen items per vault and adds Wi-Fi upload, alternate app icons and Apple Watch control. No subscriptions. LEGAL Vaultora is not marketed, described or designed as a tool for secretly recording other people. The app shows a legal notice at first launch and before the first audio recording. Whether a recording is lawful is your responsibility. Privacy: Vaultora collects no data. Nothing leaves the device unless you export it yourself.

Screenshots

Eisenhower4 screens
Vaultora4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Eisenhower at none against Vaultora's 1. On price, update cadence, ads 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. Vaultora sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Eisenhower asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Eisenhower ships an update monthly, Vaultora every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 10, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Eisenhower versus Vaultora: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEisenhowerVaultora
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews71.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, MaciPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Requires iOS16.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size52 MB8 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperFTL3Tobias Zehndbauer

Bugs and requests

Eisenhower

Reported bugs

13 issues
  • App crashes frequently, especially on iOS updates
  • Tasks duplicate themselves randomly
  • Tasks disappear without user action
  • Cannot scroll when tasks exceed screen size
  • Text truncation in task display
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  • Calendar integration not working on iOS 6+
  • Sync failures between web and mobile
  • Timer doesn't stay visible when phone sleeps
  • Focus mode timer becomes unusable after updates
  • App incompatible with newer iOS versions
  • Privacy settings prevent calendar access
  • Tasks cannot be moved between quadrants
  • No updates for extended periods causing compatibility issues

Requested features

17 requests
  • iPad and universal app support
  • Ability to add more than 8 tasks per quadrant
  • Task history and completion logging
  • Customizable timer duration (not just 30 minutes)
  • Ability to reorder and move tasks between quadrants
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  • Task details, notes, and descriptions
  • Reminder notifications and alerts
  • iCloud syncing between devices
  • Today widget for quick access
  • Task scheduling and due dates
  • Multiple task lists or projects
  • Export functionality (CSV, etc.)
  • Landscape mode support
  • Archive completed tasks
  • Turn off timer sound while keeping alerts
  • Ability to scroll task lists
  • Correct language localization

Vaultora

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Eisenhower

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Vaultora

One-time1
  • Vaultora Pro$8.99

Questions

Is Eisenhower free?
Eisenhower is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Vaultora free?
Vaultora is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Eisenhower or Vaultora have ads?
Neither Eisenhower nor Vaultora shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Eisenhower or Vaultora?
Eisenhower ships an update monthly, and Vaultora every 2 months. Most recently, Eisenhower was updated on November 10, 2026 and Vaultora on October 31, 2026.

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