Simplife vs GiftVault
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Simplife
This minimalist note-taking app prioritizes a clean interface for focused writing. It offers robust features like passcode protection, calendar views, and media attachments to help you organize and store all your thoughts and ideas.
- Multiple notes support
- Passcode lock for app and notes
- Calendar view for notes
- Attach photos and map locations
- Search across all notes
- Backup and restore options
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Incredibly Simple, Functional and Easy to use. Meet the note app haven't experienced until now. Simplife is minimally designed so you can focus on writing. With Simplife, you can keep everything what you want. [Features] - Support Multiple notes - Passcode lock(start-up screen and for each note) - Calendar view for each note - Change date of entries - Attach photos and map - Change font type and size - Share to E-mail and Twitter - Duplicate to other note in your Simplife - Backup/Restore with Dropbox and iTunes - Search entries in the all notes [With Simplife, try like this] - Daily journal - Private diary - Drafts for your ideas - Scrap book of your favorites - Wish list - Travel note
GiftVault
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GiftVault is your private, offline gift idea manager. Capture ideas the moment inspiration strikes — snap a photo in a store, save a link, or jot a note — and organise everything by recipient, event, and budget. Track each gift through discovery, purchase, wrapping and delivery. No account required. No cloud. Your data stays on your device.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: GiftVault at Free against Simplife's $1.99. On update cadence, 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
GiftVault is free to download; Simplife costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Simplife ships an update every 2 months, GiftVault every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Simplife | GiftVault |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 85.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 4 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 16 MB | 29 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Sangmook Lee | WEB REGISTER Ltd. |
In-app purchases
Simplife
No in-app purchases
GiftVault
No in-app purchases
