Comparison

Vault Photo Library vs FutureGrid

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

Head to head
About

Vault Photo Library

Securely store and organize your private photos and videos with a dedicated passcode. Offers automatic backups to iCloud and other cloud services, with advanced search capabilities. Upgrade for unlimited storage and advanced features like decoy vaults.

Highlights
  • Private photo and video storage
  • Device-only storage
  • Decoy vaults
  • Automatic iCloud backups
  • Cloud storage integration
  • Folder organization
  • Advanced search
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Vault is a private photo library for protecting your photos and videos. Vault stores your photos and videos on your device only, protected by a pincode separate from your device pin. Features • Store unlimited photos and videos, limited only by your device’s available storage. • Setup up to three additional decoy vaults and store unlimited photos and videos in each. • Automatic backups to your own iCloud account for a seamless restore of all your photos and videos when restoring you phone. • Save additional backups of all your photos and videos to iCloud Drive and other cloud storage platforms such as Google Drive, OneDrive and Dropbox. • Group your albums into folders with no limits on the number albums or folder hierarchy that can be created. • Powerful built in search to quickly find your photos and videos based on date, location, and keywords. • No data collection of any kind and no advertisements (which is often used to track your usage). Free Plan The free plan is limited to a 200 photos and videos. Unlike most other similar apps, this app never displays advertisements, even on the free plan. Premium Plan Our affordable premium plan removes the 200 photos and videos limit and unlocks access to decoy vaults, 3rd party cloud backups, and all future features. Subscription Pricing and Terms - Annual or monthly subscription billing will start immediately after your subscribe and will auto-renew each year or month. - Subscriptions will automatically renew unless cancelled at least one day before the renewal date within 24 hours before the end of the current period. Payment will be charged to your Apple ID account at the confirmation of purchase. You can manage and cancel your subscription by going to your account settings in the App Store. - Subscriptions are nonrefundable, so please choose this option carefully. - Please refer to the In-App Purchases section for pricing. Terms and Use — https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula Privacy Policy — https://vault.photosplus.app/privacy.php

About

FutureGrid

Features
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See what comes next before you post. FutureGrid gives creators, businesses, and social media managers a private workspace to plan a visual profile. Arrange your photos, refine the balance of your grid, and keep captions, music ideas, and local reminders together without connecting a social media account. PLAN THE WHOLE PICTURE • Drag photos to rearrange your grid. • Switch between 3:4 portrait and 1:1 square previews. • Draft captions and build carousels with multiple slides. • Add an optional Music note for a song, artist, or lyric. • Customize your profile preview with an avatar, bio, links, selected link thumbnails, and simulated profile details. • Set a local reminder, then prepare photos and copy your caption for manual publishing. MAKE ROOM FOR MORE • Free: one profile and up to 12 grid posts. • Creator: up to three profiles, unlimited posts, and Reel cover planning. • Agency: up to 20 profiles, everything in Creator, and image or PDF client boards. • Lifetime: unlimited profiles and all Agency features with one purchase. With a paid plan, select a frame from a video to plan a Reel cover. Only the cover image is kept. Agency and Lifetime let you prepare client review PDFs with an optional grid overview, full captions, and individual post pages with every carousel slide. Include or hide posted work, preview all pages, and save or share the PDF. Export one post from its editor, or share your grid as a JPEG. Music is a text note for planning; audio is selected separately in Instagram. YOUR WORKSPACE, ON YOUR DEVICE FutureGrid has no account system, advertising or tracking SDK, cloud sync, or automatic posting. Your planning library stays in the app on your device. Standard device backups may include that library according to your Apple settings. Content leaves the app when you choose actions such as exporting, sharing, or saving images to Photos. Photos used for planning are optimized copies. Keep your originals for publishing at their original quality. Creator and Agency are annual auto-renewable subscriptions. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation. Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the current period ends. Manage or cancel subscriptions in your Apple Account settings. Lifetime does not automatically cancel an existing annual subscription. Prices are displayed in the app for your region. FutureGrid is developed by Rule Mobile and is not affiliated with Instagram or Meta. Privacy Policy: https://rulemobile.com/apps/futuregrid/privacy Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Vault Photo Library4 screens
FutureGrid4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Vault Photo Library at 15.6 against FutureGrid's 17.0. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Vault Photo Library sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and FutureGrid sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $14.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Vault Photo Library ships an update monthly, FutureGrid every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
Vault Photo Library versus FutureGrid: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterVault Photo LibraryFutureGrid
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.7 (3 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS15.6 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size18 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPixegram, LLCRule Mobile

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Vault Photo Library

Subscriptions2
  • Premium - Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Premium - Yearly$29.991 Year
3 purchases

FutureGrid

Subscriptions2
  • FutureGrid Creator$14.991 Year
  • FutureGrid Agency$29.991 Year
One-time1
  • FutureGrid Lifetime$69.99

Questions

Is Vault Photo Library free?
Vault Photo Library is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is FutureGrid free?
FutureGrid is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Vault Photo Library or FutureGrid have ads?
Neither Vault Photo Library nor FutureGrid shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Vault Photo Library or FutureGrid?
Vault Photo Library ships an update monthly, and FutureGrid every 2 weeks. Most recently, Vault Photo Library was updated on November 4, 2026 and FutureGrid on October 29, 2026.

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