Comparison

CardFiler vs Memory Vault Plus

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

Head to head
About

CardFiler

Easily catalogue and find your belongings with this intuitive inventory app. Track collections, hobby supplies, or household items with custom fields and photo support. Quickly search and retrieve item details.

Highlights
  • Simple and intuitive interface
  • No predetermined fields
  • Track home, hobby, and collections
  • Seamless iPhone/iPad integration
  • Unlimited entries
  • Search by name, category, or notes
  • Store up to 2 photos per item
Features
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Have you been wishing for a simple, intuitive, lightning-fast way to catalogue and find your “stuff?" Do you want to keep track of your collections, your hobby supplies, your pantry, your wardrobe, etc.? If so, CardFiler is for you. Whether you’re a knitter who needs to keep track of the needles and yarn you own, or a hobbyist that wants to keep track of your tools and supplies or a school teacher trying to remember where all of your classroom supplies are kept. If you’ve ever been at the store and wondered, for example, if you have that paint color, that shade of yarn, that rubber stamp, or that book or magazine? CardFiler is for you. If you've tried other inventory apps and found them to be cumbersome and overloaded with bells and whistles, more suitable for a business than the homeowner or hobbyist? If the answer to any of these questions is “yes”, then CardFiler is definitely for you. This app lends itself to virtually any situation since there are no predetermined fields requiring a long set-up and learning curve and no complicated instructions to remember. You, not the app, decide how you want to keep track of your items. Best of all, it’s super fast and super simple so you can download the app and enter your first item a few seconds later! To enter an item just press the +, take 1 or 2 pictures, give the item a name and a category, and enter any notes you would like. This can be the location, the price, when acquired, whatever; it’s up to you. Then hit List and your item is recorded. When you are ready to find that tool or you are at the store and want to know if you already have that set of knitting needles, or that book, simply go to CardFiler on your iPhone or iPad. You can search by name or category or simply have CardFiler display all items alphabetically by name or category, just in case you can’t remember what you called something. All items are displayed with a thumbnail in front for immediate identification. Just touch the desired item and the full record opens up where you can see your notes and swipe right to see your pictures. You can also tap the thumbnail and see a larger version of the photo right from the list. Features: Simple and intuitive No long learning curve No predetermined fields to set up and remember Lends itself to multiple applications, home, hobby, collections Seamless integration between iPhone and iPad Unlimited number of entries Your data is kept safe in iCloud Search by name or category or notes Display all items by name or category You can store up to 2 photos of each item - great for before and after shots. Images are timestamped You can share card data via email, text and many other options. Quick peek an item by touching it’s thumbnail photo in the item list You can replace or delete photos any time

About

Memory Vault Plus

Create your personal database to store and retrieve any information you might forget. This app helps you instantly recall names, birthdays, movies, and more by linking items with keywords and hints.

Highlights
  • Personal database creation
  • Keyword and hint association
  • Instant information retrieval
  • Recall forgotten names and facts
  • Organize personal memories
Features
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Never forget anything again! Your Own Personal Database Now, with Memory Vault, you always have your own personal database with you …permanently available to retrieve information you may have forgotten and want to remember. We’ve all had that frustrating experience of not being able to remember something that we know very well, but just can’t think of it: a friend’s name, a relative’s birthday, a restaurant, a favorite movie, an actor, etc. Now these slippery memories can be retrieved instantly with Memory Vault. How It Works Memory Vault stores the item you want to remember along with keywords and hints that remind you of the item and links them together. Later, although you may not be able to remember the item, when thinking of it, you will recall the keywords or hints related to it. Merely enter the keywords or hints that you do remember. Memory Vault searches your database for a match of the keyword or hint with the forgotten item and displays it. Voila! The name, place or thing you couldn’t remember is found!

Screenshots

CardFiler4 screens
Memory Vault Plus4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Memory Vault Plus at every 5 weeks against CardFiler's every 35 months. Memory Vault Plus also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 83%). CardFiler's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.6) and iOS requirement (12.1 vs 18.6). On price, ratings volume, 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

CardFiler holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 7 and 8 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 83% of CardFiler's written reviews are positive against 100% of Memory Vault Plus's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

CardFiler ships an update every 35 months, Memory Vault Plus every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and September 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
CardFiler versus Memory Vault Plus: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCardFilerMemory Vault Plus
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (7 ratings) — better4.6 (8 ratings)
Positive reviews83.3% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings78 — better
Update frequencyEvery 35 monthsEvery 5 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Requires iOS12.1 — better18.6
Further details — not scored
Size10 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKenneth CluffCinnamon Mobile LLC

Customer experience

CardFiler

All ratings7 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive83.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative16.7%

Memory Vault Plus

All ratings8 ratings
Positive87.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative12.5%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

CardFiler

No in-app purchases

None

Memory Vault Plus

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is CardFiler free?
CardFiler is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Memory Vault Plus free?
Memory Vault Plus is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, CardFiler or Memory Vault Plus?
CardFiler is rated higher. CardFiler averages 5.0 out of 5 from 7 ratings, while Memory Vault Plus averages 4.6 from 8 ratings.
Do CardFiler or Memory Vault Plus have ads?
Neither CardFiler nor Memory Vault Plus shows ads.
Which is updated more often, CardFiler or Memory Vault Plus?
CardFiler ships an update every 35 months, and Memory Vault Plus every 5 weeks. Most recently, CardFiler was updated on September 23, 2026 and Memory Vault Plus on September 30, 2026.

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