AliasVault vs PrivacyNotes
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
AliasVault
This app securely manages your passwords and generates unique email aliases for every online service. It protects your digital identity from trackers, data breaches, and spam, offering seamless autofill on iOS devices.
- Secure password management
- Built-in email aliasing
- iOS native autofill support
- Generates unique passwords
- Protects against data breaches
- Open-source
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AliasVault: Privacy-First Password Manager with Built-in Email Aliasing AliasVault for iOS lets you securely access your passwords and email aliases on the go. Seamlessly create and use aliases directly on websites with full support for iOS native autofill, no copy-pasting required. AliasVault is an open-source password and alias manager designed to protect your digital identity. It generates unique passwords and email addresses for every service you use, shielding your real information from trackers, data breaches, and spam.
PrivacyNotes
Securely manage your notes, tasks, and journal with end-to-end encryption. This app ensures your data is private by design, with no trackers or ads. It works offline and syncs encrypted across your devices without requiring an account.
- Zero-knowledge encryption
- Markdown-native notes
- Task management
- Private journaling
- Offline functionality
- Cross-device sync
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One encrypted home for everything you would never post. Your 12-word recovery phrase is your key, and with self-custody not even we can read a word. Seven pillars, one key: - Notes: rich editor, tags, note-links, instant search - Tasks: every checkbox in one view - Journal: mood, sleep and medication tracking - Vault: passwords, cards, SSH keys - Files: encrypted photos, documents, audio, video - Bookmarks: your saved links, with icons - Contacts: an address book that stays private Private by design: - Zero-knowledge encryption, data stored in Switzerland - Open source, no trackers, no ads - Works offline, syncs across all your devices - No email needed: a recovery phrase is enough Free forever on 2 devices. Pro is a one-time purchase, not a subscription. Privacy Policy: https://lifetimelabs.dev/privacy/ Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: AliasVault at none against PrivacyNotes's 4. AliasVault also leads on ratings volume (11 vs 2). PrivacyNotes's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs every 10 days). On price, rating, 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
Both are free to download. PrivacyNotes sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per year. AliasVault asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for AliasVault against 5.0 for PrivacyNotes. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: AliasVault has 11 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
AliasVault ships an update every 10 days, PrivacyNotes every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 2, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | AliasVault | PrivacyNotes |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (11 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 11 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 17.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 61 MB | 12 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Leendert de Borst | Lifetime Labs LLC |
Customer experience
AliasVault
PrivacyNotes
In-app purchases
AliasVault
No in-app purchases
PrivacyNotes
- 1 GB Encrypted Storage$4.991 Year
- 2 GB Encrypted Storage$8.991 Year
- 5 GB Encrypted Storage$17.991 Year
- PrivacyNotes Pro$49.99
