Comparison

Commits vs PageVault

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

Head to head
About

Commits

Features
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Single screen habit tracker

About

PageVault

Features
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PageVault is a read-later app and private web archive. Save web pages and articles to your device and read them offline, even after the page changes or disappears. Clean reader, full-text search, and export to PDF, EPUB, or Markdown. No account. No cloud. No ads. SAVE FROM ANY APP Tap Share in Safari or any app and pick PageVault. The article, hero image, and metadata are saved in seconds. You can also paste a link inside the app. READ THE WAY YOU WANT A hand-tuned reader with adjustable typography (serif Newsreader or sans Inter), light and dark themes, and zero distractions. No popups, no banners, no chrome. Just the text. TAGS & FULL-TEXT SEARCH Color-coded tags for the topics you care about. Search every word of every article you ever saved, with snippet previews that show why each match hit. EXPORT ANYWHERE Send any article to PDF, EPUB, or Markdown for archiving, sharing, or reading on another device. Bulk-export your entire library as a backup ZIP and re-import it whenever you like. TRULY OFFLINE Once an article is saved, it's yours forever. No signal needed to read. Save on Wi-Fi, read on a plane, the metro, or anywhere. LOCAL-FIRST BY DESIGN Your articles, tags, and reading progress live in a local database on your device. They are never sent to our servers. There is no PageVault account. PRIVACY YOU CAN VERIFY - No advertising SDKs. No ads. - Saved articles never leave your device. - Anonymous crash reports and aggregate analytics are off by default in the EU, UK, Switzerland, Brazil, South Korea, India, and China, and can be turned off in Settings anywhere else. Full details in our Privacy Policy. WHO IS PAGEVAULT FOR - People who lost their library when Pocket shut down. - Researchers and writers who keep articles for years, not days. - Anyone who wants to read more deeply, on their own terms, without algorithms in the loop. PRICING PageVault is free, with no ads and no subscription gates. PRIVACY POLICY https://codeensis.com/pagevault/privacy TERMS OF SERVICE https://codeensis.com/pagevault/terms Built in Cyprus, EU, by Codeensis Ltd.

Screenshots

Commits3 screens
PageVault4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: PageVault at 15.0 against Commits's 18.2. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard1 real difference ยท 5 level
Commits versus PageVault: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCommitsPageVault
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyโ€”Fortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPod โ€” better
Requires iOS18.215.0 โ€” better
Further details โ€” not scored
Size0 MB44 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTem AbCODEENSIS LTD

In-app purchases

None

Commits

No in-app purchases

None

PageVault

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Commits free?
Commits is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is PageVault free?
PageVault is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Commits or PageVault have ads?
Neither Commits nor PageVault shows ads.

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