Open Vault vs AstroOcular
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Open Vault
Securely store your private pictures, videos, and documents without any AI processing. This app provides a sandbox environment for capturing media directly within the application, ensuring your data remains private and under your control.
- Private media storage
- Document storage
- In-app camera and video
- AI-free processing
- Sandbox environment
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Privacy first: Simple Ai-Free Vault app that allows storing Pictures, Videos and documents. It also allows you to take pictures and videos inside app sandbox. Your data is yours. No AI. Privacy is a basic human right.
AstroOcular
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AstroOcular is a focused camera app for recording the Moon, planets, and observations through a telescope eyepiece. The app opens straight into the camera, avoids automatic lens switching by using physical rear cameras when available, and provides a visual guide to help center the iPhone on the eyepiece. Key features: - Photo and video capture through a telescope eyepiece - Physical rear lens selection - Automatic alignment guide and manual reticle fallback - Timer to reduce shake - Pro controls for zoom, focus, exposure, ISO, white balance, resolution, and FPS - Saves locally to the Photos library - No ads, analytics, purchases, or backend Video audio is off by default and microphone permission is requested only if you enable audio.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Open Vault at every 10 days against AstroOcular's every 5 weeks. On price, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Open Vault ships an update every 10 days, AstroOcular every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Open Vault | AstroOcular |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days — better | Every 5 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Agnihotri AS | Aron Scolaro |
In-app purchases
Open Vault
No in-app purchases
AstroOcular
No in-app purchases
