Doc Vault vs Rkive

Doc Vault keeps your documents, photos, videos and music together on your iPhone, and nowhere else. No account, no cloud, no tracking. Your files never leave your device. LOCKED TO YOU • App Lock with Face ID, Touch ID or your passcode • Your screen stays hidden in the app switcher while the vault is locked • Deleted something by mistake? Recently Deleted keeps it for 30 days OPENS EVERYTHING • PDFs, with search inside the document • Photos, videos and music, plus Word, Excel and PowerPoint previews • More than 30 text and code formats • A player with a queue, shuffle, repeat, Lock Screen controls and Picture in Picture FINDS ANYTHING Search by name or by the words inside your files. Doc Vault reads the text in PDFs, scans and photos on your iPhone, so nothing is uploaded to do it. ORGANIZED YOUR WAY • Folders inside folders, each with its own color and icon • Grid or list, with sorting and filters • Move, copy, duplicate, zip and share many files at once • Share into Doc Vault from any app, or save out to Files EDIT WITHOUT LEAVING • Crop, straighten, rotate and flip photos • Trim videos and audio • Edit text and Markdown BUILT-IN TOOLS • Scan documents to a PDF or images • Wi-Fi Transfer: move files to and from your computer in its browser, with no cable and no app • Image to PDF, Extract Audio and Convert Media (HEIC to JPG, MOV to MP4 and more) • Compress Video, and find large files and duplicates to free up space IN YOUR LANGUAGE • Multi-language and RTL support • Light and dark mode, with three color themes • iPhone and iPad PRIVATE BY DESIGN Doc Vault has no servers, no accounts, no ads and no analytics. Everything happens on your device.

Rkive is a private, offline-first document vault for your iPhone. Scan paper into PDFs, import files from anywhere, and find anything instantly with full-text search — in English, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and more. Apple Intelligence generates titles, summaries, and smart tags automatically, all on device. No accounts, no tracking, no cloud processing. Key features: - Scan paper into crisp PDFs with VisionKit - Import PDFs and images from Files, Photos, and other apps - On-device OCR with multilingual support - AI-powered titles, summaries, and smart tags with Apple Intelligence - Full-text search across titles, text, and tags — including CJK languages - Auto-summarize & tag for any document with one tap - Tags and collections for quick organization - Gallery-first browsing with smooth PDF viewing - Share documents easily from the vault - Export full vault backups and restore anytime - Export PDFs any time when you need to share out of app Rkive is designed for speed, privacy, and peace of mind. Everything stays on your device.