Doc Vault vs ctLibrary
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side โ with what reviewers say about each.
Doc Vault
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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 โข App Lock with Face ID, Touch ID or your passcode โข Your screen stays hidden in the app switcher while the vault is locked โข Deleted something by mistake? Recently Deleted keeps it for 30 days OPENS EVERYTHING โข PDFs, with search inside the document โข Photos, videos and music, plus Word, Excel and PowerPoint previews โข More than 30 text and code formats โข 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 โข Folders inside folders, each with its own color and icon โข Grid or list, with sorting and filters โข Move, copy, duplicate, zip and share many files at once โข Share into Doc Vault from any app, or save out to Files EDIT WITHOUT LEAVING โข Crop, straighten, rotate and flip photos โข Trim videos and audio โข Edit text and Markdown BUILT-IN TOOLS โข Scan documents to a PDF or images โข Wi-Fi Transfer: move files to and from your computer in its browser, with no cable and no app โข Image to PDF, Extract Audio and Convert Media (HEIC to JPG, MOV to MP4 and more) โข Compress Video, and find large files and duplicates to free up space IN YOUR LANGUAGE โข Multi-language and RTL support โข Light and dark mode, with three color themes โข iPhone and iPad PRIVATE BY DESIGN Doc Vault has no servers, no accounts, no ads and no analytics. Everything happens on your device.
ctLibrary
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ctLibrary is a free offline-first document and notes library. Keep PDFs, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, images, text files, and your own typed notes organized in one place โ on your device, and optionally synced across your Apple devices through your own iCloud account. ORGANIZE - Folders contain Categories. Categories contain documents and notes together. - Personal folder with Important Documents and Personal Notes categories, ready on first launch. Create your own folders and categories anytime. IMPORT DOCUMENTS - Import PDFs, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, images, text, CSV, RTF, and Markdown. - Share into ctLibrary from Mail, Files, Safari, cloud-drive apps, and more. - Manual import from the Files picker also supported. READ, SEARCH, SHARE - Open PDFs directly in the app with pinch-to-zoom and pagination. - Preview images, text, and CSV files in-app. - Best-effort preview of Office files; fall back to Open With for full editing. - Fast offline search across document titles, descriptions, file names, and note text. - Favorites and Recent Items for one-tap access. NOTES - Type quick notes alongside your imported documents. - Notes search by title and body content. - Combined view shows documents and notes together inside each category. SYNC ACROSS YOUR APPLE DEVICES (OPTIONAL) - Turn on iCloud Sync in Settings to keep your library in sync between your iPhone and iPad through your own iCloud account. - Data stays in your iCloud account; Cozzitech operates no sync server and never sees it. - Sync is off by default โ your library can stay 100% on-device if you prefer. OFFLINE-FIRST PRIVACY - Everything stays on your device (or in your own iCloud, if you turn sync on). We never see your documents or notes. - No analytics, no tracking, no advertising. - Optional App Lock with biometric unlock and recovery code. - Optional one-time email verification unlocks unlimited folders, categories, documents, notes, and outbound sharing. ctLibrary is built for people who want a reliable local reference library โ emergency-management binders, work procedures, household paperwork, training materials, or anything you want at hand without depending on a third-party cloud.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: ctLibrary at daily against Doc Vault's monthly. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.
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Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Doc Vault ships an update monthly, ctLibrary daily. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and September 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Doc Vault | ctLibrary |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Daily โ better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod โ better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 โ better | 16.4 |
| Further details โ not scored | ||
| Size | 47 MB | 43 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ahmed Althobaiti | CozziTech LLC |
In-app purchases
Doc Vault
No in-app purchases
ctLibrary
No in-app purchases
Questions
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