Doc Vault vs FairScan
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — 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 or iPad, and nowhere else. No account, no cloud, no tracking. LOCKED TO YOU • App Lock with Face ID, Touch ID or your passcode • A Hidden folder for private files: it opens with Face ID, Touch ID or your passcode, stays out of Files and search, and locks again when you leave • Your screen stays hidden in the app switcher whenever App Lock is on • Deleted something by mistake? Recently Deleted keeps it for 30 days TOOLS FOR EVERY DAY • Sign PDFs: draw your signature once, then add it, your initials, the date or a tick • Merge PDFs, organize their pages, and turn PDFs into images or images into a PDF • Mark up and redact photos and PDFs • Scan documents and QR codes, and copy the text from photos and scans • Remove backgrounds, resize images and take out photo location before sharing • Voice Recorder, Convert Media, Compress Video, Extract Audio and Batch Rename • Wi-Fi Transfer: move files to and from your computer in its browser, with no cable and no app FROM ANY APP • Doc Vault's tools in the share sheet: Sign PDF, Remove Background, Copy Text and more, on the file you're sharing • Siri, Shortcuts and quick actions on the Home Screen 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, notes and photos right on your device, so nothing is uploaded. ORGANIZED YOUR WAY • Folders inside folders, in any color (down to the hex code) and with their own icon • Pin files and folders to Home, and drag files onto a folder to move them • 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 • Free up space: find large files and duplicates EDIT WITHOUT LEAVING • Crop, straighten, rotate and flip photos • Trim videos and audio • Edit text and Markdown IN YOUR LANGUAGE • Arabic and English, with full right-to-left support • Light and dark mode, with three color themes • iPhone and iPad, upright or sideways PRIVATE BY DESIGN Doc Vault has no servers, no accounts, no ads and no analytics. Everything happens on your device.
FairScan
Transform your device into a private document scanner. Capture, enhance, and save documents as searchable PDFs locally. Offers features like ID card scanning, password protection, and redaction.
- On-device scanning and OCR
- Searchable PDF creation
- ID card scanning mode
- Password-protected PDFs
- Quick scan integrations
- Document organization and signing
- Redaction of sensitive information
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FairScan turns your iPhone into a fast, private document scanner. Point, capture, and get a clean, searchable PDF — kept on your device, where it belongs to you. FairScan is built privacy-first: your pages are scanned and their text is recognised entirely on your iPhone using Apple's Vision framework. Your documents are never uploaded. There's no account to create and no cloud to trust. NEW IN 1.8 - Searchable PDFs: the text in your scans is stored inside the PDF, so you can search it in Files, Preview and Mail. - ID card mode: scan the front and back of a card onto one page, printable at actual size. - Password-protected PDFs: lock a copy with a password before you share it. - Quick scan from your Lock Screen, Control Center (iOS 18), the Action Button or Siri. HOW IT WORKS 1. Tap to capture — edge detection frames the page automatically. 2. Adjust — crop, straighten and enhance for a crisp scan. 3. Save — a multi-page PDF, ready to share. ON-DEVICE PRIVACY - Scanning and text recognition (OCR) run locally on your iPhone. - No account, no sign-up, no cloud storage. - Your documents stay on your device unless you share them yourself. - App Lock keeps your library behind Face ID, Touch ID or your passcode. WHAT YOU CAN DO - Scan multi-page documents into one PDF, or import PDFs and images from Files. - Organize documents into folders and search the text inside every scan. - Sign documents with your finger. - Redact sensitive info — black boxes are burned permanently into the PDF. - Merge, compress and reorder pages. - Share to Files, Mail, Messages or any app you like. START FREE, THEN CHOOSE WHAT FITS Keep up to 10 documents free — no account, no sign-up. When you need unlimited documents and the full toolkit, choose what suits you: - A monthly plan. - A yearly plan. - A one-time lifetime purchase if you'd rather own it for good. Prices are shown clearly in the app before you commit. Some tools require FairScan Pro. HONEST NOTE FairScan is a productivity and document tool. It is not a substitute for professional, legal, or medical advice, and automatic text recognition may not be perfect — always double-check important documents. SUPPORT Questions or feedback? Email dark2torch@gmail.com — a real person reads every message. Terms (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://moathothman.github.io/ExploringIdeas-legal/fairscan/privacy.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Doc Vault at none against FairScan's 3. FairScan's advantage is update cadence (every 6 days vs every 3 weeks). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. FairScan sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Doc Vault asks for nothing beyond the download.
Doc Vault ships an update every 3 weeks, FairScan every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on November 9, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Doc Vault | FairScan |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 1.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 6 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, Mac |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 70 MB | 14 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ahmed Althobaiti | Moaath Othman |
In-app purchases
Doc Vault
No in-app purchases
FairScan
- Pro Monthly7 Days trial$2.991 Month
- Pro Yearly7 Days trial$14.991 Year
- FairScan Pro$19.99









