Comparison

ScreenVault vs AskFirst

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

Head to head
About

ScreenVault

Organize your cluttered screenshot library into a searchable archive. This app uses on-device OCR to extract text and categorize screenshots for easy retrieval. It offers privacy-focused processing and tools to manage, review, and clean up your images.

Highlights
  • Automatic screenshot import
  • On-device OCR text extraction
  • Smart category organization
  • Search by text, title, or tags
  • Flashcard review for important items
  • Archiving and safe deletion
  • Privacy-focused processing
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ScreenVault helps you turn a cluttered screenshot library into an organized, searchable personal archive. The app scans your screenshots, extracts text with on-device OCR and organizes them into useful categories such as recipes, shopping, travel, bills, health, ideas, events and more. You can search by extracted text, title or tags, review important screenshots as flashcards, archive items you want to keep out of the main feed and clean up screenshots safely when they are no longer needed. ScreenVault is designed with privacy in mind. Screenshot analysis happens on your device and your screenshots and extracted text stay private! ScreenVault Pro unlocks advanced workflow tools for larger screenshot libraries, including unlimited flashcards, custom titles, tags, custom categories, advanced filters, saved smart filters, batch actions, batch tag and title edits and bulk cleanup tools. Key Features: • Automatically import screenshots from your photos library • Extracts readable text from screenshots with OCR • Organizes screenshots into smart categories • Search by extracted text, screenshot title or tags • Manually change categories when needed • Mark important screenshots as flashcards for review • Archive screenshots without deleting them • Delete screenshots from ScreenVault or photos • Export and share original screenshots • Privacy-focused on-device processing ScreenVault Pro: • Unlimited flashcards • Custom screenshot titles • Tags • Custom categories • Advanced filters by category, tag and date • Saved smart filters for frequently used filter combinations • Batch archive, delete and category changes • Batch tag edits • Batch title prefix and suffix edits • Bulk cleanup tools, including deleting all items in the Deleted tab

About

AskFirst

This app generates personalized preparation kits for various appointments, including prioritized questions, documents to bring, red flags, and suggested phrases. It helps users feel confident and prepared for medical, legal, financial, and other consultations. Users can also prepare for appointments on behalf of loved ones and share their kits.

Highlights
  • Personalized prep kits
  • Prioritized questions with explanations
  • Specific documents and items to bring
  • Red flags and warning signs
  • Advocacy phrases for feeling dismissed
  • Follow-up actions
  • Preparation for others
  • Shareable prep kits
Features
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Walk into your next appointment prepared, confident, and impossible to dismiss. AskFirst: Appointment Prep builds you a personalized prep kit before any appointment: doctor visits, mechanic trips, legal consultations, school meetings, financial advisor sessions, home service calls, and more. Describe your situation and get a custom game plan in seconds. WHAT'S IN YOUR PREP KIT Prioritized questions to ask, with a short explanation of why each one matters. Documents and items to bring, specific to your situation, not a generic checklist. Red flags to watch for, warning signs that something isn't right. Exact phrases to say if you feel dismissed, real words you can use, not vague advice. Follow-up actions for after the appointment, so nothing falls through the cracks. ASK FOLLOW-UP QUESTIONS Got a question your prep kit didn't cover? Ask up to 3 follow-up questions per prep and get specific, actionable answers based on your situation. BROWSE THE APPOINTMENT LIBRARY Explore tips, questions, red flags, and checklists for 30+ appointment types across 9 categories. Fully translated in all 14 supported languages. EVERY PREP KIT IS TAILORED TO YOU "Cardiologist follow-up after abnormal EKG" produces a completely different kit than "annual physical." AskFirst doesn't give generic advice. It gives you a game plan built around your specific situation. PREPARING FOR A LOVED ONE? Toggle "preparing for someone else" and everything adjusts: questions, documents, and advocacy phrases, for someone helping a parent, spouse, or child at their appointment. SHARE YOUR PREP KIT Send your full prep kit as a shareable link to a family member or friend before the appointment so you both walk in on the same page. Shared links display in the language they were created in. COPY INDIVIDUAL QUESTIONS Tap any question to copy it to your clipboard. Perfect for pasting into your notes app before you walk in. MAKE IT YOURS Choose from seven accent colors: Emerald, Blue, Indigo, Teal, Rose, Coral, and Lavender. The app adapts to light or dark mode automatically. ONE PURCHASE. EVERYTHING UNLOCKED. Try your first prep kit free. Unlock unlimited preps, follow-up questions, and the full appointment library for $9.99, one time, forever. No subscriptions, no hidden fees. 9 APPOINTMENT CATEGORIES Medical, Auto/Mechanic, Legal, School, Financial, Home Services, Real Estate, Civic, and Other. YOUR PRIVACY MATTERS Your appointment details are processed by Anthropic's Claude API to generate your prep kit. AskFirst does not store your personal health, legal, or financial information after your kit is generated. 14 LANGUAGES SUPPORTED Prepare in the language you're most comfortable in. AskFirst supports English, Español, Français, 中文, Português, 한국어, العربية, Kreyòl Ayisyen, 日本語, Deutsch, Italiano, Nederlands, Türkçe, and Svenska, so nothing gets lost in translation. AskFirst is your advocate in your pocket. A preparation tool, not a substitute for professional medical, legal, financial, or other professional advice. Terms of Use: https://askfirstapp.com/terms

Screenshots

ScreenVault4 screens
AskFirst4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: ScreenVault at free against AskFirst's paid. AskFirst's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs every 2 weeks) and ratings volume (13 vs 1). On price, rating, review sentiment and ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. ScreenVault sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and AskFirst sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for ScreenVault against 5.0 for AskFirst. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: AskFirst has 13 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ScreenVault ships an update every 2 weeks, AskFirst every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on September 30, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
ScreenVault versus AskFirst: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterScreenVaultAskFirst
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (13 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings113 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.117.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB16 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperWolfram WackerJames Napolitano

Customer experience

ScreenVault

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

AskFirst

All ratings13 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews9 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

ScreenVault

One-time1
  • ScreenVault Pro$2.99
3 purchases

AskFirst

Subscriptions2
  • ReadyRoom Pro+$1.991 Month
  • ReadyRoom Pro+ (Annual)$9.991 Year
One-time1
  • ReadyRoom Pro$4.99

Questions

Is ScreenVault free?
ScreenVault is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is AskFirst free?
AskFirst is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, ScreenVault or AskFirst?
ScreenVault and AskFirst are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 13 ratings respectively.
Do ScreenVault or AskFirst have ads?
Neither ScreenVault nor AskFirst shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ScreenVault or AskFirst?
ScreenVault ships an update every 2 weeks, and AskFirst every 2 days. Most recently, ScreenVault was updated on September 30, 2026 and AskFirst on September 24, 2026.

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