CloudVault vs Sift
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
CloudVault
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CloudVault transforms your private Telegram channel into a personal cloud storage vault — right from your iPhone. Simply connect your Telegram bot once, and start uploading photos, videos, PDFs, and documents directly from your device. Everything is stored securely in your own private Telegram channel, giving you full control over your data. Key Features: File Upload — Upload photos, videos, PDFs, and documents from your iPhone instantly. File Manager — Browse and manage all your uploaded files in one clean, organized interface. Sync Deletion — Delete a file in CloudVault and it's automatically removed from your Telegram channel too. Your Data, Your Control — Files are stored in your own private Telegram channel. No third-party servers. No data collection. Easy Setup — Connect your Telegram bot in minutes and start uploading right away. How It Works: Create a private Telegram channel and bot Connect your bot inside CloudVault Upload and manage your files anytime CloudVault is perfect for anyone looking for a simple, private, and reliable way to store and access their files using Telegram's infrastructure.
Sift
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Every document scanner reads your page. Then it saves the file as "2024-05-22 00:45:29" and hands you an empty folder. Sift uses what it just read. Scan a receipt and it saves as "Blue Bottle Coffee - Receipt - Mar 2026", already filed under Receipts. You tap Save, not Rename. Then, weeks later, you swipe down on your Home Screen, type "lease", and there it is - because Sift indexes the text inside every scan into iOS Spotlight. All of it happens on your iPhone. Sift has no servers, no account, and makes no network calls. THE LIBRARY THAT FILES ITSELF • Automatic titles - Sift finds the letterhead, the vendor, and the date, and writes the title for you • Automatic filing - receipts, bills, IDs, contracts, medical records, tax documents, notes • Everything editable - it's a suggestion, not a decision. Change anything before you save. FIND ANYTHING, INSTANTLY • Search the text inside your documents, not just their filenames • Find scans from your Home Screen with Spotlight - no need to open Sift first • Every result opens straight to the document SCANS THAT WORK EVERYWHERE ELSE • Real searchable PDFs - Sift writes an invisible text layer into every export, so you can select and search the text in Preview, Acrobat, or Files. Not just a picture of a page. • Clean captures with automatic edge detection and perspective correction • Four filters - Original, Enhanced, Grayscale, Black & White - applied to every page at once, not one at a time • Import what you already have - photos and PDFs from Photos or Files, read and filed the same way • Sign and mark up a page with your finger - save your signature once and stamp it on any document • Reorder, rotate, split, and drop pages; export as PDF, compressed PDF, or JPG • Fine-tune brightness and contrast on top of the four filters ASK YOUR DOCUMENTS (ON SUPPORTED DEVICES) On iPhones with Apple Intelligence, ask Sift about any scan - "what's the total?", "when does this lease end?" - and get answers from that document, generated entirely on your device. If the answer isn't in the document, Sift says so instead of guessing. No cloud AI, ever. SCAN FROM ANYWHERE • "Hey Siri, scan with Sift" • Add scanning to a Shortcut, your Action Button, or Control Center PRIVATE BY CONSTRUCTION, NOT BY PROMISE • No servers. No account. No sign-up. No network calls. • No analytics. No ads. No third-party SDKs of any kind. • No tracking permission prompt - because there is nothing in Sift to track you with. • Your IDs, contracts, and medical records never leave your iPhone. They can't - there's nowhere for them to go. • Want Sift locked? Long-press its icon and choose Require Face ID - iOS locks it system-wide FREE FOREVER - GENUINELY Unlimited scanning. Unlimited pages. Text recognition. Automatic titling. Automatic filing. Search. Spotlight. PDF export. No limits, no watermark, no ads. We can give this away because it all runs on your device and costs us nothing to serve. There is no paywall in onboarding, ever, and nothing above is gated. Sift shows the price twice on its own, after it titles your first scan and after your first export. Both have a full-size Not now and block nothing. SIFT PRO (OPTIONAL) Adds encrypted backup & restore (pack your whole library into one password-protected file you save wherever you like), document expiry reminders, batch tools, text export, watermarked exports, and password-protected PDFs. Every plan and its true cost is shown on one screen, with the price printed on the button. Weekly or Yearly (each with a 7-day free trial you have to actually choose), or a one-time Lifetime purchase in Settings. Subscriptions auto-renew unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the period ends, and are managed in your Apple Account settings. Lifetime is a one-time purchase and never renews. Privacy Policy: https://ajain26.github.io/app-policies/sift/privacy-policy.html Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: CloudVault at none against Sift's 3. Sift's advantage is iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.2). On price, ads 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. Sift sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per 7 days. CloudVault asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | CloudVault | Sift |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | — | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 26.2 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Nagarjuna Reddy Bhimavarapu | Anshul Jain |
In-app purchases
CloudVault
No in-app purchases
Sift
- Sift Pro (Weekly)7 Days trial$6.997 Days
- Sift Pro (Yearly)7 Days trial$34.991 Year
- Sift Pro (Lifetime)$79.99









