Gear Vault vs AperFolio
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Gear Vault
Manage your professional photography and videography equipment with this inventory manager. Digitize gear details, store receipts, track maintenance, and organize kits. Generate professional PDF reports for insurance or client needs.
- Smart gear registration
- Receipt scanning and storage
- Kit organization by project
- Maintenance logging
- Professional PDF reports
- Unlimited equipment (Pro)
- iCloud sync (Pro)
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Legendary Gear, Legendary Management. For photographers and videographers, gear isn't just a tool—it's an asset. GearVault is the professional inventory manager designed to consolidate your cameras, lenses, and accessories while protecting their value forever. No more hunting for lost receipts, missing warranty deadlines, or guessing at maintenance history. 【KEY FEATURES】 ● SMART GEAR REGISTRATION Quickly digitize model names, serial numbers, purchase dates, prices, and detailed notes. All your gear in one secure "Vault." ● RECEIPT MANAGEMENT Scan and store digital copies of fragile paper receipts. Be ready for tax season or insurance claims in a single tap. ● KIT ORGANIZATION Group gear by project, location, or bag. Prevent forgotten equipment at the shoot and streamline your preparation workflow. ● MAINTENANCE LOGS Track shutter counts, sensor cleanings, repair history, and firmware updates. Keep your gear in peak performance at all times. ● PRO PDF REPORTS Generate professional inventory reports in one click—perfect for insurance submissions or client verification. 【GEARVAULT PRO - FOR THE MAVERICKS】 Unlock the full power of the vault: ● UNLIMITED EQUIPMENT: No limits on the size of your collection. ● ICLOUD SYNC: Access and backup your data across all your devices securely. ● ADVANCED PDF REPORTS: High-detail manifests ready for any professional scenario. Give your equipment the "Vault" it deserves. Download GearVault today and start managing your gear like a pro. By downloading this app, you agree to our Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
AperFolio
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Your camera already wrote it down. Every photograph you have taken carries a record of the body and lens that made it. AperFolio reads that record — on your device, from your own library — and turns it into the story of how you actually shoot. WHAT IT TELLS YOU • Which lens you truly reach for, and what share of your work came through it • The bodies and lenses in your bag, ranked by frames rather than by what you paid for them • The focal lengths and apertures you keep returning to • What has been sitting in the bag unused, and for how long THE EXHIBITION Your photographs set as a justified wall, every frame keeping its own proportions. Filter by camera, by lens, by year, by favourites, or by the ones you have written something about. THE ATLAS A map of where the work was made, with the path between places drawn in the order the shutter fired. Tap a mark to open everything you made there, newest first. INSIGHTS One honest statement about your work, and then the measurements behind it. Share of frames by lens, by body, by brand. The hours you shoot. The focal lengths you live at. What has gone quiet. YOUR YEAR IN FRAMES A year of your photography as a story you can read through and share. TITLES AND STORIES The EXIF is what the camera recorded. A title and a story are what you remember. Write them onto any frame, and find them again by them. PRIVATE BY DESIGN There is no account and no sign-in. Your photographs are never uploaded, copied, or transmitted — AperFolio reads their metadata and stores only a reference to the original, which stays in your photo library. There is no analytics, no tracking, no advertising and no third-party SDK. AperFolio never asks for your location; the only coordinates it knows are the ones your own camera wrote into a photograph. TRY IT FIRST A sample collection is free to browse, so you can see what AperFolio shows before deciding whether to pay for it. Importing, editing, series, sharing and personalisation come with a subscription. SUBSCRIPTION Reading your own library, and every feature beyond browsing the sample, requires a subscription: • Monthly • Yearly • Lifetime, a single purchase that does not renew Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless auto-renewal is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage your subscription and turn off auto-renewal in your App Store account settings. Nothing is deleted if a subscription ends. Your collection is hidden, not destroyed, and renewing brings all of it back. Terms of Use: https://luminophile.github.io/aperfolio-page/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://luminophile.github.io/aperfolio-page/privacy.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Gear Vault at 16.0 against AperFolio's 18.0. On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Gear Vault sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per 7 days and AperFolio sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
| Parameter | Gear Vault | AperFolio |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 10 MB | 58 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Muhammed Azat Duzkaya | Xiaolong Guo |
In-app purchases
Gear Vault
- Weekly Pro3 Days trial$3.997 Days
- Yearly Pro7 Days trial$49.991 Year
- Gear Vault: Equipment List$89.99
AperFolio
- Monthly$9.991 Month
- Yearly$59.991 Year
- Lifetime$129.99








