Comparison

Stay zone vs Captured!

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

Head to head
About

Stay zone

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Stay Zone is a temporary drop zone for your files. Share anything from any app — photos, videos, PDFs, documents — and Stay Zone holds it for you until you're done. When the timer runs out, it's gone. No cleanup needed. SHARE FROM ANYWHERE Use the Share Sheet in any app to drop files directly into Stay Zone. Or tap the + button to import from your camera, photo library, or Files app. AUTO-EXPIRY Every file has an expiry timer. Set how long files are kept — minutes or hours — and Stay Zone deletes them automatically in the background, even when the app is closed. MAKE IT YOUR OWN Pick an accent colour, switch between dark and light mode, and adjust the default retention time to fit how you work. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No accounts. No cloud. No tracking. Your files stay on your device and are deleted automatically — nothing leaves your phone. Perfect for: temporarily storing screenshots before sharing, holding files between apps, keeping downloads tidy without manual deletion.

About

Captured!

This app acts as a universal clipboard, saving links, photos, videos, audio, files, and texts shared from other applications. It offers on-device processing for previews, AI descriptions, OCR, and transcription, with smart organization and full-text search capabilities.

Highlights
  • Universal content capture from any app
  • Automatic previews and AI enrichment
  • On-device OCR and transcription
  • Smart organization with folders and views
  • Full-text search and Spotlight integration
  • iCloud sync for selected folders
  • JSON backup and restore
Features
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Tired of losing links, photos, videos, audio, files or texts shared from your apps? Captured is your universal clipboard. Tap Share from any app and choose Captured — everything is instantly saved, previewed and enriched, on-device by default. UNIVERSAL CAPTURE Accepts URLs, photos, videos, audio, files and text from any app. Automatic source detection (Safari, YouTube, Instagram, X, Photos...). AUTO-GENERATED PREVIEWS Every item gets a thumbnail: web pages via live browser, photos/videos from first frame, files via QuickLook, audio as waveform, text as typographic render. Thumbnail gallery with on-demand regeneration. AI DESCRIPTION, OCR & TRANSCRIPTION AI image/video description: Apple Vision (free, on-device), OpenAI GPT-4 Vision or Anthropic Claude. Built-in OCR on photos and videos. Audio speech-to-text transcription — all on-device by default, no cloud required. SMART ORGANIZATION Folders with batch move/delete and drag-and-drop reorder. Smart Views: All, Recent (7 days), Unread, With Location, With AI. Configurable sort: manual, newest, oldest, title, source. Filter by type: URL, file, photo, video, audio, text. FULL-TEXT SEARCH & SPOTLIGHT Instant search across titles, URLs, notes, AI descriptions and transcriptions. All items indexed in system Spotlight — searchable from the home screen. RICH METADATA Auto-fetch of web page title and last-modified date (bold title signals updated content). Reverse geocoding of GPS coordinates in photos. WIDGET WidgetKit widget in small, medium and large sizes showing unread items in real time. BACKUP & RESTORE Full JSON export/import (items, folders, settings, thumbnails) with Replace or Merge mode. PRIVACY All your data stays on your device. No account, no server, no ads. Network calls only when you explicitly enable web fetching or AI description via your own API key. iCloud sync, folder by folder Choose exactly which folders you want to find on your other devices. A long press on a folder offers "Sync with iCloud": its photos, videos, files and links — including previews — automatically appear on your iPhone, iPad and Mac linked to the same Apple account. Folders that are not synced remain strictly local. A "Resync iCloud" option lets you reconcile state across devices in one gesture. Link previews: lock, zoom, crop You can now lock a link's preview so it never changes, or enlarge the preview by a factor of 2 to better see thumbnails from your favorite sites. A new setting automatically crops the white or black bands surrounding some previews. Organization: everything by drag-and-drop Reorganize your folders by dragging them in the sidebar. Move an item from one folder to another simply by dragging it onto the destination folder. No more drop-down menus. Paste a link from the clipboard A new menu entry lets you directly add the currently copied link, without going through another app's "Share" menu. Manage your space better The info panel now shows the space used in iCloud when sync is active. A long press on each line gives access to quick actions. The "Delete local data only" option frees up space while keeping your synced folders intact.

Screenshots

Stay zone4 screens
Captured!3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Captured! at 17.6 against Stay zone's 26.2. 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Stay zone versus Captured!: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStay zoneCaptured!
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequency—Fortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS26.217.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB4 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperSukhjinder SinghAlexandre Fenyo

In-app purchases

None

Stay zone

No in-app purchases

None

Captured!

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Stay zone free?
Stay zone is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Captured! free?
Captured! is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Stay zone or Captured! have ads?
Neither Stay zone nor Captured! shows ads.

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