Private Vault vs Unicode
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Private Vault
Securely store sensitive notes, images, and passwords directly on your device. Protect your data with a PIN or Face ID, and utilize features like a decoy vault and disguise mode for enhanced privacy. This app offers a completely offline and private storage solution.
- Offline data storage
- PIN and Face ID protection
- Decoy vault feature
- Disguise mode (calculator icon)
- Secure notes, images, and passwords
- Intuitive interface
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▶ Private Vault – Offline Safe Private Vault is a simple yet powerful secure storage app designed to keep your most sensitive data truly private — directly on your device. No cloud. No account. No tracking. Ever. ▶ Secure by Design Protect your vault with a PIN and optional Face ID. The app automatically locks when sent to the background. ▶ Store What Matters Manage your private data in one place: ▷ Notes ▷ Images (from Photos or Camera) ▷ Passwords (with quick copy) Add, edit, delete, and search instantly with a clean, intuitive interface. ▶ Your Data Everything stays on your device — 100% offline. ▶ Smart Protection Features ▷ Decoy Vault: Use a secondary PIN to open a fake vault ▷ Disguise Mode: Change the app icon to a calculator ▶ Multi-language Support English, Spanish, Portuguese, Simplified Chinese. ▶ Private Vault is built for speed, simplicity, and absolute privacy.
Unicode
Easily find and copy thousands of Unicode symbols organized into categories. Quickly access currency signs, punctuation, mathematical symbols, and more with a clean interface and one-tap copy functionality.
- Thousands of Unicode symbols
- Organized symbol categories
- Fast symbol search
- One-tap copy to clipboard
- Recently used symbols access
- Clean user interface
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Unicode+ is the symbol keyboard for iPhone. Find, copy and type thousands of Unicode symbols, math signs, special characters and glyphs in any app. Need a degree sign, a math symbol, an arrow or a check mark? Search for it or browse by category, tap once to copy, or type it straight from the Unicode+ keyboard without leaving the app you are in. WHAT YOU CAN FIND - Math symbols: plus-minus, square root, pi, infinity, not equal, sum, fractions, superscript and subscript - Signs and special characters: degree, check mark, copyright, trademark, currency signs - Arrows, stars, hearts, shapes and box drawing characters - Greek letters, accented letters, phonetic (IPA) symbols and glyphs FEATURES - Symbol keyboard: type any symbol in Messages, Notes, Mail and more - Fast search by name or keyword - Organized categories that are easy to browse - One-tap copy and paste - Recently used symbols for quick access - Clean, simple design Students, writers, designers, developers and anyone who needs the right character fast will feel at home in Unicode+. Legal : Privacy Policy https://retrytech.site/assets/unicode/privacy-policy.html Terms of Use https://retrytech.site/assets/unicode/terms-of-use.html EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Private Vault at every 5 days against Unicode's every 10 days. Unicode's advantage is ratings volume (3 vs 1). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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. Private Vault sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Unicode sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Private Vault against 5.0 for Unicode. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 3 respectively.
Private Vault ships an update every 5 days, Unicode every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Private Vault | Unicode |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 3 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days — better | Every 10 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 20 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Hai Nam Trinh | RETRYTECH LLP |
Customer experience
Private Vault
Unicode
In-app purchases
Private Vault
- Unlock Premium$3.99
Unicode
- Monthly$1.991 Month
- Lifetime$9.99
