CV Maker vs Iris Drive
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
CV Maker
Create professional resumes and cover letters quickly with a private, offline builder. Features ATS matching, customizable templates, and multiple export options. Your career documents remain securely on your device.
- ATS matching and resume scoring
- 16 professional resume templates
- Customizable fonts and colors
- Cover letter generation
- PDF and Word export
- Offline and private by design
- Import and backup functionality
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Create a professional resume in minutes with CV Maker — a private, offline resume builder with ATS matching, cover letters, professional templates, and PDF & Word export. Free, with no account and no subscription. BUILD A PROFESSIONAL RESUME Add your experience, education, projects, skills, certifications, languages, references, awards, publications and volunteering — no online account needed. Choose from 16 professional templates including Classic, Modern, Sidebar, Minimal, Elegant, Compact, Header, Timeline, Corporate, Two-Tone, Boxed, Sidebar Pro, Academic, Executive, Swiss and Creative. Customize fonts, accent colors, spacing, skill styles and sections. GET HIRED WITH ATS • Résumé Score & ATS report — a 0–100 score with clear fixes • Writing Polish — stronger verbs, active voice and quantified impact • Job Match — paste a job post and see matched & missing keywords • Spell check, example summaries, power verbs and skill suggestions COVER LETTERS Write cover letters in six tones (formal, friendly, short, enthusiastic, executive, career change) with Classic, Modern, Minimal or Monogram layouts and a handwritten signature. EXPORT YOUR DOCUMENTS Export as PDF, Microsoft Word (.docx) or plain text. Combine résumé + cover letter into one PDF, add clickable links and a vCard QR code, and output your CV in 13 languages. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Your résumé stays on your device. No account. No ads. No tracking. No subscription. No server. App Privacy is 'No data collected'. IMPORT & BACK UP Import an existing PDF or Word résumé and keep editing. Back up all your résumés, cover letters and photos into one file and restore on another device. Your career documents belong to you.
Iris Drive
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Iris Drive is private file sync for devices you control. Create a local profile or link an existing device, then browse synced files through the native Files app. Share selected folders with people you choose, keep encrypted backups, and open Iris apps from one place. Your files and cryptographic keys stay under your control. Iris Drive has no ads, analytics, or tracking.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Iris Drive at Free against CV Maker's $8.95. CV Maker's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 5 weeks). On ads, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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
Iris Drive is free to download; CV Maker costs $8.95 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
CV Maker ships an update every 3 weeks, Iris Drive every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | CV Maker | Iris Drive |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $8.95 | Free — better |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 5 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 89 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Birkan Aksoy | Sirius Business Oy |
In-app purchases
CV Maker
No in-app purchases
Iris Drive
No in-app purchases
