Comparison

DiscVault vs Episora

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

Head to head
About

DiscVault

Features
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DiscVault is the fast, private way to catalog your physical movie and series collection — Blu-ray, 4K UHD, and DVD. Scan a disc's barcode and DiscVault automatically fills in the title, year, cover art, cast, and format. No typing, no accounts, no clutter. Everything lives on your device and works completely offline. SCAN & ADD IN SECONDS • Point your camera at a barcode to pull full metadata instantly • Or add titles by hand with a quick search • Box sets and collections are detected and grouped for you ORGANIZE YOUR SHELF • Browse your library as a clean poster grid • Filter and sort by format, genre, decade, and more • Group box sets, vaults, and collections; merge multiple editions of the same film • Tag titles your own way NEVER LOSE A DISC AGAIN • Track what you've lent out, to whom, and when it's due back • Get on-device reminders before and after a return date • Keep a full loan history PLAN YOUR VIEWING • Keep a watchlist of what to watch next • Log your watch history • Build a wishlist of discs you still want SEE YOUR COLLECTION AT A GLANCE • Statistics for films by format, genre, and decade • Totals for your whole shelf PRIVATE BY DESIGN • No account required • No ads, no tracking, no analytics • Your collection stays on your device MADE FOR COLLECTORS • Face ID / Touch ID app lock • Siri, Shortcuts, and Spotlight support • Available in 13 languages • Universal app for iPhone and iPad Turn your shelf into a searchable collection — start scanning.

About

Episora

Features
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Episora-WatchMate is your personal companion for organizing movies and TV shows, helping you keep track of everything you're watching. With Episora-WatchMate, you can: • search for movies and TV shows and add them to your library; • mark movies, episodes, and entire seasons as watched; • quickly find your next episode in the “Continue Watching” section; • keep track of your progress across TV shows; • manage titles you're currently watching, have completed, paused, or dropped; • view statistics about your watching activity; • import your watch history from supported export files; • protect your data with backups stored in your personal Google Drive space. Your watch history is managed locally on your device and remains under your control. Episora-WatchMate is not a streaming service and does not allow you to directly play movies, TV shows, or episodes.

Screenshots

DiscVault4 screens
Episora4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: DiscVault at every 5 days against Episora's every 2 weeks. Episora's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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

UpkeepUpdate frequency

DiscVault ships an update every 5 days, Episora every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 6 level
DiscVault versus Episora: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDiscVaultEpisora
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (2 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 days — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size21 MB44 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperHendrik ZandbergenRenato Valdameri

In-app purchases

None

DiscVault

No in-app purchases

None

Episora

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is DiscVault free?
DiscVault is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Episora free?
Episora is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do DiscVault or Episora have ads?
Neither DiscVault nor Episora shows ads.
Which is updated more often, DiscVault or Episora?
DiscVault ships an update every 5 days, and Episora every 2 weeks. Most recently, DiscVault was updated on October 24, 2026 and Episora on October 6, 2026.

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