DiscVault vs Episora
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
DiscVault
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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.
Episora
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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.
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Verdict
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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
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.
| Parameter | DiscVault | Episora |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days — better | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 21 MB | 44 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Hendrik Zandbergen | Renato Valdameri |
In-app purchases
DiscVault
No in-app purchases
Episora
No in-app purchases









