Comparison

Surf vs Vaultly

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

Head to head
About

Surf

Features
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Browse, read and keep useful pages in one place. Surf Pro brings your bookmarks, history, Reading List and open tabs across iPhone, iPad and Mac. START WITH A COMPLETE BROWSER Browse for free, with no Surf account required. โ€ข Multiple tabs and private browsing โ€ข Webpage ad and tracker blocking, with per-site exceptions โ€ข Bookmarks, folders and history search โ€ข Reader with adjustable text and light, sepia or dark appearance โ€ข A file library with folders, tags, search and Recently Deleted โ€ข Import, rename, move and share ordinary documents, and create or open ZIP archives READ NOW, KEEP FOR LATER Save a readable article from Reader to keep its archived content for offline reading. Open it later from Reading List, even without a connection. Pages saved only as links still need the web. KEEP MORE WITH SURF PRO One subscription covers iPhone, iPad and Mac. โ€ข Sync bookmarks, history, Reading List and open tabs through your own iCloud โ€ข Keep an unlimited reading list and remember more website sign-ins โ€ข Remove the daily file-saving limit and save several files at once โ€ข Remember desktop mode and text size for each site Free includes up to five reading-list entries and five remembered sign-ins. Saved articles and sign-ins remain accessible if Pro ends. Browser-data sync requires Pro, iCloud sign-in and iCloud Sync enabled in Surf. File-library iCloud sync is available on every plan when those iCloud settings are enabled. CHOOSE YOUR PLAN Monthly and Yearly subscriptions offer a 3-day free trial for eligible new subscribers. Surf shows your localized price, billing period and applicable trial before you confirm with Apple. Membership shows your current plan and renewal or expiry details when available, with Restore Purchases and Manage Subscription. PRIVACY WITH CLEAR BOUNDARIES Surf includes no advertising or analytics SDK. Websites and your chosen search engine receive the requests needed to browse. Private tabs, cookies and form contents do not participate in browser-data sync. Saved sign-ins use the device keychain, with optional iCloud Keychain sync separately. Payment is charged to your Apple Account. Eligible free trials convert to a paid subscription unless cancelled. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the current period ends. Manage or cancel in your Apple Account settings. Privacy Policy: https://mwsupplylimited.github.io/surf/privacy.html Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

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Vaultly

Features
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Encrypted. On your device. No account. A secure folder for photos, videos, IDs and seed phrases. Vaultly is an air-gapped, zero-server safe for confidential documents, contracts, receipts, crypto seed phrases, and personal files or photos you need to keep completely private. It runs entirely on your device โ€” there is no sign-up, no cloud account and no network request of any kind. Vaultly works exactly the same in airplane mode. REAL ENCRYPTION, NOT A LOCK SCREEN Every file is individually encrypted with AES-256-GCM before it touches disk. The key is created on this device and never leaves it. Nothing inside is a plain file sitting behind a PIN. DOCUMENTS, RECEIPTS, CONTRACTS & MEDIA โ€ข PDFs, contracts, scans, receipts, and Office documents โ€ข Sensitive records and private notes โ€ข Photos and personal videos, moved completely out of your library โ€ข Add from Files, Photos, the clipboard, or the share sheet in any app โ€ข View, play and export anything, whenever you want SEED PHRASE COMPARTMENT โ€” NEW A separate compartment for your crypto wallets' recovery words (seed phrases), with its own password and its own encryption key โ€” it stays locked even while the vault is open. 12โ€“24 words, a label, an optional passphrase and a note, with BIP39 checksum validation as you type. No server, no sync, no wallet connection: Vaultly never touches your funds; it only keeps the words safe. HOW YOU GET IN A 6-digit PIN, a pattern, or Face ID / Touch ID. The PIN is the fallback that always works. Vaultly locks itself when you leave, covers its own screen in the app switcher, and blanks out if the screen is being recorded. BACKUPS YOU CONTROL Save an encrypted backup to any folder you like โ€” iCloud Drive, another cloud, or an external disk. It carries its own password, so even sitting in cloud storage only you can open it. On a new phone, pick the package and your vault comes back exactly as it was. A 12-word recovery phrase is created together with your vault. It belongs to the vault itself โ€” separate from the wallet seed phrases you keep in the compartment โ€” and is the second way in if the PIN is ever lost. It also opens the compartment if you forget its password. WHAT IS FREE โ€” AND STAYS FREE Up to 50 files and unlimited seed phrase records. Everything that protects them is included and never sold separately: encryption, Face ID, the recovery phrase, backup, restore and export. If you stop paying, nothing is locked, blurred or held hostage โ€” your files stay viewable and exportable. What Premium sells is capacity and concealment, not access to your own data. PREMIUM โ€ข Unlimited files โ€ข Decoy vault โ€” a second PIN opens a second, cryptographically separate vault: the one you show when you are made to unlock. A panic PIN hides the real one entirely. โ€ข Disguise โ€” a real, playable 2048 instead of a lock screen, with a matching home-screen icon โ€ข Alternate app icon โ€ข Automatic backup โ€” your vault backs itself up, encrypted, to the folder you choose at the interval you set, adding only what changed Available monthly, yearly with a free trial, or as a one-time lifetime purchase. APPLE FRAMEWORKS ONLY AES-256-GCM through CryptoKit, the Secure Enclave for the biometric key, no third-party SDKs, no analytics, no crash reporting. iPhone and iPad. SUBSCRIPTION DETAILS Vaultly Premium is available as a monthly or yearly auto-renewing subscription, or as a one-time lifetime purchase that never renews. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period; manage or cancel them in Settings โ†’ Apple Account โ†’ Subscriptions. Any unused portion of a free trial is forfeited when a subscription is purchased. Privacy Policy: https://vaultly.aregesoft.com/app/apple/privacy.html Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Surf4 screens
Vaultly4 screens

Verdict

The call

Surf and Vaultly are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters โ€” price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them โ€” neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Surf sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Vaultly sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Surf ships an update every 5 days, Vaultly every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Surf versus Vaultly: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSurfVaultly
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 5 daysEvery 4 days โ€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac โ€” betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size6 MB15 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperMatthew WongAbdullah AYAZ

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Surf

Subscriptions2
  • Surf Pro (Monthly)$4.991 Month
  • Surf Pro (Yearly)$29.991 Year
3 purchases

Vaultly

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Yearly14 Days trial$24.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime$49.99

Questions

Is Surf free?
Surf is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Vaultly free?
Vaultly is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Surf or Vaultly have ads?
Neither Surf nor Vaultly shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Surf or Vaultly?
Surf ships an update every 5 days, and Vaultly every 4 days. Most recently, Surf was updated on October 28, 2026 and Vaultly on October 25, 2026.

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