Comparison

RollGuard vs Cove

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

Head to head
About

RollGuard

Features
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Find the sensitive photos hiding in your camera roll before someone else does. RollGuard scans your photos for passports, driver's licenses, national ID cards, payment cards β€” including card backs β€” screenshots of passwords and credentials, photographed WiFi and router labels, and other private images β€” entirely on your iPhone. It even scans in Airplane Mode β€” proof that nothing is uploaded, nothing is analyzed in the cloud. There's no account to create. Review what's flagged, then keep, hide, or delete β€” you're always the one who decides. RollGuard finds identity documents wherever they're hiding in your camera roll β€” passports, national ID cards, driving licenses, health and tax documents, residence permits β€” built and tested against real specimen documents from 180 countries and territories, in more than 30 languages. It doesn't just spot things that look like documents: passports and modern ID cards from any country are read and checked against their own machine-readable rules, and anything it can't verify is still flagged for you to decide. Passports from 100 MRZ-verified states have checked out against their own check digits in testing. Deep coverage for Australia, New Zealand, the UK, Ireland, Canada and the US, broad coverage across Europe β€” and growing. Before you hand over your work phone. IT prepping a device for return, or handing one back yourself β€” a fast scan flags anything private that shouldn't travel with the hardware. Before you sell or trade it in. Old passwords, screenshotted 2FA codes, a photo of your license from years ago β€” RollGuard finds what a factory reset alone won't help you notice before it's gone for good. Before you hand your phone to family. Kids playing games, family scrolling through photos β€” a quick pass first means nothing private turns up by accident. Before you travel. A lighter camera roll for border crossings and unfamiliar hands. Or just a spring clean. "What's actually in my thousands of photos?" β€” most people genuinely don't know. Find out what's hidden in there. RollGuard's free tier does more than a typical free trial: it runs a genuinely complete scan of your last 30 days β€” every category, every action, no artificial limits inside that window, re-scannable anytime β€” with the full review queue included: real thumbnails, tap to zoom, and keep, hide, or delete, all free. It also keeps going: working through the rest of your library on its own, showing you a real running count of what's flagged out there. Pro unlocks the review queue for everything beyond your last 30 days β€” without it, finding a specific older flagged photo yourself would mean scrolling through thousands of images by hand; Pro does that for you. One-time purchase, forever: no subscription, no recurring charges, ever. RollGuard also flags possibly sensitive images using Apple's own on-device detection, following your iPhone's Sensitive Content Warning setting β€” nothing about those images ever leaves your phone either. RollGuard never tells you your library is "safe." It flags what it finds for your review β€” you make every call.

About

Cove

Features
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Cove is a private, local-first home for the documents that matter β€” passports, ID cards, driver's licenses, bank cards and statements. SNAP AND DONE Photograph both sides. On-device recognition fills in the number, dates and names β€” and every field stays editable. Recognition is only a suggestion; you always have the final word. BUILT FOR PRIVACY Everything stays on your device. Recognition runs on-device with Apple's Vision framework. No servers, no analytics, no ads, no tracking β€” we couldn't read your records even if we wanted to. NEVER MISS A RENEWAL Expiry tracking with optional reminders, grouped by urgency: expired, urgent, and upcoming β€” right on your home screen. ORGANIZED LIKE A VAULT Physical folders for Identity and Banking, every document shown as it was captured. Tap any image to view it full screen; swipe through all sides. YOUR DATA, YOUR RULES Edit any label or value. Add, copy, or delete any field. Export your entire library as JSON anytime. Deleted records are recoverable for 30 days, then permanently removed. Terms of Use and Privacy Policy are available in the app (Settings β†’ About).

Screenshots

RollGuard4 screens
Cove4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: RollGuard at Free against Cove's $0.99. Cove's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). On ads and device support there is nothing between them.

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

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

RollGuard is free to download; Cove costs $0.99 up front. RollGuard sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Cove asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences Β· 3 level
RollGuard versus Cove: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRollGuardCove
PriceFree β€” better$0.99
Update frequencyEvery 4 daysβ€”
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo β€” better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS26.017.0 β€” better
Further details β€” not scored
Size55 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDavid Smith德权 ζ™‹

In-app purchases

1 purchases

RollGuard

One-time1
  • RollGuard Pro$19.99
None

Cove

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is RollGuard free?
RollGuard is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Cove free?
Cove costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do RollGuard or Cove have ads?
Neither RollGuard nor Cove shows ads.

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