Comparison

MissionaryVault vs Tide

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

Head to head
About

MissionaryVault

Preserve your missionary's emails and photos automatically, ensuring these precious memories are never lost. Organize communications by transfer and add your own family's thoughts to create a complete mission story. Easily export everything or create a printed keepsake book.

Highlights
  • Automatic email and photo saving
  • Organizes by transfer
  • Family thoughts journal
  • Printable keepsake book
  • Permanent memory storage
  • Export anytime
Features
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Every week your missionary emails home — the funny weeks, the hard ones, the small miracles in between. Those letters and photos live in a borrowed account that doesn't stay open forever: about 90 days after they come home, it's deleted, and the letters go with it. Most families find out too late. MissionaryVault keeps every letter and photo safe, automatically, for the whole mission and long after. HOW IT WORKS • Your missionary gets a private capture address. Forward their emails to it — or have them send there directly — and every letter and photo is saved to your family's vault, exactly as written. • Everything organizes itself by transfer, so the mission reads like a story. • Write your family's side, too. The Thoughts journal is where you keep the prayer that was answered, the thing they said on the call, the moment you teared up off-camera. • When they come home, turn it all into a printed keepsake book — the whole mission, in your hands. WHY FAMILIES TRUST IT • Letters are kept word for word. We never edit them. • Your memories are never deleted. After your term, your vault becomes read-only — still there, still yours, forever. • Export everything anytime. No lock-in. • One simple purchase. No subscription, ever. 14-day money-back guarantee. MissionaryVault is made by a small family team that answers every message. MissionaryVault is an independent app made by and for missionary families. It is not affiliated with or endorsed by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

About

Tide

This app simplifies tracking labor contractions with a single tap. It allows real-time sharing of progress with a private link and creates a lasting birth story. Designed for calm and presence during labor, it offers hands-free updates and an Apple Watch app.

Highlights
  • Single-tap contraction timing
  • Real-time progress sharing
  • Hands-free voice dictation
  • Birth story journal
  • Apple Watch app
  • Home Screen widget
Features
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Tide is a beautifully simple contraction timer and labor companion — built to keep you calm and present while everyone you love follows along. When labor starts, the last thing you want is a cluttered app. Tide gives you one big button: tap to start a contraction, tap when it eases. It quietly tracks how long each one lasts and how far apart they are, so you always know where things stand — without squinting at your phone mid-wave. And when everyone keeps asking "any updates?", Tide answers for you. Share one private link with your partner, doula, or whole family, and they can follow your progress in real time — no more juggling a dozen text threads. WHAT YOU CAN DO Time contractions with a single, calming tap — duration and spacing tracked automatically Share a private link so your birth team can follow along live Post updates as you go — notes, photos, and videos in one running feed Add updates hands-free with voice dictation Announce baby's arrival with the details that matter Keep it all as a birth story you can revisit for years to come PRIVATE BY DESIGN No accounts. No ads. No tracking. Everything you log stays on your device unless you choose to share it — and your share link expires on its own once things settle down. ALWAYS A GLANCE AWAY Tide includes an Apple Watch app and a Home Screen widget, so your timer is right where you need it. A ONE-TIME UNLOCK Unlock everything with a single purchase. No subscriptions, ever. Tide is a personal timer and journal to help you record and share your labor. It is not a medical device and does not provide medical advice. Always follow the guidance of your doctor, midwife, or other qualified healthcare provider, and in an emergency call your provider or your local emergency number. ——— Privacy Policy: https://katiep.me/privacy Terms of Use (Apple Standard EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

MissionaryVault4 screens
Tide4 screens

Verdict

The call

MissionaryVault and Tide both sit at 5.0 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of MissionaryVault's written reviews are positive against 47% of Tide's. Tide's advantage is ratings volume (216 vs 2). On price, rating, update cadence and ads 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. MissionaryVault sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Tide sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $19.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for MissionaryVault against 4.9 for Tide. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Tide has 216 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 100% of MissionaryVault's written reviews are positive against 47% of Tide's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

MissionaryVault ships an update fortnightly, Tide weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
MissionaryVault versus Tide: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMissionaryVaultTide
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better4.9 (216 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better47.4% of reviews
Number of ratings2216 — better
Update frequencyFortnightlyWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS16.4 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size66 MB27 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMissionaryVaultB Gilmore, LLC

Customer experience

MissionaryVault

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Tide

All ratings216 ratings
Positive95.8%
Neutral1.4%
Negative2.8%
Written reviews19 reviews
Positive47.4%
Neutral10.5%
Negative42.1%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

MissionaryVault

One-time1
  • Family Vault — 3 Years$19.99
2 purchases

Tide

Subscriptions1
  • Tiny Voices Yearly$19.991 Year
One-time1
  • Tide Contractions and Labor Pro$9.99

Questions

Is MissionaryVault free?
MissionaryVault is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Tide free?
Tide is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, MissionaryVault or Tide?
MissionaryVault is rated higher. MissionaryVault averages 5.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while Tide averages 4.9 from 216 ratings.
Do MissionaryVault or Tide have ads?
Neither MissionaryVault nor Tide shows ads.
Which is updated more often, MissionaryVault or Tide?
MissionaryVault ships an update fortnightly, and Tide weekly. Most recently, MissionaryVault was updated on October 7, 2026 and Tide on October 15, 2026.

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