Comparison

Second Camera Roll vs Photo Vault

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

Head to head
About

Second Camera Roll

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A second camera roll for saving and organizing images without filling up your main Photos library. Save images directly from Safari and other apps using the Share menu. Your images stay in the app’s private on-device storage and are never added to Photos automatically. ・Switch between 3-column and 5-column grids ・Open images full screen and swipe down to return ・Select multiple images by dragging ・Delete or copy multiple images to Photos ・Organize images into albums in any order (Pro) ・No account required Pro unlocks Albums with a one-time purchase. Terms of Use: https://ayhk.notion.site/3b4a9aeefe77808cae76ebf88f488617 Privacy Policy: https://ayhk.notion.site/3b4a9aeefe778045b3d5e3cde5841028

About

Photo Vault

Features
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Photo Vault is a private photo library for your iPhone. It looks and works like the photos app you already know, but every photo and video inside it is encrypted on your device with a key only you hold. No account. No cloud. No tracking. Your photos never leave your phone. A PHOTOS APP, NOT A FILE LOCKER • Browse your library in a fast grid, with folders, albums and favourites • Full screen viewer with pinch to zoom, and smooth video playback • Sort by date taken or by date added, and filter photos or videos • Albums point to your photos instead of copying them, so nothing is stored twice • Import straight from Photos or the Files app, then optionally remove the originals from your camera roll ENCRYPTED, FOR REAL • Every file is encrypted with AES-GCM before it touches storage • Videos stream and decrypt in memory as you watch; a decrypted copy is never written to disk • Your PIN is stretched with PBKDF2 and combined with a secret kept in the iPhone's keychain • Open it with Face ID for speed; your PIN always works too A SECOND VAULT Set a second PIN to open a completely separate vault with its own photos. The second vault shows no trace of the first. PRIVACY BY DESIGN • No sign up, no servers, no analytics, no ads • Blurred in the app switcher by default, so your photos never show when you switch apps • Optional: lock when a screenshot is taken, lock after a set time in the background, and erase everything after too many wrong PINs TIDY UP Find duplicate photos and videos across all your folders and albums, see which copy is kept, and clear the rest. Photo Vault always asks before deleting anything. SAVE FROM THE WEB A built in browser lets you save images from websites straight into a vault folder, without them ever touching your camera roll. GOOD TO KNOW Because your vault never leaves your phone, it is not included in iCloud or computer backups. If you lose your iPhone or delete the app, the photos in your vault go with it. Export anything you want to keep elsewhere with Save to Photos.

Screenshots

Second Camera Roll4 screens
Photo Vault4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Photo Vault at none against Second Camera Roll's 1. On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Second Camera Roll sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Photo Vault asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard1 real difference · 5 level
Second Camera Roll versus Photo Vault: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSecond Camera RollPhoto Vault
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS17.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB3 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperKunihiko AyuhaGiovanni Fernando

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Second Camera Roll

One-time1
  • Second Camera Roll Pro$2.99
None

Photo Vault

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Second Camera Roll free?
Second Camera Roll is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Photo Vault free?
Photo Vault is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Second Camera Roll or Photo Vault have ads?
Neither Second Camera Roll nor Photo Vault shows ads.

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