Hide photos & videos in a secret album only you can open — and lock your passwords too. Go Pro for a decoy vault and break-in photos. Everything else is free.
Keep the photos, videos, files, and passwords you'd rather keep private locked away in one app — Private Vault.
The "Hidden" album in Photos opens for anyone holding your phone. Real privacy needs a dedicated vault.
■ Full encryption
ChaCha20-Poly1305 (RFC 7539) protects every item. The master key lives only in RAM while the app is unlocked, and is zeroed the moment you lock. Without your passcode, nobody — including us — can read your data. Zero-knowledge by design.
■ Layered lock
Face ID, Touch ID, and a passcode. The vault locks itself when you leave the app — immediately, or after a delay you choose. Re-enrolling your biometrics invalidates the cached key.
Forgot your passcode? Your Vault Key gets you back in — a code only you hold, saved when you set up. We can't do it for you, and that is exactly the point.
■ Photos, videos, and files
- Bulk import from Photos, with optional auto-delete of the originals
- Shoot photos inside the app — never written to the camera roll
- Live Photos, HEIC, and 4K video supported
- Import any file from Files — PDFs, documents, archives
- Keep or strip GPS metadata, your choice
- Recently Deleted holds anything you remove for 30 days
■ Albums
- Built-in Favorites, Photos, Videos, and Files albums
- Your own albums and nested sub-albums
- Rename, pin to the top, set a custom cover, sort by newest or oldest
- Deleting an album never deletes your media
■ Passwords
- Logins, passwords, and secure notes, encrypted on-device
- Strong password generator and strength meter
- Optional Have I Been Pwned breach check, off until you switch it on. It uses k-anonymity: only the first 5 characters of your password's SHA-1 hash ever leave the device, and the matching happens on your phone. Never the password, never the full hash.
■ Private Vault Pro — one-time purchase
Everything above stays free. Pro adds:
- Decoy vault: set a second passcode in Settings. Entered at the same lock screen, it opens a separate vault with its own key and its own content — neither passcode opens the other vault
- Break-in photos: wrong-passcode attempts are logged with their time and shown after your next unlock. On supported devices, an optional front-camera photo is sealed with your vault key
- Arrange albums and items in your own order
- Alternate app icons: Silver and Rose Gold
■ Privacy
- Vault contents never reach our servers. Optional iCloud sync (off by default) stores only already-encrypted blobs in your own private iCloud
- No ads, no account required
- Firebase Crashlytics monitors stability — never vault contents, file bytes, passwords, or filenames
- Built on swift-crypto, maintained by Apple
This is one of the better gallery apps I've seen, especially the sub-albums—great for separating the internet memes I collect from my cameraroll.The only issues I have with it are:1. Albums and photos are not custom sortable (drag to reorder to how you like).2. The PIN is only six-digits. It would be nice to have a four and eight-digit options or an alpha-numeric password.3. The importer is very slow, only handles 100 images at once, and does not prompt to delete after importing.
Developer Response
Thanks for the detailed review — sub-albums were built for exactly that. All three points are addressed in 3.0.1: albums can be drag-reordered (Sort → Manual order, a Pro feature; manual photo ordering is on our list); passcodes can be 4-digit, 6-digit, custom-length numeric or alphanumeric (tap the type selector when setting one); and the 100-item import cap is gone, with an offer to delete the originals after import. Import speed on very large batches is still being improved.
Best file and video manager
seenseek
I love this app it can manage all my videosThank you
Developer Response
Thank you for using our app :)
Bug fixes and performance improvements.
Version 3.0.4
In-App Purchases
Private Vault Pro
One-time purchase supporting ongoing development.
$4.99
The developer, Qubrid Inc., indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
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The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:
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