Hidewell: Private Photo Vault

Hide Pictures & Secret Albums

Free · In‑App Purchases · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.

Hide photos and videos with AES-256 encryption. Capture directly into your vault, organize secret albums, and unlock with your pattern. No Hidewell account needed. Hide photos and videos. Keep them encrypted. Hidewell is a private photo vault for personal pictures, videos, and documents. Protect your files with AES-256 encryption, organize secret albums, and open your vault with your own pattern. Lock photos with your own pattern One pattern opens your personal photos. Another opens a separate vault for other files. With Hidewell Pro, each pattern leads straight to its own private space. The unlock screen never displays a list of your vaults. Capture directly into your photo vault Take photos and record videos directly into your encrypted vault with the built-in camera. Your recordings go straight into Hidewell without first being saved to your phone's gallery. Watch videos inside your private vault Watch videos directly from your vault. Hidewell decrypts only the chunks needed for playback, so you can start watching without waiting for the whole file to be decrypted. Playback does not create a decrypted video file on your device. Keep your devices in sync with LiveSync With Hidewell Pro, keep a vault up to date on your iPhone and iPad through the same iCloud account. Connect with your 12 recovery words; file names and contents stay encrypted. Sync runs while the vault is open. LiveSync requires iOS 26 or later and Pro on each device. It uses your available iCloud storage; cloud storage is not included. Your backup. Your recovery words. Back up encrypted vaults to your own iCloud Drive and restore them for free, independently of LiveSync. Your 12-word recovery phrase lets you restore backed-up vaults and reset a forgotten pattern. Keep those words somewhere safe: anyone with the phrase and access to your backup can restore it. A panic pattern that opens a dummy vault With Hidewell Pro, set up a dummy vault with content you choose. Drawing its panic pattern opens that vault and erases the local unlock keys to every other vault on the device. Existing cloud backups remain recoverable with your recovery phrase. Organize your private gallery Import photos, videos, and documents, then organize them with albums and tags. Browse your collection and open photos inside your vault. When importing existing files, you choose whether to remove the originals; copies outside Hidewell are not protected by your vault. Encrypted storage, even offline Your files and thumbnails are protected with AES-256 encryption. Automatic locking and a hidden app-switcher preview help keep private content out of view. Create and use your local vault offline, without a Hidewell account. Cloud backup and LiveSync require an internet connection. Open source and audited The encryption core that protects your vaults is open source and audited. Anyone can read the code and the security review on GitHub at hidewell-oss/hidewell-core. Start with your first vault Hidewell includes a free tier with an item limit. Hidewell Pro adds multi-device LiveSync, more vaults, panic patterns, disguised app icons, and removes the free tier's item limit. Monthly, yearly, and lifetime options are shown in the app with current prices. Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled in your Apple account settings. Create your first vault and give your private moments a place of their own. Terms: https://hidewell.app/terms

Ratings & Reviews

  • 5.0
    out of 5
    1 Ratings

• Choose which vaults to back up, with daily automatic backups. • Keep up to seven backups per vault. • Browse backup history, restore an earlier version as a separate vault, or delete backups you no longer need. • See backup progress and how much new data each backup adds. • Unchanged vaults no longer create duplicate backups.

Version 1.0.3

The developer, SENTRY BRAIN SINGLE MEMBER P.C., indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .

  • Data Not Collected

    The developer does not collect any data from this app.

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    Information

    Seller
    SENTRY BRAIN SINGLE MEMBER P.C.
    Size
    10.4 MB
    Category
    Photo & Video
    Compatibility
    Requires iOS 17.0 or later.
    • iPhone
      Requires iOS 17.0 or later.
    • iPad
      Requires iPadOS 17.0 or later.
    • Mac
      Requires macOS 14.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
    • Apple Vision
      Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
    Languages
    English
    Age Rating
    4+
    In-App Purchases
    Yes
    • Hidewell Pro Yearly $19.99
    • Hidewell Pro Monthly $2.99
    • Hidewell Pro Lifetime Intro $31.49
    • Hidewell Pro Lifetime $44.99
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    Copyright
    © 2026 Sentry Brain S.M.P.C.
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