Secure Folder: Privacy Vault

Secure Folder: Privacy Vault is an iPhone privacy app. It keeps private photos, videos, files, and notes in a vault that opens with a PIN or Face ID. Photos and videos are stored locally on the iPhone, and nothing is uploaded. No account is required. Website: https://getsecurefolder.com/ App Store: https://apps.apple.com/app/id6755857874

Secure Folder: Privacy Vault is an iPhone app that stores photos, videos, documents, and notes in a private vault. Users lock the vault with a PIN or Face ID, separate from the iPhone's own unlock. The app keeps vault contents on the device and has no account or cloud sync. It provides a private space for files users want to keep apart from the regular Photos app, and can disguise its app icon. Users set a PIN or Face ID lock, then import photos or add files and notes to the vault on their iPhone. Importing copies a photo into the app and leaves the original in Photos. Users can choose a calculator, calendar, or weather icon, and the calculator option can also disguise the lock screen. A second PIN opens a separate decoy vault. With camera access and intruder alerts enabled, repeated wrong PIN entries trigger a front-camera photo and a dated log. The app is for iPhone users who want a separate, PIN-protected place for private photos, videos, documents, and notes. The page emphasizes that it requires no account, has no cloud sync, and does not upload vault contents. It works offline and requires iOS 16.6 or later. The free app includes the vault, locks, stealth icons, and widgets; the optional paid Premium upgrade adds the decoy vault and intruder alerts.