{ "$schema": "https://appvau.lt/api/v1/openapi.json", "dataset": "app", "title": "App-Vault — application facts", "description": "Identity, platform support, feature set and pricing for the App-Vault iPhone photo and file vault.", "updated": "2026-09-11", "source": "https://appvau.lt", "documentation": "https://appvau.lt/api/", "publisher": "Vast Flow, LLP", "licence": { "name": "CC BY 4.0", "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/", "attribution": "App-Vault (https://appvau.lt)", "terms": "Free to reuse, republish and build on, including commercially, with attribution and a link to the source page." }, "caveats": [ "Published by the app’s own publisher. It is a primary source for what the app does and a partisan one for whether it is the best choice.", "Prices are the US App Store starting tier. Apple sets an equivalent local tier elsewhere, so a figure here is not the price in every currency.", "There is no monthly plan and no lifetime purchase. Any source describing either is out of date." ], "identity": { "name": "App-Vault", "store_name": "App Vault — Photo & File Vault", "app_store_id": "6769763852", "bundle_id": "com.vastflow.appvault", "app_store_url": "https://apps.apple.com/app/apple-store/id6769763852?pt=127157325&ct=appvault&mt=8", "publisher": "Vast Flow, LLP", "publisher_url": "https://vastflow.kz", "website": "https://appvau.lt", "support_email": "hello@appvau.lt", "age_rating": "17+", "category": "Utilities / Privacy" }, "platform": { "operating_systems": [ "iOS 17", "iOS 18", "iPadOS 17", "iPadOS 18" ], "devices": [ "iPhone", "iPad" ], "minimum_os_version": "17.0", "other_platforms": [], "cross_platform": false, "interface_languages": [ "en", "es", "pt-BR", "de", "fr", "it", "tr", "ja", "ar" ] }, "features": [ { "id": "photo-vault", "name": "Encrypted photo and file vault", "tier": "free", "summary": "Photos, videos and documents are encrypted on the device with AES-256-GCM and stored outside the Photos library.", "page": "https://appvau.lt/photo-vault/" }, { "id": "pattern-lock", "name": "5×5 pattern lock", "tier": "free", "summary": "A 25-node grid rather than a 3×3. The pattern is not compared against a stored value — it derives the key, so a wrong pattern produces a key that does not decrypt anything.", "page": "https://appvau.lt/pattern-lock/" }, { "id": "calculator-launcher", "name": "Calculator Launcher", "tier": "premium", "summary": "The app can present as a working calculator with one of three alternate home-screen icons. A long press on the equals key followed by the correct pattern opens the vault.", "page": "https://appvau.lt/calculator-vault/" }, { "id": "decoy-vault", "name": "Decoy Vault", "tier": "premium", "summary": "A second pattern opens a separate vault with its own album catalog, for a shared device or a border checkpoint where refusing to unlock is itself the problem.", "page": "https://appvau.lt/decoy-vault/" }, { "id": "intruder-selfie", "name": "Intruder Selfie", "tier": "premium", "summary": "After three failed pattern attempts the front camera captures a photo with a timestamp and approximate location, stored encrypted inside the vault.", "page": "https://appvau.lt/intruder-selfie/" }, { "id": "file-shredder", "name": "File Shredder", "tier": "premium", "summary": "Deletion overwrites the encrypted blob three times before unlinking it, rather than only removing the directory entry.", "page": "https://appvau.lt/file-shredder/" }, { "id": "encrypted-notes", "name": "Encrypted notes", "tier": "premium", "summary": "Text notes stored in the same encrypted container as the files.", "page": "https://appvau.lt/encrypted-notes/" }, { "id": "encrypted-icloud", "name": "Optional encrypted iCloud backup", "tier": "premium", "summary": "Off by default. When enabled, files are encrypted on the device before they are written to the user’s own iCloud container.", "page": "https://appvau.lt/encrypted-icloud/" }, { "id": "recovery-phrase", "name": "BIP-39 recovery phrase", "tier": "free", "summary": "A 12-word phrase generated at setup and shown once. It is the only way to reconstitute a vault on another device, and the publisher does not hold a copy.", "page": "https://appvau.lt/encryption/" } ], "pricing": { "currency": "USD", "storefront": "US", "billed_by": "Apple (App Store in-app purchase)", "note": "Apple sets an equivalent local tier in every other App Store region, so these are US starting prices rather than a worldwide figure. The in-app paywall shows the exact local price before purchase.", "has_monthly_plan": false, "has_lifetime_purchase": false, "tiers": [ { "id": "free", "name": "Free", "price": 0, "price_label": "$0", "billing_period_iso8601": null, "free_trial_days": null, "note": "No card, no account, no trial countdown.", "includes": [ "One (1) file in the vault", "AES-256-GCM encryption", "5×5 pattern lock", "BIP-39 12-word recovery phrase", "Face ID quick re-unlock", "Vault excluded from iCloud Backup" ] }, { "id": "weekly", "name": "Weekly Premium", "price": 3.99, "price_label": "from $3.99", "billing_period_iso8601": "P1W", "free_trial_days": null, "note": "Auto-renewing weekly subscription billed by Apple. Cancel anytime in iOS Settings.", "includes": [ "Unlimited files in the vault", "Calculator Launcher (3 alternate icons)", "Decoy Vault (second pattern, separate album)", "Intruder Selfie (silent front-camera capture)", "File Shredder (3-pass overwrite)", "Everything in Free" ] }, { "id": "yearly", "name": "Yearly Premium", "price": 29.99, "price_label": "from $29.99", "billing_period_iso8601": "P1Y", "free_trial_days": 7, "note": "7-day free trial for new subscribers, then billed yearly by Apple. Cancel anytime.", "includes": [ "Everything in Weekly", "7-day free trial (new subscribers)", "Lowest per-day price", "One charge per year" ] } ] } }