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Open AppVault on your iPhone in under three minutes.

AppVault ships worldwide on the Apple App Store. Free to download. The free tier holds your first 25 files. Upgrade inside the app when you outgrow it — no separate signup, no email.

UPDATED · 2026-05-16 · REVIEWED BY APPVAULT

PRIMARY DOWNLOAD

Open AppVault on the App Store.

AppVault is distributed exclusively through the Apple App Store. There is no sideload build, no APK, and no web version. If you find a download link for AppVault outside the App Store, it is not us — please report it to [email protected].

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PLATFORM

iPhone · iPad

OS

iOS 17+

SIZE

~12 MB

LANGUAGES

33

FIRST FIVE MINUTES

Five steps from install to a sealed vault.

  1. 01

    Open the App Store on iPhone

    Tap the App Store icon on your iPhone or iPad running iOS 17 or later.

  2. 02

    Search "AppVault"

    AppVault is published by Vastflow. Verify the publisher name in the App Store listing to be sure you have the right app — there are several similarly named photo vault apps.

  3. 03

    Tap Get and install

    Installation is around 12 megabytes. No account creation. No email. The app opens straight into the pattern setup screen.

  4. 04

    Draw a 5×5 pattern

    Pick a path through the 25 dots that you can re-draw in under two seconds but a stranger watching once cannot guess. The pattern derives your encryption key directly.

  5. 05

    Move your first files in

    Tap the import button, pick photos or documents, confirm the iOS delete prompt. The originals are securely overwritten before removal from your camera roll.

AT A GLANCE

How AppVault sits next to the other iPhone photo vault apps.

CAPABILITY APPVAULT KEEPSAFE VAULTAIRE PRIVATE PHOTO VAULT
On-device encryption AES-256-GCM AES-256 AES-256-GCM AES-256
Account required No Yes (email) No No
Cloud upload by default No Yes (sync) No No
Calculator launcher ✓ — — —
Decoy vault (separate album) ✓ — ✓ (different name) —
Intruder log ✓ ✓ — ✓
Encrypted iCloud backup Opt-in, client-side Built-in Opt-in, client-side —
No ads, no tracking ✓ — ✓ —
Lifetime price $29.99 — — $29.99

Comparison values reflect each app’s current App Store build and publisher documentation as of 2026-05-16. We rebuild this table every quarter or whenever a competitor ships a relevant change.

WHY PEOPLE PICK APPVAULT

Five answers we give when someone asks why AppVault, specifically.

  1. 01

    On-device, by design

    AppVault performs every encryption operation on your iPhone using Apple’s CryptoKit framework. The plaintext of your files never crosses a network. The cipher key never crosses a network. There is no AppVault server holding anything.

  2. 02

    No account, no email, no recovery

    Most photo vault apps ask for an email to enable "account recovery". That email is the leak surface in every photo vault breach since 2014. AppVault has no account system to leak from. The trade-off is that we cannot recover a forgotten pattern — we accept that trade-off, openly, on this site and inside the app.

  3. 03

    A calculator launcher that Apple actually allowed

    AppVault’s Calculator Launcher is a fully functional iOS calculator. It calculates. The vault entry is an opt-in long-press gesture documented in our App Store metadata, approved under Apple guideline 4.3. Other "calculator vault" apps have been rejected for misleading metadata — ours was not, because the calculator is not a trick.

  4. 04

    A decoy vault that is mathematically separate

    The Decoy Vault is not a folder pretending to be a different folder. It is a second encrypted catalog with its own key, derived from a second pattern. From inside either vault you cannot prove the other exists. From the outside, neither one is visible.

  5. 05

    Honest about what we are not

    AppVault does not defend against a coerced unlock, a jailbroken device, or a state-level adversary holding both your device and your hands. We say so on the Security page. A privacy product that overstates its threat model is the product you should not trust.

DOWNLOAD QUESTIONS

Eight quick answers before you install.

  1. 01 Is AppVault free to download?
    Yes. AppVault is free to download from the Apple App Store and free to use with one vault and up to 25 files. AppVault Pro unlocks unlimited vaults, the Calculator Launcher, the Decoy Vault, the Intruder Log, encrypted iCloud backup, the file shredder, and encrypted notes — pricing is $1.99 monthly, $9.99 yearly with a 7-day free trial, or $29.99 once for lifetime.
  2. 02 What iPhone or iPad does AppVault require?
    AppVault runs on any iPhone or iPad with iOS or iPadOS 17 or later. Older devices are not supported because AppVault depends on Apple’s CryptoKit framework and the modern Secure Enclave APIs that arrived in iOS 17.
  3. 03 How big is AppVault?
    The install size is approximately 12 megabytes. The vault container grows with the files you add. The app itself contains no bundled assets beyond the UI; nothing is downloaded after install.
  4. 04 Does AppVault work on Mac?
    AppVault is built for iPhone and iPad. It does not run on macOS. We have no plans for a Mac or web version — those environments cannot match the Secure Enclave threat model AppVault is designed around.
  5. 05 Is there an Android version?
    Not yet. The current build is iOS and iPadOS only. An Android version is on the roadmap but is not the launch priority — the cryptographic foundations differ enough between platforms that we are shipping the iOS build to maturity before opening a second engineering track.
  6. 06 Can I download AppVault for free and upgrade later?
    Yes. Install AppVault for free, use the single-vault free tier as long as you like, and tap upgrade inside the app whenever you outgrow it. Your free tier files transfer into the Pro environment automatically.
  7. 07 Will AppVault sync across my iPhone and iPad?
    Yes, if you enable Encrypted iCloud Backup. The optional backup uses your own iCloud account, with each file sealed on the device with a backup key before upload. Apple receives only ciphertext. On the second device, you draw the same pattern to unlock.
  8. 08 How do I trust an app that holds my private photos?
    Read the Security page on this site. Every cryptographic claim links to its primary source (NIST FIPS 197, RFC 5116, Apple Platform Security guide). AppVault has no servers, no account database, and no third-party analytics SDKs — the app cannot leak data to AppVault because AppVault has nothing to leak it to.

GET STARTED

Seal the vault.

Free to download. The first vault is free, forever. Upgrade only when you outgrow it.

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