Photo vaults: Privacy Labels Compared
A photo vault holds the pictures you least want seen, so the questions that matter are where the files live, whether they are encrypted, and what happens if you forget the PIN or change phones. Checked November 2026.
- Declare tracking
- 50%
- Linked, no tracking
- 2%
- Collect nothing
- 27%
- No label details
- 1
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| Developer | Tracking | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avera Photo Vault | MADS LINDEGAARD | Linked | None | 4 |
| Best Secret Folder | RV AppStudios LLC | Tracks you | Identifiers | 8 |
| CAL | WIZ STUDIO COMPANY LIMITED | Not linked | None | 2 |
| Calculator | Apple Inc. | Not linked | None | 1 |
| Calculator Hide Photos Videos | Salman Ashraf | Tracks you | Contact Info | 2 |
| Calculator Lock Secure Vault | Zipo Apps Ltd. | Tracks you | Identifiers | 1 |
| Ear Spy Apps | Nino Gogoladze | Not linked | None | 4 |
| Hide Photo Secret Photo Vault | GOKTUG CETIN | Collects nothing | None | 0 |
| Hide Photos & Videos | 德明 杨 | Not linked | None | 1 |
| InCalc | 海斌 焦 | Tracks you | Identifiers, Usage Data | 3 |
| iPhotos Vault | M2N Enterprise LLC | Not linked | None | 3 |
| Keepy | Roman Savenok | Tracks you | Identifiers | 6 |
| Lock My Folder | 可可 蔡 | Tracks you | Identifiers, Usage Data | 3 |
| LockBox | Kerem KAHRAMANOGULLARI | Collects nothing | None | 0 |
| LockerX | Pic Slideshow Maker Limited | Collects nothing | None | 0 |
| LockPic:Secret Photo Vault | Chengdu ZhongfeiZhibo Technology Co.,Ltd. | Tracks you | Location | 5 |
| Mo Layer | 晓枫 胡 | Collects nothing | None | 0 |
| NullVault | Think Aloud Design s.r.o. | Collects nothing | None | 0 |
| Photo Gallery Gallery Lock | Laxay Gajera | Tracks you | Search History | 4 |
| Photo Vault & App Lock | MATECHMOBILE SOFTWARE JOINT STOCK COMPANY | Tracks you | Usage Data | 1 |
| Photo Vault Hide Pics Video | Saga Ltd. | Collects nothing | None | 0 |
| Photo Vault Safe Photos | M2N Enterprise LLC | Collects nothing | None | 0 |
| Photo Vault SafeCalc | Pravin Gondaliya | Tracks you | Diagnostics | 6 |
| Photo Vault SealedPocket | 桥 王 | Collects nothing | None | 0 |
| Photo Vault Secret Album | Surging River Technology Co., Ltd. | Collects nothing | None | 0 |
| Photo Vault Secret Base | Arda Emin Cimen | Tracks you | Diagnostics | 1 |
| Photo Vault Secret Lock | MPR MEDIA INC | Tracks you | Identifiers, Usage Data | 6 |
| Photo Vault Secure Gallery | Yash Baraiya | Tracks you | Usage Data | 2 |
| Photo Vault Shh | Renaissance Apps LLC | Tracks you | Usage Data | 1 |
| Photo Vault With Lock | Duc Hiep Dong | Tracks you | Purchases, Identifiers, Usage Data | 4 |
| Photo Vault-Keep Your Secret | Shenzhen Fengqi Huixin Network Technology Co., Ltd. | Tracks you | Identifiers | 4 |
| Photo Vault: Hide Photo, Video | COOLDEV CO., LTD | Tracks you | Identifiers, Usage Data, Diagnostics | 3 |
| PhotoVault : Photo Locker | 颖 罗 | Tracks you | Location | 5 |
| Private Browser Photo Vault | 秀平 罗 | Collects nothing | None | 0 |
| Private Photo Vault & AppLock | Gordon Jones | Tracks you | Identifiers | 2 |
| Private Photo Vault App Lock | Yen Ninh | Tracks you | Usage Data, Diagnostics, Other Data | 3 |
| Private Vault Store Files | One Wave AB | Not linked | None | 3 |
| Safe Lock Private Photo Vault | Viet Mai Van | Collects nothing | None | 0 |
| Safey | Khatib Designs OOD | Collects nothing | None | 0 |
| Secret Photo Album | Rong Liu | Not disclosed | — | — |
| Secret Photo Album 1Locker | Touchberry Inc | Not linked | None | 4 |
| Secret Photo Vault PixLock | 少华 豆 | Tracks you | Identifiers | 3 |
| Secret Photo Vault Pripho | Ugur Kilic | Not linked | None | 2 |
| Secret Photos Vault | AMARDEEP DHILLON | Not linked | None | 1 |
| Secret Vault Hidden Photo | SERGEJ JAVORSKIJ | Tracks you | Usage Data, Diagnostics | 2 |
| Secure File Vault Hide Photos | 文英 郭 | Tracks you | Identifiers | 1 |
| Secure Vault Hide Photos | Linh NGUYEN | Not linked | None | 1 |
| SecureGallery | SunlitPath | Tracks you | Identifiers | 3 |
| SPV | MAPLE LABS COMPANY LIMITED | Tracks you | Identifiers, Usage Data, Diagnostics | 3 |
| TrustedPhotoVault | Babur Shah Israr | Collects nothing | None | 0 |
| Unlock | Relentless Consulting, Inc | Not linked | None | 2 |
| Veilify | Aleksandra Rakitina | Tracks you | Identifiers | 3 |
| Xproguard Photo Vault | TOTAL XPROGUARD PRIVATE LIMITED | Collects nothing | None | 0 |
Most common data types
- Usage Data54%
- Diagnostics54%
- Identifiers40%
- User Content17%
- Location15%
- Contact Info13%
- Purchases12%
- Other Data8%
How to read this list
Utilities range from calculators to VPNs, so their labels vary more than any other category. A simple tool that collects identifiers and usage data for tracking is a sign of advertising SDKs.
Import a harmless test photo, then confirm the original in Photos is deleted or kept as you expect, and try the app's backup and restore before trusting it with anything important.
Exposure follows the label's own structure: an app that declares any tracking is shown as “Tracks you”, even if it collects little else. Open any app for every data type explained and the iPhone settings that limit it.