It depends on how you feel about tracking: Secret Photo Vault Hide App declares data used to track you. The sensitive items are location. In total the label lists 4 data types; 46% of photo vaults we checked declare tracking.
Secret Photo Vault Hide App privacy in one look
- 1Collects nothing
- 2Not linked
- 3Linked
- 4Tracks you
Built only from the developer's App Store label. It describes disclosure, not tested behaviour.
Secret Photo Vault Hide App's developer reports using location, identifiers, usage data, diagnostics to track you across other companies' apps and websites.
Did Secret Photo Vault Hide App ask for something?
Pick the permission prompt you saw. We compare it with what Secret Photo Vault Hide App's developer declared.
Secret Photo Vault Hide App lists Location on its label, including for tracking. Choose While Using and turn off Precise Location if the feature works without it.
User Content is not on Secret Photo Vault Hide App's label. That can be fine: data used only on your iPhone does not have to be declared. If the data would need to leave the phone for the feature to work, ask why it is missing.
Contacts is not on Secret Photo Vault Hide App's label. That can be fine: data used only on your iPhone does not have to be declared. If the data would need to leave the phone for the feature to work, ask why it is missing.
Secret Photo Vault Hide App declares data used to track you, so expect the “Allow to track?” prompt. Tap Ask App Not to Track; the app must keep working without it.
Health & Fitness is not on Secret Photo Vault Hide App's label. That can be fine: data used only on your iPhone does not have to be declared. If the data would need to leave the phone for the feature to work, ask why it is missing.
A permission is what the app can reach on your iPhone; the label is what the developer says leaves it. They answer different questions.
What Secret Photo Vault Hide App collects, explained
| Data type | What it covers | Where to limit it |
|---|---|---|
| LocationSensitiveUsed to track youLinked to you | Where your phone is, either precisely (street level) or approximately (city or area). | Settings › Privacy & Security › Location Services: choose Never or While Using, and turn off Precise Location if the app does not need it. |
| IdentifiersUsed to track youLinked to you | An account ID, screen name, customer number or a device-level ID such as the advertising identifier. | Settings › Privacy & Security › Tracking: turn off Allow Apps to Request to Track, or tap Ask App Not to Track when prompted. |
| Usage DataUsed to track youLinked to you | What you tap, open and view inside the app, plus which ads you have seen. | There is no single iOS switch. Look for an analytics or personalised-ads toggle in the app's own settings. |
| DiagnosticsUsed to track youLinked to youNot linked to you | Crash logs, launch times, hang rates and energy use. | Settings › Privacy & Security › Analytics & Improvements › Share With App Developers controls what Apple passes on; the app's own crash reporting is separate. |
What Secret Photo Vault Hide App's label means for you
Secret Photo Vault Hide App's label has 4 types under “Data Used to Track You”, 4 types under “Data Linked to You”, 1 type under “Data Not Linked to You”. A data type can appear in more than one section when it is used for different purposes — for example, identifiers used for both analytics and advertising.
Tracking is the declaration that most separates apps. It means location, identifiers, usage data, diagnostics from Secret Photo Vault Hide App can be combined with data from other companies to target or measure ads, or shared with data brokers. On iOS 14.5 and later, the app must ask your permission before tracking you through the advertising identifier; answering “Ask App Not to Track” blocks that identifier and tells the developer you have declined.
The items that deserve the most attention are location. Location history reveals home, work and routines. Precise location deserves the most scrutiny.
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. 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.
Among the 167 photo vaults in our snapshot with a label, 46% declare tracking, 54% collect data linked to you and 28% say they collect nothing. Secret Photo Vault Hide App lists 4 data types, more than the average of 2.5 for this group.
Productivity apps tend to collect the work you do in them — documents, notes and files — so User Content is common. The question is whether it syncs to the developer's servers and how it is protected there.
Settings to check for Secret Photo Vault Hide App
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Tracking
Settings › Privacy & Security › Tracking. If “Allow Apps to Request to Track” is off, apps cannot ask, and they are told to treat you as having declined. You can also turn it off for this app alone.
- 2
Location
Settings › Privacy & Security › Location Services › Secret Photo Vault Hide App. Choose While Using or Never, and switch off Precise Location if a city-level answer is enough.
- 3
Photos
Settings › Privacy & Security › Photos. Limited Access lets you pick exactly which pictures the app can see; Add Photos Only lets it save without reading your library.
- 4
Lock the app
On iOS 18 and later, touch and hold the icon and choose Require Face ID. Anyone who picks up your unlocked phone then needs your face, fingerprint or passcode to open it.
- 5
Notifications
Settings › Notifications › Secret Photo Vault Hide App › Show Previews: When Unlocked keeps message and account details off the Lock Screen.
Does Secret Photo Vault Hide App track you?
Location, identifiers, usage data and diagnostics. Apple defines tracking as linking data from this app with data from other companies' apps, websites or offline sources for targeted advertising or ad measurement, or sharing it with a data broker.
Does Secret Photo Vault Hide App track you? Full answer and how to stop it →
Lock Secret Photo Vault Hide App behind Face ID
- Find Secret Photo Vault Hide App on your Home Screen or in App Library.
- Touch and hold the icon until the quick-actions menu opens.
- Tap Require Face ID (or Require Touch ID / Require Passcode, depending on your iPhone).
- Tap Require Face ID again to confirm. Secret Photo Vault Hide App now asks for authentication every time it opens.
The lock is an iPhone feature, so it works whether or not Secret Photo Vault Hide App has a passcode of its own. It does not change what the app sends to its developer.
Lock or hide Secret Photo Vault Hide App: step-by-step guide →
About Secret Photo Vault Hide App
| Developer | Games Wing |
| App Store category | Productivity (also Utilities) |
| Latest version | 1.2.0, released February 2025 |
| First released | October 2023 |
| Requires | iOS 15.0 or later |
| Size | 82 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ |
| Languages | 20 (AR, BN, NL, EN, FR, DE, HI, ID…) |
| Bundle ID | privacyvault.gallery.lock.keepsafe |
The current version shipped in February 2025, over a year before our snapshot. Older apps can lag behind iOS privacy features such as limited photo and contact access.
Also by Games Wing: PDF Scanner・Document Scanner, PDF Reader PDF Editor.
What the label cannot tell you
- A label is self-reported. Apple publishes the developer's answers and can reject apps that misrepresent them, but it does not independently verify what Secret Photo Vault Hide App sends.
- It does not say where data is stored, how long it is kept, whether it is encrypted, or which companies receive it. The privacy policy covers those points.
- Optional data counts: if a feature lets you add something (a profile photo, a phone number), the type is listed even if you never use the feature.
- Data handled only on your iPhone is not 'collected', so a no-collection label is compatible with an app that reads your files locally.
- Third-party sign-in, payment processors and SDKs are supposed to be included, but a label can lag behind a new version.
The question to ask Secret Photo Vault Hide App's developer: Can I get my photos back on a new iPhone without the old one?
Secret Photo Vault Hide App vs similar photo vaults
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Your Secret Photo Vault Hide App privacy checklist
Done. You have applied every control the label points to.
True or false?
- Right.Not quite.
True: it lists location, identifiers, usage data and diagnostics under Data Used to Track You.
- Right.Not quite.
Labels are self-reported by developers. Apple can reject or remove apps that misrepresent practices, but it does not audit each label.
- Right.Not quite.
True: Location appears on its label.
- Right.Not quite.
It is collected and sent; the developer says it is de-identified rather than tied to your account or device.
- Right.Not quite.
Apple's rules require apps to work the same whether or not you allow tracking.
Secret Photo Vault Hide App privacy FAQ
Is Secret Photo Vault Hide App safe to use?
Does Secret Photo Vault Hide App track you?
What data does Secret Photo Vault Hide App collect?
Who makes Secret Photo Vault Hide App?
Can I lock Secret Photo Vault Hide App with Face ID?
How does Secret Photo Vault Hide App compare with other photo vaults?
Can I get my photos back on a new iPhone without the old one?
How do I delete my data from Secret Photo Vault Hide App?
For photos and documents you choose to keep apart from your main library, see VaultForYou.