CLUSTER MOBILE-PHOTOS-VIDEOS-3 · 55 ENTRIES · EARLIEST ENTRY 2011-02-08
Private media vault apps
This cluster comprises 26 mobile apps that hide, encrypt, and PIN- or biometric-protect private photos, videos, and sometimes other personal data in a vault. Dated entries appear steadily from 2011 through mid-2026, with a slight increase in frequency around 2023–2024. The traction leader is memvault with 6 stars, while other members show 0 stars.
Entry timeline
ENTRY TIMELINE
Each bar is the month a member carries, which is a creation date where the source published one and a crawl date otherwise. Nothing in the index was found before 11 August 2026, and coverage broadened sharply on 14–15 August, so a bar from then on reports how much we found that month, not how much was built; an earlier bar reports how far back a member's own source dated it — not how long we have been watching.
Members by activity
Activity signals, not revenue.
Build origin · 3 hand-coded · 17 unlabelled
Operator · 3 hobby · 7 commercial · 7 open source · 3 unlabelled
Two labels per entry, never collapsed into one: how it was built, and who stands behind it. Counted over the 20 listed below. Unlabelled means nothing has decided yet — not that the answer is small.
- 21Secret Photo Vault - HushDM0★2 molivecommercialApp for privately storing photos and messages with end-to-end encryption and a decoy password feature.
- 22autentication0★28 days—hobbyMobile app that protects personal photos, videos, and documents by requiring biometric authentication with a PIN fallback.
- 23SHIELD0★27 days—hobbyLocal iOS app that securely stores encrypted photos and videos in a private vault with per-item encryption.
- 24CardStack1★1 mo—Local-first mobile app for storing personal card information, scanning cards with on-device recognition, and encrypting sensitive data.
- 25VaultXxX0★28 days—hobbyMobile app that securely stores private photos and videos in a local vault with customizable disguises, PIN, and biometric authentication.
- 26Photo Gallery - Gallery Lock0★2 molivecommercialMobile app for viewing, organizing, and password-protecting private photo and video collections in a hidden vault synced across devices.
- 27Asterex: Password Manager0★1 moliveApp that stores passwords, passkeys, two-factor codes, notes, and attachments in an encrypted local vault on Apple devices.
- 28Vault - Hide Photos Videos0★2 molivecommercialMobile app that hides and encrypts private photos, videos, documents, contacts, and personal information behind PIN or biometric locks.
- 29Photok - Secure Photo Vault0★8 daysliveopen sourcePrivate photo vault that encrypts and hides photos and videos on the device for security.
- 30Tella0★1 moliveopen sourceMobile app that encrypts and hides photos, videos, audio, and documents, with disguised icons and quick delete for people documenting sensitive events safely.
- 31SeekPrivacy0★3 molivehand-codedopen sourceApp that isolates data in an encrypted sandbox to protect against system-level surveillance and malicious apps.
- 32AppLocker • Passcode lock apps0★1 molivecommercialPrivacy app that password-protects individual apps on a phone and hides private photos, notes, and files behind a passcode.
- 33SnapSafe0★4 moliveopen sourceAndroid camera app that saves encrypted photos locally, strips metadata, blurs faces, and offers a PIN-locked gallery.
- 34Safe Space0★4 moliveopen sourceMobile app that stores photos, videos, documents, and notes in an encrypted, hidden vault unlocked by biometrics or a passcode.
- 35Valv0★5 moliveopen sourceMobile app that stores photos, videos, and notes in encrypted password-protected vaults on the device for private personal media.
- 36Video Safe 2 - Photos & Video0★8 mostalelivecommercialMobile app that stores, organizes, and password-protects photos and videos in folders with multiple accounts and cloud sync for privacy-conscious users.
- 37Privault - Private Photo Vault0★1 yrabandonedlivecommercialMobile app that encrypts and hides private photos, videos, and audio files behind a passcode-protected vault for personal privacy.
- 38Secret Message : Hide Message0★2 yrabandonedliveApp that hides and encrypts private messages, photos, and videos, locking them behind a PIN so only key-holders can decrypt them.
- 39Safe Vault - Private Photo & Video Manager0★9 yrabandonedlivehand-codedcommercialMobile app that hides and PIN-protects personal photos and videos while syncing encrypted backups to cloud storage.
- 40Secure photo viewer0★7 yrabandonedlivehand-codedopen sourceMobile app that displays selected photos and videos on the lockscreen so others can view them without accessing the rest of the phone.
Ranked by traction, highest first, and paged 20 at a time — this is a window on the cluster, never the whole of it. Ties are broken by a stable id so a product cannot appear on two pages or fall between them. Browse every cluster.