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Introducing VaultBolt

Private photos, IDs and screenshots of passwords end up scattered across the camera roll, Recently Deleted and iCloud. We think protecting them should take minutes, not an afternoon of scrolling. Here's what we're building.

Updated 2 min readBy the VaultBolt team

The problem we kept hearing

Ask people where their private photos are and the honest answer is "everywhere". In the camera roll between holiday snaps. In Recently Deleted, for 30 days after you thought you'd removed them. On the family iPad, because iCloud Photos synced them.

Existing vault apps help a little. You still scroll through thousands of photos to find the private ones, the app copies them in, and the originals stay put. Many vaults also show ads or ask for your email first.

What VaultBolt does differently

  • It finds them for you. An on-device scan groups intimate photos, IDs, cards and screenshots of passwords. Nothing leaves your iPhone.
  • It moves instead of copies. The zero-copies clean-up deletes originals, empties Recently Deleted and checks iCloud Photos, then tells you: 0 copies left.
  • It encrypts everything on the device, with AES-256-GCM and keys bound to your iPhone's Secure Enclave.
  • It's honest under pressure. A decoy vault and duress code protect you when someone forces you to open the app.
  • It asks for nothing. No account, no email, no ads, ever.

What it looks like

Warm on the outside, solid on the inside. The app is calm and ordinary-looking, with a neutral icon and plain notifications. No skulls, no padlocks and chains, no "military-grade".

Try the demo vault to see the whole flow in two minutes.

Frequently asked questions

Where can I get VaultBolt?

VaultBolt is for iPhone and iPad on the App Store. You can also try the interactive demo vault in your browser.

VaultBolt team
We build an encrypted photo vault for iPhone and iPad. We check Apple instructions against current Apple Support documentation and update guides when iOS changes.

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Your stuff. Locked in.

Get VaultBolt for iPhone and iPad, or see exactly how it works in the interactive demo vault.

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