Private photo scan
Find private photos without scrolling through thousands.
Most vault apps make you hunt for every private photo by hand. VaultBolt scans your library on the iPhone, groups what looks sensitive and lets you decide what to move. Nothing is uploaded, and it works in airplane mode.
How it works
Private photo scan, step by step.
Allow Photos access
Full access gives the best results. Limited access works too; the scan only sees the photos you share.
Watch the radar
The scan runs on the device with Apple's frameworks. Blips show progress without ever showing a thumbnail to people nearby.
Review each group
Results are grouped as intimate, documents and IDs, cards, and screenshots, with blurred previews. Tap Not private for anything the scan got wrong.
Move, don't copy
Selected items are encrypted into your vault, then the clean-up removes the originals.
Runs on your iPhone, offline
Classification uses on-device models. No image, label or count leaves the phone, and you can prove it by turning on airplane mode before the scan.
Built to be fast
The scan is designed to process more than a thousand photos a minute on a recent iPhone, with live counts per category.
You stay in control
The scan never moves or deletes anything by itself. You review every group and choose what goes into the vault.
Honest limits
- Detection is not perfect: expect some false positives and misses, and review results before moving.
- On the free plan the scan finds everything but moves up to the free limit (100 photos and 10 videos in total).
FAQ
Private photo scan: common questions
Does the scan upload my photos?
No. The scan runs entirely on your iPhone. Turn on airplane mode before scanning if you want to see that for yourself.
What does the scan look for?
Intimate photos, photos of IDs and passports, bank cards, and screenshots that look like passwords or private messages. You review every result.
Is the private photo scan free?
Yes. Every plan can run the scan. Free moves up to 100 photos and 10 videos in total; Pro moves everything.
Related features
Zero-copies clean-up
A guided flow deletes the originals, empties Recently Deleted and checks iCloud Photos, then confirms: 0 copies left.
Encrypted on your iPhone
AES-256-GCM on the device for every file and the index. Nobody else can open it: not Apple, not a thief, not even VaultBolt.
VaultBolt
Your stuff. Locked in.
Get VaultBolt for iPhone and iPad, or see exactly how it works in the interactive demo vault.
