Your files and messages. Locked to you.

Give each vault a name, an icon and a colour, and add folders inside it. Store photos, videos, PDFs, documents, audio and notes, added from Photos, Files or the share sheet in any other app.

Search by file name and sort by date or size. The free plan includes one vault. Pro gives you as many as you like.

Take photos and videos from inside Vaultalk. They are encrypted the moment they are captured and never touch your camera roll, iCloud Photos or shared albums.

Photos, videos, PDFs, documents and audio open inside the app, so your files stay encrypted. If you choose to share a file out of a vault, Vaultalk warns you first that it will no longer be protected.

Draw two different patterns on a 3x3 or 4x4 grid of numbered tiles. Both must be right, in order.

If either is wrong you see a single fail message, so nobody can work them out one at a time.

Turn on shuffle and the numbered tiles move each time you unlock. Smudges on the screen and people looking over your shoulder learn nothing.

If you switch on Face ID, it replaces your first pattern only. Your second pattern is always needed.

Choose how many failed attempts are allowed. A counter appears after the first mistake, and a final warning appears before the last attempt.

Reach the limit and every vault, message and contact is destroyed instantly, with no way back for anyone, including us. You can switch self-destruct off.

With self-destruct off, you can save a recovery key at setup to get back in if you forget your patterns.

With self-destruct on, the recovery key does not work, so nobody can use it to get around the wipe.

Vaultalk creates a random 8-character ID for you, like K7QX4M2P. Share it in person by QR code, or send an invite link.

You can reset your ID at any time. It disconnects all your contacts and gives you a fresh start.

Send messages, photos and files to anyone in your contacts. Each message is encrypted on your phone and can only be opened on theirs. Our server just passes it on and deletes it once delivered.

Read receipts are optional. The free plan includes one contact. Pro gives you unlimited contacts.

Create groups of up to 20 contacts. Every message is encrypted separately for each member, so our server never learns the group exists.

Choose a timer for each chat, from 5 minutes to 4 weeks. When the time is up, messages delete themselves.

Notifications only ever say "New message". No names, no previews and no clues for anyone glancing at your phone.

Pro backs up your vaults automatically to your own iCloud, encrypted on your phone first so neither Apple nor we can read it.

If self-destruct is triggered, you can choose for the backup to be deleted too.

Vaultalk locks as soon as you switch away or lock your phone, and blurs itself in the app switcher so nobody can peek.

The Hidden album opens with your iPhone passcode or Face ID, so anyone who knows your passcode can see it. Vaultalk has its own two-pattern lock.

The Hidden album holds photos and videos only. Vaultalk holds any file, plus your private chats.

There is no wipe after failed attempts and no private messaging.

Most open with a single PIN or pattern. Vaultalk needs two patterns, on a grid that can shuffle.

Many ask for an email address or account for cloud backup. Vaultalk needs neither.

Photo vaults store files. Vaultalk also lets you talk privately to the people you share them with.

A disguise hides that a vault exists, but what really protects you is how the files inside are encrypted. Vaultalk encrypts every file with its own AES-256 key.

Instead of pretending to be another app, Vaultalk relies on strong encryption, two patterns and self-destruct.

Most need your phone number to sign up. Vaultalk uses a random ID instead.

Their chats usually sit behind your phone lock. Vaultalk has its own two-pattern lock and self-destruct.

Vaultalk adds vaults for your files, and you can save chat files straight into them.