Alternatives
Each page shows why people leave an app, how to export every item from it first, and how the options compare, with sources.
Leaving an app
- Photos (Hidden album) alternativeThe iPhone Hidden album opens with your passcode and syncs through iCloud. When that is not enough, here is what to look for and how to move out.
- Calculator Lock - Secure Vault alternativeCalculator Lock's reset code is printed on its App Store page and its name shows on the home screen. What to look for instead, and how to export files.
- Secret Photo Vault: Keepsafe alternativeWhy people leave Keepsafe, with counts from 495 App Store reviews, how to export your photos from Keepsafe, and what a replacement vault should do.
- LockMyPix Secret Photo Vault alternativeLockMyPix names AES encryption, but iCloud backup, the Fake Vault and intruder selfies are Premium. What to weigh, and how to export from LockMyPix.
- Vault - Hide photos & videos alternativeWhy NQ Vault users leave, with counts from 313 App Store reviews, how to export photos from Vault on iPhone, and what to look for in a replacement.
- Private Photo Vault - Pic Safe alternativeWhy some users leave Private Photo Vault, what the app does well, how to get your photos out, and what to look for in a replacement on iPhone.
- Privault - Private Photo Vault alternativePrivault has no backup, no Face ID and no trash, and its last update was in February 2025. What to weigh, and how to export your files from Privault.
- SPV - Secret Photo Vault alternativeSPV keeps photos only on the phone, makes no encryption claim and limits free export. What to check before you switch, and how to get your files out.
- Photo Vault - Vaultaire alternativeVaultaire encrypts well but offers a pattern lock only, no Face ID and no icon disguise. What to weigh before you switch, and how to export your files.
- Vaulty : Photo Vault & Hide alternativeVaulty by Squid Tooth runs on Android only. If you move to iPhone, here is how to get your files out of Vaulty and what to look for in an iOS vault.
Comparisons
- Hidden album (Apple Photos) vs Photo vault appThe iPhone Hidden album vs a photo vault app, compared on the lock, who can open it, encryption, iCloud sync, decoy codes, backup and cost, with Apple sources.
- Secret Photo Vault: Keepsafe vs LockMyPix Secret Photo VaultKeepsafe vs LockMyPix compared on accounts, password recovery, backup, decoy vaults, disguise, ads, privacy labels and prices. Sources checked October 2026.
- Keepsafe vs VaultyKeepsafe vs Vaulty compared on platforms, accounts, password reset, backup, decoy vaults and data safety, plus which Vaulty is on the App Store.
- Private Photo Vault - Pic Safe vs Secret Photo Vault: KeepsafePrivate Photo Vault vs Keepsafe compared on locks, password recovery, free backup, decoy codes, ads, privacy labels and price. Checked October 2026.
- York Vault vs Hidden albumYork Vault vs the iPhone Hidden album compared on who can open it, encryption, iCloud sync, decoy codes, wrong-code photos and cost. Checked October 2026.
- York Vault vs Calculator LockYork Vault vs Calculator Lock compared on the calculator disguise, reset code, encryption, backup, decoy codes, ads and price. Sources checked October 2026.
- York Vault vs KeepsafeYork Vault vs Keepsafe compared on encryption, account, password reset, free backup, decoy codes, ads and what stays free. Sources checked October 2026.
- York Vault vs LockMyPixYork Vault vs LockMyPix compared on encryption, password recovery, backup, decoy vault, intruder photos, ads and price. Sources checked October 2026.
- York Vault vs NQ VaultYork Vault vs NQ Vault compared on encryption, account, cloud backup, forgotten passcodes, fake vault, break-in photos, ads and price. Checked October 2026.
- York Vault vs Private Photo VaultYork Vault vs Private Photo Vault compared on encryption, backup, forgotten codes, decoy codes, Trash recovery, ads and price. Sources checked October 2026.
- York Vault vs PrivaultYork Vault vs Privault compared on encryption, backup, Face ID, decoy and erase codes, Trash, video formats, ads and price. Sources checked October 2026.
- York Vault vs SPVYork Vault vs SPV Secret Photo Vault compared on encryption, backup, forgotten codes, decoy codes, export limits, ads and price. Sources checked October 2026.
- York Vault vs VaultaireYork Vault vs Vaultaire compared on encryption, lock types, recovery, free backup, decoy and duress codes, disguise, tracking and price. Checked October 2026.
- York Vault vs VaultyYork Vault vs Vaulty compared on Android and iPhone support, encryption, Google Drive backup, forgotten passwords, decoy vaults and ads. Checked October 2026.
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