Is there a photo vault app with a private web browser?

Why a browser inside a vault?

An image you save from the browser on your phone goes to your photo library or your downloads folder. From there, it shows up in your camera roll, in your photo backup and in search. To keep it private, you have to move it into a vault and then delete the original.

A private tab does not fix that. Google says this about Chrome on Android: “Files that you download will remain on your device until you delete them.” That is true in Incognito too. So the private part covers your history, not your saved files.

The York Vault browser closes that gap. A saved image goes straight into your library, encrypted. It never touches your photo library or your downloads.

What the York Vault browser does

The browser is in Plus and Pro, on iPhone, iPad and Android.

• Save to your library. Touch and hold an image or a video, then save it. It goes into the album you pick, encrypted.
• No history by default. York Vault does not keep a list of the pages you visited.
• No stored site data. The browser keeps cookies and site data for the session only. When you close it, they are gone.
• Tabs. Open more than one page at a time.
• Bookmarks inside your library. Your bookmarks stay inside York Vault, behind your code. They do not appear in Safari or Chrome.
• Behind your lock. The browser opens only after you open York Vault. When York Vault locks, the browser locks too.

Screenshots follow the platform. Android blocks screenshots on every York Vault screen, including the browser. iOS lets no app block a screenshot. So on iPhone and iPad, York Vault blanks the screen during recording and mirroring instead.

How it compares with Safari and Chrome

	Safari Private Browsing	Chrome Incognito (Android)	York Vault browser
History	Not in History	Not kept after the session	Not kept by default
Saved images	Saved like any other image	Stay on the device until you delete them	Go into your encrypted library
Lock	Locks when not in use, with your passcode	A setting can lock Incognito tabs	Behind your York Vault code
Plan	Built in	Built in	Plus and Pro

Apple says private tabs do not appear in History. If you set a passcode, Private Browsing locks when you do not use it. Google says Chrome keeps no site data and no record of the sites you visited after an Incognito session ends. Both built-in modes do their job for history. Neither one keeps a saved photo out of your files.

What a private browser does not hide

Google is clear about Incognito. It says Incognito does not make you invisible. The sites you visit, and the network you use, can still see your activity. The same is true of the York Vault browser and of every other private browser. York Vault keeps your activity off this phone. It does not hide it from the internet, and it is not a VPN.

How other vault apps do it

App	Browser	Where we read it
Private Photo Vault	“Private Web Browser”, “Download Photos directly to the app”.	App Store listing
LockMyPix	A private browser. Its app text gives 2 tabs free and unlimited tabs with Premium.	App Store listing and app text
SPV	“Browse the Internet, without leaving any traces”. Its free plan allows 1 tab.	App Store listing and app config

We read each App Store package in September 2026. We checked the listings on 2026-10-02.

Where to go next

Sort what you save with albums and organizing. For photos you take yourself, the private camera also skips the camera roll. If someone walks up while you browse, quick exit closes York Vault fast. Everything you save goes into your encrypted backup. See pricing for what each plan includes.