Comparisons
Similar apps, honestly compared.
Every app here is good at something — we say what, including where it beats us. Each comparison lists real advantages and disadvantages, so you can pick the right tool for your threat model.
Best encrypted vault apps
The honest category guide: Sealby, Apple's built-ins, Proton Drive, 1Password and Standard Notes — and which job each is best at.
Read the comparisonSealby vs Apple built-ins
The Hidden album and locked notes share your device passcode and visibly exist. Sealby seals photos, files and notes in vaults nobody can prove are there.
Read the comparisonSealby vs Proton Drive
Proton Drive is encrypted cloud storage behind an account. Sealby is an account-free local vault with deniable hidden vaults. How to choose between them.
Read the comparisonSealby vs 1Password
1Password is the benchmark for credentials; Sealby is a deniable vault for private files, photos and notes with no account at all. How to choose.
Read the comparisonSealby vs Standard Notes
Standard Notes is a respected cross-platform encrypted notes app. Sealby seals notes, photos and files in deniable vaults with no account. How to choose.
Read the comparisonSealby vs Typical photo vaults
Free photo vault apps often hide photos without truly encrypting them, and run ads and trackers. Here’s what to demand instead — and how to check.
Read the comparisonSealby vs Calculator vaults
Calculator vaults hide photos behind a famous trick everyone checks. Why a recognisable disguise loses to a vault that can’t be proven to exist.
Read the comparisonSealby vs Keepsafe
A Keepsafe alternative without an account or provider cloud: Sealby encrypts on-device with no sign-up, and keeps vaults forensically deniable.
Read the comparisonSealby vs Encrypted cloud drives
Zero-knowledge drives encrypt well, but an account still ties you to your data and nothing is deniable. When to use a cloud drive — and when a vault.
Read the comparisonSealby vs Locked notes apps
Many “private notes” apps lock the view, not the data: titles visible, storage readable, ads in free tiers. What a truly private notes app requires.
Read the comparisonSealby vs Chat-app stashes
Saved Messages and note-to-self stashes leak: previews, linked devices, caches — sometimes readable servers. Keep private files in a vault instead.
Read the comparisonYour vault is waiting.
Download Sealby and lock down what matters — in under a minute, with no account to create.
iPhone & iPad · iOS 17+ · Free