Comparison
Liked the locker. Outgrew the account.
Keepsafe helped define the photo-locker category, and it remains a polished, popular choice. But it is built the account-and-cloud way — and if what you want now is a vault with no sign-up, no provider servers, and nothing that can be proven to exist, that is a different architecture.
What is a good Keepsafe alternative for iPhone?
Look for what account-based lockers structurally can’t offer: no sign-up at all, encryption keys that never leave your device, no provider cloud holding copies of your library, and deniable vaults. Sealby is built that way — AES-256 on-device, account-free, with a forensically undetectable vault count and an optional duress PIN.
Where Keepsafe shines
- Long-established, polished, and widely used
- Cloud backup and multi-device access are built into its account model
- Familiar freemium setup — easy to start
Where it falls short
- Requires an account, so your identity is attached to the existence of your private library
- Copies live on provider servers — whatever the encryption, their existence and ownership are knowable and outside your control
- Photo/video-centric: notes, documents and mixed files aren’t the focus
- Even with decoy features, an account-based locker visibly exists and is tied to you — that is disguise-level privacy, not deniability
The honest verdict
Keepsafe is a good photo locker in the account-and-cloud mould, and if that model suits you it has years of polish behind it. Sealby is for the next requirement up: when no company should hold copies, no account should link the vault to you, and nobody should be able to prove how much you keep — or that you keep anything at all.
Common questions
Why does “no account” matter for a photo vault?
An account ties your identity to the fact that you keep a locked library, creates a login that can be phished or subpoenaed, and usually means copies on servers you don’t control. No account means none of that exists — there is nothing to link, phish, or demand.
Can I move my photos from Keepsafe or another locker to Sealby?
Yes — export them back to your photo library or files, then import into a Sealby vault via the photo picker or share sheet. Photos are encrypted on import, and you can remove the plaintext copies afterwards.
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