Hide private photos, videos & files.

Keep photos, videos, documents and notes behind a PIN, encrypted on your device. No account. No servers. If you back up to iCloud, it holds only encrypted data that no one but you can read.

Sealed. Readable by no one but you.

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How hidden vaults work

iPhone & iPad · iOS 17+ · Free

AES-256-GCM
Secure Enclave
Deniable vaults

Made to hide what matters.

Sealby does three simple jobs, and does them properly.

Hide photos & videos

Keep private photos and videos in an encrypted vault only you can open. Import them from your library, or take new ones straight into the vault.

Encrypt important files

Passport scans, contracts, recovery codes, medical records. All encrypted, and readable only by you.

Full privacy on iPhone & iPad

No account. No cloud unless you turn it on. No list anywhere of your vaults.

Hand over your phone. Reveal nothing.

You can have several vaults, each with its own PIN. If someone forces you to open Sealby, open a harmless vault. Your other vaults stay out of sight, because nothing on the phone lists or counts them.

Duress PIN (Premium): an optional PIN that opens a harmless decoy vault and removes your other vaults from this device, so a forced unlock reveals nothing that matters. With Encrypted Backup on, you can restore them later with their recovery phrases.

How hidden vaults work

2·9·4·1·0·6 Everyday vault
8·3·5·2·9·1 Hidden vault
6·0·7·3·4·8 Work vault
4·9·1·6·2·7 Decoy vault (duress PIN, Premium): entering it removes your other vaults from this device
7·1·3·9·5·2 Any other PIN opens an empty vault
Vault count: never stored

A full vault, not just a hidden album.

Photos & video
Multiple vaults
Documents & any file
Notes & rich text
Folders, tags & search
Encrypted iCloud backup & sync
A recovery phrase for every vault
Encrypted export
Auto-lock when you switch apps
Save from any app

‘Why not just the Hidden album, or a locked note?’

Hidden album: opens with your phone passcode. Anyone who knows it can open the album, and everyone can see the album exists.
Locked notes: only the note text is locked. The titles and the notes list stay visible, and the lock is your phone passcode.
Sealby: photos, files and notes, encrypted with AES-256 in separate vaults, with no stored list or count.

Private by design, not by promise.

You don’t have to take our word for it. There is no account, no server, and the keys live only on your devices.

Read the security model

No account and no sign-up, ever
No server of ours holds your keys or data
No backdoor and no master key
Encrypted on your device, with optional encrypted iCloud backup
A recovery phrase for every vault, held only by you
No trackers, in the app or on this site

Keep anything that shouldn’t be seen.

Photos and videos, passwords and 2FA codes, IDs, medical and financial records, crypto seed phrases, or any other file. If it’s private, it belongs in a vault.

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Free to protect. Premium to sync.

Free

Everything you need to protect your files on one device.

Unlimited vaults, each with its own PIN
All file types, notes & rich text
Up to 100 files per vault
Folders, tags & search · one device

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Premium

Premium Features

Encrypted iCloud backup, plus sync of the vaults you choose across your devices.

Encrypted iCloud backup
Multi-device iCloud sync
Vault sharing
Lifetime purchase, or monthly / yearly

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How much is Premium?

Premium is a monthly or yearly plan (each with a 7-day free trial), or a one-off lifetime purchase. Current prices are shown in the App Store.

Is the free tier limited in time?

No. Free stays free: unlimited vaults and every file type on your iPhone or iPad, with up to 100 files per vault. Premium removes the cap.

Do I need an account to pay?

No account with us. Purchases go through your Apple ID and are verified on your device.

More questions? Read the full FAQ or browse How-to articles.

Built to keep secrets,
not accounts.

Your privacy comes from how Sealby is built: no account, no server, and keys that never leave your device.

Readable by no one but you

No account, no servers, no master key. Not a third party, not even us. There is no key anyone could hand over.

Encrypted on your device

Every file and note is encrypted with AES-256 before it is saved or synced.

Unreadable in the cloud

If you back up to iCloud, it stores only encrypted data it can’t read. Nothing can open it without your key.

Deniable by design

A different PIN opens a different vault. Sealby keeps no list or count of your vaults, anywhere.

More than a photo locker

Rich-text notes next to any kind of file, with folders, tags and instant search.

Keys in the Secure Enclave

Your keys stay on your device and unlock only with your PIN, pattern or passphrase.

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Your vault is waiting.

Download Sealby and protect what matters. Setup takes under a minute, and there’s no account to create.