Private photo apps: Privacy Labels Compared
Private-photo apps promise to keep pictures out of your main library. The label shows what leaves the phone; it cannot show whether the hiding is a real lock or just a separate folder. Checked November 2026.
- Declare tracking
- 59%
- Linked, no tracking
- 5%
- Collect nothing
- 14%
- No label details
- 5
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| Developer | Tracking | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AppLock | CEM SOFTWARE COMPANY LIMITED | Tracks you | Identifiers | 1 |
| CalcX Vault Secret Photo Lock | Vasilkoff Ltd | Tracks you | Identifiers, Usage Data | 3 |
| ClamCam | AOK Labs, LLC | Tracks you | Identifiers, Usage Data, Other Data | 6 |
| Duplicate Cleaner | Softices Consultancy Private Limited | Tracks you | Usage Data | 2 |
| EZVault | ARIFIC BUSINESS SOLUTIONS PRIVATE LIMITED | Not linked | None | 3 |
| Fast Cleaner | Lynoda Media Limited | Tracks you | Purchases, Location, Identifiers, Usage Data, Diagnostics, Other Data | 6 |
| Fast Cleaner – Photo Cleanup | dosoft limited | Tracks you | Usage Data | 5 |
| Files Private Photo Vault | 伟 雷 | Tracks you | Identifiers, Usage Data | 2 |
| Hide Photo Vault Secret Lock | Konveer LLC | Tracks you | Diagnostics | 2 |
| Hide Photos Private Vault | Konstantin Terentev, IE | Not linked | None | 2 |
| Hide Photos Safe Photo Lock | CzokIndustries UG (haftungsbeschrankt) | Not disclosed | — | — |
| iKit Cleaner | Kizuna Ltd | Tracks you | Identifiers | 5 |
| iSecurity | PDO Apps Limited | Tracks you | Usage Data | 3 |
| Lock Master Photo Album | 富成 魏 | Tracks you | Identifiers, Usage Data | 3 |
| My Album | HONG KONG JIAOLAN CO. LIMITED | Collects nothing | None | 0 |
| Only Secret Photo for Fans | Tao Cheng | Collects nothing | None | 0 |
| OnyxCalc | JACK EVANS | Not linked | None | 4 |
| Perlock | Lemondo Ltd. | Not disclosed | — | — |
| Photo Lock App Hide Pictures | Arvind Murali | Tracks you | Usage Data | 2 |
| PhotoVault: Private Album | Shenzhen Jianjinhanzhi Information Technology Co.,Ltd | Linked | None | 6 |
| Picture Safe | Collect3 Pty Ltd | Not linked | None | 1 |
| Privara | Echo Persona LLC | Collects nothing | None | 0 |
| Private Calculator File Hider | 振焯 陈 | Not disclosed | — | — |
| Private photos album | djamal guellati | Not disclosed | — | — |
| Shadow | Orion Meta Link Technology Co., Ltd | Not disclosed | — | — |
| Ultra Cleaner-Storage Cleaner | Zylica Technologies Limited | Tracks you | Purchases, Location, Identifiers, Usage Data, Diagnostics, Other Data | 6 |
| Video Safe 2 | Collect3 Pty Ltd | Not linked | None | 1 |
Most common data types
- Usage Data73%
- Diagnostics68%
- Identifiers64%
- Purchases23%
- Location18%
- Other Data18%
- User Content18%
- Contact Info5%
How to read this list
Utilities range from calculators to VPNs, so their labels vary more than any other category. A simple tool that collects identifiers and usage data for tracking is a sign of advertising SDKs.
Check whether the app needs full Photos access or works with selected photos, and whether hidden items still appear in iCloud Photos.
Exposure follows the label's own structure: an app that declares any tracking is shown as “Tracks you”, even if it collects little else. Open any app for every data type explained and the iPhone settings that limit it.