None declared
It depends on how you feel about tracking: Photo Vault: Hide Photo, Video declares data used to track you. None of it falls in Apple's most sensitive categories (health, financial, location, contacts or your own content). In total the label lists 3 data types; 46% of photo vaults we checked declare tracking.
Photo Vault: Hide Photo, Video privacy in one look
- 1Collects nothing
- 2Not linked
- 3Linked
- 4Tracks you
Built only from the developer's App Store label. It describes disclosure, not tested behaviour.
Photo Vault: Hide Photo, Video's developer reports using identifiers, usage data, diagnostics to track you across other companies' apps and websites.
Did Photo Vault: Hide Photo, Video ask for something?
Pick the permission prompt you saw. We compare it with what Photo Vault: Hide Photo, Video's developer declared.
Location is not on Photo Vault: Hide Photo, Video's label. That can be fine: data used only on your iPhone does not have to be declared. If the data would need to leave the phone for the feature to work, ask why it is missing.
User Content is not on Photo Vault: Hide Photo, Video's label. That can be fine: data used only on your iPhone does not have to be declared. If the data would need to leave the phone for the feature to work, ask why it is missing.
Contacts is not on Photo Vault: Hide Photo, Video's label. That can be fine: data used only on your iPhone does not have to be declared. If the data would need to leave the phone for the feature to work, ask why it is missing.
Photo Vault: Hide Photo, Video declares data used to track you, so expect the “Allow to track?” prompt. Tap Ask App Not to Track; the app must keep working without it.
Health & Fitness is not on Photo Vault: Hide Photo, Video's label. That can be fine: data used only on your iPhone does not have to be declared. If the data would need to leave the phone for the feature to work, ask why it is missing.
A permission is what the app can reach on your iPhone; the label is what the developer says leaves it. They answer different questions.
What Photo Vault: Hide Photo, Video collects, explained
| Data type | What it covers | Where to limit it |
|---|---|---|
| IdentifiersUsed to track youNot linked to you | An account ID, screen name, customer number or a device-level ID such as the advertising identifier. | Settings › Privacy & Security › Tracking: turn off Allow Apps to Request to Track, or tap Ask App Not to Track when prompted. |
| Usage DataUsed to track youNot linked to you | What you tap, open and view inside the app, plus which ads you have seen. | There is no single iOS switch. Look for an analytics or personalised-ads toggle in the app's own settings. |
| DiagnosticsUsed to track youNot linked to you | Crash logs, launch times, hang rates and energy use. | Settings › Privacy & Security › Analytics & Improvements › Share With App Developers controls what Apple passes on; the app's own crash reporting is separate. |
What Photo Vault: Hide Photo, Video's label means for you
Photo Vault: Hide Photo, Video's label has 3 types under “Data Used to Track You”, 3 types under “Data Not Linked to You”. A data type can appear in more than one section when it is used for different purposes — for example, identifiers used for both analytics and advertising.
Tracking is the declaration that most separates apps. It means identifiers, usage data, diagnostics from Photo Vault: Hide Photo, Video can be combined with data from other companies to target or measure ads, or shared with data brokers. On iOS 14.5 and later, the app must ask your permission before tracking you through the advertising identifier; answering “Ask App Not to Track” blocks that identifier and tells the developer you have declined.
None of the data types fall into the categories most people consider sensitive: health, financial information, precise location, contacts, browsing history or the content you create.
A photo vault holds the pictures you least want seen, so the questions that matter are where the files live, whether they are encrypted, and what happens if you forget the PIN or change phones. Import a harmless test photo, then confirm the original in Photos is deleted or kept as you expect, and try the app's backup and restore before trusting it with anything important.
Among the 167 photo vaults in our snapshot with a label, 46% declare tracking, 54% collect data linked to you and 28% say they collect nothing. Photo Vault: Hide Photo, Video lists 3 data types, about the same as the average of 2.5 for this group.
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.
Settings to check for Photo Vault: Hide Photo, Video
- 1
Tracking
Settings › Privacy & Security › Tracking. If “Allow Apps to Request to Track” is off, apps cannot ask, and they are told to treat you as having declined. You can also turn it off for this app alone.
- 2
Photos
Settings › Privacy & Security › Photos. Limited Access lets you pick exactly which pictures the app can see; Add Photos Only lets it save without reading your library.
- 3
Lock the app
On iOS 18 and later, touch and hold the icon and choose Require Face ID. Anyone who picks up your unlocked phone then needs your face, fingerprint or passcode to open it.
- 4
Notifications
Settings › Notifications › Photo Vault: Hide Photo, Video › Show Previews: When Unlocked keeps message and account details off the Lock Screen.
Does Photo Vault: Hide Photo, Video track you?
Identifiers, usage data and diagnostics. Apple defines tracking as linking data from this app with data from other companies' apps, websites or offline sources for targeted advertising or ad measurement, or sharing it with a data broker.
Does Photo Vault: Hide Photo, Video track you? Full answer and how to stop it →
Lock Photo Vault: Hide Photo, Video behind Face ID
- Find Photo Vault: Hide Photo, Video on your Home Screen or in App Library.
- Touch and hold the icon until the quick-actions menu opens.
- Tap Require Face ID (or Require Touch ID / Require Passcode, depending on your iPhone).
- Tap Require Face ID again to confirm. Photo Vault: Hide Photo, Video now asks for authentication every time it opens.
The lock is an iPhone feature, so it works whether or not Photo Vault: Hide Photo, Video has a passcode of its own. It does not change what the app sends to its developer.
Lock or hide Photo Vault: Hide Photo, Video: step-by-step guide →
About Photo Vault: Hide Photo, Video
| Developer | COOLDEV CO., LTD |
| App Store category | Utilities (also Photo & Video) |
| Latest version | 1.0.11, released March 2026 |
| First released | July 2022 |
| Requires | iOS 15.6 or later |
| Size | 85 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ |
| Languages | 1 (EN) |
| Bundle ID | com.cooldev.secretphotovault |
The current version shipped in March 2026. That is recent enough that the label should reflect current practices, but check the App Store page again before relying on it.
What the label cannot tell you
- A label is self-reported. Apple publishes the developer's answers and can reject apps that misrepresent them, but it does not independently verify what Photo Vault: Hide Photo, Video sends.
- It does not say where data is stored, how long it is kept, whether it is encrypted, or which companies receive it. The privacy policy covers those points.
- Optional data counts: if a feature lets you add something (a profile photo, a phone number), the type is listed even if you never use the feature.
- Data handled only on your iPhone is not 'collected', so a no-collection label is compatible with an app that reads your files locally.
- Third-party sign-in, payment processors and SDKs are supposed to be included, but a label can lag behind a new version.
The question to ask Photo Vault: Hide Photo, Video's developer: Can I get my photos back on a new iPhone without the old one?
Photo Vault: Hide Photo, Video vs similar photo vaults
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Your Photo Vault: Hide Photo, Video privacy checklist
Done. You have applied every control the label points to.
True or false?
- Right.Not quite.
True: it lists identifiers, usage data and diagnostics under Data Used to Track You.
- Right.Not quite.
Labels are self-reported by developers. Apple can reject or remove apps that misrepresent practices, but it does not audit each label.
- Right.Not quite.
True: Identifiers appears on its label.
- Right.Not quite.
It is collected and sent; the developer says it is de-identified rather than tied to your account or device.
- Right.Not quite.
Apple's rules require apps to work the same whether or not you allow tracking.
Photo Vault: Hide Photo, Video privacy FAQ
Is Photo Vault: Hide Photo, Video safe to use?
Does Photo Vault: Hide Photo, Video track you?
What data does Photo Vault: Hide Photo, Video collect?
Who makes Photo Vault: Hide Photo, Video?
Can I lock Photo Vault: Hide Photo, Video with Face ID?
How does Photo Vault: Hide Photo, Video compare with other photo vaults?
Can I get my photos back on a new iPhone without the old one?
How do I delete my data from Photo Vault: Hide Photo, Video?
For photos and documents you choose to keep apart from your main library, see VaultForYou.