The developer has not provided privacy details on the App Store.
There is no privacy label to judge yet. Secret Vault Photo Safe's developer has not provided privacy details on the App Store, so nothing is disclosed about collection, linking or tracking. Treat permissions carefully and check the privacy policy before you add anything personal.
Secret Vault Photo Safe privacy in one look
The developer has not filled in the label, so the app cannot be placed on the ladder.
Built only from the developer's App Store label. It describes disclosure, not tested behaviour.
Secret Vault Photo Safe's developer has not yet provided privacy details on the App Store.
Did Secret Vault Photo Safe ask for something?
Pick the permission prompt you saw. We compare it with what Secret Vault Photo Safe's developer declared.
Secret Vault Photo Safe has no privacy details, so you cannot check this prompt against a statement. Allow it only if the feature you want obviously needs location.
Secret Vault Photo Safe has no privacy details, so you cannot check this prompt against a statement. Allow it only if the feature you want obviously needs photos.
Secret Vault Photo Safe has no privacy details, so you cannot check this prompt against a statement. Allow it only if the feature you want obviously needs contacts.
Without a label you cannot tell how tracking data would be used. Declining costs you nothing: apps must work without tracking permission.
Secret Vault Photo Safe has no privacy details, so you cannot check this prompt against a statement. Allow it only if the feature you want obviously needs health data.
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 Secret Vault Photo Safe's label means for you
Secret Vault Photo Safe's App Store page shows “No Details Provided”. Apple requires a privacy label when a developer submits an update, so this usually means the app has not been updated since labels became mandatory in December 2020, or the developer has not completed the form. It does not mean the app collects nothing, and it does not mean it collects everything: it means there is no statement to hold the developer to.
Until a label appears, your iPhone's permission prompts are the most reliable signal. Every time Secret Vault Photo Safe asks for photos, location, contacts, the microphone or tracking, you can say no and see whether the feature you need still works.
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.
Photo and video apps usually request access to your photo library. iOS lets you share only selected photos, which keeps the rest of the library — and its location metadata — away from the app.
Settings to check for Secret Vault Photo Safe
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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.
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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.
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Notifications
Settings › Notifications › Secret Vault Photo Safe › Show Previews: When Unlocked keeps message and account details off the Lock Screen.
Does Secret Vault Photo Safe track you?
Without a label there is no tracking statement to rely on. You can still refuse tracking at the iOS prompt.
Lock Secret Vault Photo Safe behind Face ID
- Find Secret Vault Photo Safe 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. Secret Vault Photo Safe now asks for authentication every time it opens.
The lock is an iPhone feature, so it works whether or not Secret Vault Photo Safe has a passcode of its own. It does not change what the app sends to its developer.
About Secret Vault Photo Safe
| Developer | sublime applications pty limited |
| App Store category | Photo & Video (also Utilities) |
| Latest version | 1.6, released November 2017 |
| First released | December 2012 |
| Requires | iOS 8.0 or later |
| Size | 25 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ |
| Languages | 1 (EN) |
| Bundle ID | com.sublime.SecretApp |
The current version shipped in November 2017, 8 years before our snapshot. Apps that are not updated may not support newer iOS privacy controls, and an abandoned app will not get security fixes.
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 Secret Vault Photo Safe 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 Secret Vault Photo Safe's developer: Can I get my photos back on a new iPhone without the old one?
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Your Secret Vault Photo Safe privacy checklist
Done. You have applied every control the label points to.
True or false?
- Right.Not quite.
It means the developer has not filled in the label. Collection is unknown, not zero.
- 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.
It can read photos you give it access to. Processing on your device is not collection; only data sent off the phone counts.
- 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.
Secret Vault Photo Safe privacy FAQ
Is Secret Vault Photo Safe safe to use?
Who makes Secret Vault Photo Safe?
Can I lock Secret Vault Photo Safe with Face ID?
How does Secret Vault Photo Safe 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 Secret Vault Photo Safe?
For photos and documents you choose to keep apart from your main library, see VaultForYou.