What Keepsafe is
Keepsafe has been on the App Store since April 2012 and is published by KeepSafe Software, Inc. It is listed as Secret Photo Vault: Keepsafe, with a 4.7 rating from about 382,000 ratings, a 205 MB download, and a 4+ age rating. The listing leads with the size of its user base, a PIN pad, Touch ID and Face ID, custom albums, an integrated camera and photo backup.
How it protects your photos
The listing describes protection as PIN protection, fingerprint Touch ID and military-grade encryption. It does not name the algorithm, say where the key lives, or say whether files are encrypted on the device before upload. Premium adds Album Lock, a separate PIN for individual albums, and break-in tracking. A fake PIN that opens a decoy space appears in Keepsafe's Google Play listing as a Premium feature.
A disguised app icon is not part of this app. Keepsafe sells a separate Calculator Vault app for that.
Where your photos go
Keepsafe's Private Cloud is the centre of the product. The listing says Premium stores up to 10,000 items in the cloud, syncs your vault to every Keepsafe installation you sign in to, and offers Space Saver, which keeps the original in the cloud and a compressed copy on the phone. Safe Send shares a photo for a limited time through Keepsafe.
All of that runs on Keepsafe's infrastructure and needs a Keepsafe account. If you want a vault that never leaves your phone, this is the wrong shape.
What it costs
The listing shows these in-app purchases in the US store:
| Purchase | Price |
|---|---|
| Keepsafe Monthly Premium | $9.99 |
| Keepsafe Yearly Premium | $23.99 |
| Keepsafe Premium: Cloud Hider | $35.99 |
| KeepSafe Premium (other tiers listed) | $4.99, $5.99, $12.99, $35.99 |
The free tier is ad supported.
What the privacy label says
Keepsafe's App Store privacy label lists Usage Data under Data Used to Track You, and Usage Data plus Advertising Data under Data Not Linked to You.
What the listing does not mention
Keepsafe's sources do not mention a self-destruct passcode, a disguised icon inside the app, face blur, downloading from a link, transfer from a computer without a cloud, a recovery key that you hold, an encrypted backup in your own iCloud, burner email, private contacts, or sub-albums. See the full table on Kryptis vs Keepsafe.
Who Keepsafe suits
Keepsafe suits someone who wants the vault mirrored across devices, does not mind an account, and treats the cloud as the point. If your worry is the phone in your hand rather than a server you cannot see, the design works against you.
Kryptis instead
Kryptis is built for the people these listings leave out: anyone who wants the vault to stay on the phone and stay unreadable. Every photo, video and file is encrypted with AES-256-GCM on the device before it is stored, along with its metadata. There is no account and no server. A second passcode opens a decoy vault with its own albums, a third erases everything, and failed unlocks are recorded. Backup goes to your own iCloud, already encrypted, and the only way back in after a lost passcode is the BIP39 recovery phrase you were given at setup.
