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Vaultaire is a local-first encrypted vault app for iOS that protects photos, videos, and files using AES-256-GCM encryption with a pattern-based access system. It requires no user account, does not send readable vault contents or keys to any server, and supports encrypted iCloud backup and device sync.

The product, beyond the pitch

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Know the limitations

  • Encrypted index count is visible to filesystem examination, revealing the number of local vaults.

What you can do

  • Protecting photos, videos, and files locally on iOS devices with strong encryption and no cloud exposure.
  • Sharing encrypted vaults securely with others using secret phrases and usage controls.

Features

  • Pattern-based encryption using a 5×5 grid and PBKDF2 key derivation to unlock a random master key.
  • Secret phrase recovery using a custom nine-word phrase that derives a separate recovery key.
  • Plausible deniability with separate patterns for separate encrypted vaults without a visible cross-vault picker.
  • Duress mode that opens a designated vault while silently removing other vault indexes and recovery mappings locally.
  • Encrypted iCloud backup where a separate pattern-derived backup key encrypts records before CloudKit receives them.

Integrations

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Platforms & data export

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A practical workflow

  1. Define a pattern by drawing a geometric shape with at least six dots and one direction change to derive the vault key.
  2. Load the vault by importing photos, documents, and notes which are encrypted instantly using AES-256 before disk storage.
  3. Lock the app to discard active key state and clear key buffers; encrypted index and files require correct keys to access.

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