# Vaultaire > Free iPhone photo vault. Free iPhone photo vault. Encrypted on your device with AES-256-GCM, opened by a pattern you draw. No Vaultaire account. Free: 3 vaults, 100 photos, 10 videos. ## Facts - Website: https://vaultaire.app - Pricing: freemium - Categories: Mobile Apps, Security & Privacy - LotsDirectory page: https://lots.directory/products/vaultaire - Listing state: Unclaimed. We listed this product from its public website, and its owner has not claimed it yet. ## Detailed info ## What is Vaultaire? Vaultaire is a local-first encrypted vault app for iPhone. It protects photos, videos, and files with AES-256-GCM under a random master key unlocked by a pattern, and it requires no identity account. The app is published by Wraxle LLC and distributed through the App Store. ## What Vaultaire does A pattern on a 5x5 grid and PBKDF2 derive a 256-bit vault key that unwraps the master key. Files are encrypted as they enter the vault and stored only in encrypted form. Each vault has a nine-word recovery phrase, or you can set your own. The phrase opens an encrypted access envelope and does not encode the vault key directly. Separate patterns can open separate vaults without a visible cross-vault list. The page says the vault count remains visible to an examiner with app-container access. Locking discards active key state. Cloud backup uses on-device encryption and private CloudKit. Apple receives ciphertext, not readable vault files. ## Who Vaultaire is for People who want photos, videos, and documents encrypted on an iPhone, with no Vaultaire account. The about page says the app is built and operated by one person. ## How Vaultaire works Draw a pattern, import photos, documents, and notes, then lock the app. Recovery uses the secret passphrase. The FAQ says if you forget that too, the data is lost, and that keys are not stored and there is no backdoor. Analytics and crash diagnostics are on by default and can be turned off with Share errors anonymously in Settings. Crash reports can include file names. The free version holds up to 3 vaults, 100 photos, and 10 videos in total. Paid is described as unlimited. ## Key features - AES-256-GCM file encryption with a pattern-derived key and a random master key. - Nine-word recovery phrase, or a phrase you set, that does not encode the vault key directly. - Separate vaults from separate patterns, with no cross-vault list in the unlock interface. - On-device encrypted CloudKit backup. Readable vault content is not sent to a Vaultaire storage server. - No identity account. Analytics can be turned off in Settings. - Free version: up to 3 vaults, 100 photos, and 10 videos in total. ## Facts from vaultaire.app, checked 14 October 2026 - Published by Wraxle LLC and distributed through the App Store. - Built and operated by one person, with no provider-held vault decryption key. - Architecture named on the about page includes AES-256-GCM, PBKDF2-HMAC-SHA512, iOS Keychain, and client-side encrypted CloudKit. - Share a vault uses a secret phrase that differs from the vault recovery phrase. Written from Vaultaire's own website ([Homepage](https://vaultaire.app/), [Features](https://vaultaire.app/features/), [About](https://vaultaire.app/about/), [Docs](https://vaultaire.app/support/)). The maker can claim this listing to edit it. ## FAQ ### Does Vaultaire need an account? No. The page says there is no identity account and no Vaultaire account to create. Readable vault content is not sent to a Vaultaire-operated storage server. ### What happens if the recovery phrase is lost? The FAQ says the data is lost if you forget the secret passphrase too. It also says keys are not stored and there is no backdoor. ### Can someone with the phone see every vault? The page says the unlock interface shows no cross-vault list. It also says an examiner with app-container access can count vaults, and that the vault count remains visible to filesystem examination. ### How many vaults are included? The free version can have up to 3 vaults holding 100 photos and 10 videos in total. The page says paid is unlimited. --- Source: https://lots.directory/products/vaultaire ยท Machine-readable context by LotsDirectory.