Documents: your private files, next to your private photos
Passports, leases, medical records: add any file to VaultShield and it's encrypted the same way as your photos. PDFs, images and text files open right inside the app.
How it works
Add a document
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Add files
In your vault, choose to add files. The iOS file picker opens, with Files, iCloud Drive and your other locations.
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Pick your files
Choose any file. VaultShield encrypts it into the vault, or straight into a locked folder if you have one open.
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Open it in the vault
Tap a PDF, image or text file to read it inside VaultShield. Other types open with iOS's preview or another app.
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Delete the original yourself
The file you picked stays where it was. Remove it from Files or iCloud Drive if you only want the vault copy.
What you get
Files, handled like photos
Any file type
PDFs, Word and Excel files, scans, zips. If you can pick it in Files, you can keep it in the vault.
Encrypted like photos
Each file gets its own key, and its contents, name and preview are encrypted before it's stored.
PDFs open in the app
Read PDFs, images and text files without them ever leaving VaultShield.
Works with locked folders
Add files straight into a locked folder, so your most sensitive paperwork gets its own lock too.
Easy to find
Filter your vault by type to see just your documents, kept apart from the photo grid.
Locks like everything else
Leave the app and your documents lock with the rest of the vault.
Good to know
What it doesn’t do
We’d rather you know the limits now than find them later.
Opening in another app makes a copy
Files VaultShield can't show itself open through iOS's share sheet. That needs an unencrypted temporary copy, which has left the vault. It's cleared next time you open a file, and when the vault locks.
The original stays where it was
Adding a file doesn't delete it from Files or iCloud Drive. Remove it there yourself if you only want the vault copy.
For keeping, not editing
VaultShield stores and shows your files. To change a document, open it in another app, then add the new version.
FAQ
Common questions
Any file you can pick in the iOS file picker, like PDFs, Word and Excel files, scans and zips. PDFs, images and text files open right inside the app.
Yes. Each file gets its own key, and its contents, name and preview are encrypted before they're stored.
No. The original stays where it was. Delete it from Files or iCloud Drive yourself if you only want the vault copy.
Yes. Open the locked folder first, then add files and they go straight into it.
iOS needs an unencrypted temporary copy to hand the file over. That copy has left the vault, so VaultShield clears it the next time you open a file and whenever the vault locks.