Encrypted iCloud backup that iCloud can't read
Turn on the optional backup and your vault is copied to your own iCloud, already encrypted on your iPhone. Lose or replace your phone, and your recovery phrase brings it all back.
How it works
Back up, then restore
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Turn on iCloud backup
It's off until you switch it on in VaultShield. Your vault works the same way either way.
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VaultShield uploads encrypted copies
Your photos, videos, documents and the vault's encrypted index go to your iCloud, already encrypted. Only new items are added after the first backup.
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Keep your recovery phrase safe
The backup is only useful with your 24-word recovery phrase. It's what turns the encrypted copy back into your vault.
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Restore on a new iPhone
Install VaultShield on your new iPhone and restore the backup with your recovery phrase. Your vault comes back as it was.
What you get
Your copy, still sealed
Encrypted before it uploads
Every file is encrypted on your iPhone with its own key before anything goes to iCloud. Apple only ever stores scrambled data.
No keys in the cloud
Your pattern, vault key and recovery phrase never leave your iPhone. The backup is useless without your phrase.
Names and previews sealed too
File names, thumbnails, folders and dates are inside the encrypted index, not readable from iCloud.
Never half-replaced
An interrupted backup picks up where it left off, and never replaces your last complete one.
Your iCloud, not ours
It uses your own iCloud. There's no VaultShield server and no VaultShield account involved.
Stops when you lock
Locking the vault stops a backup in progress, so nothing keeps running with your vault open.
Good to know
What it doesn’t do
We’d rather you know the limits now than find them later.
Your phrase is the only way to restore
Without your 24-word recovery phrase, the backup can't be opened by anyone, including us. Keep the phrase offline and safe.
Locked folders need their own phrase
Restoring with your vault phrase brings back everything except locked folders. Those also need your Locked Folder Recovery Phrase.
Apple can see that it exists
iCloud can see that you have a VaultShield backup, how many files it holds and their sizes. It can't see what's in them.
It uses your iCloud storage
Backups count towards your iCloud storage plan, so a large vault needs room in your plan.
FAQ
Common questions
No. Everything is encrypted on your iPhone before it uploads, with keys that never leave the device. Apple only stores encrypted data, with or without Advanced Data Protection.
Turn on the encrypted iCloud backup on your old iPhone. On the new one, install VaultShield and restore the backup with your recovery phrase.
Then the backup can't be restored, by anyone. If you still have your iPhone and pattern, you can create a new phrase in Settings, which replaces the old one.
No. It's off until you turn it on. Without it, your vault stays only on your iPhone.
Yes, still encrypted under their own key. Restoring them needs your Locked Folder Recovery Phrase as well as your vault phrase.