An in-app camera: photos that skip your camera roll
Take a photo inside VaultShield and it goes straight into your encrypted vault. It never shows up in Photos, so it never syncs, never appears in Recents and never needs deleting later.
How it works
Take a private photo
- 1
Open the camera in your vault
Tap the camera inside VaultShield. The first time, iOS asks for camera access.
- 2
Frame your shot
Switch between front and back cameras, pinch to zoom, and set the flash to off, auto or on.
- 3
Tap the shutter
The photo is encrypted and saved straight into your vault. Its preview appears in the corner.
- 4
Keep going or head back
Take as many as you like, then go back to the vault. Nothing was added to Photos.
What you get
Never in your camera roll
Never in Photos
There's no step where the photo lands in your library first. VaultShield's camera has no way to save to Photos at all.
Nothing syncs to iCloud Photos
Because the photo never reaches your library, it never syncs to your other devices or shared albums.
Encrypted as it's saved
Each photo gets its own key and is encrypted the same way as photos you import.
No leftovers to clean up
The camera's temporary file is deleted straight after the photo is encrypted. There's no Recently Deleted to empty.
Locks if you leave mid-shot
Leave the app while the camera is open and the vault locks. A photo that wasn't saved yet is dropped, not left behind.
A proper camera
Front and back cameras, pinch to zoom and a flash with off, auto and on.
Good to know
What it doesn’t do
We’d rather you know the limits now than find them later.
Photos only
The in-app camera takes photos, not videos.
A brief temporary file
iOS writes each shot to a temporary file before VaultShield encrypts it. That file is deleted straight away, but we can't promise no trace ever touches your iPhone's storage.
Only in-app photos skip Photos
Photos you take with Apple's Camera app still go to your camera roll. Import them, then use Clear out originals to remove them from Photos.
FAQ
Common questions
No. They're encrypted and saved straight into your vault. They never appear in Photos, Recents or iCloud Photos.
No. The in-app camera takes photos only.
iOS requires it for any app that uses the camera. VaultShield only asks when you first open its camera, not when you install or open the app.
The vault locks, like it always does when you leave. If the photo hadn't been saved yet, it's discarded rather than left anywhere.
No. It's encrypted exactly like an imported photo, with its own key, before it's stored.