Multiple vaults, and no list of them
Create separate vaults for separate parts of your life, each with its own pattern. VaultShield never shows a list of vaults: the pattern you draw opens the one it belongs to.
How it works
Add another vault
- 1
Tap Create vault
It's in the bottom bar of the lock screen. You don't need to open your current vault first.
- 2
Draw a new pattern
Choose a pattern you don't use for another vault, then draw it again to confirm. You can add Face ID on top.
- 3
Save its recovery phrase
Each vault gets its own 24-word recovery phrase. Write it down separately from the others.
- 4
Open it with its pattern
From now on, the pattern you draw on the lock screen decides which vault opens.
What you get
Separate, and out of sight
Fully separate vaults
Each vault has its own key, photos, documents and folders. Opening one tells you nothing about the others.
No list of vaults
The lock screen never shows how many vaults there are or what they're called. It just asks for a pattern.
One pattern, one vault
The pattern you draw opens the vault it belongs to. A pattern already used for another vault is refused.
A recovery phrase each
Every vault gets its own 24-word phrase, so each one can be recovered on its own.
Guessing doesn't get easier
A wrong pattern counts as one failed try, however many vaults there are, so extra vaults don't give a guesser extra chances.
Same protection in each
Every vault gets the same encryption, auto-lock and optional Face ID as your first one.
Good to know
What it doesn’t do
We’d rather you know the limits now than find them later.
Hidden from view, not undetectable
The app never shows how many vaults you have. Someone with specialist tools and access to your iPhone's storage could still tell there's more than one, but each vault stays encrypted and can only be opened with its own pattern or recovery phrase.
Each one needs its own phrase
Losing a vault's pattern and its recovery phrase means losing that vault. The other vaults' phrases can't open it.
A decoy needs a duress pattern
A second vault on its own is just a second vault. To use one as a decoy if you're ever forced to unlock, pair it with a duress pattern, which opens it while erasing your real vault.
FAQ
Common questions
Tap Create vault in the lock screen's bottom bar, draw a new pattern, confirm it and save the new vault's recovery phrase.
Not in the app. There's no vault list, and the lock screen looks the same however many you have. Someone with specialist tools and access to your iPhone's storage could still tell there's more than one, but they'd find each vault encrypted, with no way in without its pattern or recovery phrase.
No. Each pattern opens exactly one vault, so VaultShield refuses a pattern that already opens another one.
Yes. Every vault gets its own 24-word phrase, shown once when you create it. Keep them separate.
No. Each has its own key, photos, documents and folders. Opening one doesn't open or reveal the others.