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title: Mavaul vs other photo vaults
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description: How Mavaul compares with Private Photo Vault, Safe Lock, KYMS and the iPhone Hidden album. Every vault locks. Mavaul is built to feel good and to look at your photos, with AES-256 on the phone.
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# Mavaul vs other vaults

Every photo vault locks. Few are nice to use. Mavaul encrypts with AES-256 on the iPhone, needs no account, and puts its effort into the part you do every day: opening the vault and looking at your photos. Here's how it compares, including where the others win.

## Comparisons
- [Mavaul vs Private Photo Vault](/compare/private-photo-vault-pic-safe/) 1M ratings, since 2011. The giant: hosted cloud, decoy password, break-in photos. Its privacy label lists tracking.
- [Mavaul vs Safe Lock](/compare/safe-lock-hidden-photo-vault/) 25K ratings, since 2017. A toolbox: seven locks, a hidden camera, notes and PDFs. The listing doesn't say files are encrypted.
- [Mavaul vs KYMS](/compare/secret-photos-kyms/) 17K ratings, since 2011. Encrypts everything from photos to passwords, with ads and tracking. Plays MKV and AVI.
- [Mavaul vs Keepsafe](/compare/keepsafe/) 384K ratings, since 2012. One of the biggest vaults, with its own cloud and sync. Unnamed encryption, ads on free, and tracking.
- [Mavaul vs Privault](/compare/privault/) 77K ratings, since 2017. A keypad locker with a second passcode, an erase-all code and 150 video formats. Ads and tracking.
- [Mavaul vs SPV](/compare/spv-secret-photo-vault/) 70K ratings, since 2019. A PIN vault for photos, passwords and contacts, with a private browser. No encryption named, and tracking.
- [Mavaul vs Calculator#](/compare/calculator-hide-photos/) 29K ratings, since 2016. Two calculators: Calculator# hides almost everything behind one. Mavaul's calculator guards encrypted photos.
- [Mavaul vs Hide it Pro](/compare/hide-it-pro/) 25K ratings, since 2012. A fake-crash disguise and an empty-vault code, with only crash data collected. No encryption named.
- [Mavaul vs Vaultaire](/compare/vaultaire/) New in 2026. Pattern lock, decoy and duress vaults, free iCloud backup, sync. Mavaul wins on viewing and the TV.
- [Mavaul vs Obscura](/compare/obscura-photo-vault/) New in 2026. Security-first: open-source AES-256-GCM, no data collected, separate vaults, no recovery at all.
- [Mavaul vs the Hidden album](/mavaul-vs-hidden-album/) Built into iOS. Free and already there, but it's still Photos. Fine for vacation scrolling, not a second encrypted store.

## How we compare
Competitor facts come from each app's US App Store listing and Apple privacy label, with the date we checked. Every page says where the other app wins. App names and icons belong to their owners. Spot something out of date? [hello@mavaul.com](mailto:hello@mavaul.com). For what Mavaul does on its own terms, see [all features](/features/), or read [the best photo vault apps for iPhone, Fall 2026](/best-photo-vault-iphone/).

## Try Mavaul
[Download Mavaul on the App Store](https://apps.apple.com/pt/app/mavaul-photo-video-vault/id6759567727?l=en-GB)