# CloakFort: Private Messages — Private Messages

> Private Messages (iPhone/iPad app by Antonio Santos.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/cloakfort-private-messages/id6795254985 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Antonio Santos](https://appshunter.io/developer/1775646436)
- Category: Utilities, Social Networking
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Age rating: 17+
- Requires: iOS 15.6 · 83 MB
- Languages: American English, French (France), German (Germany), European Portuguese, European Spanish
- Released: 2026-09-08
- Data updated: 2026-10-14

## What is CloakFort?

CloakFort keeps what you send truly private.

Write a message or pick a file, choose one person, and CloakFort locks it end-to-end and tucks it inside an ordinary photo. To anyone else it is just a picture - only your recipient, only inside the app, can ever open it.

WHY CLOAKFORT
- End-to-end encryption, by architecture. Everything you send is locked to one person with X25519, HKDF and AES-256-GCM. The content only ever exists in plain form on the two phones. Not even we can read it.
- Your key never leaves your device. The private key lives in the Keystore. There is no escrow and no backdoor. Set an account recovery code so you can restore on a new phone without ever handing your key to anyone.
- Inside an ordinary photo. Through steganography the already-encrypted content is placed in the pixels of an image. Outside CloakFort it looks like a normal photo.
- Gone when it should be. Messages are ephemeral and self-destruct after they are seen, so nothing lingers longer than you want.
- App-locked. A PIN or biometrics guards the reveal flow on your device.
- Contacts without the creepiness. CloakFort only ever checks salted hashes to see who is already on CloakFort - never your address book. Anyone who is not is invite-first.

PRIVATE BY DESIGN
Our servers only ever hold the locked picture. There is no readable copy of your conversation sitting on a server. Privacy is not a setting here - it is how the app is built.

Send something private. Locked to one person. Readable only in the app.

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**Subscriptions**

| Subscription | Price | Period |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Premium Monthly | $2.99 | per month |
| Premium Yearly | $24.99 | per year |

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Unlock expired message | $0.29 | one-time |


## Is CloakFort safe?

Not enough ratings yet to assess CloakFort.

## Is CloakFort legit?

CloakFort: Private Messages has limited verification signals. The AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for CloakFort is 58 out of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.


## Version history (last 4 releases)

### 1.0.8 — 2026-10-13

Minor fixes and improvements.

### 1.0.7 — 2026-10-12

Minor fixes and improvements.

### 1.0.5 — 2026-09-22

Minor fixes and improvements.

### 1.0.4 — 2026-09-08

No release notes.

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## More apps by Antonio Santos

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All apps by Antonio Santos: https://appshunter.io/developer/1775646436

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