# Photo Vault - Darkbox — user reviews > 1,732 indexed App Store user reviews of Photo Vault by 璐 江, rated 4.80/5 from 7,040 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/photo-vault-darkbox/id1259156494/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/photo-vault-darkbox/id1259156494.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 6,108 · 4★ 582 · 3★ 166 · 2★ 63 · 1★ 121 ## What do users think of Photo Vault? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 🚀 Fast and efficient - 🔒 Secure and private - 👍 Intuitive and user-friendly - 💡 Useful features like password protection and cloud storage - 🚀 Reliable and stable **Cons** - 🐛 Occasional crashes and bugs - 💰 Aggressive monetization with ads and premium features - 🔋 Slow performance when dealing with large media libraries - 🤔 Confusing or unintuitive UI in some areas **Commonly reported bugs** - Crashes when scrolling through large albums - Issues with importing and deleting photos - Password/biometric authentication bypass - Incompatibility with latest iOS updates **Most requested features** - Ability to create nested folders - Option to change app icon and theme - Improved media management and organization tools - Better cloud sync and backup functionality - Support for additional file types beyond just photos and videos ## Newest reviews (19 of 1,732) ### 5/5 — Jb *2026-06-11, version 2.6.5* Good app ### 5/5 — دلت *2026-06-06, version 2.6.5* زدا ### 5/5 — Photo vault dark box *2026-05-19, version 2.6.5* Great to hold any extra photos and save storage on my phone ### 5/5 — ‏عنوان فيديو وصور *2026-05-13, version 2.6.5* ‏حفظ فيها في الصندوق ### 5/5 — Excelente Apo *2026-05-11, version 2.6.5* Muy buena App. Bastante facil de usar y muy discreta ### 4/5 — Too many ads, but awesome app *2026-05-10, version 2.6.5* The adds are constantly bombarding the functioning of the app. It’s fair to receive adds since I am using the free version but every 15 to 20 seconds? That is way over doing it. Other than that, This app is awesome! ### 5/5 — 長期使用 *2026-04-25, version 2.6.5* 超棒 ### 2/5 — J aime bien mais un peu chiant *2026-04-19, version 2.6.5* Trop de pub ### 5/5 — Bom *2026-04-16* Gostei muito, pena que tem bastante anúncios. 💕 ### 5/5 — Top *2026-04-06* Top ### 5/5 — Nhận xét *2026-04-01, version 2.6.5* Ok ### 2/5 — Con publicidad *2026-03-28, version 2.6.5* Una app con publicidad, lamentable ### 5/5 — Me encanta *2026-03-28, version 2.6.5* No tiene ninguna falla hasta el momento ### 5/5 — Muy contento *2026-03-24, version 2.6.5* Aplicación perfecta para tener cosas que nadie quieres que vea..recomendado 100% ### 5/5 — good *2026-03-22, version 2.6.5* good ### 5/5 — Bueno *2026-03-21, version 2.6.5* Todo bien ### 5/5 — doke *2026-03-20, version 2.6.5* okeee ### 5/5 — Muy seguro *2026-03-09, version 2.6.5* Muy seguro ### 3/5 — Your cloud is super very slow. I hope, some year finish to synchronize it. *2026-02-24, version 2.6.5* Maybe never. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Şifre yenileyemiyorum *2026-02-27, version 2.6.5* Şifre yenilemek istiyorum fakat olmuyor , lütfen yardımcı olurmusunuz ### 1/5 — Why am I getting ad???! *2025-12-13, version 2.6.5* I paid for the subscription why am I still getting ad?? I had this app for very long time and subscribed for many years, and now it’s forcing me to watch ad. It’s time to unsubscribe to this trash ### 1/5 — Photos Duplicated *2025-12-10* The photos once transferred to darkbox are duplicating themselves and many other photos are gone. You see inly duplicates of few photos in the whole folder rather than all different pics. Happening since long time. Fix it ### 1/5 — ok *2025-10-14, version 2.6.4* ok ### 1/5 — App dởm *2025-09-01, version 2.6.4* Không nên dùng app này vì nó sẽ tự gỡ bỏ ứng dụng và làm mất hết hình. ### 1/5 — Privacy *2025-06-08, version 2.6.4* I regret downloading Dark box I put pictures and videos in it and when I broke my phone I got a new one and I went on dark box all my stuff were gone it’s so sad that everything I had in there is go I recommend not to download it 🫤 ### 1/5 — This application is useless, be careful *2025-04-13, version 2.6.1* I paid for a 1 year subscription and started saving all my photos and videos in the app then I deleted the app because I didn't have space and after I installed it and entered my account where I had all my photos and videos saved they were no longer there everything was deleted I lost all my photos and videos and they were supposed to be waiting in my account but I lost everything ### 1/5 — アプデ *2025-04-04, version 2.6.0* アプデ後、広告終わってもアプリに飛べなくなって開けない ### 1/5 — 広告が消せない *2025-04-01, version 2.6.0* 最近広告が上部に表示されて広告を消すボタンを押せません。 iPhone12を使っています。 以前の形式に戻してください。 ### 1/5 — Sdt *2025-04-01, version 2.6.0* Giriş yapamıyorum sürekli reklam geliyor reklamları kapatamıyorum ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — 👍 *2026-08-20* Молодцы 👏 ### 5/5 — Excelente *2026-08-17, version 2.6.5* Excelente ### 5/5 — Darkbox *2026-07-23, version 2.6.5* Very easy to navigate/use. Does exactly what it’s intended to do. ### 5/5 — Chetko *2026-07-23, version 2.6.5* Imba ### 5/5 — Bueno *2026-07-22, version 2.6.5* Bueno ### 5/5 — nice *2026-07-04, version 2.6.5* 非常不错 后续希望能开启隐身 ### 5/5 — Скрытный *2026-06-30* Очень удобно ,не подводит ### 5/5 — DARKBOX *2026-06-24, version 2.6.5* A great free app to use for pics and videos that you wouldn’t want anyone to see. So privately locked away ### 5/5 — 👍🏻 *2026-06-19* Просто супер ### 5/5 — It’s cool *2026-06-12, version 2.6.5* And I am also cool --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-09-10.*