PhotoWard

PhotoWard keeps your private photos and videos in a locked vault on your device. Nothing is uploaded, nothing syncs to a server, and nothing is tied to an account. What goes in stays on your device, protected behind a passcode and Face ID. Bought once. No subscription, no recurring fee, no account to create. WHAT IT DOES Import from your photo library or from Files, which reaches iCloud Drive, this device, and connected drives. Originals are preserved exactly, full resolution and metadata intact, with nothing re-encoded or downscaled. Duplicate detection keeps the same photo from being imported twice. Organize with albums you create, reorder, and rename. Sort by date added, date captured, or name. Search by filename or date. Select several items at once to move them, add them to an album, or delete them together. View full screen, pinch or double tap to zoom into detail, and play videos in place. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Everything is stored locally with file protection that keeps vault contents unreadable while your device is locked. There is no analytics, no tracking, and no network connection required to use the app. PhotoWard collects no data about you because it has nowhere to send it. DECOY VAULT Set an optional second passcode that opens a separate, hidden vault. Nothing on the lock screen reveals that a second vault exists, so your main vault stays private even if you are asked to unlock the app. LOCKS WHEN YOU NEED IT TO The vault locks the moment you leave the app. It can also lock automatically after a period without activity, with timing you choose, or instantly when you shake the device. A lock button sits in the corner of every screen. Each of these requires your passcode to reopen, so glancing at the screen will not undo it. Repeated wrong passcode attempts trigger a delay that grows with each failure, and that delay survives force quitting the app. BACKUP AND RESTORE, ON YOUR TERMS Export an encrypted backup protected by a password only you know. The backup stays on your device until you choose where to save it. Restore it later on the same device or a new one, and items return to the vault they came from. You decide where your data lives. INTRUDER LOG Optionally record a photo and location after a failed unlock attempt, so you can see if someone tried to get in. This is a local record only. It is never uploaded, and PhotoWard is not a tracking or recovery service. BUILT FOR IPHONE AND IPAD iPad gets a proper sidebar for albums. Photos and videos rotate to landscape. Dark interface throughout. PhotoWard is made by Korerium, an independent studio building local-first privacy and security apps for Apple devices. One-time purchase. No subscription. No account. No cloud.