# SV - Private Photo Vault PRO — user reviews > 835 indexed App Store user reviews of SV by Legendary Software Labs LLC, rated 4.90/5 from 26,219 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/sv-private-photo-vault-pro/id427701370/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/sv-private-photo-vault-pro/id427701370.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 23,559 · 4★ 2,051 · 3★ 284 · 2★ 74 · 1★ 251 ## What do users think of SV? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 🚀 Reliable and secure - 👍 Easy to use and navigate - 🔒 Keeps photos private - 💡 Useful features like slideshow mode and web browser - 👍 Excellent organization and categorization of photos **Cons** - 🐛 Issues with photo/video syncing and backup - 🐛 Bugs after recent updates - 🐛 Random loss of photos/videos - 🐛 Slow performance with large libraries - 🔒 Concerns about privacy and data security **Commonly reported bugs** - App crashing when trying to import multiple photos - Thumbnails turning blank - Inability to restore deleted photos/videos - Issues with the decoy vault feature **Most requested features** - Ability to create nested folders - Duplicate photo/video detection - Improved web browser functionality - Option to delete photos from camera roll after importing - Support for more file types beyond just photos and videos ## Newest reviews (19 of 835) ### 5/5 — Great App better than the standard hidden folder *2026-09-04, version 25.7* Great simple to use and very intuitive ### 5/5 — Best app *2026-09-04, version 25.7* Get it ### 4/5 — SV *2026-09-04, version 25.7* App works well. ### 5/5 — Private *2026-09-04, version 25.7* Great place to store certain pics! ### 5/5 — A Treasure Chest *2026-09-03, version 25.7* I have been using this app for a number of years to store pictures that I want to remain for my eyes only. It’s easy to import and export images, and will delete them from your usual Gallery. Password locked, and not a striking logo. Haven’t ever had an issue. ### 5/5 — TOPSHELF APP *2026-09-03, version 25.7* AMAZING APP, Keep up the great service Thank you ### 5/5 — Love it! *2026-09-03, version 25.7* Great and secure app for videos and pictures... Never any issues. ### 5/5 — Release *2026-08-31, version 25.7* This app has keep me so relieve have some place to keep your privacy I feel in control and safe ### 5/5 — Nice App *2026-08-26, version 25.7* Very excellent ### 5/5 — Another layer of protection *2026-08-19, version 25.6* A great tool for keeping private files private in an age of police overreach. Great for holding important documents; socsec card, drivers license, medical cards. ### 5/5 — Awesome *2026-08-16, version 25.4* Works great ### 5/5 — Improvements *2026-08-14, version 25.4* Love this app, will love to have it as a private vault where if one open it with the wrong pass word, it goes to stock exchange of sort to throw off any nosy fam members. 😄 ### 5/5 — Great *2026-08-14, version 25.4* Great for locking up photos you don't want to be found, file organization made easy. ### 5/5 — Great app! Exactly what I wanted. *2026-08-12, version 25.4* Functional, full of features, but most of all reliable! Recommended!! ### 5/5 — Vault *2026-08-11, version 25.4* I love this app. It has worked great for years! Highly recommended. ### 5/5 — Great App *2026-08-11, version 25.4* Needs a dupe finder! ### 4/5 — Almost perfect! *2026-08-10, version 25.5* This app is great and does exactly what it needs to do, the only thing I wish they added was a duplicate photo detector which allows me to see which photos are duplicates especially when you have alot of photos ### 5/5 — Wonderful photo organizational tool! *2026-08-09, version 25.4* Really enjoying the versatility that this app provides. Easy to use and very well designed. Helps me keep my photos organized for easy access and use. ### 5/5 — The Best! *2026-08-09, version 25.4* Exceptional and excellent app! ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — What happened to web *2026-08-15, version 25.6* Updated not web explorer is gone! ### 1/5 — Web browser *2026-07-22, version 25.4* Been using the app for years. Updated to the .3 and today to the .4 version. What happened to the web browser? There is now a photo scanning option in the place where the browser was. What am I missing? ### 1/5 — Review for 25.4 *2026-07-21, version 25.4* This latest update on my iPad Pro sadly didn’t fix my issue of messed up photos. I open the app to blank albums, tapping on any album the app instantly closes. Tapping on settings, instantly closes. Off load the app, install again, same issue. Adding a photo via short cut, then going into the app does not fix the issue. I hope the next update fixes this, if so, I’ll readjust my review. ### 1/5 — No support *2026-06-25, version 25.2* App won’t save videos to the cloud ### 1/5 — App Frozen. Two Years of Photos Lost *2026-05-25, version 24.0* I’ve had this app for several years. Worked great until log in page froze and won’t allow entry of passcode. Have requested support multiple times. No help given. No ready fix apparent on SV site. Two years of photos gone. ### 1/5 — Can’t see photos and videos *2026-04-27, version 24.0* So my dad passed last year( I’m on his iPhone) and his pro subscription for this expired. I am unable to save everything to his camera roll or even view his main album because it’s trying to force me to use the Pro version. I don’t want the pro version. How do I just use a free version so I can save everything and be done with the app? ### 1/5 — Revoked features I paid for *2026-04-26, version 24.0* Purchased the paid version of app many years ago, now they’re making me pay a subscription service to keep the features I once paid for when it was a one time purchase or forcing me to downgrade to lose what I paid for. Very scummy ### 1/5 — No support! *2026-03-30, version 24.0* App won’t backup photos to iCloud it’s says there is an issue and 6 weeks ago I emailed them and got a reply and did what they said and sent the diagnostic info to them and since then have sent about 6-8 emails and had no reply and if I lose my phone any pics or videos I’ve put on there will be lost! ### 1/5 — 新規フォルダーが作れなくなった *2026-02-16* タイトルの通りです。 ### 1/5 — 3 years *2026-01-26* I have used this app for over 3 years, I pay a monthly fee to them for cloud storage. They did an update a month or so ago that has made the app very unstable for someone that uses their cloud vault service. I have been going round and round with them with no solution so I am cancelling that service. Why should I continue to pay for a service that they have rendered useless by their own updates and they will not fix the issue. The app worked almost perfect before their latest update they did over a month ago. Their changes and their poor customer service is the reason for this review, I wish Apple gave the option for zero stars that is what I truly want to select. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Great App for Your Secrets *2026-09-07, version 25.7* I recommend this app to all who want to keep those valuable pictures and documents. ### 5/5 — Best photo app out there *2026-09-07, version 25.7* Easy to,use….excellent customer support…great features….a perfect product! ### 5/5 — Super cette application je la recommande fortement *2026-09-06, version 25.7* Fonctionne vraiment bien ### 5/5 — Awesome. Three years of perfection *2026-09-06, version 25.7* Tooooooo dope ### 5/5 — Best app ever *2026-09-06, version 25.7* I love this app. Very stable. Never had any issues. ### 5/5 — Awesome *2026-09-06, version 25.7* Love it ### 5/5 — Does what it’s supposed to *2026-09-05, version 25.7* Not sure what to say beyond that. The new icon is better as it is a bit more inconspicuous ### 5/5 — Sv-Private photos vault Pro *2026-09-05, version 25.7* This is an excellent app. You can save lots of photos that you don’t want to be in your photo section of your phone. Holds tons of photos. ### 5/5 — Easy to use. *2026-09-05, version 25.7* Very easy to use. ### 5/5 — I have had this now for years. *2026-09-04, version 25.7* It’s great for organising photos into groups and keeping your photo app manageable. --- *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 2026-09-13.*