# ValuMinder: Private Vault — Passport & visa expiry alerts

> Passport & visa expiry alerts (iPhone/iPad app by Daniel-Paul Pop.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/valuminder-private-vault/id6799503974 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Daniel-Paul Pop](https://appshunter.io/developer/6799503976)
- Category: Productivity, Utilities
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 18.0 · 50 MB
- Languages: American English, Arabic, Bangla, Dutch, French (France), German (Germany), Greek, Italian, Polish, European Portuguese and 6 more
- Released: 2026-10-14
- Data updated: 2026-10-31

## What is ValuMinder?

ValuMinder is a private, encrypted vault for everything you would not want anyone else to see - and it also warns you before your important documents expire.

No account. No sign-up. No cloud unless you ask for it. Your documents, photos, notes and passwords are encrypted on your device and unlocked with Face ID or Touch ID.

ONE VAULT FOR EVERYTHING PRIVATE
- Documents: PDFs, Word files, scans and anything from Files
- Photos and videos, kept out of your camera roll
- Voice memos and audio recordings
- Notes, for the things you would never put in a normal notes app
- Passwords, behind the same lock

NEVER MISS AN EXPIRY DATE
Scan a document and on-device OCR reads the key dates for you. You confirm them - you are always in control - and ValuMinder warns you weeks and days before anything runs out.

It reads documents issued anywhere, and understands the paperwork that actually catches people out:
- Passports, including the six-month rule for travelling
- National ID cards and residence permits
- Visas and work permits, whoever issued them
- Driving licences, vehicle inspections and road tax
- Car, home and health insurance
- Professional registrations and certificates
- Warranties, subscriptions, or anything else with a date

TRULY PRIVATE, NOT JUST "SECURE"
- Every file you add is encrypted with AES-256 before it touches storage
- Your key is kept in the iOS keychain, released only by Face ID, Touch ID or your passcode - or derived from your password, and never stored in the clear
- No accounts, no servers of ours, no analytics, no third-party trackers
- App Privacy: Data Not Collected - and it is literally true, because there is no SDK in this app that could collect anything
- The AI that reads your documents runs on your device. Your documents are never sent anywhere for processing.

BUILT FOR REAL LIFE
- Scan straight from the camera, or sweep your photos and folders for documents you already have
- Combine scans into a single PDF
- Organise with folders, and search your vault by name
- Add dates to your calendar
- Reads Latin, Arabic, Cyrillic, Chinese, Japanese, Korean and Thai script
- Available in 16 languages including Arabic, Polish, Romanian, Ukrainian, Urdu, Punjabi and Bengali

YOUR VAULT IS FREE - FOREVER
Keep your documents, photos, notes and passwords on your device at no cost. The local vault is free for good.

VALUMINDER PLUS (optional backup)
Upgrade only if you want a safety net off your phone: end-to-end-encrypted iCloud backup of your whole vault, sync across your devices, and restore onto a new one. Your backup is ciphertext that neither Apple nor we can read - so if your phone is lost or stolen, your vault is not.
- Backup covers your whole vault: the documents you track for expiry, photos and videos, voice memos, files, notes, passwords and calendar entries
- Your decoy vault is never backed up
- Restoring a backup needs active Plus (subscription or Lifetime) and your recovery code
- Monthly, or Annual with a 7-day free trial
- or Lifetime: pay once, no subscription
- The price in your local currency is shown before you buy
Payment is charged to your Apple ID. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the period ends. Manage or cancel anytime in your App Store settings.

WRITE DOWN YOUR RECOVERY CODE
ValuMinder shows you a recovery code when you first set up your vault. It is what reopens your documents on a new iPhone, or after a Face ID or Touch ID reset. Nobody can recover it for you - not us, not Apple - so keep it somewhere safe.

A QUICK, HONEST NOTE
ValuMinder is an organiser and reminder tool, not an immigration, legal or financial service. Dates read from your documents are suggestions to help you stay organised - always check the official date with the authority that issued the document, or on the document itself.

Your files. Your device. Your keys.

Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**Subscriptions**

| Subscription | Price | Period |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Plus Annual | $9.99 | per year |
| Plus Monthly | $1.99 | per month |

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Plus Lifetime | $24.99 | one-time |


## Is ValuMinder safe?

Not enough ratings yet to assess ValuMinder.

## Is ValuMinder legit?

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


## Version history (last 3 releases)

### 1.3 — 2026-10-22

If you ever tapped "Can't unlock? Restore with your recovery code" just to see what it did, there was no way back. The only exit offered to start a new vault, and the confirmation behind it had one button, in red. There is a Back now, shown whenever your vault can still be opened normally, and that confirmation can be declined.

On an iPhone or iPad with Touch ID, the last two sentences that still said Face ID no longer name either one — including the warning shown before your recovery code appears.

On iPad, New Folder and Add stopped disappearing into an unlabelled menu once a folder had something in it.

A purchase that stops because you are not signed in to the App Store now says so, rather than only "try again".

A reminder no longer reads "Expires today" above a date that says tomorrow. And two smaller ones: Move to folder can now create the folder it needs, and the wrong-password message clears when you start typing again.

### 1.2 — 2026-10-15

If ValuMinder can't open your vault when it starts, that screen no longer suggests reinstalling the app. Reinstalling would also have deleted the recovery backup your recovery code needs. It now offers Retry, and retries by itself once the device is unlocked.

On an iPhone or iPad that uses Touch ID, the app now says Touch ID. It used to say Face ID everywhere — including one instruction that sent you to a Settings pane those devices don't have.

A recovery backup that failed to upload keeps telling you until it's resolved, instead of forgetting at the next launch.

The Plus screen blames your connection only when your connection is the problem. The App Store itself can be unavailable for a while, and that is no longer described as your network.

A purchase approved long after it was asked for no longer turns Backup on by itself. And on an iPad, a voice recording no longer calls the device your phone.

### 1.1 — 2026-10-14

No release notes.

## More apps by Daniel-Paul Pop

- [Pagesmith: PDF Converter](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/pagesmith-pdf-converter/id6824064543)

All apps by Daniel-Paul Pop: https://appshunter.io/developer/6799503976

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