Keepsafe Photo Vault vs Photok

Keepsafe Photo Vault gives iPhone, Android and tablet users a protected place for photos, videos and documents. Access can use a PIN, fingerprint or Face ID, and users can arrange content in custom albums. The app can sync encrypted vault items to a private cloud for recovery or use on another device. Keepsafe says photos and videos are protected with 256-bit AES encryption at rest, backups are encrypted, and employees cannot view user content. The free Basic plan is ad-supported and backs up up to 200 items. Premium supports up to 10,000 cloud items on monthly or yearly plans, or up to 100,000 on Lifetime. Premium adds separately password-locked albums, a Decoy Vault, Intruder Alerts and Space Saver, which compresses photos on the device and stores originals in the cloud. Safe Send lets users share pictures from the vault for a limited time. New accounts are offered a 30-day Premium trial that Keepsafe says does not automatically charge when it ends. Premium costs $9.99 a month or $23.99 a year; both subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled.

Photok is an Android vault for keeping private photos and videos away from ordinary view. Imported media can be organized into albums and exported, while files are encrypted locally with AES-256 and decrypted only in memory during use. Cloud upload is not required. Users can unlock with a fingerprint, share directly into the vault, hide the app icon, and delete originals after import. Encrypted backups can be created and restored. Photok is open source under the Apache 2.0 License and is developed by Leon Latsch and public volunteers. Downloads are listed for Google Play, F-Droid, and other alternatives. The maker describes the core app as identical across Google Play and FOSS variants, but telemetry defaults differ: enabled by default in Google Play and disabled by default in FOSS. The FOSS plan costs nothing; Photok Pro is an optional Google Play add-on with no listed price.