Keepsafe alternative with no account or ads: Sealed compared

Disclosure. Sealed is made by Loopware LLC. We read Keepsafe’s help center and its App Store page on 13 November 2026. We did not install or test Keepsafe for this page.

Why people look for a Keepsafe alternative

Three things usually start the search, and the app’s own help pages explain each one.

The vault is tied to an email. First-time users create an account with a name and an email address and verify it, and a forgotten PIN comes back through that email (help center, log in). If you lose the only email you verified for good, Keepsafe says the account and its contents can’t be recovered (help center, lost email).

It is not built as zero-knowledge. Keepsafe says it doesn’t look at your photos unless you ask. It also says it is “not currently designed as a completely zero-knowledge app”, so it can view or share data when you ask for support, when the law requires it, or over a possible breach of its terms (help center). That article is seven years old. Our guide to zero-knowledge encryption explains what the term means.

The free plan has ads and a small backup. Keepsafe Basic is supported by ads, and Premium removes them (help center, ads). Basic backs up 200 items; Premium Monthly and Yearly go to 10,000 and Lifetime to 100,000 (help center, backup).

If none of that bothers you, you may not need to switch. The next sections show where each app is ahead.

Side by side

Where Keepsafe is ahead

• Android. Keepsafe is offered on the App Store and Google Play (help center), and its listing says Basic syncs to “all of your Keepsafe installations on any platform” (App Store text). Sealed runs on iPhone and iPad.
• A reset by email. If you forget your PIN, an emailed code gets you back in (help center). On the reset screen, Sealed says that without a recovery key the passcode can’t be reset, not by you and not by us.
• A longer trial and a lower yearly price. New accounts get 30 days of Premium (help center), and Yearly Premium lists at $23.99 (store page). Sealed Pro Yearly costs $39.99 a year, and new subscribers get a 7-day free trial.
• More free backup. Basic backs up 200 items (help center). Sealed’s free plan holds up to 100 photos.
• Shared albums. You invite people to an album with a link that expires after one use or 24 hours, and they join with a Keepsafe account (help center). Sealed sends one item at a time instead. You can send someone an encrypted copy of an item that opens in Sealed with a passphrase you choose, and creating one is part of Sealed Pro.

Moving from Keepsafe to Sealed

1. Export from Keepsafe. Open an album, tap Select, choose the items, tap the send icon and choose Export to Camera Roll (help center). The photos may show up at the date they were taken, so scroll back in Photos to find them.
2. Add them to Sealed. You can add photos from Photos, files from Files, and items from the share sheet of other apps. On the free plan you can add photos. Videos, documents, notes and records need Sealed Pro. Our guide to moving photos into a vault app walks through it.
3. Save your recovery key. When you first open Sealed it takes you through a few screens, asks you to make a passcode, and shows you your recovery key. The first time you save your recovery key, Sealed also turns on iCloud Backup, which is free. The recovery key checklist says where to keep it.
4. Check, then clear out. Keepsafe’s help center says to confirm the items reached your gallery before deleting them, and that emptying its Trash can’t be undone (help center). After you import photos, Sealed asks whether to delete the originals from Photos or keep them, and says that deleted originals move to Recently Deleted in Photos.
5. Cancel Premium yourself. Deleting your Keepsafe account or the app does not cancel Premium (help center). You can manage or cancel a subscription at any time in Settings, under your name, then Subscriptions.

Where Sealed helps, and where it doesn’t

It helps if you don’t want your photos tied to an email account. Sealed has no account, so there is nothing to sign up for. We run no server, so there is nothing of yours for us to see.

It helps if you want the backup sealed before it leaves the phone, at no cost. Files, names, notes and record fields are encrypted on your iPhone before they are uploaded, so iCloud receives only ciphertext. Encrypted iCloud backup is free.

It doesn’t run on Android or sync to it. Sealed runs on iPhone and iPad.

It doesn’t let anyone reset your passcode for you. Because your key never reaches us, we cannot recover your vault or reset your passcode for you. If losing the key worries you, key guardians can hold it in parts. Key guardians split your recovery key into 3 parts where any 2 bring it back, or into 5 parts where any 3 do, one part for each person you trust.

It doesn’t give you as much for free. The free plan holds up to 100 photos. On the free plan you can add photos. Videos, documents, notes and records need Sealed Pro.

It doesn’t cost less. Sealed Pro Yearly costs $39.99 a year, and new subscribers get a 7-day free trial. Sealed Pro Monthly costs $12.99 a month, with no free trial.