Folder Lock and Sealed, side by side

Disclosure. Sealed is made by Loopware LLC. We read Folder Lock’s App Store record and store page on 13 November 2026. We did not install it, so this page compares what each app says in writing.

Two apps with long feature lists

Folder Lock’s listing says it locks files, photos, videos, documents, contacts, wallet cards, passwords, notes and audio, and its wallet covers cards, bank accounts, IDs, driver’s licences and passports (listing). The App Store gives the seller as Salman Ashraf, and the listing links to NewSoftwares’ Folder Lock page (listing).

Sealed’s list is similar in reach: photos and videos, scanned documents, notes and records. Records keep logins, 2FA codes, credit cards, bank accounts, IDs and passports, Wi-Fi networks, recovery codes, license keys, contacts and custom fields. Sealed Pro can scan paper with the camera, or import PDFs and other files, into the vault. The differences are in the plumbing: where a backup goes, what the label admits to, and what is said about the cipher.

Side by side

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Where Folder Lock is ahead

• Backup to the cloud you already use. Google Drive, OneDrive or Dropbox, not only iCloud (listing).
• More file types named. Its listing names Office files, ePub, audio and archive formats (listing).
• A low one-off option. A feature pack costs a few dollars (store page). Sealed Pro Lifetime costs $79.99, paid once, with no subscription and nothing to renew.

Where Sealed fits better

The cipher is named, and so is what it covers. Every file has its own key, and names and notes are sealed too. Sealed encrypts every file with AES-256-GCM before it is saved. Names, notes and the fields of a record are sealed with your vault key too, not just the photos.

Nothing on the label. Sealed has no ads and no tracking. Sealed contains no analytics or tracking SDKs, and it collects no data. A label is the developer’s own account of what it collects; our page on which vault apps collect data explains how to read one.

A backup that stays in your account. It goes to your own account, already encrypted. Files, names, notes and record fields are encrypted on your iPhone before they are uploaded, so iCloud receives only ciphertext. Sealed can’t see or recover your files.

What to ask either app

1. What happens if you forget the passcode? Read the answer before you add anything.
2. Where does the backup go, and is it encrypted before it leaves the phone?
3. What does the privacy label list under “Data Used to Track You”?

Our questions to ask a photo vault goes further, and vaults with no account compares how others answer the first question.

Where Sealed helps, and where it doesn’t

It helps if you want a named cipher, a backup in your own account and an empty privacy label. Sealed encrypts every file with AES-256-GCM before it is saved. Backup goes to your own iCloud account, not to a server of ours. Sealed contains no analytics or tracking SDKs, and it collects no data.

It helps if you want wrong-passcode photos that stay encrypted on the phone. A break-in photo is encrypted like everything else and opens only after you unlock, and the location saved with it never leaves the phone. See break-in alerts.

It doesn’t back up to the other clouds Folder Lock names (listing). Backup goes to your own iCloud account, not to a server of ours.

It doesn’t keep files or videos on the free plan. On the free plan you can add photos. Videos, documents, notes and records need Sealed Pro. Wi-Fi transfer is Pro as well. Wireless transfer sends files from your computer to your iPhone over your own Wi-Fi, and it is part of Sealed Pro.