Features
Every part of Sealed explained: how it works, what it protects, what it can’t, and whether it is free or part of Sealed Pro.
Protection
- App icons: the seal in four colours, or something plainer Pick another Home Screen icon for your vault: the seal in four colours or four plain designs. How to switch, and why the name under it stays the same.
- Dual Lock: two things, every time Dual Lock asks for your passcode and then a live face match, so a watched code or a borrowed face alone can’t open the vault. How it works and when it says no.
- Large text, VoiceOver and Reduce Motion How the vault works with the largest text sizes, VoiceOver, Switch Control and Reduce Motion, how it is tested, and what still only a real device can show.
- Maximum Security: the key opens only for your face or finger Maximum Security seals your vault key to the phone’s secure chip so it is released only after a live face or fingerprint match. What changes, and what it costs you.
- Sealed in your language The vault speaks many languages, including Hebrew and Arabic, which read right to left. Which ones, how it picks a language, and what stays the same.
- The duress code: what it removes, and how you get it back A duress code opens your decoy vault and takes the real one off the iPhone at the same moment. What it needs first, how to set it up, its limits, and how to restore.
- The privacy cover: app switcher, recording and mirroring Why an open vault photo can show up in the app switcher or on a shared screen, and how the vault covers itself when you leave it or when the screen is recorded.
- The private browser: downloads go straight to the vault A browser inside your vault that keeps no history or cookies, blocks trackers and saves downloads to the vault. What it protects, and what no browser can.
- The Security Checkup: one page, what is in place The Security Checkup shows on one page what protects your photo vault today and what you could add. What each row means, and which ones matter first.
- The vault passphrase: your key, sealed under words you type A vault passphrase seals your vault key under a phrase you type at every unlock, so the key isn’t sitting ready on the phone. How it differs from a passcode.
Organizing
- Evidence stacks: a dated record you can check An evidence stack gives each photo, video, memo or document a time and a fingerprint of its bytes, linked in a chain, plus a PDF report. What it shows and doesn’t.
- Find Duplicates: exact copies only How a vault can find duplicate photos when every file is encrypted differently, why it only matches exact copies, and how to clear them without losing a favorite.
- Recently Deleted and Undo Deleted something from your vault by mistake? How Undo and the vault’s bin work, what they cover, what is gone at once, and how to empty the bin for good.
- Records: the details you type, sealed like your photos A record holds a card, an ID, a Wi-Fi network or a set of codes as typed fields, sealed in your vault and masked on screen until you ask to see them.
- Secure notes and voice memos Write notes and record voice memos straight into your encrypted vault, next to your photos. How they are sealed, how they compare with a locked note, and the limits.
- Stacks, sub-stacks and locked stacks Stacks are the folders of your vault: sort photos, documents and notes into them, nest them, and give a stack its own lock. What is free and what needs Pro.
- The photo editor: edits that stay in the vault Crop, rotate, flip and adjust a private photo without exporting it to Photos. What the vault’s editor does, how it keeps your original, and what it leaves out.
- Time-sealed stacks: add now, open later A time-sealed stack keeps taking photos and notes, but stays closed until the day you choose. How to use it as a time capsule, and what kind of lock it is.
Lock screens
- Cryptex: a word on turning drums The Cryptex makes a word you spell on turning drums your passcode. How many drums, letters or numbers, what happens to your old code, and how to pick a word.
- Knock: a rhythm as your passcode Knock lets you open your vault by tapping a rhythm of short taps and long holds. How it reads a rhythm, why tempo doesn’t matter, and what it replaces.
- Rotary: a telephone dial for your passcode Rotary turns your numeric passcode into a telephone dial you pull round, digit by digit. Which passcodes it takes, how to dial cleanly, and the keypad way back.
- Seven lock screens, from a keypad to a safe’s dial A keypad, a vault dial, a padlock, a telephone dial, a cryptex, a three-number dial and a knock: which passcode each one takes, and which ones replace it.
- The Padlock: four or six wheels The Padlock lock screen rolls your passcode on brass wheels, like a luggage lock. When it shows four wheels or six, how to switch, and why six is worth the roll.
- The Vault Dial: a combination on a vault door The Vault Dial sets a four-digit passcode into four rings on a bank-vault door. How the rings work, the seven door finishes, and why four digits is its weak spot.
- Three Turns: one dial, three numbers Three Turns reads a six-digit passcode as three numbers on one dial, the way a safe opens. How the numbers map to your code, how to aim, and what it can’t do.
Capture and import
- Find Private Photos: a sweep of your camera roll Find Private Photos checks your camera roll on the phone for passports, cards, codes and password screenshots, and offers to seal them. What it looks for and keeps.
- Save to Sealed from any app Send a photo, video or file straight from another app into your vault using the share sheet. What happens to it before you unlock, and what the free plan takes.
- Seal a photo without opening the vault Take a photo from the Lock Screen or Control Center straight into your vault, or seal your last screenshot with a Shortcut or Back Tap. How to set up each one.
- The private camera: straight into the vault Take photos and videos that never land in your camera roll. How the private camera works, where the shots go, and what it can’t keep private.
- The USB Drop Box: a Finder folder that empties into the vault A Finder folder on your iPhone that empties itself into the vault. How to turn it on, drag folders in from a Mac, and close the short gap before files are sealed.
- Wireless transfer: from your computer to the vault Send photos and files from a computer into your iPhone vault over your own Wi-Fi, without a cable or a cloud. How it works, and the free cable way for Mac.
Locks
- Break-in alerts: what Sealed records, and what it can’t After a run of wrong passcodes, the front camera can photograph the person trying and note the place. How the photos, the location and the wait work.
- Face ID and Touch ID unlock How to open your vault with your face or a finger: setting it up, what the lock screen does each day, what happens after a failed match, and when to turn it off.
- Location Lock: trusted places only A vault that opens only at places you choose, like home. How trusted places and the radius work, why no location means no entry, and when this lock is worth it.
- Pattern lock: from 3 × 3 to 6 × 6 dots The iPhone has no pattern unlock of its own, but your vault can. How to set a pattern, how strong each pad size is, and when a passcode is the better choice.
- Shake to Lock and Face-Down Lock Lock your photo vault by shaking the phone or turning it face down. Where the switches are, what each one does, and the moments when a gesture beats a button.
- The decoy vault: a second passcode, a second vault How Sealed’s decoy vault works: setting the decoy code or pattern, filling it so it looks lived-in, what its Settings shows, and how it meets other locks.
Recovery key
- A sealed copy of your recovery key A sealed copy locks your recovery key under a phrase only you know, so you can keep it in your email or Notes. How to make one, and why the phrase matters most.
- If the app is gone, your vault still opens The open copy keeps an encrypted copy of your vault that opens on a computer with your recovery key and a free reader. How it works, and what it costs.
- Key guardians: your recovery key in parts Key guardians split your vault’s recovery key into parts for people you trust, so no one of them holds it alone. How it works, and how to get the key back.
- The Sealed recovery key: what it opens, and what happens without it What your Sealed recovery key unlocks, from a forgotten passcode to a new iPhone, how to replace it, and what nobody can do for you if it is lost.
Backup
- iCloud backup and restore in Sealed: how it works Encrypted iCloud backup is free. What goes into Sealed’s backup, what a restore on a new iPhone needs, and what nobody can recover for you.
- Space Saver: originals in your backup, thumbnails on the phone Space Saver keeps vault originals in your encrypted backup and only a thumbnail on the phone. The steps, the checks it makes first, and what to know before a trip.
Pricing
- Sealed Pro: three plans, one set of features What Sealed Pro adds, what Yearly, Monthly and Lifetime cost, how the free trial works, and how to restore or cancel a plan on a new iPhone.
- The free plan: what you get without paying Sealed’s free plan is a full photo vault with backup and a recovery key. What is free, what needs Pro, and what happens when the vault is full.