The same promise, made two ways
HiddenVault's listing says something most of this category does not: that it does not store, save or access any of your personal data. That is the right claim to make, and it puts HiddenVault closer to Vaultine than almost anything else here.
The difference is what the promise rests on. HiddenVault describes a PIN passcode and Face ID protecting custom albums, and does not name a cipher. So the assurance is the wording itself.
Vaultine names the mechanism: AES-256-GCM, applied per file, on the device, with a key derived from your 5x5 pattern or six-digit PIN that is never stored or transmitted. We cannot decrypt your files — not as a policy, but because we have nothing to decrypt them with. That is a claim you can check against the published standards rather than take on trust.
The price over time
HiddenVault sells weekly at $2.99, monthly at $7.99, and annual tiers between $19.99 and $44.99, after a 30-day free trial.
The weekly figure is the one worth converting: $2.99 a week is more than $150 a year, and it does not stop. Vaultine Pro is $1.99 a month, $14.99 a year, or $39.99 once. The free tier already includes the same encryption as Pro.
When you are made to unlock it
A PIN protects you from someone who does not know it. It does nothing when the person in front of you is waiting for you to enter it.
Vaultine's Decoy Vault opens on a second code and shows a vault you stocked in advance with harmless files, so you decide what is revealed. The Duress Vault opens on a third code, shows an empty vault, and wipes your real vaults as it does. Both are Pro features and both are prepared deliberately.
One vault, four platforms
HiddenVault is an iPhone app. Vaultine runs on Windows, macOS, iOS and Android, which matters if the files you want protected are the documents on a laptop.
