Utility Kit: Photo Vault, published by Swell & Stack Co. LLC. Effective 2026-10-24.
Utility Kit does not collect, receive or store any of your data on our servers. We have no servers for this app. Your photos, videos, files, filenames and notes stay on your iPhone, and we cannot see them.
There is no sign-up or login. The app contains no analytics, advertising or tracking software and no third-party SDKs. The only crash information we may receive is what Apple provides to developers if you have chosen to share crash data with app developers in iOS settings.
Files, thumbnails, filenames and indexes are encrypted on your device with AES-256-GCM before they are stored. Keys are derived from your pattern or protected by your recovery phrase. We never have either, so we cannot open or recover your vault.
If you leave backup on, the app writes encrypted files to the iCloud Drive container of your own Apple ID. iCloud holds only ciphertext it cannot read. You can turn backup off in Settings. Apple's privacy policy applies to iCloud.
Sharing creates an encrypted file that you send yourself, for example by AirDrop or Messages. It is sealed with a share phrase that you give the recipient. Nothing is uploaded to our servers. Open limits, expiry and no-export are enforced by the app, not by the encryption.
The app asks for the camera and microphone only for its in-app secure camera, and for photo library access only when you import or export. The compass uses the magnetometer and does not use your location.
Subscriptions and the lifetime purchase are handled entirely by Apple's StoreKit. We do not see your payment details.
The app is a general-audience utility and collects no data from anyone.
If this policy changes, the updated version will be posted here with a new effective date.