The pattern chooses the vault
VaultBe never asks "which vault?". You draw a pattern. If it matches a vault, that vault opens. If you draw a different pattern, a different vault opens. From the outside there is one app and one lock screen.
Inside an open vault, nothing lists or counts the others. Someone looking over your shoulder, or holding your unlocked vault, sees that vault only.
Separate keys all the way down
Each vault has its own randomly generated master key. Photos in one vault cannot be decrypted with the pattern for another. File names on disk are random identifiers, and backup records in iCloud are named with a keyed hash per vault, so records from different vaults cannot be linked to each other.
What it does not hide
We would rather be straightforward than oversell. Someone with full forensic access to your device's storage may be able to estimate that more than one vault exists, for example from the amount of encrypted data. They cannot read the contents, the names or the patterns. If you need other vaults to be gone rather than hidden, that is what Duress Mode is for.
Ideas for using several vaults
- A day-to-day vault for IDs, receipts and travel documents.
- A personal vault for photos you never want to appear in a slideshow.
- A work vault for client material that should not mix with anything else.
Common questions
How many vaults can I create?
The free version includes one vault. VaultBe Pro allows unlimited vaults, each with its own pattern.
Can two vaults use the same pattern?
No. Because the pattern selects the vault, each pattern can open only one. VaultBe tells you if a pattern is already in use when you create a new vault.