Photos and videos
From your photo library, including items kept in iCloud Photos.
ArXiva
A private archive for your photos, videos and files. Encrypted, on your iPhone, and nowhere else.
Own your data.
Layers
Protection in layers, like a Lotus Mandala.
Each layer has its own password. None of them can be recovered, not even by us, because nothing about them ever leaves your phone.
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Two vaults, two passwords
The same lock screen opens whichever vault matches the password you type. Use one for everyday things and the other for what matters most. Inside the app, nothing indicates that a second vault exists.
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A password for every folder
Every folder has its own AES-256-GCM key, derived from the folder password with PBKDF2-HMAC-SHA256, 150,000 iterations and a random salt of its own. Opening the vault shows only the folder names; the contents, the thumbnails and the notes inside stay encrypted until the folder password is typed.
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An emergency password
Typed on the lock screen, it permanently erases the vault it belongs to and opens the other one, with no message and no visible delay. The erasure cannot be undone.
Local only
Nothing leaves your phone.
No account, no server, no analytics, no advertising. ArXiva does not send your files anywhere, and there is nowhere for them to go.
- Files encrypted with AES-256-GCM
- Keys derived from your passwords with PBKDF2-HMAC-SHA256, 150,000 iterations
- Locks itself as soon as you leave the app
- A growing delay after wrong passwords
- No sign-up, no email, no phone number
- Your originals stay in your photo library, untouched
Everything else
An archive, not just a photo vault.
Any file
Documents, archives, anything from the Files app, up to 100 MB each.
ZIP archives
Unpacked straight into the folder, including password-protected ones.
Audio
Played inside the app, at adjustable speed.
Notes
On any item and on any folder, encrypted like everything else.
Moving to a new iPhone
The whole archive in one encrypted file, restored on the new phone.
Price
Try it, then keep it.
Free to use with three items in each vault. One purchase removes the limit for both vaults, permanently.
Free3 items in each vault
Full archiveOne-time purchase
SubscriptionNone
Support
Questions.
I forgot a password. Can you reset it?
No. Passwords are never stored and never leave your phone, so there is nothing anyone can reset. A forgotten vault or folder password means the content it protects cannot be opened again.
How do I move my archive to a new iPhone?
In the vault, use the share button to export the whole archive as a single .arhiva file, and send it to the new phone the way you prefer. On the new iPhone, install ArXiva and choose Restore from a file on the first screen, before creating any vault. Both vaults and all folders keep their passwords.
Is my archive included in iCloud backups?
No. The archive is kept out of iCloud and device backups. The export file is the only way to take it with you, and you decide where it goes.
What does the emergency password do exactly?
You set it from inside a vault, together with the password of the other vault. When it is typed on the lock screen, the vault in which it was set is erased with everything in it, and the other vault opens as if its own password had been typed. It works once; after that it has to be set again.
I bought the full archive. How do I get it on another iPhone?
Open the purchase screen and tap Restore purchase, signed in with the same Apple Account. The purchase belongs to your Apple Account, not to a vault or a password.
Does ArXiva connect to the internet?
Only through Apple, in three cases: when you import a photo stored in iCloud Photos, or a file stored in iCloud Drive, iOS downloads it to your phone first; and when you open the purchase screen, the App Store is asked for the price. Nothing from your archive is ever sent.
Anything else: support@arxiva.website