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Everything you might need to check about Hideroom, in one place.
Last updated 23 October 2026
| Name | Hideroom (one word, one capital) |
|---|---|
| What it is | A private vault app for photos, videos, passports, IDs and crypto recovery words, encrypted on the phone and backed up, opened by drawing a pattern. |
| Made by | Stratus Research Limited, registered in England and Wales, company number 09447561 |
| Founder | Zaniar |
| Platforms | iPhone first (iOS 17 or later); Android next, with the same features |
| Status | Not yet released; launch date not announced |
| App Store | "Hideroom: Photo Vault", Apple ID 6826372890 |
| Free plan | One private room with 100 photos and documents plus 10 videos; unlimited notes; backup, export, the recovery phrase and moving phones are free; more rooms, decoy rooms and the wipe pattern are Pro |
| Pro | Lifetime £39.99 · $39.99 once; Yearly £19.99 · $19.99 with a 7-day trial for new subscribers; Monthly £4.99 · $4.99; Weekly £1.99 · $1.99 |
| Encryption | AES-256-GCM on the phone, a separate key for every file, using Apple's and Android's own cryptography |
| Unlocking | A drawn pattern combined with a secret held only by that phone; each pattern opens its own room |
| Recovery | A nine-word recovery phrase generated by Hideroom, about 87 bits; no paid resets |
| Backup | Encrypted backup to your own private iCloud (Google Drive on Android), never held by Hideroom; on by default, each upload read back and checked; a new phone restores from it with the room's recovery phrase |
| Account | None. No Hideroom account, no Hideroom server that sees content |
| Ads | None, ever |
| Languages at launch | English, Japanese, German, French, Spanish, Portuguese |
| Contact | hello@hideroom.app · support@hideroom.app · press@hideroom.app · security@hideroom.app |
| Website | https://hideroom.app |