Canonical: https://hideroom.app/facts
Title: Hideroom at a glance
Updated: 2026-10-23

# Facts

Everything you might need to check about Hideroom, in one place.

Last updated 23 October 2026

| Name                | Hideroom (one word, one capital)                                                                                                                                                                              |
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| 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                                                                                                                                                                                         |