Petiko
Keep private photos, videos, IDs and documents encrypted in a folder you choose, so they stay even if the app is uninstalled and move with you to a new phone. A recovery key instead of a recovery email, automatic copies to your own Google Drive, and taking your photos out is always free. In English, Bahasa Melayu and Bahasa Indonesia.
- Free · ad-free from US$2/month
- English, Melayu, Indonesia
- Android 10 or newer
What it does
Really encrypted
Every photo, video, file, thumbnail and name is encrypted on your phone (AES-256-GCM through Google's Tink) before it's stored. Your PIN, a fingerprint or your recovery key opens it; nobody else, not even us.
Hard to lose
Your vault lives in a folder you choose, not inside the app, so uninstalling doesn't wipe it. Copy the folder or a backup file to a new phone, or restore from your own Google Drive.
A recovery key, not an email
Forgot your PIN? Your recovery key opens the vault and you set a new PIN. A copy can be kept with your Google account, locked by your PIN, so a new phone needs only your PIN.
Photos, videos and documents
Albums inside albums, original quality, a video player with loop, speed and double-tap to skip, a slideshow, and PDFs that open inside the app.
Share without unhiding
Share straight from the vault; shared photos and videos lose their location by default, and the copies are deleted when the vault locks. Take anything back to your Gallery, free.
A decoy PIN and break-in photos
A second PIN opens a separate, ordinary-looking vault. If you turn it on, a wrong PIN takes a photo with the front camera, kept in your vault. An optional disguise changes the icon and name, with a working calculator if you like.
Three steps
Choose a folder and a PIN
Pick a folder for your vault (Documents/Petiko is suggested), a 6-digit PIN, and save your recovery key.
Add from your Gallery
Add photos, videos and files, or share them to Petiko. Once its encrypted copy is checked, Android asks you once to delete the originals.
Keep a copy off the phone
Turn on Google Drive backup or save a backup file; Home tells you when your vault was last copied.
Privacy
- Your photos, videos and files are encrypted on your phone. We never see them; Petiko has no servers for them.
- They are stored in a folder you choose, and in your own Google Drive only if you turn that on.
- No account. Nothing about what is in your vault is sent to us.
- The free version shows ads from Google AdMob, never over your photos, which collects some data. You can change your ad choices in Settings.
Details
- Price
- Free with ads and no limits: every feature, any number of items. Premium (no ads): US$2 a month or US$20 a year, cancel any time in Google Play. Taking your photos out is always free.
- Needs
- Android 10 or newer. Fingerprint unlock needs a fingerprint or a strong face unlock.
- Languages
- English, Bahasa Melayu and Bahasa Indonesia.
- Encryption
- AES-256-GCM (Google Tink) for files and names; Argon2id with a key in your phone's secure hardware for the PIN; a 120-bit recovery key.
- Backups
- The vault folder itself, a backup file saved anywhere, and automatic copies to your own Google Drive (a hidden app folder).
Questions
Something missing? Send feedback →What if I forget my PIN?
Use your recovery key, then set a new PIN. Your fingerprint also works if you turned it on. Without both, nobody can open the vault, us included: that's what makes it private.
What happens if I uninstall Petiko?
Your vault stays in its folder. Install Petiko again, choose Restore a vault, pick the folder and type your PIN (or your recovery key).
Does the phone's PIN open Petiko?
No. Petiko has its own PIN; your fingerprint or face can open it, but the phone's PIN or pattern never does, so people who know your phone's PIN can't get in.
Is the disguise required?
No. Petiko is a plain privacy app by default. In Settings you can change its icon and name, and use a working calculator in front. Android's Settings › Apps still shows the name Petiko.