Is there a good app for lock private apps and photos?
Too Expensive: 29 apps already serve this, and 20 data points mined from real user reviews across 2 sources show where they fall short. The job is solved but priced beyond a segment. Undercut with a cheaper tier.
Data refreshed July 20, 2026 · scores recompute weekly as new reviews are mined, so re-check before you build.
What users complain about
The most common complaints behind apps that try to lock private apps and photos, mined and clustered from real reviews:
| Complaint area | Type | Mentions | What a user said |
|---|---|---|---|
| locks user out of phone/apps | bug | 1 | It keeps locking me put of my phone and telling me what apps I can get into |
| forced access to private photos, cannot disable | other | 1 | App has access to your “Private Photos”...There is no way for you to turn it off |
| app locked by location | other | 1 | THEY ALSO LOCK/BLOCK the app if anything is going on in your area, so you can't use the app if you don't pay |
| locks page to force app download | other | 1 | Your dumb website keeping locking the page to force me to download your stupid app |
| PIN/lock to open app | missing-feature | 1 | can you add a pin to unlock the app, so when you press the app you don't immediately click on chats |
| save to photos locked behind paywall | price | 1 | they had to lock the save to photos option behind a pay wall |
| forced app download to view photos | ux | 1 | Why do I need to download this dumb app just to look at photos from maps? |
| downloads hidden in private app dir | ux | 1 | the app hides it in app specific non-public directory instead of Downloads |
| account locked during selfie review | other | 1 | My account got locked the night I created it for editing my profile while my selfie was being reviewed |
| mobile site locks users out to app | ux | 1 | mobile site has begun locking people out and directing them to the app |
| all features locked behind paywall | price | 1 | All features locked behind a paywall. Do not download |
| locked out of app | bug | 1 | The. You lock me out of the app |
Apps that already serve this
| App | Rating | Ratings | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Private Photo Vault - Pic Safe | 4.8 | 1,009,858 | Free |
| My Secret Folder™ | 2.2 | 58 | $0.99 |
| Secret Photo Vault: Keepsafe | 4.7 | 378,711 | Free |
| Privault - Private Photo Vault | 4.7 | 76,627 | Free |
| Google Smart Lock | 2.5 | 613 | Free |
| Safe + Password Manager | 4.8 | 454 | $2.99 |
| blocked. | 5.0 | 2 | $4.99 |
| SP Camera | 4.5 | 1,717 | $9.99 |
Should you build it?
The job is solved but priced beyond a segment. Undercut with a cheaper tier. Opportunity here scores 43 out of 100 — a function of demand, how crowded the field is, and how badly the existing apps perform. Use the live map to compare it against adjacent tasks.
Who has tried building this
| Project | Status | Stars | Stack |
|---|---|---|---|
| AndroidWithRossyn/Calculator-Vault | active | 4 | Java |
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