Age Vault
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Description
ENCRYPT WITHOUT TRUSTING ANYONE.
Age Vault is a modern, on-device encryption app for iOS. It implements the open age specification — the same cryptography used by security professionals as a simpler, more auditable alternative to PGP. No servers. No accounts. No analytics. Your private key is generated on your iPhone and never leaves it.
WHAT YOU CAN DO —
Generate an X25519 keypair, locked behind Face ID
Encrypt text messages to anyone whose public key you have
Decrypt messages sent to you with a tap
Save recipient public keys as named contacts
Encrypt files — photos, documents, archives, anything
Send the same encrypted payload to multiple recipients at once
Export and back up your keypair through the iOS Share Sheet
HOW IT WORKS —
Age Vault uses the open age encryption format:
X25519 elliptic-curve key exchange
ChaCha20-Poly1305 authenticated stream encryption
HKDF-SHA256 key derivation
Encrypted output is the standard age format, interoperable with the reference age CLI on macOS, Linux, and Windows. You are not locked into our app.
PRIVACY POSTURE —
Zero data collection. No analytics SDKs, no crash reporting off-device, no advertising IDs.
No backend. The app has no server it talks to.
Keys live in the iOS Keychain. We have no copy and no recovery — by design.
Face ID authentication is handled by Apple's LocalAuthentication framework. Your biometric data never enters our code.
In-app purchase is processed by Apple's StoreKit. We see only a confirmation that a valid purchase exists.
Full privacy policy: https://dolucid.com/age-vault/privacy.html
FREE vs. PREMIUM —
The free tier is fully usable for encrypted messaging:
Generate keypair
Encrypt and decrypt text messages
View your public key
A one-time $2.99 unlock adds:
File encryption (any file type)
Contacts vault — save recipient keys with names
Multi-recipient encryption — encrypt once, share with many
No subscription. No recurring billing. One purchase, yours forever, restorable on any device signed into your Apple ID.
WHY AGE? —
PGP is powerful but notoriously difficult — long key IDs, web-of-trust ceremony, dozens of legacy options that hide footguns. Age was designed by security researchers as a modern replacement: small key format, no configuration, no algorithm choices to get wrong.
OPEN SPECIFICATION —
The age format is published, peer-reviewed, and implemented in multiple languages. Anything Age Vault encrypts can be decrypted by the reference age tool on a desktop. You own your data and your encryption keys, in a portable format.