Vaultbook is a journalling app for iPhone and iPad. This page sets out what the app does with your information. In short: entries are files you own, and there is no Vaultbook server for them to be sent to.
Last updated 6 October 2026.
What the app collects
Nothing.
Vaultbook has no account and no sign-in. It contains no analytics, no advertising and no third-party tracking code. There is no Vaultbook server, so there is nowhere for entries to be sent.
Where entries are kept
Every entry is a plain Markdown file, stored in whichever place you choose during setup:
- On the device, in the app’s own storage.
- In your iCloud Drive, in a Vaultbook folder visible in the Files app.
- In a folder you pick — an Obsidian vault, or any folder you already sync yourself.
In each case the files are yours and can be opened in any text editor. iCloud Drive is Apple’s service and is covered by Apple’s privacy policy. Any other sync — Obsidian Sync, Dropbox, git, Syncthing — is governed by that service’s own terms.
Permissions
Photos. Requested only when a photo is added. The chosen photo is copied into your own journal folder. The library is not otherwise read.
Location. Optional, and only when switched on. It is used to record a place name on an entry, while the app is in use, never in the background.
Motion. Optional. Used only to tilt the foil on an animated journal cover as the device moves. Nothing is recorded or retained.
The one thing that leaves the device
With Add the weather switched on, Vaultbook asks Apple’s WeatherKit for the conditions at your location so they can be written onto the entry. That request includes an approximate location and is sent to Apple, under Apple’s Weather & Privacy notice. No part of an entry is included in it. With the setting off, no request is made.
Reading words inside pictures
Vaultbook can read the words in photos, screenshots, scans, PDFs and handwriting so they appear in search results. This happens entirely on the device, using Apple’s Vision framework. Nothing is uploaded and no network connection is required.
What is read is held alongside the app’s own files, never written into journal entries and never synced. It can be discarded at any time using Forget What Was Read in Settings, and rebuilt from your own files afterwards.
Crash reports
While Vaultbook is distributed through TestFlight, Apple collects crash logs and basic usage figures and shares them with the developer. The same applies to crash data shared voluntarily from the App Store release. This is Apple’s collection, under Apple’s terms, and none of it contains the contents of an entry.
Children
Vaultbook is not directed at children under 13, and collects no information from users of any age.
Changes
If this policy changes, the date above changes with it.
Contact
Questions about this policy: hello@vaultbook.app