Brikwall screenshot

Google Play, Nov 20

Android

03Private vault

Brikwall

A brick wall around the private stuff on your phone.

brikwall.app

See it work

A recreation, running in your browser

A recreation of Brikwall. Each pattern opens its own vault: a Z opens one, an N opens a different one.

The short version

Private vault

Brikwall is a locked vault on your Android phone for the photos, videos and files you'd rather not have pop up when someone borrows it. You open it by drawing a pattern on a grid of dots, and that pattern is the actual key. It isn't saved anywhere, and I never see it.

Why I made it

What it does

Your phone holds your whole life and is one nosy friend away from sharing it.
Brikwall has no account and no email, and nothing gets uploaded. If you forget your pattern and your recovery words, even I can't help you. That's the point.
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    Draw 7 to 25 dots on a grid to get in

  2. 02

    Take photos and videos that never touch your gallery

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    Scan documents into private PDFs

  4. 04

    Search your files, even the words inside scans

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    A panic pattern that opens a decoy vault

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    12 recovery words, in case you forget the pattern

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    Screenshots are blocked inside the app

Draw your pattern

Pick a shape with at least 7 dots. There's a strength meter, if you'd like to be judged.

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Fill the vault

Import from your phone, or shoot straight into it. Everything is encrypted before it's saved.

02

Save your 12 words

They're the only way back in if you forget your pattern. There's no reset email, because there's no email.

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Visit brikwall.app

How Brikwall works, in three steps.

Where it stands

Google Play, Nov 20

Brikwall is headed to Google Play around November 20. It's Android only (version 9 and newer) and free to start. There's much more about how it works at brikwall.app.

A closer look

3 screenshots

Drawing a pattern to make a vault
Drawing a pattern to make a vault
The first-run screens
The first-run screens
Adding to the vault: photos and private notes
Adding to the vault: photos and private notes
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