Private vault
Captures that never touch your camera roll, behind the lock your phone already uses.
The camera roll is the first place anyone looks, and it syncs. Eclipse writes captures to its own album inside the app instead, protected by the same biometric lock you already use to unlock the phone. Nothing is uploaded, there is no account to create, and nothing leaves the device unless you export it deliberately.
Where captures actually go
The private album is the default. Files are written to the app's own storage, which means they do not appear in Photos, do not sync to iCloud Photos, and are not visible to any other app. You can switch to saving into the system photo library instead if you would rather, but the private album is what Eclipse assumes you want.
- Private album inside the app is the default
- Optionally save to the system Photos library instead
- No account, no upload, no sync — there is no server to send anything to
- Export to Photos, share, or Save to Files when you actually choose to
The lock
Face ID, Touch ID or your device passcode, and it is free for everyone rather than a Pro upsell — a privacy feature that only paying users get is not much of a privacy feature.
- Face ID, Touch ID or passcode
- Free on every tier
- Falls back to the passcode when biometrics fail, as iOS does
Reviewing what you captured
A built-in slideshow plays through the vault so you can review a burst without tapping through it, with pinch-to-zoom on any item. Playback is free; the timing controls are part of Pro.
- Slideshow playback, free for everyone
- Adjustable time per photo and per video (Pro)
- Pinch to zoom on any capture
- Sorted by capture time
Specifics
- Default destination
- Private in-app album
- Lock
- Face ID · Touch ID · passcode (free)
- Free vault size
- 10 items
- Extra space
- +5 items per rewarded ad
- Pro vault size
- Unlimited
- Cloud
- None. No account, no sync
Read from Models/ImageManager.swift, Utils/LocalStorage.swift and Constants/Constants.swift.
What it will not do
- The free vault holds 10 items, which fills quickly. Watching a rewarded ad adds 5, and Pro removes the cap — but 10 is genuinely small and worth knowing before you rely on it.
- Captures live in the app's own storage, so deleting Eclipse deletes them. Export anything you want to keep.
- A private album is not encryption. It keeps captures out of the camera roll and behind a biometric lock; it is not a defence against someone with your unlocked phone and your face.
Common questions
- Do my captures go to iCloud?
- No. Captures written to the private album stay in the app's own storage on the device. There is no account, no server and no sync. If you switch the save destination to the system photo library, then normal iCloud Photos behaviour applies to those files — that is your photo library, not Eclipse.
- What happens to my captures if I delete the app?
- They are deleted with it. The private album lives inside the app's storage, which iOS removes when the app is removed. Export anything you want to keep to Photos or Files first.
- Is the Face ID lock a paid feature?
- No, it is free for everyone. So is slideshow playback. Pro covers the advanced masks, unlimited vault storage, widget customisation and removing ads.
Try it yourself
Eclipse is free to download. The black screen mask, Face ID lock and slideshow stay free.
Download free on the App Store