Secure photo viewer vs Valv
Side-by-side comparison of two open source alternatives
Secure photo viewer
To be used whenever you are showing off pictures to your phone. Prevents someone seeing what they are not supposed to or doing anything to your phone. Start the app by sharing pictures or videos. This app is here to protect you from you friends and enemies. Have you ever handed over your phone to show someone the latest meme? Or a cool pic you took? How often did they scroll too far and have seen something embarrassing in your gallery or image browser? Now we have a solution: Select the pictures you want them to see in your gallery, press share and select the Secure Photo Viewer! Now they will only see what you want them to see. It works with any amount of photos or videos you share from you gallery! It's that easy to protect your privacy from nosy friends.
Valv
Valv is an encrypted gallery, storing your sensitive photos, GIFs and videos securely on your device. Choose a password or PIN-code and protect your gallery. Valv encrypts your files using the fast ChaCha20 stream cipher. Features * Supports images, GIFs, videos and text files * Organise using folders * The app requires no permissions * Encrypted files are stored on-disk allowing for easy backups and transfers between devices * Supports multiple vaults by the use of different passwords * Day/night modes * Add notes/text to files Encryption Files are encrypted using ChaCha20 and keys are derived using PBKDF2 with HMAC-SHA512.
| Feature | Secure photo viewer | Valv |
|---|---|---|
| License | MIT | GPL-3.0-only |
| Install sources | F-DroidGitHub | F-DroidGitHubIzzyOnDroid |
| Categories | Password ManagerGallery | Password ManagerMedia PlayerGalleryVideo |
| Features | Ad-FreeOpen SourceNo Tracking | Ad-FreeOpen SourceNo Tracking |
| Platforms | Android | Android |
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