Only you can see it
No account, no ads, no analytics. Your history never reaches me, advertisers or data brokers.
App
iPhone & iPad · By Dave Ellis
Location Vault
Your history. Nobody else's. Location Vault keeps a private record of everywhere you go, so you can look back on any day - and only you can see it.
- 0 Accounts, ads or trackers
- 0 Days of history, free
- 0 Export formats
- 0 Colours, with matching icons
Locked with Face ID
Lock the app with Face ID, Touch ID or your passcode. Free for everyone.
Logs itself
A pin every few minutes while you're on the move, even when the app is closed.
Every day, mapped
Look back at any day: your route, your pins and the photos you took.
iPhone · iPad · iOS 17 or later · Home & Lock Screen widgets
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Private by design
A vault for everywhere you've been. The key is yours.
A record of where you go is about as personal as data gets. Location Vault keeps yours on your devices and in your own iCloud - never on my servers. I don't have any.
Nothing to sign up for
No account, no email address, no profile. Install it, allow location access and it starts logging.
Nobody watching
No ads, no analytics, no tracking and no third-party code. Nothing in the app reports on you.
I can't see it
There's no Location Vault server. Your pins sync through your private iCloud database, which only your Apple Account can open.
Locked with Face ID
Lock the app with Face ID, Touch ID or your passcode - free, in Settings. Pins keep logging while it's locked.
Hidden at a glance
With the lock on, your map is hidden in the app switcher, so a glance at your phone gives nothing away.
Photos stay put
Photos are read on your device to place them on the map. They're never uploaded, copied or stored.
Read the privacy policy
Exactly what Location Vault keeps, where it lives, and what Apple handles for maps and purchases.
Privacy policy
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What it does
Every day you've had, on the map.
Location Vault logs quietly in the background, then gives you ways to look back that make sense of it all.
Logs itself
Drops a pin every few minutes while you're moving, even with the app closed. When you stop, it sleeps with location off until you set off again.
Any day, or several
Pick the days you want and see each route drawn in its own colour, with your pins along the way.
Photos where you took them
Turn on Photos and the pictures from the days you're viewing appear on the map where you took them.
Search by place
Search for a place and find every day you were nearby.
Places, cities & countries
Where you spend your time, and every city and country you've been to - for your last 30 days, or any dates with Pro.
Heat map Pro
See the places you go most, across all your history.
Widgets Pro
Today's map, distance and places on your Home Screen, plus Lock Screen widgets.
Export Pro
Save any date range as GPX, KML, CSV or GeoJSON and take your history anywhere.
Make it yours Pro
Nine colours for the app, its map and widgets, each with a matching app icon.
Logging never depends on your plan: Free and Pro both record everything, always. Free shows your last 30 days; Pro shows all of it, straight away.
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Free & Pro
Free to keep. Pro to see all of it.
Free
Everything logged. Your last 30 days on show.
- Logs in the background, every day
- Your last 30 days on the map, with your photos
- Search, places, cities and countries from the last 30 days
- Face ID, Touch ID or passcode lock
- Backed up and synced through your iCloud
Location Vault Pro
Your whole history, and more ways to see it.
- All your history, as far back as it goes
- Heat map of the places you go most
- Places, cities and countries for any dates
- A pin every 1 to 10 minutes - your choice
- Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets
- Export as GPX, KML, CSV or GeoJSON
- Nine colours, each with a matching icon
Monthly, yearly or a one-off lifetime purchase through the App Store. Works with Family Sharing.
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Questions
Can anyone else see where I've been?
No. There's no account and no Location Vault server. Your pins are stored on your iPhone or iPad and synced through your own private iCloud database, which only your Apple Account can open. I can't see them, and nothing in the app passes them to advertisers or anyone else. Turn on the Face ID lock and nobody can open the app on your phone either.
Will it drain my battery?
It's built not to. While you're still, Location Vault sleeps with location off and waits for low-power signals from iOS that you've moved. While you're on the move, it turns GPS on for a few seconds at a time to drop a pin every few minutes.
What happens to my history if I get a new phone?
Sign in to the new phone with the same Apple Account, keep iCloud on, and your pins come back on their own.
How much does it cost?
It's free to download and free to use for your last 30 days, Face ID lock included. Location Vault Pro shows your whole history and adds the heat map, stats for any dates, widgets and export, as a monthly or yearly subscription or a one-off lifetime purchase.