Album Shield vs Piqt

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Album Shield compared with Piqt
Detail	Album Shield	Piqt
What it does	Keep personal photos and videos in an encrypted vault on your device	On-device photo curator that ranks your best shots, finds your trips, and organizes your library without uploading anything
Stage	Not given	Startup
Founded	Not given	2026
Based in	Not given	US
Pricing model	Freemium	Freemium
Pricing	Free: up to 15 photos and 5 videos. Album Shield Pro: $9.99 USD one-time purchase removes media limits. Private Camera: $2.99 USD one-time purchase for direct vault photo and video capture.	Free: full library scan and scoring, browsing, and recovery from deletion. Piqt Plus: $3.99/month or $29.99/year with 7-day free trial, or $49.99 lifetime. Founders edition: $99.99 once, first thousand, lifetime.
Key features	On-device encryption with Face ID and Touch ID protection Break-In Log captures photos after incorrect PIN attempts PIN Lockout with increasing wait times after repeated failures Remove GPS location data from photos Photo editing inside vault with crop, rotate, adjust and filter tools Organize with folders, tags and map views of locations Duress PIN for opening a separate secondary vault Recover deleted media within 15 days	Photo quality ranking on five signals Explainable scoring with detailed score sheet Adjustable scoring weights via sliders Trip and event detection from photo habits Group similar and near-identical photos Screenshot recognition and filing into collections Safe deletion with recovery option Batch processing and resumable initial scan On-device place naming for trips Video trimming in Piqt Plus
What makes it different	No subscriptions, accounts or advertising All media and encryption keys stay on device, never sent to developer One-time purchases instead of subscriptions Available in English, French and Spanish	Genuinely on-device with no uploads, no account, no cloud processing Cannot delete photos by design—deletion API not in source code Explainable AI with fully adjustable scoring weights Trip detection without location services Free forever for scanning, scoring, and browsing
Community votes	0	0
DR (Domain Rating by Ahrefs)	Not checked yet no change since last check	10 no change since last check
Trust Flow (Majestic)	0	1
Citation Flow (Majestic)	13	24
Referring domains (Majestic)	2	22

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