Photok, private safe for photos and videos

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Photok, caratteristiche principali

Open source
for Android
a private safe for photos and videos

The Photok application is currently only under maintenance, meaning it works but there won't be any new features anytime soon.

We have often talked about photographs, later we will do an ad hoc article on alternative applications to your smartphone's gallery and there is already a long article on alternatives to Google Photos. What we are offering you today is an application dedicated to photographs and videos, it is a real safe where you can safely save your memories, away from prying eyes.

Photok it's really very simple to use and, unfortunately, it doesn't seem to have any type of automatic backup of your photographs. Therefore the application is intended to protect only some photos or videos chosen by you manually.

It seems like a smart idea and above all easy to use: once you have set a password (strong, please) you will arrive on the empty homepage where you can manually upload photos or videos. Simply press the '+' button and decide which elements need to be loaded.

As you will see, the display is really excellent and pleasant, which is also why we would recommend it: it not only hides your memories but allows you to find them easily and with beautiful graphics to look at and easy to manage.

Hide Photok

One of the most interesting features is that of being able to hide Photok from your applications list. It's a soft trick because the application will disappear from your application list launcher but apparently it will still be visible among the installed applications by going to settings/apps.

The only way to make it reappear is to enter a code, which will be given to you before blocking the application and above all that you can customize, in the telephone dialer. At this point the application will reappear and you will have to re-enter the chosen password to unlock the safe.

The application allows you to deactivate screenshots and automate the locking of the safe: immediate, one minute, two minutes, five minutes, 10 minutes or never.

In the end Photok allows you to make a secure backup of your safe to transfer it from one phone to another.

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