Amazon's Free App of the Day - Photo Vault

written by: Nick Kosmides

So, its Monday and it just so happens to be a big day for some developers.  I'm talking about Valve and Midway NetherRealm Studios in releasing two high profile games today.  Both Portal 2 and Mortal Kombat are expected to sell very well, especially given the excessive exclusive feature set of the PS3 version of Portal 2 and possibly Kratos in the new MK. I bring this up not only because I'm looking forward to picking up my copies at midnight tonight, but because it mirrors the impact that today's free app of the day will leave.

Photo Vault, free today only, holds the key to your private and public picture sorting future.  If you've ever wanted to tell the stock Android gallery to hide certain photos from view and been sorely disappointed in the omission of this feature, then look no further than the Amazon Appstore. Protect private photos from prying eyes by separating them and locking them out with a password firewall.

Though this may seem like a dollar store Android app at first, the dev promises to follow user feedback up with updates issuing feature requests.

My feature request is simple: allow a "hide from Gallery" option so I don't have to look at all .jpg found on the entire device including folders containing assets created by games. Tap Tap Revenge 4 is extremely guilty of this, and from what I'm told so it Bejeweled 2.


Photo Vault - $1.00 FREE