Photok
Photok is a free, open-source photo and gallery app for Android. Private Photo Vault, Hide Photos & Videos. It has 976 GitHub stars and is released under the Apache-2.0 license, and you can install it from F-Droid and Google Play.
About Photok
Encrypt your photos on your device and keep them safe from others. Photok is a free Photo-Safe. It stores your photos & videos encrypted on your device and hides them from others. It uses technologies like, AES-256 encryption standard or bcrypt, to keep your photos secure. Photok is completely free, open source, and runs no ads. Features * import photos and videosfrom your gallery * fully functional in app gallery * export photos back to your gallery * change your password * create and Restore backups * share to Photok * hide app icon * recovery menu Benefits * hide your sensitive photos from others * protect your photos from data theft Photok on GitHub: Icons made by Google, Freepik and…
Privacy and F-Droid
F-Droid builds Photok from its published source code and flags anti-features such as ads, tracking or reliance on non-free services.
No anti-features flagged on the latest F-Droid build.
Screenshots
Screenshots from the app's F-Droid listing.
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What is Photok?
Photok is a free, open-source photo and gallery app for Android. Private Photo Vault, Hide Photos & Videos. It has 976 GitHub stars and is released under the Apache-2.0 license, and you can install it from F-Droid and Google Play.
Is Photok free and open source?
Yes. Photok's source code is public on GitHub under the Apache-2.0 license, which is OSI-approved or FSF-free. F-Droid, which builds it from source, flags no anti-features such as ads or tracking on its latest build.
How do I install Photok?
You can install Photok from F-Droid (package dev.leonlatsch.photok) and from Google Play; the links are on this page. Its GitHub repository also publishes releases (latest: 3.5.0).
Is Photok still maintained?
The repository's most recent commit was on Oct 2, 2026. Its F-Droid listing was last updated on Oct 2, 2026. appsgit only lists apps whose repository had a commit in the last six months.