Personal documents
Keep copies, contracts, and other important files together in one safe. Think of insurance papers, a rental contract, or the scanned passport nobody can find at the moment it is needed.
How it works
Encrypted on your device. Opened on your terms.
SafelyShare puts photos, documents, and instructions in an encrypted safe, hands that safe directly to someone you trust, and keeps it closed until a timelock you control runs out.
In shortThree steps,
Three steps,
and then you can forget about it.
Your files are secured before they leave your device.
- 1
Create your safe
Choose photos, documents, and instructions on your own device.
- 2
Share directly
The safe is encrypted and sent from device to device.
- 3
Stay in control
Set the timelock, extend it whenever you want, or remotely destroy the safe.
What you can put in a safeOne safe place.
One safe place.
For every important moment.
SafelyShare is not only for later. Share what is private, personal, or valuable now—without giving up control.
Photos and memories
Share personal images directly with someone you trust. Photos and videos travel straight from your phone to theirs, so no service in between ever keeps a copy of them.
Instructions and account details
Clearly record what someone needs to know, precisely when it is needed. Notes, wishes, and the account details a partner or child would otherwise have to guess stay unreadable until your timelock ends.
In detail
What actually happens
Everything below describes what SafelyShare does today. The same wording is used in the privacy policy and the terms, so marketing and legal say the same thing.
Encryption on your device
Every safe gets its own key: a random 256-bit key generated on the device that creates the safe. Selected safe files are encrypted with AES-256-GCM on the sender’s device and transferred over a local connection to the recipient’s device.
That safe key is then sealed for one recipient with their public key. The recipient private key remains encrypted in device secure storage, so the key can only be unwrapped there.
The file key is end-to-end encrypted. SafelyShare can not read the file key.
Direct transfer between two devices
Wi-Fi or Bluetooth is used to directly connect two devices. Both people are signed in; the recipient opens Receive and shows a one-time QR code, and the sender scans it to pair the two phones.
The encrypted safe then moves across the same local network. When that is not possible, a Bluetooth bridge carries the same encrypted payload.
Files are encrypted before transfer and unavailable until the timer expires. SafelyShare never receives any safe files.
What our server stores — and what it cannot read
The SafelyShare application server does not receive or store safe files. It stores account and safe metadata, the recipient public key, and a wrapped safe key so the timelock can release it when due.
Stored on the server
- Your account: identity, verified email state, password hash, preferences, and account history.
- Safe metadata: name, description, timelock interval, key date, extension events, and the recipient.
- The recipient’s public key and the wrapped safe key the timelock releases.
- Devices, push tokens, heartbeat times, sessions, and security logs.
- Subscription state: plan, status, renewal dates, and provider identifiers.
Never on the server
- Your safe files. They go from device to device and are never uploaded.
- The file key in readable form — SafelyShare can not read the file key.
- The recipient’s private key, which stays encrypted in their device’s secure storage.
The timelock
You choose an interval when you create a safe, and the key date moves forward every time you extend it. You can extend from the app, from the web dashboard, or from the link in the reminder e-mail — and you can ask for a push or e-mail reminder before the key date.
You choose each timelock and remain responsible for extending it. If it expires, the wrapped key is automatically and irreversibly released to the recipient. Extending only works while the key has not been released yet.
Changed your mind? Deleting a shared safe permanently deletes its encryption key from the server, so it can never be released.
SafelyShare does not detect death or incapacity. The timelock is the only signal: it releases the key because you stopped extending it.
Free and Pro mechanics
Free gives you up to two safes with manual timelock extension and 7-day or 1-month intervals. You decide when to extend, and reminders make sure you know when a key date is coming.
Pro adds unlimited safes, flexible timelock periods, and automatic extension: while you use the app, your phone sends a background heartbeat that extends your safes for you.
Automatic extension depends on an active Pro entitlement, your settings, device activity, connectivity, and normal service operation; it is not a guarantee that a safe will remain locked.
Receiving a safe
Right after the transfer, the encrypted safe is stored on the recipient’s device. They see who shared it and when the key can be released, but the files remain encrypted until that moment.
When the timelock ends, the wrapped key is released. The app retrieves it, unwraps it on the recipient’s own device, and the contents open there. A safe always has exactly one recipient.
Frequently asked questions
Good to know.
Short answers about safes, timelocks, and secure sharing.
What is a SafelyShare safe?
A safe is a secured folder containing photos, documents, and instructions that you share with one recipient.
Are my files stored on SafelyShare servers?
No. Safe files are encrypted on your device and sent directly from device to device. SafelyShare only stores the data needed for your account and the timelock.
When can the recipient open the safe?
The recipient can open the contents when the timelock expires. If you extend the timelock, the safe stays closed.
Try it yourself.
Join the open beta.
SafelyShare is in open beta. Join the beta to use the apps, or create a free account and start from the web dashboard.