Albums and favorites

A private vault is only useful if you can find things in it. Silo gives you the basics: albums, favorites, sorting and search, all inside the encrypted vault.

What it does

• Albums. Create, rename, reorder and delete albums. Pick a cover. Add items that are already in your vault.
• Favorites. Mark any photo, video or file as a favorite, and find them together in one place.
• Filters. Inside an album, switch between All, Photos, Videos and Favorites.
• Sorting. Sort by date taken, date added, name, or size with the largest first.
• Search. Type part of a name to find a photo, video or file.

How it works, step by step

1. Make an album. Open Albums and choose New album, then give it a name.
2. Add items. From the album, choose Add items and tick what you want. Or select photos in the grid and choose Album.
3. Mark favorites. Select an item and choose Favorite. It appears under Favorites. Choose Unfavorite to undo.
4. Reorder. In the album list, choose Edit, then move albums up or down.
5. Delete an album. Silo reminds you that the photos, videos and files in it stay in your vault.

What is encrypted

The organization of your vault is private as well. Names of albums, names of files and the list of which items sit in which album are saved inside the encrypted vault. They are scrambled with the same keys as the photos, so someone who copies the files off the phone sees neither pictures nor labels. Searching happens on the phone while the vault is open.

Why it matters

When a vault is easy to arrange, you actually use it. Organizing also helps you see what is in there at a glance: a “Documents” album for scans, “Trips” for photos, Favorites for the ones you open most.

Albums are free on every plan. The only limit on the free plan is how much you store: up to 100 photos and 10 videos, and no files.