# Kinship Vault > Encrypted vault for IDs, passports and family documents. Recovery without cloud. Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.kinshipvault](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.kinshipvault) ## Overview - **ID:** `com.kinshipvault` - **Platform:** Android - **Type:** Android app - **Status:** Available - **Publisher:** Abidance Inc - **Category:** TOOLS - **Downloads:** 150 - **Version:** 1.2.0 - **Last updated:** 2026-08-07 - **First published:** 2026-07-24 - **Publisher country:** CA - **Size:** 61 MB - **Data as of:** 2026-09-05 - **Store listing:** [Google Play Store](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.kinshipvault) - **Website:** [https://kinshipvault.app](https://kinshipvault.app/) - **Privacy policy:** [https://kinshipvault.app/privacy/](https://kinshipvault.app/privacy/) ## Description Kinship Vault is a private, end-to-end encrypted vault for the documents your family relies on — passports, ID cards, driver's licences, immigration papers, medical records, insurance, and emergency information. Everything is stored on your device, encrypted with hardware-backed keys, and recoverable through people you trust instead of a cloud account.

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WHY KINSHIP VAULT IS DIFFERENT

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• Truly offline. No account, no email, no server stores your data. Your documents never leave your phone unencrypted.

• Recoverable without trusting a company. Split your recovery key across 3–5 trusted contacts. Any 3 of them can help you back into your vault if your phone is lost — without any of them being able to read your documents.

• Hardware-backed encryption. Uses Android's StrongBox / Trusted Execution Environment to keep your master key off disk and out of memory. Biometric unlock, panic PIN, screenshot protection.

• Scan and recognise. On-device OCR reads passports, IDs, driver's licences and 100+ document types worldwide — and extracts fields automatically (name, document number, expiry, MRZ checksum). No cloud OCR.

• Family-aware. Tag every document with the person it belongs to. Filter your vault to one person in a tap — useful for school enrollment, immigration appointments, hospital admissions, or estate planning.

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WHAT YOU CAN DO

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📄 Document vault

• Scan documents with edge detection and perspective correction

• Import existing PDFs or photos

• Automatic field extraction (name, ID number, expiry date, nationality)

• Expiry reminders before passports and IDs run out

• Categorise by ID, Health, Finance, Travel, Legal, Personal


🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Family and People

• Add family members, dependants, friends, tenants — anyone whose documents live in your vault

• Tag scans to one or more people

• See every document for one person in a single screen

• Split your recovery key across trusted contacts

• Each contact holds one cryptographic "piece" — useless on its own

• Any 3 pieces can rebuild your key if you lose your phone

• Send pieces via Messages, WhatsApp, email — no app required on their end


🚨 Emergency profile

• Blood type, allergies, ICE contacts, travel doc reference

• Accessible from the lock screen widget without unlocking the vault

• Designed for first responders and trusted family


🛡 Privacy and security

• AES-256-GCM encryption with per-document keys

• Master key wrapped in hardware (StrongBox where available, TEE elsewhere)

• Biometric and PIN unlock

• Panic PIN reveals a decoy or wipes the vault

• Screenshot blocking on sensitive screens

• Audit log of every vault action, signed and tamper-evident

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RECOVERY THAT ACTUALLY WORKS

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Most encrypted apps trade safety for convenience: either you trust a cloud account (and the company behind it) or you risk being locked out forever. Kinship Vault uses Shamir Secret Sharing : your recovery key is split into shards, distributed to people you choose, and reassembled only with their cooperation. No single contact can read your documents. No company holds a master key.

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DESIGNED FOR FAMILIES

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Built for immigrants navigating paperwork across countries. For caregivers managing elderly parents' records. For parents organising children's IDs, vaccination cards, school enrollment papers. For anyone

tired of digging through email attachments and shoeboxes when a document expires at the worst possible time.

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Open source cryptography. No tracking. No analytics. No ads. ## Rankings - #1,816,407 — Overall ## Permissions and access ### Permissions - `android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE` - `android.permission.BLUETOOTH` - `android.permission.BLUETOOTH_ADMIN` - `android.permission.BLUETOOTH_ADVERTISE` - `android.permission.BLUETOOTH_CONNECT` - `android.permission.BLUETOOTH_SCAN` - `android.permission.CAMERA` - `android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE` - `android.permission.INTERNET` - `android.permission.POST_NOTIFICATIONS` - `android.permission.READ_CONTACTS` - `android.permission.RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED` - `android.permission.USE_BIOMETRIC` - `android.permission.USE_FINGERPRINT` - `android.permission.WAKE_LOCK` - `com.android.vending.BILLING` - `com.android.vending.CHECK_LICENSE` - `com.kinshipvault.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION` ## Similar extensions and apps - [KinVault: Secure Digital Vault](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.kinvault.app) — 19 users - [Kinvault](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.kinvault.kinvault) — 64 users - [My Family Vault](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.agyis.familyvault) — 30 users - [Digital Document Locker](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.sunrisecreations.doclocker) — 145 users - [Life Vault: Digital Legacy](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.lunexalabs.lifevault) — 9 users - [FamKeep](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.gubertlab.famkeep) — 2 users - [VaultKeep - Private Storage](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.cloakware.vaultkeep) — 19 users - [SecureKeep](https://chrome-stats.com/d/app.securekeep) — 8 users - [FamiVault - Local Family Vault](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.localfamivault.app) — 4 users - [Private Vault — Zero-Knowledge](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.shani.privatevault) — 77 users - [Secure Vault](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.communityhelper.securevault) — 59 users - [Travel Document Vault](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.mustafahafeez.traveldocumentvault) — 188 users --- Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.kinshipvault)