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Vault is a private finance app that stays on your device. No cloud, no tracking, no bank credentials — your data literally never leaves your iPhone. Built after Mint shut down and every "alternative" asked for Plaid bank logins. That felt backwards. Inside: • Budgets, recurring bills, CSV import • Investment tracking — stocks, crypto, dividends, live prices • Net worth history with monthly snapshots • Multi-currency • On-device receipt scanner • AES-256 encrypted backups you own
I built Vault because after Mint shut down, every "alternative" asked for
my bank credentials before I'd even seen the UI. The same pattern that just
collapsed at a $100B company, being repeated by its replacements.
Vault has no backend. No analytics either — I genuinely don't know how many
people launched the app today, and I think that's how finance apps should
work. You type your balances in yourself (takes about 10 seconds a month),
and in exchange your data literally never leaves the device.
Tech choices for anyone curious:
• SwiftUI + Core Data (not SwiftData — still too many gaps in iOS 17)
• AES-GCM + PBKDF2-SHA256 (210k iterations) for encrypted backups
• StoreKit 2 with offline entitlement caching (so Pro users don't get
downgraded on airplane mode)
• Multi-currency FX conversion — started USD-only, retrofitted this across
12 view models, would absolutely design it in from day one next time
Biggest tradeoff: no automated bank-transaction sync via Plaid. That's
intentional — the price of zero cloud surface area.
Happy to answer anything — tech, positioning, pricing, or why I didn't
build this cross-platform. Feedback especially welcome from people who've
tried Monarch / Copilot / YNAB.
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About Vault Finance on Product Hunt
“A finance tracker that never phones home”
Vault Finance was submitted on Product Hunt and earned 0 upvotes and 1 comments, placing #10 on the daily leaderboard. Vault is a private finance app that stays on your device. No cloud, no tracking, no bank credentials — your data literally never leaves your iPhone. Built after Mint shut down and every "alternative" asked for Plaid bank logins. That felt backwards. Inside: • Budgets, recurring bills, CSV import • Investment tracking — stocks, crypto, dividends, live prices • Net worth history with monthly snapshots • Multi-currency • On-device receipt scanner • AES-256 encrypted backups you own
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