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the security model
How KeyRote protects your secrets.
Plain language first, then the mechanics. The short version: your secrets stay on your phone, the app keeps the secret and its label in two separate places, and nothing is ever sent anywhere.
- Stored only on your device — never uploaded or synced.
- Locked behind your phone’s own authentication.
- Works fully offline — you can verify it yourself.
two stores, kept apart
The secret and its name never live together.
A secret value goes into the iOS Keychain. Everything about it — its name, when you added it, your review schedule — goes into a separate database on the same device. The two are tied together only by the app itself, each holding its own independent identifier.
Bank card PIN
Two different identifiers, two different stores. Without the app to join them, the metadata can’t point you to a secret — and a secret can’t be traced back to what it’s for.
your choice, per secret
You decide how much KeyRote can remember.
Some secrets you want help with; others you’d rather no app could ever surface. You set this for each secret, on its own.
Recoverable
The secret is kept so KeyRote can show it back to you. This is what powers hints, input checks, and reveal. Best for secrets you actively want coaching on.
enables hints & reveal
One-way
The secret is stored hashed — turned into something that can verify a correct answer but can never be turned back. Nobody can reveal it: not another app, not us.
no one can reveal it — not even KeyRote
works fully offline
Don’t take our word for it — check.
KeyRote makes no network connections. It doesn’t need to: everything happens on your device. And because iOS keeps a log of what every app contacts, you can confirm this for yourself.
- 1 Open Settings on your iPhone.
- 2 Go to Privacy & Security.
- 3 Tap App Privacy Report.
- 4 Find KeyRote — you’ll see no network activity.
The App Privacy Report needs to be turned on first; once it is, it records network contacts for every app, KeyRote included.
That’s the whole story.
Calm to use, quiet by design. Now go learn your passwords by heart.
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