The worst password manager is the one you stopped using because it felt like another job — so you went back to reusing three passwords and hoping for the best. Unutma’s Vault is designed for a narrower promise: sensitive items live in one place, gated by Face ID, Touch ID, or your device PIN, with categories that match real life — not a spreadsheet fantasy.
This guide covers what belongs in Vault, how to avoid dumping everything on day one, how Vault fits Unutma’s offline-first privacy story, and what Vault is not (it is not a replacement for a dedicated team enterprise password system — it is your pocket vault). For the full app overview, read the complete feature guide.
What the Vault is for
Think in categories, not “everything sensitive ever”:
- Banking and money portals — fewer “which login was this?” moments.
- Government IDs and reference numbers — the things you panic-search in PDFs at midnight.
- Internet accounts that truly matter — primary email, password manager recovery, cloud storage.
Nice-to-have, not day-one: old loyalty numbers you use once a year — add when the pain appears, not before.
Biometrics: friction in the right direction
Biometric gating is not theater — it is context switching. When Vault requires Face ID, you are less likely to casually show a screen full of secrets to a friend who asked to see a photo. It also reduces shoulder surfing risk in cafes and airports.
If biometrics fail (injury, gloves, sensor issues), your device PIN remains the backstop — keep that PIN strong and private, not your birthday.
Field hygiene: copy, hide, rotate
Copy fields when you need to paste into a browser — but clear clipboard afterward on shared devices.
Hide values on screen when someone might glance — paranoia is proportional to context.
Rotate passwords when a service tells you there was a breach — Unutma does not replace good security hygiene; it makes hygiene easier to execute.
How much to store (without hoarding)
A vault with 500 entries sounds impressive — until none of them are maintained. Better:
- Phase 1 (week one): 5–10 critical entries you touch monthly.
- Phase 2: Add entries when you struggle to find them elsewhere.
- Phase 3: Quarterly delete duplicates and dead accounts.
If you migrate from another manager, do not import blindly — treat migration as spring cleaning.
Vault + Economy: keep mental models separate
Vault holds credentials. Economy holds money flows. They relate — you log into banking through Vault, you categorize spending in Economy — but do not store card PINs in plain text in shopping lists out of convenience. If you must note a PIN temporarily, Vault is the right room.
Vault + Lists: never mix “buy milk” with “bank token”
Keep Shopping lists human and boring. Keep Vault for secrets. The cognitive cost of mixing them is not just security — it is attention bleed every time you open Lists in a store.
Threat model (honest)
Unutma’s pitch is on-device storage and no mandatory cloud login for your private content in ordinary use — aligned with what we discuss in privacy-first productivity apps. That does not mean your phone is invincible:
- Physical theft matters — use device encryption + strong PIN + remote wipe options from the OS.
- Malware on a compromised device can still scrape screens — Vault raises the bar; it does not repeal physics.
Backup without surrendering philosophy
When you export or back up, you choose the destination — external drive, encrypted archive, your own cloud — instead of silently mirroring everything to a vendor by default. Read your app’s current backup screens carefully; policies evolve, and you should know where a file lands.
When Vault is the wrong tool
If you need team sharing, role-based access, or enterprise audit logs, you may still use a dedicated team vault for work — and keep Unutma for personal secrets. That is not failure; it is appropriate scope.
Checklist: Vault sanity (10 minutes)
- Delete three entries you no longer recognize.
- Confirm biometric lock still works after an OS update.
- Add one entry you have been looking up in screenshots — stop the screenshot habit.
What to read next
- Unutma quick actions and statistics — habits around showing up.
- Economy deep dive — where money clarity lives.
Bottom line: the Vault works when it is small, current, and respected — a door you actually close, not a warehouse you fear opening.