KeepsakeYour family's documents, encrypted on your devices and your cloud
Bank-grade AES-256, on-device OCR that reads and files documents for you, alerts before anything expires, and secure sharing — with no company servers holding your data hostage.
What is Keepsake?
Keepsake is a document vault for Windows, Android and the browser that encrypts every file with AES-256-GCM on your own device, before it is stored or synced. Sync runs through a cloud folder you already own, so Keepsake operates no servers that can read your documents. On-device OCR files each one and alerts fire before anything expires.
See it in 90 seconds
Self-hosted, no third-party player, nothing loads until you press play.
Three steps, then it runs itself
Create your vault
One password, hardened with Argon2id, encrypts everything locally. You get a printable 24-word Recovery Kit — the only backup key in this market segment.
Drop documents in
Scan, photograph or drag files. On-device OCR reads each one and files it — category, expiry date, document number and tags, suggested automatically.
Stay ahead of expiry
Three-level alerts fire before passports, visas, insurance or contracts lapse — with country-specific renewal checklists and official links.
We hold nothing. Literally.
Keepsake syncs through a private app folder in a cloud you already own. Documents are encrypted before they leave your device — your provider stores ciphertext, and we store nothing at all.
Your devices
Windows · Android · Web
Encrypt & decrypt locally
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Your cloud
Google Drive · OneDrive
Any folder · WebDAV · NAS
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Keepsake servers
None. No accounts, no storage, no telemetry. Licenses verify offline.
Not offered together by any competitor
☁️Sovereign Sync
Encrypted sync through your own Google Drive, OneDrive, WebDAV or any folder. Cross-platform, zero Keepsake servers.
📄On-device OCR
Reads scans and photos locally, then auto-categorises and extracts expiry dates, document numbers and tags. Nothing is uploaded.
⏰Expiry engine
Three-level alerts plus per-country renewal checklists with processing times and official links for passports, IDs, insurance and more.
🔑Recovery Kit
A printable 24-word phrase restores access if you forget your password. Always free — safety is never an upsell.
✉️Secure Send
One-shot encrypted share links with TTL, burn-after-read and an optional PIN. The key stays in the URL fragment — the server only ever sees ciphertext.
✈️Travel Mode
One tap packs passport, visa and insurance into an offline, PIN-locked capsule that auto-expires after your trip — and opens without your vault password.
🪪Identity Card
Every extracted identity field — passport number, national ID, licence, IBAN — deduplicated into one tap-to-copy card.
🧾Tamper-evident history
A hash-chained audit log the app can verify. Even we couldn't rewrite your vault's history.
🌍Multi-language OCR
English, Urdu, Arabic and Hindi documents read on your device — and the web app itself speaks Urdu, right-to-left.
🖨️Getting documents in
Print to Keepsake from any Windows app, clip a page from your browser, scan with the camera, or move files PC↔phone over your own Wi-Fi.
💬Ask your vault
“When does my passport expire?” — answered on your device, quoted from your own documents, with the source shown.
Where your documents actually live
| Keepsake | Trustworthy | Quicken LifeHub | Proton Drive | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Documents live on | Your devices + your cloud | Their cloud | Their cloud | Their cloud |
| Provider can read them | Never | Yes (server-side) | Yes (server-side) | No (E2E), but generic storage |
| On-device OCR auto-filing | Yes | Cloud AI | Limited | None |
| Expiry alerts + renewal guides | Yes | Reminders only | Reminders only | None |
| Works fully offline | Yes | No | No | Partially |
| If the company disappears | Vault keeps working | Data export, app dies | App dies | Storage dies |
| Price | Free / £19 yr Premium / £29 yr Family / £79 yr Teams | $120–480 yr | ~$48 yr | ~$48 yr |
Honest note: if you want a managed service with phone support and US estate-planning workflows, Trustworthy is good at that. Keepsake is for people who want their documents to stay theirs. Keepsake prices are in pounds sterling; the other three are their own published US-dollar list prices, quoted unconverted.
For the price of a coffee per season
Free
- 25 documents per device
- Encryption, OCR, search, reminders
- Recovery Kit included
- Secure Send — 3/month
Premium
- Unlimited documents
- Sync across all your devices
- Travel Mode, Identity Card, Health dashboard
- Unlimited Secure Send
Family
- Everything in Premium
- Shared family vault over your cloud
- Per-category permissions
- Emergency access kit
Teams
- Everything in Premium, every seat
- Shared zero-knowledge team vault
- Per-category permissions
- PDF invoice for your books
Get release updates
The Windows and Android apps are out — download them here. Leave your email and we'll tell you when a new version ships — nothing else, ever.
Fair questions
Can Keepsake read my documents?
No. Every document is encrypted with AES-256-GCM on your device before it is stored or synced anywhere. The encryption key is derived from your password with Argon2id and never leaves your device. We run no servers that hold your documents — there is nothing for us (or anyone who compromises us) to read.
Where are my documents stored?
On your own devices, and — if you enable sync — in a private app folder of your own Google Drive or OneDrive, or any folder/WebDAV location you choose. They are encrypted before they leave your device, so your cloud provider only ever sees ciphertext.
What happens if I forget my password?
When you create a vault, Keepsake gives you a printable Recovery Kit with a 24-word phrase that can restore access. Keep it somewhere safe (it is always free — safety is never an upsell). Without your password or recovery kit, nobody can decrypt the vault — including us.
What happens if Keepsake shuts down?
Your vault keeps working. The apps run entirely on your devices, licenses are verified offline, and the vault format is documented so your data is never held hostage. Our tagline is literal: the vault works even if we disappear.
Is the free tier actually useful?
Yes — 25 documents per device with full encryption, OCR auto-filing, categories, search and expiry reminders. That is the real set a household has, not a sample of it: both passports, the driving licences, the car, the house, the utilities and the medical papers. Premium adds unlimited documents, sync between devices and the convenience features.
How does OCR work without a server?
The text recognition runs on your device: PurpleOCR on Windows, ML Kit on Android, and WebAssembly OCR in the browser. A shared rules engine then reads the text to suggest the category, expiry date, document number and tags. Nothing is uploaded for processing.
Which platforms are supported?
Windows (desktop app), Android, and any modern browser via the installable web app — which also works offline and covers iPhone/iPad. One vault syncs across all of them through your own cloud.
How do I pay?
Request an upgrade and we send an invoice with bank transfer details (IBAN / Wise). When payment arrives you receive a signed license key by email — paste it into any app; it activates offline. You can get a full refund any time before that key is emailed; once it is sent the sale is final, because an offline key cannot be revoked. The free tier never expires, so you can try Keepsake first.