I’m sure there have been many instances where you or a buddy of yours are flipping through your phone’s “Gallery” and then stumble upon a picture that you or they weren’t suppose to see. It’s happened to me and many other people I know. Well, for Android there’s a wonderful app that can solve that problem! It’s called “Hide It Pro”, but it’s also under the alias “Audio Manager Pro”. It’s a free app on the Google Play store that does exactly what you would want it to do, and more. You can use it to hide pictures, videos, certain apps, files, text messages and even locks your desired app. What’s even more wonderful about it is that it disguises itself as an “Audio Manager” app so that people that are going through your phone won’t know what it really does. Surprisingly it also works well as an audio manager application, so in essence, it’s two apps in one.
The application is very simple and easy to set up. Upon launch you just simple long press the “Audio Manager” icon at the top and it will bring you to the start up page. Once there, you can either choose to have a “pin” based entry system or a “password” based entry system. I find it faster and fits my preference to have a pin based entry, but a lot prefer a password so it’s really up to your liking. Once you’ve set that up you should be directed into the “Vault” where all of your “goodies” will be stored. Now keep in mind that whatever you store into the app will be encrypted and you won’t be able to find it in any other way, even by going through your SD card you won’t be able to locate it. Thus, I suggest you either make copies and store them on your computer or you can just simply “un-hide” the app whenever you’d like access to it via your SD card. Once you’re in the vault you can see all of the things that you’ll be able to hide and it ranges from pictures all the way to even music and certain apps. The power to hide your pictures is probably the most used feature of this app, so in the video below I’ll demonstrate how to hide your pictures. It’s easy, quick and painless.
Another reason I love this app is that it features an “escape pin”, or an “escape password” depending on what you chose upon setup. (You can always change it back from password or to pin whenever you’d like in the settings) Since I chose a pin based system, I can actually create an escape pin, a different numerical pin that my real pin so that in any case that someone does find our about the “hidden” feature of the app you can simply input your escape pin so that the app will take you into a completely blank vault, instead of your real vault where all of your “hidden” items are stored. I find that ingenious and could quite possibly become very useful if the occasion to use it ever arises.
The app is completely free, although you can pay to remove the ads which is located in the menu button. Although, you have every feature available whether you pay or not which is great. The video below will show you the app and a simple explanation on how to set it up and get you started on how to hide your pictures. What do you guys think of it? Anyone give it a shot? If so, let me know in the comments section on how you think this app could be useful for you!
Features :
0.) App disguised behind a fully functional Audio Manager
1.) Super clean and smooth UI.
2.) Proper segregation of videos/pictures audio with dashboard
3.) Categorize media into folders of your choice
4.) Batch(Multi-Select) support for hiding and unhiding files
5.) Unhide entire folders, or select multiple files to unhide at once
6.) Move files between folders
7.) Sort files by date/size/name and sort folders by count/name
8.) Thumbnails for pictures and videos on all devices
9.) Gallery features Pinch to Zoom , Double tap to zoom , One finger hold and move zoom
10.) Slideshow with Fade and Zoom effects
11.) Send/Share pictures , Get picture details and other miscellaneous options
12.) Image for seamless browsing
13.) Special optimization for low end phones. (uncheck the low memory mod from settings to get crisper pics back)
14.) Video player features play/pause/forward/rewind/next video/prev video support
15.) Ability to choose and save custom video player
16.) Disappears from recent apps list
17.) Two lock screen options viz Pin and Password
18.) Escape pin/password for times when you get caught
19.) Has built in full featured file manager with ability to hide/move/share/delete multiple files
20.) Built in encryption tool(with military standard 256-bit AES encryption) to secure your most important files
21.) Special support for Incognito Browser(vBrowser) with hidden bookmarks ,and special ability like downloading from 14+ video streaming websites
22.) Full Support for Locking apps from within the app.
etc.
There are a lot more features like custom slideshow durations/slideshow order/effects , custom folder thumbnails etc. but i’ll leave some of the secrets of the app to be discovered by the users
