Press Kit
What is urVault?
urVault™ is a self-hosted personal cloud backup platform: it automatically backs up a phone's photos, videos, and files to a server the user owns — a spare PC, a Linux box, or a Raspberry Pi — instead of a big-tech cloud. Backups are encrypted end-to-end on the phone, the server software is free, and the apps are a one-time purchase with a 14-day trial. No subscription, no third-party cloud, no accounts with us.
Two editions: urVault (effortless photo & video backup) and urVaultPro™ (every file type, scheduling, multi-device, and mirroring to multiple servers).
Fact sheet
| Product | urVault + urVaultPro — self-hosted phone backup |
| Business model | Free server + one-time app purchase; 14-day free trial; no subscription |
| Pricing | Founding (first 1,000 per edition): urVault $14.99 (then $19.99) · urVaultPro $29.99 (then $44.99) |
| Phone apps | Android (Google Play or direct APK) · iOS (App Store) |
| Server | Windows 10/11 (Microsoft Store or installer), Linux, Raspberry Pi — ~1 GB RAM is enough |
| Security | Client-side end-to-end encryption (AES-256-GCM); server stores only ciphertext; zero analytics SDKs in the app |
| Setup | ~10 minutes: install server → scan QR with phone → automatic backups from then on, at home or away |
| Key features | Incremental + deduplicated backups, background operation that survives reboots, restore straight to the device gallery, multi-server mirroring (Pro), failure alerts |
| Company | urVault Development — Annapolis, Maryland, USA |
| Founded / launched | Built solo; public beta spring 2026; production launch summer 2026 |
| Website | https://urvault.net · Quick-start: urvault.net/start.html |
Store listings
- Google Play — urVault · urVaultPro
- Apple App Store — urVault · urVaultPro
- Microsoft Store (server) — urVault Server · urVaultPro Server
Quotable
"I kept deleting photos just to free up space on my phone — and I never loved the trade-off, handing my whole life to someone else's cloud to avoid it. I wanted a real archive, not a sync: everything backed up automatically to a server I own, private by default, and still there after I clear it off my phone. Your files, your server, your rules — and you pay once, like software used to work."
Campaign taglines:
“Where are you storing urphotos???” ·
“Who do you trust more than urself???” ·
“ur Files. ur Server. ur Rules.”
(“ur” is deliberately fused to the word — the campaign’s triple pun: your / urVault / the original.)
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Media contact
Jeff Wilson — jeff.wilson@jeffwilsonconsulting.com
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