RudelSafeThe family’s documents. Kept safe.
ID cards, insurance policies, contracts, certificates: RudelSafe scans them with the phone camera, sorts them and keeps them – encrypted on the phone and in your own cloud storage. Not with a provider.
- scanning and full-text search
- deadline reminders
- end-to-end encrypted
- OneDrive or Nextcloud
- emergency folder
The filing cabinet that fits in your pocket
Scanning and text recognition
Edges are detected, the image is straightened, several pages become one PDF. RudelSafe reads the text on the phone as well – full-text search then also finds “liability 2024” and shows where it is.
Deadlines in view
From the text RudelSafe suggests deadlines: valid until, notice period, payable by, objection deadline. A notification reminds you in good time, and the home screen shows what is due soon. Tick off what is done.
In from any app
“Share → RudelSafe” accepts any file and also text – an e-mail becomes a document with the subject as its title. And with the “RudelSafe” printer you file from any app that can print.
Order almost by itself
IDs, insurance, contracts, vehicle, health, tax, school & nursery, home, certificates. RudelSafe suggests title, category and date from the content – PDFs, images and Office files.
Shared safes for the family
Besides your personal safe you create shared safes, each with its own key. Invitations go by message; you move documents between safes.
Emergency folder
For each safe, the key details for an emergency and the marked documents in one place – and at the touch of a button as a PDF to print.
OneDrive or Nextcloud
The documents are stored encrypted in your OneDrive, your Nextcloud or other WebDAV storage. There is no RudelSafe account, and no server of the provider either.
One account with RudelKey
If you already use RudelKey, RudelSafe takes over your Rudel account: the same master password, the same emergency kit.
Emergency kit
During setup you get a recovery key. If you forget the master password, it gets you back to your documents.
New: add a deadline to RudelPlan as an event with one button. Planned: the FRITZ!Box as storage.
The cloud only sees encrypted blocks.
Every document is encrypted on the phone before it goes to the cloud. Without your master password or emergency kit nobody can open it – neither the cloud provider nor me.
The key is derived from your master password with high memory and computing cost. Guessing becomes expensive.
Every document is encrypted individually. Tampering with the file produces an error, not wrong data.
A random recovery key with checksum, shown only once – keep it safe on paper.
No account, no server, no ads
RudelSafe only connects to your cloud storage – OneDrive or your Nextcloud. Only encrypted data goes there. All details
Encrypted before it leaves
Documents and their details only leave the phone encrypted.
Scanning and text recognition on the device
Edge, page and text recognition run on the phone; the images go to no scanning service.
No ads, no tracking
No analytics, no advertising, no crash reports.
RudelSafe for Android
RudelSafe is in development. If you’d like to hear when it launches, send me a short e-mail.
- SystemAndroid 9 or later
- Storageyour OneDrive, your Nextcloud or WebDAV storage
FAQ
What if I forget my master password?
Then the emergency kit helps: with the recovery key you get back into your documents. Without either, nobody can get to them – not even me.
Do I need RudelKey?
No. RudelSafe works on its own. If you use both apps, they share account, master password and emergency kit.
Does RudelSafe replace the originals?
No. Keep your ID cards, certificates and other originals. RudelSafe is the safe copy for on the go and for when something gets lost.
