The ultimate guide to getting the most out of an iPhone

9 . How to secure an iPhone iPhones have a built-in passcode lock function, which can be set within the phone’s General Settings menu, but this amounts to nothing more than a four-digit code used to unlock a user’s iPhone.

There is also the iTunes login password, required for any significant activity on iTunes or the App Store, but it hardly makes an iPhone a safe place to keep important notes scrawled within the built-in Notes app, for example. However, there are apps available on the App Store that offer multi-layered protection on top of those standard measures to make a user’s iPhone a safe haven for sensitive data.

1Password Pro offers a folder-based structure, designed to let users keep all their passwords and hidden data in one place, while mSecure alphabetises data and labels it with suitable icons.

It may not be a good idea to keep absolutely all secret data in one place, but it’s better to use an aide memoire than to allow all your passwords to be iterations on the same series of words or numbers.