Password Managing Apps

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Password Manager - Secure Account Wallet Vault & Lock

This is a free app I got mainly to generate passwords. Its a simple app where you just add login information. It can also generate a password for you which is the main feature I wanted. You can adjust whether you want lower case, upper case, numbers, or special characters as well as the length of the password. When you go to add a login, it will give you a huge list of templates such as Gmail, Amazon, Yahoo, Facebook, etc as well as a basic Login or Email template. The templates are really simple with just the name, then username, password, URL, and notes.

There are more category tabs on the bottom other than login and they are Wallets, Accounts, and Others. Wallets have bank account, credit card, ID, car info, memberships, license, etc templates. Accounts have templates for instant messengers, registration keys, software license, wireless router, server, etc. Other just has addres book stuff, birthdays, prescriptions, clothes sizes, combination locks, etc.

You can customize templates for adding logins, and the security isn't too bad. It had auto lock, and a pin number like login to the app at the start. It can generate passwords easily, and its gives a variety of symbols and such. You can customize its output as well. The bad thing about this app is that you can only store 6 logins. You need to pay to get more which what made me not use this app anymore. Pro costs $4.99. As for backup, there's options for wifi, itunes, icloud, and dropbox.


1Password

This seems to be the top password app on itunes. Its very similar to the above app. Whe you start it up it will give you a short set up guide. The login pulls out your keyboard so it be faster to have a worded password than a number to get into the app. It has a longer load time and bigger disk space than the Password Manager. The bottom tabs are simply Favorites, Categories, and Settings.

There is a built in browser so you can login right in the app itself. Login info will automatically be filled in. In Categories is where you can add your passwords. They're 4 options: login, secure note, credit card, and identity. Login is for anything and it will ask you for the username first, and then password, and the rest will open up. The password generator is not as varied as Password Manager, but I do like that it gives numbers a different color than the rest which makes reading it easier. Credit cards will obviously ask for the usual details as well as phone numbers, credit limit, cash withdrawal limit, and interest rate. Identity is just like an address book, and it has options to put in security question and answers if you forget them, and instant messenger information. It really doesn't have a much options as Password Manager, but yu can unlock more if you buy the pro version which cost $9.99. You can backup and sync to the cloud, Dropbox, or wifi.


Overall, I think 1Password might be better mostly due to not having a limit (yet). It has a nicer design as well. It may take up more disk space, but I need to have more than 6 logins!