I need a good, but simple, password manager for my original (updated) iPhone.
I tried SDMB’s search, but five minutes wait is a bit much.
So, please help this absent-minded old fart.
Thanks,
mangeorge
Thanks for reminding me. I need one, also.
Look here: http://www.versiontracker.com/php/qs.php?mode=basic&action=search&str=password&srchArea=iphone&submit=Go
I am currently working with two and neither of them is agreeing with me now.
1Password is one of the best password utilities out there for Mac. I have been using it for quite some time now. They don’t have their iPhone app out yet, but they provide a really clever Safari bookmark that syncs with your iPhone and has all of your passwords and a decryption algorithm built in.
You just click the bookmark and it prompts you for your master password and decrypts your secrets.
The main problem I have with 1Password is that it is first and foremost a browser auto-fill tool, with high security as an ancillary feature (though I’m certain it’s robust).
Some times I just want to say “My network password at work is Ocarina1” and 1Password insists on having a web page associated with it, or it gets second-class citizen status as a “secure note”
The one I am fighting with right now is SplashID. I used it for years on my Treo and I love it; it’s a password safe with good searching/categorization and no extra Web nonsense. But their iPhone app is quite green and it is giving me more indigestion than I really want. Once they get things sorted out, I’m going to give 1Password the boot.
One thing that the iPhone SDK doesn’t seem to support is data synchronization. Both 1Password (the still-unreleased iPhone app) and SplashID address this shortcoming using the same approach: you run the client on your Mac and then tell the iPhone app to sync over the LAN, using Bonjour to negotiate things.
Oh, and the client bits aren’t free: SplashID charges $20 for the client I believe and 1Password charges substantially more, but will give the iPhone app away for free.
I think that whatever solution you choose you will likely want a client piece as well so you don’t end up managing everything on the iPhone alone.
I have been looking into using eWallet for storing passwords. It doesn’t yet sync to a PC, but they’re planning to add that capability in August. The application looks pretty flexible, so it might work for the stuff I have.
If “client piece” means I can manage it on my computer, I want that capability for sure.
I didn’t mention that my comp is a mac. I guess I assume that everything apple will work on apple. :smack:
Thanks all.
I’ve never used it myself, but maybe try NormSoft’s Mecrets. I have an old Palm Tungsten and still use their CryptInfo, which is now totally obsolete (but so is most of my gear). If/when I upgrade to an iPod Touch, I’ll need a new program and will probably try this one first.
It appears the 1Password App is out in the Appstore, “free for a limited time.”
I tried 1password, and it didn’t seem to work at all for me. You get what you pay for.
I purchased eWallets ($10), and it’s great. The main thing I like about it is its flexibility. You can create multiple levels of Categories, so I can create a “Project” with multiple “Servers” with multiple user/passwords and other information. The only bad thing is that it can’t sync yet, so I can’t enter data on my PC. They’re supposed to have that available by August, but I don’t think they’re working on a Mac version.
The iPhone app for 1password actually works quite nicely, as long as you have the desktop app and have been using the desktop app.
I just downloaded it and am impressed, though it still shows its web-based roots. It still wants to be more a web-page filler and less a password safe.
One example of this: it provides a handy password generation utility, but that utility is only accessible when you are in a web form. You can’t just generate a password within the tool.
If a robust web page filler is your cup of tea, 1password is excellent on the desktop: it integrates with all of your browsers and it allows you easy 1-click filling in of passwords, CC info, shipping info, etc., and whenever you submit a new password form, 1password wakes up and asks you if you want to store the new password.
But I don’t really want all that – I just want a place for my passwords, and SplashID finally is working (must have been some iTunes store indigestion overnight).
I’m going to use them side-by-side for a few weeks and see which one I want to keep.