Best password manager for Apple users
When Apple's built-in Passwords app is enough, and the options for people who also use Windows or Android.
What we looked at:Works on the devices you ownEnd-to-end encryptionCost
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Apple Passwords
Free, built into every Apple device, end-to-end encrypted, and saves passkeys. There's no Android or Linux app (Windows works through iCloud for Windows), so it fits households that are all Apple.
- Free plan
- Free, built in
- Personal, per year
- None
- Family plan
- None listed
- Owner
- Apple Inc.
- Latest audit
- None published
- 2
1Password
Apps for macOS, iPhone, Windows, Linux and Android, with a Secret Key on top of your master password. Pick it when someone in the house uses Android or Linux.
- Free plan
- No
- Personal, per year
- $35.88 (rises after year one)
- Family plan
- $53.88/yr
- Owner
- AgileBits Inc.
- Latest audit
- Anvil Secure, 2024
- 3
Strongbox
A native iPhone and Mac app for KeePass vault files, so your vault is a file you control and can open in other KeePass apps on other systems.
- Free plan
- Yes
- Personal, per year
- $24.99
- Family plan
- $24.99/yr
- Owner
- Undisclosed
- Latest audit
- None published
Worth knowing. Apple Passwords is protected by your device passcode and Apple Account. A short passcode is the weak point, so use a long one.