Apple Passwords
support.apple.com/guide/passwords/welcome/macPassword manager built into Apple's operating systems that syncs through iCloud Keychain with end-to-end encryption and is free with an Apple Account.
- Owner
- Apple Inc.
- Based in
- United States
- Founded
- 1976
- Type
- Built into a browser or OS
- Free plan
- Free, built in
- Part of every Apple Account
- Personal plan
- No paid plan
- Latest audit
- None published
- No named, dated audit found
- On record
- No incidents found
- in our research
- No published third-party audit found
- Has a free plan
How Apple Passwords encrypts your vault
From Apple Passwords's security documentation, next to the other 22. Apple Passwords is outlined.
End-to-end encrypted
Encrypted on your device before it's stored (like 20 others)
Cipher: AES-256-GCM
Yes 21
Optional 1
No 1
Website addresses encrypted
Encrypted with the rest of the item (like 18 others)
Encrypted 19
Readable 1
Not documented 3
Item names encrypted
Titles and folder names are encrypted (like 16 others)
Encrypted 17
Readable 1
Not documented 5
Memory-hard password hashing
No master password to hash (like 1 others)
Memory-hard 3
Not memory-hard 11
Not documented 7
Doesn't apply 2
Extra secret key
Doesn't apply to this kind of product (like 3 others)
No master password.
Yes 1
No 14
Not documented 4
Doesn't apply 4
What you'll pay
Part of every Apple Account
Free plan
Free
Unlimited items and passkeys; syncs across Apple devices via iCloud; requires an Apple Account and a compatible OS
Personal plan
None
After the first year
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Family plan
None
- Business:
- None
- Free trial:
- not-applicable
- Money-back:
- not-applicable
Audits
Independent security reviews, newest first.
No published third-party audit with a named auditor found for Apple Passwords.
- Open-source appsNoNo
- Open-source serverNoNo
- Run it yourselfNoNo
- Bug bountyNot foundNot found
Incidents
Breaches, stolen data and serious flaws on record.
None found in our research. Apps, browsers and passkeys
- WindowsYesYes
- macOSYesYes
- LinuxNoNo
- iPhoneYesYes
- AndroidNoNo
- Web vaultNoNo
- ChromeYesYes
- FirefoxNot verifiedNot verified
- SafariYesYes
- EdgeYesYes
- Saves and fills passkeysYesYes
- Unlock the vault with a passkeyNot applicableNot applicable
- Passkey import and export (CXP)YesYes
Sharing, recovery and extras
- Shared vaultsYesYes
- Share with non-usersNot verifiedNot verified
- Emergency accessYesYes
- 2FA codes built inYesYes
- Breach monitoringYesYes
- Email aliasesNoNo
- File attachmentsNoNo
- SSH keys and agentNoNo
- Command lineNoNo
- Encrypted exportNot verifiedNot verified
- Works offlineYesYes
- Authenticator-app 2FAYesYes
- Security key for 2FANot verifiedNot verified
- Password health reportYesYes
- CSV exportNot verifiedNot verified
Where it's a pick
All sources for Apple Passwords (11)
- Research summary of the vendor's pages (no single link)AI-assisted research, spot-checked, checked 2026-10-16
- Wikipedia: Passwords (Apple)News or reference, checked 2026-10-16
- Apple Platform Security: Keychain data protectionVendor, checked 2026-10-16
- Apple support: iCloud data security overviewVendor, checked 2026-10-16
- Research summary of the vendor's pages (no single link)AI-assisted research, spot-checked, checked 2026-10-16
- Research summary of the vendor's pages (no single link)AI-assisted research, spot-checked, checked 2026-10-16
- Apple: set up iCloud Passwords in iCloud for WindowsVendor, checked 2026-10-16
- Apple support: Passwords appVendor, checked 2026-10-16
- Apple support: iCloud KeychainVendor, checked 2026-10-16
- Apple support: passkeysVendor, checked 2026-10-16
- iCloud user guide: iCloud Keychain passwordsVendor, checked 2026-10-16