keepassxc - is there a free mobile app for IOS/Android that has same capability?
All, One distinct downside to moving to keepassxc is there is no mobile app for it. For the old keepassx version, there were a number of free apps that would do the same thing. On the keepassxc site they recommend strongbox or keepassium for IOS as substitutes -- but there is a rub -- the free versions are not full-featured. Are there any compatible IOS apps that are available and are not a stripped-free/paid-full version offering? -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.
On 2023-09-05 16:36, David C. Rankin wrote:
All,
One distinct downside to moving to keepassxc is there is no mobile app for it. For the old keepassx version, there were a number of free apps that would do the same thing. On the keepassxc site they recommend strongbox or keepassium for IOS as substitutes -- but there is a rub -- the free versions are not full-featured. Are there any compatible IOS apps that are available and are not a stripped-free/paid-full version offering?
I have Keepass2Android and KeePassDX on Android (mostly the second one). It reads the database created on Linux fine. I tried to create one entry one day and failed, the file was not writeable for some reason I did not investigate. That's an Android permission issue, I think, applications can not write in a random directory. It can probably write to a new database on the proper directory, which I don't know which would be it. -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from openSUSE 15.5 (Laicolasse))
* David C. Rankin <drankinatty@suddenlinkmail.com> [09-05-23 16:37]:
All,
One distinct downside to moving to keepassxc is there is no mobile app for it. For the old keepassx version, there were a number of free apps that would do the same thing. On the keepassxc site they recommend strongbox or keepassium for IOS as substitutes -- but there is a rub -- the free versions are not full-featured. Are there any compatible IOS apps that are available and are not a stripped-free/paid-full version offering?
I like bitwarden -- (paka)Patrick Shanahan Plainfield, Indiana, USA @ptilopteri http://en.opensuse.org openSUSE Community Member facebook/ptilopteri Photos: http://wahoo.no-ip.org/piwigo paka @ IRCnet oftc
* David C. Rankin <drankinatty@suddenlinkmail.com> [09-05-23 22:34]:
On 9/5/23 19:10, Patrick Shanahan wrote:
I like bitwarden
Thanks Patrick, I'll check it out. I'm always leery of anything on a mobile app. A recommendation is worth its weight.
I like it because I can share between phone/tablets/computers with a single app and it works with ios and android and windoz and linux. -- (paka)Patrick Shanahan Plainfield, Indiana, USA @ptilopteri http://en.opensuse.org openSUSE Community Member facebook/ptilopteri Photos: http://wahoo.no-ip.org/piwigo paka @ IRCnet oftc
On 2023-09-05 22:33, David C. Rankin wrote:
On 9/5/23 19:10, Patrick Shanahan wrote:
I like bitwarden
Thanks Patrick, I'll check it out. I'm always leery of anything on a mobile app. A recommendation is worth its weight.
Carlos, I've stuck with IOS for now, but good info for the Android users.
Ah, you are on ios. If memory serves, which doesn't a lot these days, I got the recommendation for those two apps from the FAQ at the keepassxc site. I'm sure they have recommendations for ios too. What matters is that the file remains compatible despite what new features features of the app or not. -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from openSUSE 15.5 (Laicolasse))
On Wed, Sep 6, 2023 at 8:31 AM, Carlos E. R. <[robin.listas@gmx.es](mailto:On Wed, Sep 6, 2023 at 8:31 AM, Carlos E. R. <<a href=)> wrote:
On 2023-09-05 22:33, David C. Rankin wrote:
On 9/5/23 19:10, Patrick Shanahan wrote:
I like bitwarden
Thanks Patrick, I'll check it out. I'm always leery of anything on a mobile app. A recommendation is worth its weight.
Carlos, I've stuck with IOS for now, but good info for the Android users.
Ah, you are on ios. If memory serves, which doesn't a lot these days, I got the recommendation for those two apps from the FAQ at the keepassxc site. I'm sure they have recommendations for ios too.
What matters is that the file remains compatible despite what new features features of the app or not.
-- Cheers / Saludos,
Carlos E. R.
(from openSUSE 15.5 (Laicolasse))
Fwiw I’m also an iOS user and am very happy with Bitwarden - it does have premium-gated features, but they aren’t the core password management ones (they are things like file storage and TOTP management). And it integrates nicely, e.g. I can fill a password field on a website directly from the keyboard using Bitwarden without having to copy and paste.
On Wed, Sep 6, 2023 at 3:13 AM David C. Rankin <drankinatty@suddenlinkmail.com> wrote:
All,
One distinct downside to moving to keepassxc is there is no mobile app for it. For the old keepassx version, there were a number of free apps that would do the same thing. On the keepassxc site they recommend strongbox or keepassium for IOS as substitutes -- but there is a rub -- the free versions are not full-featured. Are there any compatible IOS apps that are available and are not a stripped-free/paid-full version offering?
I use keepass on Windows, keepassxc on Linux and Strongbox on iOS with synchronization over cloud. It works for my purposes. I use 2FA (password + keyfile), the keyfile is obviously not present in the cloud. Strongbox fully supports KBDX format and optionally integrates as the iOS password manager. Free version has some limitations (the most visible one for me - database unlocking using biometrics) and periodically nags to test the full version. I can live with it.
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