Battle.net Authenticator 12+

Works 99.9% of the time for me, keeps my stuff safe. I was hacked long ago when frozen throne dropped. Got it to prove I valued my items and I’m sure blizzard appreciated it, because I appreciated them giving me my things back. The one thing I cannot stand however.. when you login to bnet the authentication picture of the iPhone and the finger has the buttons flip flopped. So if your looking at the picture and not your phone. You will decline your request. Not sure why this hasn’t been addressed wish I could upload a photo to easily explain as well but here we are. Petty complaint I know but it still baffles me. If this gets fix I’d be inclined to give a 5 star. Great idea bliz, even the innovation of a simple click instead of the tedious 8 digit number of earlier stages.

NOT for the iPad. It’s basically the mobile app that you can tap to stretch out and ONLY use in portrait mode. This is the year 2021 and the iPad Pro has been out since when, 2017? And still we don’t have an update for this app? I put it on both devices, phone and iPad, just in case I get a new phone, or iPad, or have to restore one to factory. It’s really ridiculous, and lazy, of developers who just port their mobile apps to iPad and basically tell us “Ah, just deal with it. I don’t want to do any more than I have to.” Microsoft has landscape and iPad version. Google has landscape and iPad version. All other Authenticators have landscape and iPad version. This one? Still in the dark ages and lagging far behind. Give us the option to use another authenticator if you are not going to update this to 2021 (or even 2017) standards. Solid 2 1/2 - 3 stars app for usability as it does what it’s supposed to do, but loses a few stars for being, well, just plain lazy in my opinion.

The app works as intended. However, every month or so, Blizzard has issues with their authentication servers for World of Warcraft. Players with an authenticator attached to their accounts are unable to login to either the Legion mobile app and/or their main World of Warcraft account. I do not know if this has affected Overwatch, Destiny 2, or Blizzard's other games. The issue is usually resolved within 12 hours, but it is frustrating to wait.

This app will prevent someone else from logging onto your account. It will not protect you from being unable to log on to your own account if Blizzard has internal authentication issues (again). The benefits outweigh the risks. Just be aware this app will occasionally backfire and prevent you from playing.