Guarded Key - Password Manager
4096-bit encryption
Free · In‑App Purchases · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
Guarded Key is the most secure password manager which uses encrypted database to store all your online identities, bank accounts, credit/debit cards, contact information, product codes (software activation keys, serial numbers, registration codes).
Optional iCloud - Synchronize iPhone/iPod/iPad and Mac OS X devices.
FREE VERSION: Never expires, no ads, up to 32 records in the database (8 passwords + 8 cash items + 8 contacts + 8 products)
FULL VERSION: Never expires, no ads, unlimited records in the database
Demo database: load it and see Guarded Key in action!
DATA MANAGEMENT
Encrypted database is stored on your device. Use cloud service to enable database mirroring and synchronize data on all your devices from the cloud. The database uses very strong encryption, so database in the cloud and upload/download is absolutely safe. Local database on the device is the primary data source for the app. If the cloud service (or the internet) is not accessible for any reason, the app works with local database and you have your data under total control (unlike online password managers). Transition between offline and online is made seamlessly without any user interaction. You can always backup/restore data through iTunes on your desktop computer.
DATA SECURITY
Each record in the database is encrypted with 4096-bit key and 8 layers of encryption consisting of different encryption standards (AES, Triple DES, Blowfish, Twofish). Encrypted database can only be accessed after providing username and password (this is the only password you have to remember). Database is protected so well, that breaking 10 character password would take on a personal computer 8 billion years.
FEATURES:
* One master password - use one password forever (Face ID is optional and can be enabled for convenience)
* iCloud - enable cloud service to synchronize data between iOS and Mac OS.
* Portable license - copy your database to USB flash drive and use with desktop/laptop version of the app
* Passwords - manage all your online accounts and passwords, sign into your favorite web sites with one-tap, or copy user name and password into pasteboard
* Automatic (cryptographic) password - let Guarded Key generate strong passwords
* Custom password - enter password manually or generate random password with one tap
* Cryptographic Security Token - dynamic security token based on Certificate/RSA Signature
* Cash - manage bank accounts and credit/debit cards
* Contacts (address book) - names, birth dates, addresses, phone numbers, emails, social networks, Skype id
* Products - product codes, serial numbers, software activation keys
* Animated gauges - visual check of password strength and expiration dates
* Reminders - birthdays and items about to expire
* Strong encryption - 4096-bit key and 8 layers of encryption
* Platform independent - use operating system of your choice
* Browser independence - use with any web browser of your choice
* Automatic sign in - the app starts web browser, navigates to web page and enters username and password
* Shredder - database record is decrypted only when used and shredded (overwritten with zeros) when no longer needed
* Computer and Mobile Device management - enhance safety by authorizing specific computers/mobile devices for Guarded Key sign-in
* Import contacts from your device
SUBSCRIPTIONS:
• You can subscribe to access all premium features.
• Payment will be charged to your iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase.
• Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period.
• Account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period at the cost of the chosen package.
• Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase.
Guarded Key (Strong password to the Internet)
Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
more GuardedKey is serious protection for all of your passwords and sensitive data. The designer has taken great care in creating an App that provides a level of protection that’s hard to surpass. It stores all of your passwords and sensitive information and easily syncs it across all of your devices via iCloud. The data doesn’t reside in the cloud, it simply uses the cloud to synchronize. All of the data stays secure in your device behind an amazing curtain of security. After looking at most of the other options in the App Store, I chose this one for its effective use of cryptological tools at a reasonable price. No monthly subscription, no ads, no surprises. The developer has personally assisted me with questions and small issues quickly and with a great attitude. I highly recommend this to anybody who cares about computer security.
GuardedKey is serious protection for all of your passwords and sensitive data. The designer has taken great care in creating an App that provides a level of protection that’s hard to surpass. It stores all of your passwords and sensitive information and easily syncs it across all of your devices via iCloud. The data doesn’t reside in the cloud, it simply uses the cloud to synchronize. All of the data stays secure in your device behind an amazing curtain of security. After looking at most of the other options in the App Store, I chose this one for its effective use of cryptological tools at a reasonable price. No monthly subscription, no ads, no surprises. The developer has personally assisted me with questions and small issues quickly and with a great attitude. I highly recommend this to anybody who cares about computer security.
The best password protection app I have ever used. I feel very secure using this app!
The best password protection app I have ever used. I feel very secure using this app!
This is a great way to generate and safely store passwords and other account information. While some websites are structured so that automatic log in can't be utilized, the app itself performs as advertised and the peace of mind is appreciated.
This is a great way to generate and safely store passwords and other account information. While some websites are structured so that automatic log in can't be utilized, the app itself performs as advertised and the peace of mind is appreciated.
Practically wrote this for me. He's a pilot, so licensed and bonded. Most secure PW vault I ever used. Way overkill! You'll have no worries!
Practically wrote this for me. He's a pilot, so licensed and bonded. Most secure PW vault I ever used. Way overkill! You'll have no worries!
Support for Face ID - use convenient facial recognition to sign in (credentials securely stored in keychain and encrypted for extra measure of security).
Note: Recommended if you need to sign in frequently in public or in front of cameras. Manually entering master password is still more secure authentication.
WhatsApp integration - "Call" button offers making Phone call through carrier or by opening WhatsApp.
Note: Skype support removed. Skype Id has become WhatsApp id, so update this field in Contacts.
Minor user interface update to reflect iOS 26+
1.7.0 6d ago
Optimized for Vision Pro.
Optimized for MacOS with support for adjustable window size.
Added support for split-screen on iPad.
Switch between Colorfull and Grayscale user interface in Menu - Preferences.
Optimized user interface layout for new iPhone/iPad devices.
Fixed auto-sign-in feature.
1.6.0 06/10/2024
Fixes:
1. Fixed for iOS 13
2. Updated user interface on iPhone X, Xr, Xs, Xs Max
Improvements:
When app is minimized, currently selected record remains visible if the app is reopened within 5 minutes. This is useful when switching between apps. Password of currently selected record is still automatically hidden for safety reasons when minimizing the app or switching to another app - that has not changed.
We recommend signing out before you leave the device unattended.
Dropped support for iOS 6, 7, 8.
This version supports iOS 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 and (hopefully) higher.
1.5.4 10/21/2019
New features based on user feedback and reviews. Thank you all for your ideas and valuable insight into how you use the app.
If you haven't already, please, write a review to contribute to a better Guarded Key.
iOS 10 update: fixed iCloud, In-App purchase (buy + restore).
1. Random password generator - Custom password setting now allows to generate random password. Auto-generated (cryptographic) password was for users too difficult to understand, but it is still the default option, because of great advantages - if you accidentally delete a record, you can easily recreate it and recover original password using Provider, Id, Password Length and Password Variation (if you use these values systematically or if you never change passwords), and passwords can be manually synchronized over insecure channels (in case aliens come to earth and destroy or disrupt our communication networks).
2. Password strength indicator - shows password strength using animated gauge. How to use the indication:
Red (insecure password) - easy to crack. Increase password length, use lowercase and uppercase letters, numbers and punctuation marks.
Yellow (average password) - could be broken after some effort or easily with supercomputer. Increase safety same way as described earlier.
Green (secure password) - difficult to break into your online account, however using supercomputer and certain amount of time could be broken if the length is less than 12 characters (default value for Guarded Key). If you are a billionaire and use password generator for banking, use at least 15 characters or perhaps even 20. After all Guarded Key is doing all the remembering of long passwords, so why not use really long one (max. length supported 100 characters). Tap on password gauge and the app shows "Password summary", which shows password statistics (length, number of combinations, how much time it takes to break that password).
3. Expiration indicator - shows credit card expiration and product expiration using animated gauge.
4. Optimized for new iPhone and iPad screen resolutions. The list of records is always visible on iPhone with wider screen. Up to 8 different layouts specifically designed for each screen size (16 when considering portrait and landscape mode). Could you imagine so carefully designed app a few years ago?
5. Added support for Split Screen
6. Passwords tab changed - Sign In URL and Account Info moved to lower part of the scrolling list. This allows to display provider, id, password and password strength indicator on the first page without scrolling (especially on smaller screens of iPhone 4S and earlier).
7. Fixed sorting by birth date in Contacts
Note:
This is last release, which supports iOS 6, 7, 8, 9, 10. Next version will only support iOS 8, 9, 10 and higher.
If you have older device you can continue using older version of Guarded Key, but when the time comes, we recommend upgrading to a device with latest version of iOS. Devices are getting better, faster and have more capabilities, which will allow Guarded Key app to bring new features.
Guarded Key is just getting better every day!
1.5.2 09/26/2016
New features based on user feedback and reviews. Thank you all for your ideas and valuable insight into how you use the app.
If you haven't already, please, write a review to contribute to a better Guarded Key.
1. Random password generator - Custom password setting now allows to generate random password. Auto-generated (cryptographic) password was for users too difficult to understand, but it is still the default option, because of great advantages - if you accidentally delete a record, you can easily recreate it and recover original password using Provider, Id, Password Length and Password Variation (if you use these values systematically or if you never change passwords), and passwords can be manually synchronized over insecure channels (in case aliens come to earth and destroy or disrupt our communication networks).
2. Password strength indicator - shows password strength using animated gauge. How to use the indication:
Red (insecure password) - easy to crack. Increase password length, use lowercase and uppercase letters, numbers and punctuation marks.
Yellow (average password) - could be broken after some effort or easily with supercomputer. Increase safety same way as described earlier.
Green (secure password) - difficult to break into your online account, however using supercomputer and certain amount of time could be broken if the length is less than 12 characters (default value for Guarded Key). If you are a billionaire and use password generator for banking, use at least 15 characters or perhaps even 20. After all Guarded Key is doing all the remembering of long passwords, so why not use really long one (max. length supported 100 characters). Tap on password gauge and the app shows "Password summary", which shows password statistics (length, number of combinations, how much time it takes to break that password).
3. Expiration indicator - shows credit card expiration and product expiration using animated gauge.
4. Optimized for new iPhone and iPad screen resolutions. The list of records is always visible on iPhone with wider screen. Up to 8 different layouts specifically designed for each screen size (16 when considering portrait and landscape mode). Could you imagine so carefully designed app a few years ago?
5. Added support for Split Screen
6. Online Accounts tab changed - Sign In URL and Account Info moved to lower part of the scrolling list. This allows to display provider, id, password and password strength indicator on the first page without scrolling (especially on smaller screens of iPhone 4S and earlier).
7. Fixed sorting by birth date in Contacts
Guarded Key is just getting better every day!
1.5.0 09/21/2016
This update brings 4 improvements. New features 1. and 4. are based on user feedback. Thank you all for your ideas and valuable insight into how you use the app.
1. Added new field “Category” in Online Accounts tab. This field is optional. We recommend using it with new feature "sorting and grouping".
2. Sorting and Grouping - when sorting records by Category, Group or Date, the app will organize records in the list in a tree-like structure, where records are separated into groups. You can test this feature with Demo Data on your device, if you go to Menu - Show Welcome Dialog or check out screenshots on our Facebook page.
Get organized with Guarded Key!
3. Sorting options are saved - the app will remember sorting options. The next time you start the app, you will have the view setup as you left it.
4. Phone number - field length increased to 60 characters. Great for phone banking! Add account number, client ID, PIN, password etc. into the phone number in following format:
Option A: +1-800-123456,,,1,987654321,112233 or
Option B: +1-800-123456;1;987654321;112233.
Note: Comma - wait for 2 seconds and continue dialing, Semicolon - wait until user presses “Dial” button, then continue dialing. How does that sound? Phone banking cannot be any easier.
Guarded Key is just getting better every day!
iCloud:
Synchronize your Guarded Key database through iCloud service on all your devices. The app uses mirroring, which means that your encrypted database is stored locally on your device and mirror image of the database is stored in the cloud. Having encrypted database in the cloud is absolutely secure, nobody can access your data. Synchronization never uploads/downloads plain text data, only encrypted database is transferred over the networks. Encrypted database is secured by 4096-bit key and 8 layers of encryption.
When device goes offline, Guarded Key still provides full access to your local database and allows making changes. When the device is online again, all changes are uploaded to the cloud. Guarded Key on all your other devices will synchronize those changes. Transition between offline and online is made seamlessly without any user interaction.
Guarded Key uses smart synchronization, which can handle all conflicts:
a) Change one record on two devices at the same time or while devices are offline.
b) Change a record on one device and delete the same record on another device.
c) Add record A on one device and add record B on another devices, after synchronization both records will appear on both devices.
Other Cloud services will be available in future versions.
Guarded Key "Declaration of Independence" on cloud services: With cloud service enabled, you can still use iTunes on your desktop/laptop computer to access and backup your database. If cloud service is inaccessible for any reason, Guarded Key will be fully functional and data accessible from locally stored database.
How to enable cloud service:
a) Go to "Settings" on your device, select "iCloud" and setup your account if you haven't done already.
b) Turn "Documents & Data" setting "On".
c) Start Guarded Key and sign into your database.
d) When iCloud is enabled on the device, Guarded Key app detects it and enables iCloud synchronization automatically.
How to disable cloud service:
a) User can disable iCloud service on the device in "Settings -> iCloud" by turning "Documents & Data" Off
b) User can leave iCloud on the device enabled and disable cloud only for Guarded Key by selecting menu item "Settings" in main menu of the app and switching radio button "Cloud service" to "Disabled". In this case other apps will have access to iCloud, except of Guarded Key.
1.4.0 04/05/2014
1. Enabled use of shortcuts for all languages - text fields now support shortcuts stored on your device. When typing a shortcut, the app could freeze - this is now fixed.
2. Fixed keyboard input for Japanese, Chinese, Korean and other languages, which use logographic writing system (fixed for both - keyboard press and handwriting).
iCloud:
Synchronize your Guarded Key database through iCloud service on all your devices. The app uses mirroring, which means that your encrypted database is stored locally on your device and mirror image of the database is stored in the cloud. Having encrypted database in the cloud is absolutely secure, nobody can access your data. Synchronization never uploads/downloads plain text data, only encrypted database is transferred over the networks. Encrypted database is secured by 4096-bit key and 8 layers of encryption.
When device goes offline, Guarded Key still provides full access to your local database and allows making changes. When the device is online again, all changes are uploaded to the cloud. Guarded Key on all your other devices will synchronize those changes. Transition between offline and online is made seamlessly without any user interaction.
Guarded Key uses smart synchronization, which can handle all conflicts:
a) Change one record on two devices at the same time or while devices are offline.
b) Change a record on one device and delete the same record on another device.
c) Add record A on one device and add record B on another devices, after synchronization both records will appear on both devices.
Other Cloud services will be available in future versions.
Guarded Key "Declaration of Independence" on cloud services: With cloud service enabled, you can still use iTunes on your desktop/laptop computer to access and backup your database. If cloud service is inaccessible for any reason, Guarded Key will be fully functional and data accessible from locally stored database.
How to enable cloud service:
a) Go to "Settings" on your device, select "iCloud" and setup your account if you haven't done already.
b) Turn "Documents & Data" setting "On".
c) Start Guarded Key and sign into your database.
d) When iCloud is enabled on the device, Guarded Key app detects it and enables iCloud synchronization automatically.
How to disable cloud service:
a) User can disable iCloud service on the device in "Settings -> iCloud" by turning "Documents & Data" Off
b) User can leave iCloud on the device enabled and disable cloud only for Guarded Key by selecting menu item "Settings" in main menu of the app and switching radio button "Cloud service" to "Disabled". In this case other apps will have access to iCloud, except of Guarded Key.
1.3.8 02/17/2014
NEW FEATURES:
Note: All improvements in this version are based on user feedback. We listen and we deliver as promised!
1. Added button "Sort" - choose how to sort records
2. Added more options for automatic sign in - for example if web site requires to enter user name, password and then captcha, the app can enter user + password and then wait.
3. FREE version is never locked after reaching free version limit for number of records. If you import contacts from the device while testing free version, the app used to lock access to user's data when signing in. Not any more. Now you can continue using free version of the app.
4. Added hints to the locked screen - hints show up while loading data after signing in.
Bug fixes:
1. Lower memory footprint on iPhone (app now uses around 40% less memory (RAM) - locked screen images were used for both, iPhone and iPad. Images for iPhone now use optimal resolution to save memory. This will help in keeping the app alive longer. When iOS runs out of memory it is less likely that it will close Guarded Key (especially on older models of iPhone with less RAM).
Guarded Key is just getting better every day!
iCloud - synchronize your Guarded Key database through iCloud service on all your devices. The app uses mirroring, which means that your encrypted database is stored locally on your device and mirror image of the database is stored in the cloud. Having encrypted database in the cloud is absolutely secure, nobody can access your data. Synchronization never uploads/downloads plain text data, only encrypted database is transferred over the networks. Encrypted database is secured by 4096-bit key and 8 layers of encryption.
When device goes offline, Guarded Key still provides full access to your local database and allows making changes. When the device is online again, all changes are uploaded to the cloud. Guarded Key on all your other devices will synchronize those changes. Transition between offline and online is made seamlessly without any user interaction.
Guarded Key uses smart synchronization, which can handle all conflicts:
a) Change one record on two devices at the same time or while devices are offline.
b) Change a record on one device and delete the same record on another device.
c) Add record A on one device and add record B on another devices, after synchronization both records will appear on both devices.
Other Cloud services will be available in future versions.
Guarded Key "Declaration of Independence" on cloud services: With cloud service enabled, you can still use iTunes on your desktop/laptop computer to access and backup your database. If cloud service is inaccessible for any reason, Guarded Key will be fully functional and data accessible from locally stored database.
How to enable cloud service:
a) Go to "Settings" on your device, select "iCloud" and setup your account if you haven't done already.
b) Turn "Documents & Data" setting "On".
c) Start Guarded Key and sign into your database.
d) When iCloud is enabled on the device, Guarded Key app detects it and enables iCloud synchronization automatically.
How to disable cloud service:
a) User can disable iCloud service on the device in "Settings -> iCloud" by turning "Documents & Data" Off
b) User can leave iCloud on the device enabled and disable cloud only for Guarded Key by selecting menu item "Settings" in main menu of the app and switching radio button "Cloud service" to "Disabled". In this case other apps will have access to iCloud, except of Guarded Key.
1.3.6 12/18/2013
1. Designed for iOS 7!
2. Guarded Key introduces iCloud synchronization! Simply put: iCloud is a great feature. All changes to your data show up on all your devices.
3. "Call" button now allows choosing between Phone call and Skype call.
4. Import Contacts from iOS device - some contacts could not be imported due to empty fields in Contacts on the device. The app will now allow to import all contacts - the only requirement is having First name, Last name and Phone number on the device.
5. Contacts - app now allows having "First name" or "Last name" empty (at least one field must be filled) - this change allows to import Contacts with first name or last name missing on the device.
Guarded Key is just getting better every day!
iCloud - synchronize your Guarded Key database through iCloud service on all your devices. The app uses mirroring, which means that your encrypted database is stored locally on your device and mirror image of the database is stored in the cloud. Having encrypted database in the cloud is absolutely secure, nobody can access your data. Synchronization never uploads/downloads plain text data, only encrypted database is transferred over the networks. Encrypted database is secured by 4096-bit key and 8 layers of encryption.
When device goes offline, Guarded Key still provides full access to your local database and allows making changes. When the device is online again, all changes are uploaded to the cloud. Guarded Key on all your other devices will synchronize those changes. Transition between offline and online is made seamlessly without any user interaction.
Guarded Key uses smart synchronization, which can handle all conflicts:
a) Change one record on two devices at the same time or while devices are offline.
b) Change a record on one device and delete the same record on another device.
c) Add record A on one device and add record B on another devices, after synchronization both records will appear on both devices.
Other Cloud services will be available in future versions. Select cloud service provider of your choice.
Guarded Key "Declaration of Independence" on cloud services: With cloud service enabled, you can still use iTunes on your desktop/laptop computer to access and backup your database. If cloud service is inaccessible for any reason, Guarded Key will be fully functional and data accessible from locally stored database.
How to enable cloud service:
a) Go to "Settings" on your device, select "iCloud" and setup your account if you haven't done already.
b) Turn "Documents & Data" setting "On".
c) Start Guarded Key and sign into your database.
d) When iCloud is enabled on the device, Guarded Key app detects it and enables iCloud synchronization automatically.
How to disable cloud service:
a) User can disable iCloud service on the device in "Settings -> iCloud" by turning "Documents & Data" Off
b) User can leave iCloud on the device enabled and disable cloud only for Guarded Key by selecting menu item "Settings" in main menu of the app and switching radio button "Cloud service" to "Disabled". In this case other apps will have access to iCloud, except of Guarded Key.
1.3.4 10/26/2013
1. Updated for iOS 7!
2. Guarded Key introduces iCloud synchronization! Simply put: iCloud is a great feature. All changes to your data show up on all your devices.
3. "Call" button now allows choosing between Phone call and Skype call.
4. Import Contacts from iOS device - some contacts could not be imported due to empty fields in Contacts on the device. The app will now allow to import all contacts - the only requirement is having First name, Last name and Phone number on the device.
Guarded Key is just getting better every day!
iCloud - synchronize your Guarded Key database through iCloud service on all your devices. The app uses mirroring, which means that your encrypted database is stored locally on your device and mirror image of the database is stored in the cloud. Having encrypted database in the cloud is absolutely secure, nobody can access your data. Synchronization never uploads/downloads plain text data, only encrypted database is transferred over the networks. Encrypted database is secured by 4096-bit key and 8 layers of encryption.
When device goes offline, Guarded Key still provides full access to your local database and allows making changes. When the device is online again, all changes are uploaded to the cloud. Guarded Key on all your other devices will synchronize those changes. Transition between offline and online is made seamlessly without any user interaction.
Guarded Key uses smart synchronization, which can handle all conflicts:
a) Change one record on two devices at the same time or while devices are offline.
b) Change a record on one device and delete the same record on another device.
c) Add record A on one device and add record B on another devices, after synchronization both records will appear on both devices.
Other Cloud services will be available in future versions. Select cloud service provider of your choice.
Guarded Key "Declaration of Independence" on cloud services: With cloud service enabled, you can still use iTunes on your desktop/laptop computer to access and backup your database. If cloud service is inaccessible for any reason, Guarded Key will be fully functional and data accessible from locally stored database.
How to enable cloud service:
a) Go to "Settings" on your device, select "iCloud" and setup your account if you haven't done already.
b) Turn "Documents & Data" setting "On".
c) Start Guarded Key and sign into your database.
d) When iCloud is enabled on the device, Guarded Key app detects it and enables iCloud synchronization automatically.
How to disable cloud service:
a) User can disable iCloud service on the device in "Settings -> iCloud" by turning "Documents & Data" Off
b) User can leave iCloud on the device enabled and disable cloud only for Guarded Key by selecting menu item "Settings" in main menu of the app and switching radio button "Cloud service" to "Disabled". In this case other apps will have access to iCloud, except of Guarded Key.
1.3.2 10/18/2013
Guarded Key introduces iCloud synchronization! Simply put: iCloud is a great feature. All changes to your data show up on all your devices.
1. iCloud - synchronize your Guarded Key database through iCloud service on all your devices. The app uses mirroring, which means that your encrypted database is stored locally on your device and mirror image of the database is stored in the cloud. Having encrypted database in the cloud is absolutely secure, nobody can access your data. Synchronization never uploads/downloads plain text data, only encrypted database is transferred over the networks. Encrypted database is secured by 4096-bit key and 8 layers of encryption.
When device goes offline, Guarded Key still provides full access to your local database and allows making changes. When the device is online again, all changes are uploaded to the cloud. Guarded Key on all your other devices will synchronize those changes. Transition between offline and online is made seamlessly without any user interaction.
Guarded Key uses smart synchronization, which can handle all conflicts:
a) Change one record on two devices at the same time or while devices are offline.
b) Change a record on one device and delete the same record on another device.
c) Add record A on one device and add record B on another devices, after synchronization both records will appear on both devices.
Other Cloud services will be available in future versions. Select cloud service provider of your choice.
Guarded Key "Declaration of Independence" on cloud services: With cloud service enabled, you can still use iTunes on your desktop/laptop computer to access and backup your database. If cloud service is inaccessible for any reason, Guarded Key will be fully functional and data accessible from locally stored database.
How to enable cloud service:
a) Go to "Settings" on your device, select "iCloud" and setup your account if you haven't done already.
b) Turn "Documents & Data" setting "On".
c) Start Guarded Key and sign into your database.
d) When iCloud is enabled on the device, Guarded Key app detects it and enables iCloud synchronization automatically.
How to disable cloud service:
a) User can disable iCloud service on the device in "Settings -> iCloud" by turning "Documents & Data" Off
b) User can leave iCloud on the device enabled and disable cloud only for Guarded Key by selecting menu item "Settings" in main menu of the app and switching radio button "Cloud service" to "Disabled". In this case other apps will have access to iCloud, except of Guarded Key.
2. New menu item "Settings" - enable/disable cloud service.
3. Sign in dialog now allows to save user name - convenient feature, however make sure you are using strong password. Do not make it easier for unauthorized user to access your data.
4. Bug fix: when editing Provider, User Id or Variation field, cursor jumps to the end of the text field - issue fixed.
What's new in previous Version 1.2.6
1. New feature "Reminders" - app will notify you about upcoming events: birthdays and items about to expire. When the app loads the database and user signs in, the app will show "Reminders for the next 7 days". New item "Reminders" was added to the menu.
2. The app freezes when Auto-Correction of the text is set to "ON" and user is trying to sign into the database. The app only worked with Auto-Correction "OFF" set in Settings - General - Keyboard. This update fixes this issue.
3. When the field "Provider" contains space, app could crash when trying to sign in or download website icon - Fixed
1.3.0 07/24/2013
PLEASE READ before updating!
★ Version 1.2.4 and higher is compatible with Guarded Key for Mac OS X version 1.2.0 and higher ★
IMPORTANT NOTES:
Users who store data with Non-English character set may be impacted by this update. All data and passwords are preserved, but one setting may change as described below.
1. New feature "Reminders" - app will notify you about upcoming events: birthdays and items about to expire. When the app loads the database and user signs in, the app will show "Reminders for the next 7 days". New item "Reminders" was added to the menu.
2. The app freezes when Auto-Correction of the text is set to "ON" and user is trying to sign into the database. The app only worked with Auto-Correction "OFF" set in Settings - General - Keyboard. This update fixes this issue.
3. When the field "Provider" contains space, app could crash when trying to sign in or download website icon - Fixed
What's new in previous Version 1.2.4
1. Automatic (cryptographic) password generator - updated to match password generator in the version for Mac OS X, where we enabled use of Non-English languages (Chinese, Japanese, Russian etc). Previous version of Guarded Key for iOS could generate different password than the version for Mac OS X, when online account contained Non-English characters in the field "Provider", "Id" or "Variation". This update will generate password properly to match password generated by the app for Mac OS X, however users are not going to lose existing passwords! After updating and launching the app, it will detect if database record contains Non-English character set, and it will change "Password settings" to "Custom password" and generates password as it was generated before. From now on you can leave the password settings as they are or change the setting back to "Automatic (cryptographic) password" and update automatically generated password on the website of the provider.
This change is an important step toward making the app compatible across multiple platforms and languages and step toward future translation of Guarded Key into other languages.
2. Fixed sorting of items in the list - if an item in the list started with a number, the item was shown at the top of the list. Item with title "Hide Data" is now always shown at the top of the list.
1.2.6 04/28/2013
PLEASE READ before updating!
🔑 Version 1.2.4 is compatible with Guarded Key for Mac OS X version 1.2.0 and higher 🔑
🚦 IMPORTANT NOTES:
👉 Users who store data with Non-English character set may be impacted by this update. All data and passwords are preserved, but one setting may change as described below.
1. Automatic (cryptographic) password generator - updated to match password generator in the version for Mac OS X, where we enabled use of Non-English languages (Chinese, Japanese, Russian etc). Previous version of Guarded Key for iOS could generate different password than the version for Mac OS X, when online account contained Non-English characters in the field "Provider", "Id" or "Variation". This update will generate password properly to match password generated by the app for Mac OS X, however users are not going to lose existing passwords! After updating and launching the app, it will detect if database record contains Non-English character set, and it will change "Password settings" to "Custom password" and generates password as it was generated before. From now on you can leave the password settings as they are or change the setting back to "Automatic (cryptographic) password" and update automatically generated password on the website of the provider.
This change is an important step toward making the app compatible across multiple platforms and languages and step toward future translation of Guarded Key into other languages.
2. Fixed sorting of items in the list - if an item in the list started with a number, the item was shown at the top of the list. Item with title "Hide Data" is now always shown at the top of the list.
1.2.4 04/13/2013
Release version of the app fixed.
1.2.2 12/18/2012
Support for Face ID - use convenient facial recognition to sign in (credentials securely stored in keychain and encrypted for extra measure of security).
Note: Recommended if you need to sign in frequently in public or in front of cameras. Manually entering master password is still more secure authentication.
WhatsApp integration - "Call" button offers making Phone call through carrier or by opening WhatsApp.
Note: Skype support removed. Skype Id has become WhatsApp id, so update this field in Contacts.
Minor user interface update to reflect iOS 26+
more Version 1.7.0 6d ago
Data Not Collected The developer does not collect any data from this app.
