Access: Passwords Companion 4+

I don’t write reviews often. Once Apple came out with Passwords, I was happy to leave 1pw and their subscription behind. While I enjoyed the app, it was too complex with my family who are way less tech savvy.

This app is a great companion to the new Passwords app by Apple. While I wish all of this functionality was included in the Passwords app, I am very happy to support these developers and their work to provide a compatible solution. This is what I have been looking for instead of just capturing detailed in a locked note. The app is simple, straightforward, and looks like a native app. Overall I have already become a fan in just a few hours and even paid for the app to support the devs.

Suggestions: I would love additional types like social security numbers or drive / Network details those aren’t deal breakers.

It would be great to be able to share records or the entire app with those in my family. That combined with Passwords app would be awesome. Right now
I can’t share records so it’s locked just to my phone.

Update#1: It’s getting better with each release and has reached the point where I am starting to move items over from 1Password. I wish there was closer parity to the features in 1Password but I hope the developer is paying attention and keeps improving the application.

Original: There is (apparently) is no way to contact developer as the Help menu is empty and About has not contact information, not even a website or email address There are lots of little things that could be improved but no way to pass along to developer other than here in a review.

So… while this app has potential, it needs a lot of more polish in data entry. Resizable windows for data entry, the ability to delete an added field easily, identity address field should be multiline filed, full name in identity should be first, middle and last, etc… etc… so many things that need improvement to be able to move from another app like 1Password) before committing to this app. The Apple security is a plus (over letting a 3rd party handle security) but the data entry should be more Apple-like. I’ll keep watching and hoping it comes along more before I’m ready to move to it.

Contacting the developer directly to pass along problems and suggestions would be most welcome.

This app is a personal database for storing household and personal data. This app needs work though. First it will not remember the window size on closing, so I have to resize it everytime I open it. Getting this right is like programming 101. In the Insurance section, by default, there is no option for Insurance Company, which is necessary. At least I can add a custom field, but I have to do this every entry, and it doesn’t seem to save any labels I’ve added here, so I have to type these in everytime. There’s a start date, with date picker, but then the end date I have to type in the date and it doesn’t even attempt to match the formatting of the start date field. And the Driver’s License section is missing a crucial field too — state of issue.