Strongbox
Shares rank 16 of 21 password managers by recommenders
Recommended for native Apple password management with passkey support and standard KeePass vaults. One critic objects to the maker's telemetry in acquired apps.
Recommended for native Apple password management with passkey support and standard KeePass vaults. One critic objects to the maker's telemetry in acquired apps.
10 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 9
- criticize it
- 1
- approval share
- 90%
Recommended in 5 of 13 months
- November 2025: recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: recommended
- June 2026: recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 9 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 9 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 5 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Passkey support, including Apple export
“It supports passkeys as well and you can have your iOS devices save your passkeys in StrongBox instead of the Apple thing.”
Comment from 28 Feb 2026 in “1Password pricing increasing 20% in March” “Keepassxc and strongbox passkey integrations seem pretty good on all of the OSes and browsers I've used”
Comment from 14 Oct 2026 in “Passkeys are not a trap” “supports the new export system that includes Passkeys”
Comment from 21 May 2026 in “Get your passwords out of Bitwarden while you still can” Native Apple AutoFill integration
“It integrates with Apple’s AutoFill API and feels native - just like Apple’s Passwords app.”
Comment from 2 May 2026 in “I Do Not Recommend Bitwarden” “integrates into Apple's AutoFill API and appears automatically in all input fields”
Comment from 25 May 2026 in “Your Dotfiles Are Not a Distro” Standard KeePass vaults, store anywhere
“it's still very good and you can store the file wherever you want”
Comment from 19 May 2026 in “The Quiet Renovation at Bitwarden” “It uses standard KeePass vaults and covers the Apple platforms”
Comment from 28 Feb 2026 in “1Password pricing increasing 20% in March” Reasonable and working well
“strongbox is a reasonable app for iOS”
Comment from 7 Nov 2025 in “Two billion email addresses were exposed” “It's working pretty nicely.”
Comment from 19 May 2026 in “The Quiet Renovation at Bitwarden”
Other password managers people recommend
The four most recommended other password managers, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bitwarden | 278 | 213 | 57% | 12 | 6.5 yrs23 owners | — |
| 1Password | 238 | 179 | 57% | 12 | 15 yrs28 owners | — |
| KeePassXC | 131 | 38 | 78% | 12 | 5 yrs5 owners | Approved |
| Vaultwarden | 112 | 13 | 90% | 11 | 3 yrs9 owners | Approved |
| StrongboxThis page | 9 | 1 | 90% | 5 | — | — |
What people said
12 of the 13 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“it does leave me in control”
“If the sky falls and strongbox ceases working with mac/iOS I can use android and linux.”
“Keepassxc and strongbox passkey integrations seem pretty good on all of the OSes and browsers I've used”
“integrates into Apple's AutoFill API and appears automatically in all input fields”
“supports the new export system that includes Passkeys”
“It's working pretty nicely.”
“it's still very good and you can store the file wherever you want”
“It integrates with Apple’s AutoFill API and feels native - just like Apple’s Passwords app.”
“It uses standard KeePass vaults and covers the Apple platforms”
“It supports passkeys as well and you can have your iOS devices save your passkeys in StrongBox instead of the Apple thing.”
“a somewhat notorious app firm that has the nasty habit of buying popular apps and adding a whole bunch of telemetry”
“strongbox is a reasonable app for iOS”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.