Authy alternative on macOS and iOS?

Cromulent · 30 Jan 2024 at 16:19

I'm looking to change my 2FA app from Authy to something else. I use Bitwarden as my password manager and know that it does TOTP but wanted to see what the other options were. Would need to support macOS, iOS and iPadOS.

ChrisD. · 30 Jan 2024 at 17:02

Cromulent said:
I'm looking to change my 2FA app from Authy to something else. I use Bitwarden as my password manager and know that it does TOTP but wanted to see what the other options were. Would need to support macOS, iOS and iPadOS.

There's loads, 1Password, BW (which you have), Dashlane etc.

Feek · 30 Jan 2024 at 17:10

1Password. Worth every penny for the fact that it handles everything. I don't think anything else integrates so well or is so easy to use.

HACO · 30 Jan 2024 at 18:33

OTP Auth is pretty popular, tons of feature, iCloud encrypted backups, etc...

beachBOYken · 30 Jan 2024 at 20:02

Microsoft Authenticator.

Rainmaker · 30 Jan 2024 at 22:30

If it's only within Apple's ecosystem, why not use Keychain? It supports passkeys, OTP codes, will sync across all your devices, is end-to-end encrypted, and is seamlessly integrated with Face/TouchID and Safari etc.

ChrisD. · 31 Jan 2024 at 06:49

Rainmaker said:
If it's only within Apple's ecosystem, why not use Keychain? It supports passkeys, OTP codes, will sync across all your devices, is end-to-end encrypted, and is seamlessly integrated with Face/TouchID and Safari etc.

I think OP wants push notifications ‘did you just try and sign in’ which I don’t think the Apple system currently supports.

Feek · 31 Jan 2024 at 08:19

Rainmaker said:
If it's only within Apple's ecosystem, why not use Keychain? It supports passkeys, OTP codes, will sync across all your devices, is end-to-end encrypted, and is seamlessly integrated with Face/TouchID and Safari etc.

There's a whole recent discussion about that here: https://forums.overclockers.co.uk/threads/keychain-password-manager-vs-3rd-party.18950722/

Rainmaker · 31 Jan 2024 at 12:05

ChrisD. said:
I think OP wants push notifications ‘did you just try and sign in’ which I don’t think the Apple system currently supports.

Ah I didn't get that. I use Vaultwarden (self-hosted Bitwarden) anyway and it does the job perfectly. Since the OP already uses BW and wanted alternatives, Keychain was the only one not mentioned. I had a look at it again recently due to passkeys (which BW also supports now), and I was surprised how much more functionality Apple (finally) baked in, like OTP and passkeys etc. If they're using BW though I'd stick with that, because it works quite well and is cheap to free.

beachBOYken · 31 Jan 2024 at 12:06

OP wants an Authenticator.

I would keep most of your TOTP codes in BW, although good idea to store you BW 2fa elsewhere.

Cromulent · 31 Jan 2024 at 12:10

beachBOYken said:
OP wants an Authenticator.

I would keep most of your TOTP codes in BW, although good idea to store you BW 2fa elsewhere.

I think that is what I will do. I have a Yubikey for 2FA on Bitwarden so that should be pretty safe.