- Macpass app update#
- Macpass app upgrade#
- Macpass app android#
- Macpass app password#
- Macpass app license#
Macpass app password#
The cloud (anyone's) is the last place I'd trust my password database. I have been using it for years and what you said worried me because I have no desire or intention of purchasing the subscription. I looked on 1Password's support site and you can get a perpetual license. It's all choices made by the dev, nothing inherent to the three different business models. But they could just as easily have changed the expectation to pay once, play as long as it works for you and I'm not going to help you figure it out if it doesn't.
Devs on iOS generally decided to change the expectation from customers from pay once, play forever to pay once a year, play as long as you continue to pay. I know you'll bring up the expense of providing support for ancient versions, but again, many developers say you get 1 year of support and only for the latest version. But you know what? There are Windows 7 users who are also missing out on 10 years of features, but that's their choice. But then they're missing out on 10 years of features.
Macpass app upgrade#
Consumers themselves can decide when it's worth it for them to upgrade for full price. The developer could choose to release a full-priced new version every year if they wanted to, just like Windows developers do. It's a different platform with different rules. So there's no need to EXPECT conventions from MacOS to apply to iOS too. After all, there used to be upgrade licenses of Windows. Of course, I'm not going to make a sweeping statement and say there's no such thing as loyalty upgrade discounts outside of Mac. I haven't seen it much on Windows, and iOS is a different platform than Mac OS. Second, reduced price upgrades for loyalty is a convention too. Just like I would have if I stopped liking my perpetually-licensed product and found something better. It's still worth it to me to pay every year for it, but when it stops being worth it, I'll move to another product.
Macpass app license#
Sure, I can keep using the version I have indefinitely on my 4S, and even redownload it years from now, but I'm missing A LOT of features, and that's why I personally paid for an upgrade (to the subscription, but I could have bought a full license if that was important to me). Current version won't work with my two iPhone 4S' because they're stuck at iOS7. I've come across many apps like this, including even 1Password.
Macpass app update#
First, it's easy to push the need to update to a new version by introducing new features that only work with newer iOS versions due to API changes. IOS apps, in contrast, don't have named versions and your app purchase from ten years ago is still good for the current version since there's no such thing as an App Store native paid version upgrade.īut this is purely due to convention, not technical reasons. kdbx-compatible apps seem at best creepy from a quick glance, either ad-supported (yuck!) or seemingly fly-by-night. StrongBox' perpetual license appears to be an IAP, while KeePassium is a separate version, so it seems that StrongBox' implementation seems slightly better (can't abandon the perpetual licenses only by abandoning the perpetual licensed version of the app). They're close to the same price as each other, and both offer a perpetual license in addition to yearly at much less than 1Password. StrongBox and KeePassium are the paid ones that seem to be mentioned most frequently. kdbx-compatible iOS apps are probably what I'm most interested in, so does anyone have any thoughts on them? It looks like their perpetual license is gone now.
Macpass app android#
I don't currently need Android support, but knowing whatever solution works there would be nice since I do have to help friends/family members with Android occasionally and I'd like to at least know the password manager system I personally use works on Android as well for recommendation reasons.ġPassword would require exporting my database (doable) and switching all apps I use (not a problem per se), but at $36/year for just me it's a bit expensive. Since I want to keep it accessible on Windows, the Apple Keychain isn't a solution. I don't quite trust cloud only solutions like LastPass (too big a target if they slip up even a little in their security implementation), and they only work if you have an internet connection (I usually do, but occasionally I'm in areas of poor/no data and no trustworthy wifi). Since MacPass is working fine, KeePass itself is still being updated, and I've got a decent sized password database in KeePass format already, I'd prefer to find a replacement for just MiniKeePass. I've been using it in conjunction with MacPass and the official Windows KeePass for years, and now I need to find a replacement. Starting up MiniKeePass today, I was greeted with a doom&gloom message that MiniKeePass is dead and will disappear completely next year.
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