Codebook Password Manager 4+

Password Manager & Data Vault

Zetetic LLC

    • 4.7 • 1.6K Ratings
    • Free
    • Offers In-App Purchases

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Description

You've messed with the rest, now try the best!

Codebook is a cross-platform password manager providing powerful and complete data encryption, a flexible data model, fast search, multi-device replication, Face ID and Touch ID authentication, and form-filling in Safari with the included Find in Codebook app extension.

Codebook is free to try for 14 days, after which an In-App Purchase of Codebook Pro is required to access the sync and editing features.

Codebook has been protecting sensitive information on mobile devices for 19 years, since the days of the Palm Pilot! It protects your passwords and personal information from unauthorized access by would-be crackers, malicious thieves, and snoopy coworkers. Stop using the same password for all your accounts! Codebook generates strong, random passwords and keeps them for you, protected by your master password and powerful encryption.

“By far the most resilient app to password cracking” — Elcomsoft, Black Hat EU 2012

Features:

* Optionally authenticate with Face ID and Touch ID
* Full support for AufoFill Passwords in iOS 12
* Fill out password login forms in Safari with the Find in Codebook app extension
* Designed to work on iPhone *and* iPad
* Sync over WiFi with Codebook for macOS and Codebook for Windows (sold separately)
* Sync over Drive or Dropbox (free Drive or Dropbox account required)
* Full text search as you type across all your records and fields
* Auto-lock timer allows you to keep Codebook temporarily unlocked while you switch apps
* Configurable field masking to hide sensitive data from view
* Erases clipboard when information is copied to be pasted in other apps after two minutes
* Supports both portrait and landscape device orientation
* Includes 200 gorgeous color icons for personalizing your records
* Generates two-step verification (TOTP) codes
* Scans QR codes with main camera
* Store sensitive Image and PDF files

Use Stronger Passwords:

* Codebook helps you remember stronger passwords, but also to generate them
* The password generator allows you to generate random passwords from several common character sets, and adjusts for bias
* The password generator also supports Diceware passwords—both the Reinhold and Electronic Frontier Foundation variants

Customize Away:

* Personalize categories to match your organizational style
* Customize your entries including usernames, passwords, websites, notes and create your own fields and labels
* Note records can be created in any category to store free-form text
* Store any information you want--no restrictive templates!
* Store URL connection strings (e.g. SSH, AFP, SFTP) to launch other applications directly
* Star your Favorites to get at them quickly and sort them to the top of search results

Encryption and Password Protection:

* Uses the open source, encrypted database engine SQLCipher
* 256-bit AES encryption in CBC mode protects all of your data
* 64,000 rounds of PBKDF2 SHA-1 key derivation
* Every encrypted database has its own random initialization vector
* Every page of storage has its own random initialization vector and HMAC protection
* Hardware-accelerated using CommonCrypto for speed and reduced battery consumption

More details are available at: https://www.zetetic.net/sqlcipher/

Sync with your Desktop:

Codebook for iOS is designed to work seamlessly with Codebook for macOS and Windows, sold separately. Sync your information with Codebook on your desktop for easy editing, data backup, import and export, integration with other apps and more. Check out https://www.zetetic.net/codebook/ for more details and a product tour for all platforms we support.

Free Backup:

If you don't use Codebook desktop you can still backup your Codebook database for free using the Drive and Dropbox sync features.

What’s New

Version 4.5.21

* Fixes Find in Codebook “No URL Passed to App Extension” error

Ratings and Reviews

4.7 out of 5
1.6K Ratings

1.6K Ratings

Indomitable Man ,

Highly Recommended - the One & Only Password App You Need

I work in technology for big firms handling lots of cloud applications, and between my job and my personal life this means that I have hundreds of separate passwords to keep track of along with their temporary two-factor time-based authentication codes. Codebook does it all securely and safely while allowing me to synchronize password data across multiple devices such as my phone and my computer without the use of a third-party cloud provider such as Google.

This means that my data is safe & secure and never leaves my control nor is it used to try to sell me stuff. I have been using this application for almost a decade, and I have found the developer to be both responsive and a thoughtful fellow who responds to to user requests while only adding features in a way that makes sense and keeps the app lightweight, fast, and responsive. I have gifted paid copies of this app to my loved ones, and I highly recommend this app!!

Simply Claire ,

Long Time User Since Original Codebook

Love this app. I used to use the original Codebook app when it first came out on the iPod touches years ago. I loved it. I redownloaded the old Codebook and then stumbled upon their new Codebook app. Apparently the old Codebook is no longer supported by Dropbox, and with my large amount of notes on the old app I decided to migrate them into the new Codebook version. I’m super interested in purchasing the full version, especially knowing it’s not only a password keeper app but also where I can keep my private notes and ideas. However, my greatest complaint is the lack of dates on the notes. I have so many notes that migrated over, however none have any dates as to when I first wrote them. Instead, all the notes are categorized by alphabetical order. I love they kept with the old simple note style, but I strongly prefer the old original Codebook version that categorized notes by date order. Unless I was still able to see the date recorded as to when I first created that note, this app could have been perfect and I would’ve been more than happy to dish out for the paid version.
It’s such a minor thing too, you would think they’d let you categorize your notes by date created.

Developer Response ,

Hi Simply Claire,

Thanks very much for your support of Codebook and for writing this review. There's a view within Codebook called the Journal view, and it closely mimics the old Codebook (Secure Notebook) interface. Within this view you can sort your notes by created or updated date. It's located under [More] > Journal. You can edit your tab bar order (at the bottom of the screen) to have the Journal view first, so when you first launch Codebook it will be displayed right away. To do this, tap the [More] tab bar icon, tap edit in the upper right hand corner, then drag the Journal into the first position (replacing Categories). We'd be happy to assist if you have any questions when attempting these steps. Please feel free to reach out to us at support@zetetic.net

strobeman4x4 ,

Excellent Password Manager full of options

I’ve been using this password manager for years and I love it. I will however say it’s for the technically savvy. If you’re only using it locally (e.g. one iPad) then I would say everything is easy. However if you plan to sync via cloud services you have to go through a few steps, and remember to always sync. It does not automatically sync to the cloud.

The most important feature they have is giving me the choice of where the database is stored. There is no option to store the database with Codebook servers because it’s not a service they offer. Instead I can keep the database totally within my ecosystem by using the WiFi sync option. Since I at least have trust in Codebook encryption security, I’ve chosen to sync via Dropbox. But the beauty of this is it’s my Dropbox account.

My takeaway of the above is since Codebook doesn’t have servers, the hackers are unlikely to bother trying to hack Codebook encryption. First they’ve have to crack Codebook encryption technology, but it would only be useful when they find where users have stored the database. This is the most clever solution for a password manager that I’ve come across!

Keep up the great work Codebook team!

p.s. Their support team is super responsive! I’ve contact them a handful of times with questions and almost always get a thorough response the same day!

App Privacy

The developer, Zetetic LLC, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy.

Data Not Linked to You

The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:

  • Identifiers
  • Usage Data
  • Diagnostics

Privacy practices may vary, for example, based on the features you use or your age. Learn More

Supports

  • Family Sharing

    Some in‑app purchases, including subscriptions, may be shareable with your family group when Family Sharing is enabled.

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