1Password for Mac

So glad I switched to KeePassXC which is constantly being improved and works reliable in a setup using macOS, iOS and Android. 1Password got more expensive over the years and since users not willing to switch to subscription are stuck on version 7 which is not seeing any updates, the users are also stuck with all the bugs and issues in that version. I finally migrated the last vault and uninstalled 1Password from all devices. It was a good feeling to finally close that chapter.

1Password is not an option for me any more (greedy policy, etc.) Currently, I find Enpass to be the best replacement for 1Password. You can store your vault locally and the desktop version is free! KeePassXC is also interesting but its interface is a bit Windows XP like. 😅 I agree with everybody saying that 1Password has been a great and elegant product in the past but those days are sadly gone.

I've used and loved 1Password for at least 17 years. I bought and paid for it for my entire family several times on >12 Macs just to help support the company. However, they recently got very greedy and switched to a full subscription model so I'm stuck on an old version (7.9). Even worse, their support is nowhere as helpful as it was just a few years ago (pre-subscription). Even worse, they only allow storing your vaults on their proprietary servers and not iCloud any longer! This is the only app on any of my 10+ computers that I'm sad to leave behind as I look for an alternative so I can keep using iCloud. I can't recommend 1Password as they get big and greedy.

If 1password 7 was the last classic version of the app, then Version 8 is its evil twin. Bloated as hell, confusing interface, no longer able to do a WIFI / WLAN sync, paid subscription service nonsense. You can wax poetic all day long about the wonderful "multi-national corporate background" the company has, but the fact remains, the program itself feels corporate and no longer user friendly. I've been with 1password since the VERY beginning and I'll be switching over to Enpass shortly. They took a beautiful app and absolutely destroyed it.

I am a staunch supporter, and have been since the release (2006) of 1Password. Why? The founders’ have a multi-national corporate background in tech; they have always responded to help queries; they provide me with a necessary multi-platform app. This, and only one other app, are the only ones I have a subscription to, so I am exceedingly picky about subscription based software. Growing a business from four people to a legitimate full-fledged multi-national organization with over five-hundred employees is no easy task and that's what they have done. Given that security is a diligent 24/7 endeavor I place my trust in 1Password for managing an organization focused on providing just that. There’s value for the money with 1Password as it is under consistent and constant development. I will be a customer of 1Password for as long as it exists and will also be a customer of any related 1Password product(s) in the future. I was around when the Mac began and the enthusiasm that the 1Password team has exhibited since they began was, and remains, along the lines of those developers’ who were there when it all started. They are perfect fit in the Apple world and with other platforms.