Authenticator Alternatives

Authenticator is described as 'Simple, free, and open source two-factor authentication app. It helps keep your online accounts secure by generating unique one-time passwords, which you use in combination with your other passwords to log into supporting websites' and is a Authenticator in the security & privacy category. There are more than 50 alternatives to Authenticator for a variety of platforms, including iPhone, Android, iPad, Android Tablet and Mac apps. The best Authenticator alternative is Bitwarden, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Authenticator are Aegis Authenticator, Proton Authenticator, Ente Auth and Bitwarden Authenticator.

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  1. x2y Authenticator is a privacy-focused 2FA app that securely stores TOTP tokens in an encrypted vault. Features include Stealth Mode, Panic Backups, and Local PC Sync, giving you full control over your authentication data.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Android
     
  2. Sign in is easy, convenient, and secure when you use Microsoft Authenticator. Use your phone, not your password, to log into your Microsoft account. You simply have to enter your username, then approve the notification sent to your phone.

    78 Microsoft Authenticator alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • Windows Phone
    • iPad
     
  3. OVault icon
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    OVault is a super simple OTP app that lets you view and manage OTPs for all your accounts. Set up OTPs by scanning QR codes with your devices Camera App, or by manually providing the OTP secret to the app.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • iPhone
    • iPad
     
  4. Mauth icon
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    Mauth (pronounced Moth) is a Two-Factor Authentication app with support for TOTP and HOTP (coming soon) and compatibility with Google Authenticator.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android
    • F-Droid
     
  5. Tofu generates one-time passwords to help you protect your online accounts. These passwords are used together with your normal password when you sign into services like Google, Facebook, Dropbox, Amazon, and GitHub.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (ISC)

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • iPhone
     
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    The latest version (1.11) is from September 2021.

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    Clean, GNU and super easy to use.

    • Tofu Authenticator is Free and Open SourceAuthenticator is also Free and Open Source
  6. Open-source authenticator app for iOS and macOS generates time-based one-time passwords, supports secure iCloud sync and encrypted backup, FaceID and TouchID unlocking, QR code scanning, custom icons, search, handoff for copying codes, and encrypted export.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Warning

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • iPhone
    • iPad
     
  7. KeyVault icon
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    OTP authenticator app for managing your 2FA / OTP codes on iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple Watch.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Apple Watch
    • Linux Mobile
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
     
  8. Keysmith icon
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    Keysmith is a token generator for your two-factor authentication (2FA) logins. It supports time and hash-based one-time passwords (TOTP/HOTP).

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • KDE Plasma
    • Linux Mobile
    • Flathub
    • Plasma Mobile
    • Flatpak
     
  9. CloudOTP icon
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    An awesome two-factor authenticator based on Flutter, supports Android, Windows and Linux platforms, and supports multiple cloud backup methods such as Onedrive, Dropbox, WebDAV, S3Cloud, etc.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
    • iPad
    • Android Tablet
     
  10. Gnome Authenticator is a desktop 2FA code generator for Linux desktops, like Ubuntu.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Linux Mobile
    • Flathub
    • GNOME
     
  11. 2FAGuard icon
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    Encrypted Windows app for managing 2FA codes with AEGIS-256 and Argon2id, supporting Windows Hello, portable use, multilingual interface, token import/export, QR code/manual entry, generic TOTP, local storage, and dark mode interface for enhanced security.

    57 2FAGuard alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  12. Protectimus icon
     7 likes

    Protectimus Solutions provides a powerful multi-factor authentication service. We offer 2FA SaaS platform and on-premise version of the product which supports a great variety of TOTP tokens and program tokens for OTP delivery.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
     
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