# Octopus Authenticator — user reviews > 49 indexed App Store user reviews of Octopus Authenticator by Secret Double Octopus, rated 2.40/5 from 158 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/octopus-authenticator/id1220959010/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/octopus-authenticator/id1220959010.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 40 · 4★ 11 · 3★ 9 · 2★ 14 · 1★ 84 ## Newest reviews (12 of 49) ### 2/5 — Too long to wait to reset *2026-01-28, version 6.2.0* Too long to wait for reset ### 2/5 — Annoying Bluetooth Notification *2026-01-08* The Bluetooth notification is impossible to get rid of. Find a way to fix this issue! ### 2/5 — Annoying Bluetooth Popup *2025-05-02* The app does not allow you opt out of notifications about bluetooth pairing. Not everyone is able to utilize this feature (e.g. remote work). If I want to opt out of bluetooth services I should have the agency to never hear about it again. ### 2/5 — Always wants Bluetooth *2025-01-16* If you like to have your Bluetooth turned off, then this app will pop up something when you launch it asking for access to Bluetooth. I can’t see any settings to say I never intend to use Bluetooth with this app, since I get by with the other options. It’s a daily annoyance. Otherwise, I would rate this one or two stars higher. ### 2/5 — Waste of time *2024-07-01* Recently we change from Duo to this Octopus app, honestly it’s been a disappointment, specially because with Duo I was able to log in thru my watch. This app gives you the option too, with the difference that has glitches, 90% of the times the watch does not work and it gets annoying doing it thru your phone. Doing it from the watch makes it more efficient. ### 1/5 — Crashes *2024-05-09, version 5.9.0* App crashes on launch on iPhone 12 mini ### 1/5 — Watch support is broken *2024-04-02, version 5.7.1* Push notifications for the Apple Watch have been broken for months. ### 1/5 — Crappy *2024-03-15* OMG STOP ASKING FOR BLUETOOTH ### 1/5 — Psychotic notification sound *2024-01-11* What psychopath came up with that annoying sound? They have never had to work in an office where it’s constantly going off. Other MGA product has a lower frequency dual tone notification that doesn’t another everyone. We all had to turn off sounds for this app it’s that bad. ### 1/5 — Just awful *2023-12-15, version 5.6.0* This is just an awful piece of software that wastes everybody’s time and provides zero value. ### 2/5 — Inefficient *2023-09-28* Worst 2 factor authentication app I have used. Cannot accept request from phone Lock Screen, and even worse every time I open the app it asks me to activate Bluetooth even though it doesn’t need Bluetooth. ### 2/5 — Apple Watch works half the time *2023-09-25, version 5.5.2* The Apple Watch notification only works sometimes. The rest of the app is great. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Always wants Bluetooth *2025-12-05* If you like to have your Bluetooth turned off, then this app will pop up something when you launch it asking for access to Bluetooth. I can’t see any settings to say I never intend to use Bluetooth with this app, since I get by with the other options. It’s a daily annoyance. [updated] It seems this happens even more, now. If it gets accessed because of a push notification, it should know I don’t need Bluetooth at that time. Rather than a pop-up, it should just display it as text on the existing screen. It even pops up a message each day if it is running in the background and I’m not needing it at that time. Otherwise, I would rate this one or two stars higher. It has decent options, but is too annoying. ### 1/5 — not good *2025-11-10, version 6.1.2* hate this app so much. ruined my login experience ### 1/5 — Non intuitive, painful *2025-06-25, version 6.0.3* Confusing, difficult, time consuming ### 1/5 — Update wiped out info *2025-06-11, version 6.0.2* After a forced update all my account info was deleted. ### 1/5 — App Is a Bluetooth Pest *2025-03-17* App does its main job well enough (not that end users ‘choose’ the app - their IT dept. does that), but will constantly pester you about enabling Bluetooth, and has no setting to get you to stop it from asking every time you open the app. ### 1/5 — Constant issues *2025-01-10* I’m not sure why my company uses this software. It is horrible and has not worked correctly since we got it. Connection issues, getting kicked out and having to call support weekly, app locks up, sometimes it will ping but app won’t respond. ### 1/5 — WILL steal your data *2024-11-20, version 6.0.0* Company forced the switch from duo, all of a sudden anything I look up on my phone (web md health info, eBay shopping) will show up as an ad on my company computers msn page. It’s super creepy, and to top it off they claim they don’t steal your data. They absolutely do. I’ve no doubt that I’ll get articles on SDO now after looking up if they steal my data lol. ### 1/5 — Annoying *2024-08-14* Like others have mentioned, the watch app hangs 90% of the time making it useless. If they can’t figure out how to fix that, they should at least work on allowing you to authenticate from the notification rather than having to open up the app. ### 1/5 — Psychotic notification sound *2024-07-10* What psychopath came up with that annoying sound? They have never had to work in an office where it’s constantly going off. Other MGA product has a lower frequency dual tone notification that doesn’t another everyone. We all had to turn off sounds for this app it’s that bad. ### 1/5 — Hit and mostly miss with Apple Watch *2024-07-08, version 5.9.2* I get the notification on my watch and only sometimes can I actually unlock my PC with the watch. Most of the times I have to get my phone out to unlock my PC. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Great experience *2025-07-14* Great and way faster than other mfa-like products. ### 5/5 — no password *2025-07-14, version 6.0.3* great product to use and o don’t have to type a password. great experience. ### 5/5 — SDO Octopus Authenticator *2025-05-15* Very responsive application, pushes arrive immediately. Nice integration with FACEID for extra security. Easy to add additional accounts for complex environments. ### 5/5 — Perfect MFA Solution *2025-05-15* My day to day MFA solution. Octopus Authenticator App never disappoints me. It is a must have in your bag of tools. ### 5/5 — Happy User *2025-05-13, version 6.0.2* Using the App for several years. Works perfectly. Login can be so simple. ### 5/5 — Recent update is awesome *2024-12-12* App works way better with recent update. When it pops up on my apple watch it always gives an approve option. Before, it would sometimes show a blue circle and red circle and the rest of the time it would just be a loading screen and I’d have to pull out my phone but now it always works. Much better. ### 5/5 — Brought back watch unlock! *2024-11-22* Love that they brought back Apple Watch unlock ### 5/5 — Approving SDO requests with Apple Watch works! *2024-11-22, version 6.0.0* In the previous versions, unlocking the screen using the Apple Watch did not work reliably. Often, the app got stuck and showed „processing“ on the watch. So the phone was required to approve the SDO request. This issue seems to be fixed with the current version so that it is no longer required to use the phone to confirm the SDO requests. ### 5/5 — Great response time *2023-09-01* When I reviewed about Too much biometric scanning (about 3 times within a minute). They had an update about a week later with a fix. This is fantastic! ### 5/5 — My co worker loves it! *2022-04-29* Have recently made the change to this application and it’s literally the talk of the office. My coworker in the cubicle beside me can NOT stop singing it’s praises. --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-09-04.*