Octopus Authenticator vs GLYPH
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Octopus Authenticator
This app eliminates the need for passwords, offering a seamless and consistent login experience for users throughout their workday. Organizations benefit from enhanced security and control over credentials for various accounts and applications.
- Passwordless login
- Seamless user experience
- High assurance security
- Credential control
- Cross-domain authentication
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With Secret Double Octopus, users no longer need to manage passwords and can enjoy a consistent seamless login experience throughout their work day. Organizations gain the benefits of high assurance and credential control across domain accounts, VPN, cloud applications and legacy apps.
GLYPH
This app provides ultra-secure collaboration tools for teams, focusing on affordable, regulatory-compliant privacy and data protection. Its advanced encryption defends against cyber threats, ensuring efficient and secure operations.
- Ultra-secure collaboration tools
- End-to-end encryption
- Regulatory compliance
- Data protection
- Advanced cyber threat defense
- Affordable privacy
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Equip your teams with ultra-secure collaboration tools designed to deliver affordable, regulatory compliant privacy and data protection for your communications. Our advanced encryption technology is engineered to defend against the most sophisticated cyber threats, keeping your operations efficient and secure.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: GLYPH at 4.6 against Octopus Authenticator's 2.4. GLYPH also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 2 months). Octopus Authenticator's advantage is ratings volume (159 vs 20) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.6). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
GLYPH holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 2.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Octopus Authenticator has 159 ratings behind it against 20, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Octopus Authenticator ships an update every 2 months, GLYPH fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and September 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Octopus Authenticator | GLYPH |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.4 (159 ratings) | 4.6 (20 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 22.4% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 159 — better | 20 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 17 MB | 121 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Secret Double Octopus | Secured Communications, LLC |
Customer experience
Octopus Authenticator
GLYPH
Bugs and requests
Octopus Authenticator
Reported bugs
19 issues- Bluetooth notification impossible to get rid of
- App pops up asking for Bluetooth access even when not needed
- Update wiped out all account info
- Constant issues: connection problems, app locks up, pings but won't respond
- Apple Watch app hangs 90% of the time
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- Psychotic notification sound
- Apple Watch notification only works sometimes
- App crashes on launch
- Push notifications for Apple Watch broken for months
- Cannot accept request from phone Lock Screen
- Apple Watch component stuck at 'Loading...'
- Must manually launch Watch app before prompt
- Apple Watch app does not work
- Clicking notification does not open app
- Not receiving welcome email or setup email
- Apple Watch app has never worked
- App will not send authentication to new phone
- No Apple Watch app
- App crashes immediately on startup after OS update
Requested features
12 requests- Fix Bluetooth notification issue
- Allow opting out of Bluetooth notifications
- Improve Apple Watch app reliability
- Allow authentication from notification
- Fix watch app hanging issue
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- Fix push notifications for Apple Watch
- Allow accepting requests from phone Lock Screen
- Set time limit for facial recognition
- Provide instructions for new phone registration
- Allow users to supply their email address for setup
- Fix app crashes on launch
- Fix app not opening after OS updates
GLYPH
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Octopus Authenticator
No in-app purchases
GLYPH
No in-app purchases
