Octopus Authenticator vs Resurface
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 password management, offering a seamless login experience across various work applications. Organizations benefit from enhanced security and control over domain accounts, VPNs, and cloud services.
- Passwordless login
- Seamless authentication
- High assurance credential control
- Supports domain accounts
- Supports VPN
- Supports cloud applications
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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.
Resurface
Capture links, text, and screenshots from any app to a private library. Search your saved content, add notes, and revisit original sources. Generate daily or weekly briefs and private audio narrations from your saves.
- Save links, articles, and screenshots
- Search saved library
- Add notes to saved items
- Generate daily/weekly briefs
- Create private audio narrations
- Recover failed processing jobs
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Resurface helps you save useful content now and find its value later. Use the Share Sheet to capture links, text, and screenshots from other apps, or add a link directly in Resurface. Your saves stay in a private library where you can search, add notes, and return to the original source. Built for people who save more than they can read: • Save links, articles, posts, videos, GitHub repositories, text, and screenshots. • Search your saved library when you remember only the gist. • Keep notes and grounded insights next to the original source. • Recover a failed processing job without saving the item again. • Turn eligible recent saves into written Daily or Weekly Briefs. • Generate private audio narration from a completed Brief when you want to listen. New accounts receive 14 days of access without a payment request. After that, Resurface Pro is available as an auto-renewable subscription for $5.99 per month or $49.99 per year. Prices may vary by region. Payment is charged to your Apple Account when you subscribe. Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel in App Store account settings. Privacy is part of the product. Resurface organizes only content you choose to save. Privacy Policy: https://getresurface.ai/privacy/ Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Resurface at 5.0 against Octopus Authenticator's 2.4. Resurface also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs every 2 months). Octopus Authenticator's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and ratings volume (163 vs 3). On price, ads and device support 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. Resurface sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. Octopus Authenticator asks for nothing beyond the download.
Resurface holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Octopus Authenticator has 163 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Octopus Authenticator ships an update every 2 months, Resurface every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Octopus Authenticator | Resurface |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.4 (163 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 23.1% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 163 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 16 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Secret Double Octopus | Ariel Smoliar |
Customer experience
Octopus Authenticator
Resurface
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
Resurface
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Octopus Authenticator
No in-app purchases
Resurface
- Resurface Pro Monthly$5.991 Month
- Resurface Pro Annual$49.991 Year
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