Comparison

Pass the Phrase vs Generate Secure Passwords

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Pass the Phrase

Generate unique and memorable phrases for passwords, project names, or business ideas. This app offers millions of multi-syllable or multi-word combinations, with features like saving, sharing, daily inspiration, and text-to-speech.

Highlights
  • Phrase generation
  • Save and share favorites
  • Daily phrase notifications
  • Text-to-speech functionality
  • Global phrase synchronization
  • Offline phrase generation
  • Shake to generate new phrase
Features
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Instant Inspiration for your password or business name "Pass the Phrase" is an intriguing phrase generator for your iPhone/iPad. It creates millions of sweetly memorable random multi-syllable or multi-word phrases, useful as pass-phrases or passwords, secret-names for your next project, or possibly great new business names. You can: * Save and share your favorite phrases with your friends * Automatically send yourself a new phrase every day * Have the phrase read aloud * Globally synchronize your app so you all get the same phrase at the same time (like a secret virtual handshake!) Here are several fun phrase examples that "Pass the Phrase" has come up with: Anti-giraffe Questionably-fractal-quirky-sink Randomly-flying-opinion Simultaneously-beautiful-risks Verbose-snarkinator Romantic-turbo-syndrome Jubilant-glyph Brazenly-sultry-handshake Duo-bendigram Truculent-cats Ride-bot Billowing-consequence Blessed-runes Here are the features that make "Pass the Phrase" a great phrase generator: * Easily share your favorite phrases with your friends via e-mail, social media, etc. * Bookmark up to 10 of your favorite phrases, and then "Rewind" any time to bring any of them back and to show again. * Tap the phrase text to easily copy it to other applications. * Tap the speaker icon to read the phrase aloud. * Choose a color for the text displayed. * Creates almost limitless real and computer-generated phrases using a huge internal vocabulary and my proprietary "MakeSents© Engine". * Turn on "Global-Sync", and you will be globally synchronized with everyone else's "Pass the Phrase" app... everyone gets the same phrase at the same time anywhere in the world. * Turn on "Daily Phrases" to automatically receive a new phrase notification every day. * Phrases are completely yours to use however you wish. * Work without a net... You can run Pass the Phrase anywhere... you never need an internet connection to create and export phrases. * Shake your iPhone or iPad to get a new phrase (feature not available on the Macintosh, it is not meant to be shaken!) * Ask for new phrases any time, "Pass the Phrase" is designed to delight!

About

Generate Secure Passwords

Features
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In a world where accounts are being hacked on a daily basis, often due to poor password choices, having a secure password is essential! This app will help you to be able to generate a secure password using upper case characters, lower case characters, numbers and symbols. With a handy feature to copy that password to your clipboard(this feature must be used cautiously for security reasons).

Screenshots

Pass the Phrase4 screens
Generate Secure Passwords4 screens

Verdict

The call

Pass the Phrase and Generate Secure Passwords are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pass the Phrase ships an update every 41 months, Generate Secure Passwords every 25 months. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Pass the Phrase versus Generate Secure Passwords: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPass the PhraseGenerate Secure Passwords
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 41 monthsEvery 25 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size64 MB23 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperEduard SchwanTristan Grobler

In-app purchases

None

Pass the Phrase

No in-app purchases

None

Generate Secure Passwords

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Pass the Phrase free?
Pass the Phrase is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Generate Secure Passwords free?
Generate Secure Passwords is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Pass the Phrase or Generate Secure Passwords have ads?
Neither Pass the Phrase nor Generate Secure Passwords shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Pass the Phrase or Generate Secure Passwords?
Pass the Phrase ships an update every 41 months, and Generate Secure Passwords every 25 months. Most recently, Pass the Phrase was updated on November 2, 2026 and Generate Secure Passwords on November 7, 2026.

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