Comparison

Bear Tools vs Authenticator™ App

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

Head to head
About

Bear Tools

This app offers a minimalist suite of tools for managing bills, rolling dice, and taking notes. It helps track expenses and schedule reminders on a calendar, useful for both everyday life and tabletop gaming.

Highlights
  • Bill tracking (income/expenses)
  • Dice rolling (up to 200 sides)
  • Note taking
  • Calendar view for bills and notes
  • At-a-glance summary dashboard
Features
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Bear Tools is a minimalistic collection of tools for bills/expenses, dice rolling, notes, and tracking expenses and notes on a calendar. Whether you use it to track a character in a table-top roleplaying game or track expenses and notes in your everyday life, Bear Tools has a tool to help! Features: -Bear Home shows information from other tools at a glance. -Bear Bills lets you enter incoming and outgoing amounts to track a running total, and also assign them to specific calendar dates. -Bear Dice lets you roll dice with up to 200 sides, and track previous rolls. -Bear Notes lets you enter notes and assign them specific dates to track them on the calendar. -Bear Calendar lets you track bills and notes by date in an internal calendar (separate from the system calendar), and stamps a pawprint on any day with a bill or note associated with it.

About

Authenticator™ App

This app generates secure, time-based one-time passwords for two-factor authentication. It supports automatic setup via QR code and works offline, synchronizing across Apple devices with iCloud backup and encryption.

Highlights
  • Automatic QR code setup
  • Offline code generation
  • iCloud Backup & Encryption
  • Synchronization across Apple Devices
  • Supports 2,500+ websites and services
  • Quick and easy 2FA verification
Features
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Authenticator™ App Set up your Authenticator accounts automatically with a QR code. This is quick and easy, and it helps to ensure that your codes are set up correctly. * iCloud Backup & Encryption * Synchronization Across Apple Devices Authenticator™ App on your phone can generate the verification code, even if you don't have a network or cellular connection. Authenticator™ App is compatible with more than 2.500 websites and services including; Microsoft, Google, Salesforce, Robinhood, Facebook, PayPal, Amazon, Steam, Duo Mobile, Coinbase, Twilio, Binance, Authy, Twitter, Blizzard, Dropbox , Battle.net, ID.me, Snapchat, Discord and thousands more. Create your secure 2FA token in seconds, just scan the QR code for a quick & easy setup. Enter your unique one-time password generated by our app on the website!  It is that easy to 2FA verify your online identity. Information about the auto-renewable nature of the subscription. You can cancel your subscription or free trial anytime by canceling your subscription through your iTunes account settings, or it will automatically renew. This must be done 24 hours before the end of the free trial or any subscription period to avoid being charged. Subscriptions with a free trial period will automatically renew to a paid subscription. Please note: any unused portion of a free trial period (if offered) will be forfeited when you purchase a premium subscription during the free trial period. Subscription payments will be charged to your iTunes account at confirmation of your purchase and upon commencement of each renewal term. For more information, please see our Privacy Policy and Terms of Use. Terms of Use: https://sites.google.com/view/super-auth-terms Privacy Policy: https://sites.google.com/view/super-auth-privacy

Screenshots

Bear Tools4 screens
Authenticator™ App4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Bear Tools at 5.0 against Authenticator™ App's 4.1. Bear Tools also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 3). Authenticator™ App's advantage is ratings volume (489 vs 2). On price, update cadence, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Authenticator™ App sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per 7 days. Bear Tools asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Bear Tools holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Authenticator™ App has 489 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Bear Tools ships an update every 3 weeks, Authenticator™ App every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Bear Tools versus Authenticator™ App: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBear ToolsAuthenticator™ App
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better4.1 (489 ratings)
Positive reviews—16.4% of reviews
Number of ratings2489 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 4 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB8 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRobert Thomas JRBOHEM Bilisim LTD

Customer experience

Bear Tools

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Authenticator™ App

All ratings445 ratings
Positive76.4%
Neutral2.9%
Negative20.7%
Written reviews67 reviews
Positive16.4%
Neutral3.0%
Negative80.6%

Bugs and requests

Bear Tools

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Authenticator™ App

Reported bugs

10 issues
  • App does not launch
  • Multifactor authentication dysfunctional
  • Codes not recognized
  • Data deleted after update
  • Accounts deleted after iPhone update
Show 5 more
  • Codes not generating
  • App crashes or freezes
  • Cannot add more than one account
  • Cannot transfer accounts
  • Requires iCloud backup for keys

Requested features

2 requests
  • Option to remove ads/upgrade popups
  • Clearer explanation of setup and usage

In-app purchases

None

Bear Tools

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Authenticator™ App

Subscriptions3
  • Weekly Premium Subscription$7.997 Days
  • Monthly Premim Subscription3 Days trial$14.991 Month
  • Yearly Premim Subscription3 Days trial$49.991 Year

Questions

Is Bear Tools free?
Bear Tools is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Authenticator™ App free?
Authenticator™ App is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Bear Tools or Authenticator™ App?
Bear Tools is rated higher. Bear Tools averages 5.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while Authenticator™ App averages 4.1 from 489 ratings.
Do Bear Tools or Authenticator™ App have ads?
Neither Bear Tools nor Authenticator™ App shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Bear Tools or Authenticator™ App?
Bear Tools ships an update every 3 weeks, and Authenticator™ App every 4 weeks. Most recently, Bear Tools was updated on October 20, 2026 and Authenticator™ App on October 24, 2026.

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