Bear Tools vs Authenticator™ App
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Bill tracking (income/expenses)
- Dice rolling (up to 200 sides)
- Note taking
- Calendar view for bills and notes
- At-a-glance summary dashboard
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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.
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.
- 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
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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
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Verdict
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
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.
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.
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.
| Parameter | Bear Tools | Authenticator™ App |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | 4.1 (489 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 16.4% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 489 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 4 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Robert Thomas JR | BOHEM Bilisim LTD |
Customer experience
Bear Tools
Authenticator™ App
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
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- 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
Bear Tools
No in-app purchases
Authenticator™ App
- Weekly Premium Subscription$7.997 Days
- Monthly Premim Subscription3 Days trial$14.991 Month
- Yearly Premim Subscription3 Days trial$49.991 Year








