Comparison

Sherlocked vs PassPony

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

Head to head
About

Sherlocked

Securely store and manage passwords, passkeys, credit cards, and documents across your Apple devices. Log in to apps and websites with a single tap using Face ID or Touch ID. Offers a free tier with limited items and a one-time purchase or subscription for unlimited access.

Highlights
  • Password and passkey management
  • Secure document storage
  • Automatic form filling
  • Face ID/Touch ID unlock
  • Cross-device iCloud sync
  • Built-in authenticator
Features
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A private, secure vault for passwords, passkeys, AND MORE — built exclusively for the Apple ecosystem. Sherlocked remembers all your passwords and passkeys and logs you in to websites and apps with a single tap — across iPhone, iPad, and Mac. SIMPLE. SECURE. PRIVATE. Simple A clean, thoughtfully designed Apple-native interface that feels right at home on iPhone, iPad, and Mac. Secure Your vault is protected with strong, industry-standard AES-256 encryption and secured by a master password only you know. Private Your data lives in your own private iCloud database. It’s never sent to our servers. LOGIN WITH A TAP • Create strong, unique passwords for every website and app • Store, manage, and sign in seamlessly with modern Passkeys • Automatically fill passwords in apps and websites • Use Face ID or Touch ID to unlock instantly STORE MORE THAN JUST PASSWORDS • Passwords, credit cards, notes, codes, and more • Scan and securely store documents • Organize everything with tags and custom fields • Share selected items securely using QR codes AVAILABLE ON ALL YOUR APPLE DEVICES Your vault syncs automatically across iPhone, iPad, and Mac using iCloud. Always up to date. Always with you. SECURITY, BY DESIGN Your data is encrypted before it’s stored and can only be decrypted with your master password. We don’t have access to your information. • Built-in authenticator for two-factor authentication (2FA) • Quick lock/unlock with Face ID or Touch ID FLEXIBLE PRICING FREE FOREVER Store up to 10 items — no time limit. ONE-TIME PURCHASE Unlock unlimited items for life with a single payment. No more subscriptions. SUBSCRIPTION OPTION Choose an auto-renewable subscription if you prefer. SUBSCRIPTION DETAILS Payment will be charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage subscriptions in your Apple ID settings. • Privacy policy: https://sherlockedapp.com/privacy.html • Terms of use: https://sherlockedapp.com/terms-of-use.html

About

PassPony

This app is an open-source password manager that allows you to own your encrypted password files. It syncs with Git and is interoperable with command-line tools, offering features like QuickType autofill and live one-time codes.

Highlights
  • File-based encrypted password storage
  • Git synchronization
  • Interoperable with pass/passage CLI
  • QuickType autofill
  • Live one-time codes (TOTP)
  • Face ID/Touch ID unlock
  • Ephemeral clipboard
Features
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PassPony is a password manager for people who want to own their passwords. Every entry is one encrypted file in a store you control, in the same format as the pass and passage command line tools. Your Mac, your server, and your phone can all work on the same store. WHY A FILE-BASED STORE One entry, one file: the password on the first line, anything else after it. Encrypted with your keys: age identities for passage stores, OpenPGP keys for pass stores. Synced with git over HTTPS or SSH: clone your existing store, publish a new one, and resolve conflicts per entry, never with a silent merge. Interoperable: commits match the pass CLI format, so the store stays fully usable from the desktop tools. EVERYDAY USE AutoFill: your passwords appear above the keyboard when you sign in. Only entry names are indexed; nothing decrypts until you fill. Passkeys: save a passkey for a site and sign in with it. It lives in that site's entry, encrypted with your keys, and syncs like everything else. One-time codes: TOTP with a countdown ring, HOTP counters, and import from an authenticator app's export QR codes. Face ID or Touch ID unlock, with a five-minute grace window shared with AutoFill. Ephemeral clipboard: copies are local only and clear after 45 seconds. Field-level editing that preserves the exact bytes of lines it does not touch. YOUR KEYS STAY YOURS Back up every key on your phone to one file locked with a recovery code, and restore it on a new phone. SSH sync uses a key made on your phone or imported; hosts are trusted on first use and a changed host key is refused. Phones that share a store each add their own public key to it when they sync, and you approve every new key before your entries are re-encrypted for it. Secret keys never leave a device. PRIVATE BY ARCHITECTURE No account, no signup, no PassPony server. The only network connection is the git remote you configure. No analytics, no ads, no tracking. Open source, Apache-2.0. The full app and its Rust core are published in a public git repository for anyone to audit. FORMATS passage stores encrypt with modern age identities. pass stores encrypt with OpenPGP keys (Cv25519 and X25519/Ed25519 in software). RSA-keyed stores need a smartcard, which is not supported yet. Each format keeps its own store; switching never touches the other. Localized in English, Spanish, French, German, Simplified Chinese, Brazilian Portuguese, and Russian. If you already run pass or passage, PassPony is the missing phone half of your setup. If you have never used them, the first-run tour will have you adding your first pass in about a minute.

Screenshots

Sherlocked4 screens
PassPony4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: PassPony at none against Sherlocked's 2. PassPony also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 86%) and update cadence (monthly vs every 2 months). Sherlocked's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and ratings volume (3 vs 1). On price, rating and ads 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. Sherlocked sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per year. PassPony asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Sherlocked against 5.0 for PassPony. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 1 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 86% of Sherlocked's written reviews are positive against 100% of PassPony's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Sherlocked ships an update every 2 months, PassPony monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Sherlocked versus PassPony: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSherlockedPassPony
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews85.7% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings3 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone
Requires iOS26.018.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size27 MB17 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperStashword Inc.Kevin Stewart

Customer experience

Sherlocked

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive85.7%
Neutral14.3%
Negative0.0%

PassPony

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Sherlocked

Subscriptions1
  • Unlimited Items$9.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime Access$39.99
None

PassPony

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Sherlocked free?
Sherlocked is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is PassPony free?
PassPony is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Sherlocked or PassPony?
Sherlocked and PassPony are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 3 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Sherlocked or PassPony have ads?
Neither Sherlocked nor PassPony shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Sherlocked or PassPony?
Sherlocked ships an update every 2 months, and PassPony monthly. Most recently, Sherlocked was updated on October 21, 2026 and PassPony on October 24, 2026.

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