PassDirector vs Run4Password
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side โ with what reviewers say about each.
PassDirector
Securely store and manage all your sensitive personal information, including passwords, financial details, and confidential notes. This app utilizes robust AES-256 encryption to protect your data and offers convenient syncing across devices.
- AES-256 encryption
- Syncing via Wi-Fi or iCloud
- Customizable categories and fields
- Touch ID and Face ID authentication
- Built-in web browser
- Encrypted backup file
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PassDirector is an encrypted, password protected database for sensitive personal data: - bank accounts, credit cards - email accounts, web passwords - serial numbers - hardware passwords - phone numbers - any other confidential information PassDirector uses strong, high secure AES-256 encryption. All cryptographic operations are performed using standard, system-provided iOS libraries. Other features: - syncing between the Mac and iPhone PhoneDirector database over the Wi-Fi or iCloud - creating new categories with custom fields - renaming and deleting categories and fields - custom picture for a category and an entry - Touch ID authentication - Face ID authentication - built-in web browser allowing to fill logins and passwords - Safari view controller is an option for displaying web links stored in the PassDirector database - sending emails directly from the PassDirector database - link to the Phone application to call phone numbers from the PassDirector database - link to the Maps application to show address from the PassDirector database - sending the encrypted backup file by email - searching in the database The Mac version of PassDirector: - use the same database on your Mac computer and your iPhone - editing the database on both iPhone and your Mac computer - syncing between the Mac computer and iPhone over the Wi-Fi connection (your iPhone and the computer must be on the same network) - syncing between the Mac computer and iPhone using iCloud
Run4Password
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Run 4 Password keeps your passwords on your iPhone and nowhere else. There is no account to create, no email to hand over, and nothing to subscribe to. The app contains no networking code at all โ and you do not have to take that on faith. Turn on Airplane Mode and use it. Everything works, because nothing was ever going to leave. WHAT IT DOES โข Stores your passwords in a vault encrypted with AES-GCM, unlocked by a 6-digit PIN โข Ties the encryption key to this iPhone's Secure Enclave, so the vault cannot simply be copied off and attacked somewhere else โข Fills passwords for you in Safari and other apps, with Face ID or Touch ID โข Signs you in with passkeys, and saves new ones, without a password to type โข Keeps your 2FA codes beside the password they belong to, counting down โข Brings your passwords, passkeys and codes across from Apple Passwords in one import โข Keeps the site each password belongs to, and finds it when you search โข Generates strong passwords and passphrases โข Hides the app from the app switcher and blocks screenshots while it is open โข Locks itself when you leave it โข Moves your passwords to another phone by holding the two together โ no server, no account โข Works in English, German and Italian BACKUPS, HONESTLY Nothing leaves this phone unless you export it โ and what you export is encrypted before it leaves. When you make a backup, the app seals your whole vault into a single file and asks you where to put it. It hands you ten randomly chosen words to write on paper; those words, and nothing else, open that file. We do not keep a copy, and there is no way for us to recover one. Put the file somewhere you can find it again and keep the paper somewhere else โ either one on its own is useless. That backup restores onto a different phone. That is the point of it. MOVING TO A SECOND PHONE If you want the same passwords on two phones you own, you do not need a file, an account or a server. Hold the two phones facing each other. Each one shows the other a code, you check that both screens show the same six digits, and the passwords travel across as pictures on the screen. This is what the camera is used for, and it is the only thing it is used for. Nothing is photographed and nothing is saved โ the camera reads a code and forgets it. Nothing is ever deleted by this. Passwords already on the receiving phone stay exactly as they are; anything new is added. If the same entry differs on both phones, that phone asks you which one to keep. WHAT WE CANNOT DO FOR YOU If you forget your PIN and have no backup, your passwords are gone. There is no reset link, no support address that can help, and no key escrow. That is not a gap in the product โ it is what "only you can open it" actually means, and any app that offers you a way back in is telling you something about who else can get in. NO TRACKING No analytics. No crash reporting. No advertising identifier. Nothing is collected, because there is nothing here that could send it.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Run4Password at Free against PassDirector's $19.99. PassDirector's advantage is iOS requirement (15.6 vs 17.0). On update cadence, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.
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Run4Password is free to download; PassDirector costs $19.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on September 28, 2026 and September 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | PassDirector | Run4Password |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $19.99 | Free โ better |
| Positive reviews | 42.3% of reviews | โ |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 5 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | โ |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 โ better | 17.0 |
| Further details โ not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 11 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | MacMedia | Eni Veshi |
In-app purchases
PassDirector
No in-app purchases
Run4Password
No in-app purchases
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