Comparison

PIN Locker™ vs Norton Password Manager

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

Head to head
About

PIN Locker™

Securely manage your passwords and sensitive data with this straightforward password manager. It offers autofill capabilities, biometric or password unlocking, and robust encryption. Sync your data across devices via iCloud and customize labels for a personalized experience.

Highlights
  • Autofill website and app credentials
  • Touch ID/Face ID or password unlock
  • iCloud Sync across devices
  • iCloud Backup and restore
  • Supports iPad Split View
  • Stores secondary passwords
  • Keeps previous passwords
Features
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PIN Locker is a very simple yet highly secure password manager. It has a lot of features that are easy to use yet highly secure to protect all your important data. Features: - AutoFill your Website and App’s username/passwords. - Touch ID/Face ID or use your own password to unlock PIN Locker. Your choice. - Supports larger text thru Apple Accessibility feature. - iCloud Sync under the same Apple ID will provide identical updated information in all your devices. - iCloud Backup or send backup file to yourself for safe keeping. - Restores directly from your devices using either backup file or iCloud. - Newly designed for iPads and supports iPad’s Split View. - PIN Locker stores a 2nd password for some websites that require 2 passwords. - Keeps your previous password, in case you've entered the new password incorrectly. - Upgraded security to the highest level encryption available. - All labels can be customised to fit your website / language. - Websites stored in PIN Locker are linked to the browser for direct access. - At your option, choose to hide or show passwords.

About

Norton Password Manager

This app securely stores and manages your passwords across multiple devices. It offers features like one-tap autofill, encrypted storage with zero-knowledge encryption, and password strength assessment to enhance your online security.

Highlights
  • One-tap password autofill
  • Zero-knowledge encryption
  • Cross-device syncing
  • Biometric unlock (Touch ID/Face ID)
  • Password strength assessment
  • Generate strong passwords
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Want a free, powerful password manager? Norton Password Manager is a single solution to help manage your unique passwords in multiple ways. Memorizing complex passwords with symbols, numbers, capital letters, and more, is difficult but using strong passwords is important to help keep your personal information secure. With Norton Password Manager, your information is encrypted, helping keep it secure, yet still available across your devices so you can access it anywhere. Best of all, it’s free!* Why Norton Password Manager • Passwords filled in a single tap When you log in to websites and apps, it’s a smoother, quicker, and more convenient experience. Your passwords are stored in an online vault, which can be used to auto fill online login information with a single tap.¹ • Encrypted With zero knowledge encryption and two-factor authentication, only you control access to your password vault–not even Norton can access it. These security measures help keep your data safer from cybercriminals and hacking attempts. • Free* Norton Password Manager is free and accessible to anyone and works on devices including computers, tablets, and phones. • Sync passwords¹ Your entire password vault can be synced and accessed across your devices. Your logins and credit card credentials can be auto filled. • Biometric unlock² There’s no need to even type in your vault password. Access your vault faster or recover your vault password³ using Apple’s Touch ID® or Face ID®. • Password Assessment Check if your passwords are strong and easily create new passwords or change weak passwords to strong ones that are more difficult to crack. Your information stays private even from us because it’s encrypted using zero-knowledge encryption before being stored in your cloud-based vault. Your passwords and other personal information can be even more secure by enabling two-factor authentication, plus you can use Apple’s Touch ID® or Face ID® so you can access your vault even faster. Creating and remembering complex passwords doesn’t have to be difficult. Norton Password Manager helps you safeguard your personal information by making recommendations to strengthen passwords, adding more security to your online, digital life. * With the free version of Norton Password Manager, we reserve the right to limit the number of entries (like passwords) at any time. This limitation won’t affect any existing entries in your vault. ¹ Requires your device to have an Internet/data plan and be turned on. ² Only available on iOS devices with Fingerprint Authentication or Touch ID/Face ID activated. ³ Vault Password Reset can only be initiated on an iOS smartphone. To work, your smartphone must have the Norton Password Manager mobile app installed, set up, and connected to your Norton account, plus the Biometric Authentication (fingerprint, or Touch ID/Face ID) activated, beforehand. PRIVACY POLICY Norton respects the privacy of our users and carefully safeguards personal data. For more information: https://www.norton.com/privacy

Screenshots

PIN Locker™4 screens
Norton Password Manager4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Norton Password Manager at Free against PIN Locker™'s $9.99. Norton Password Manager also leads on ratings volume (42K vs 14). On rating, review sentiment, update cadence 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

Norton Password Manager is free to download; PIN Locker™ costs $9.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.4 for PIN Locker™ against 4.5 for Norton Password Manager. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Norton Password Manager has 42K ratings behind it against 14, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 84% of PIN Locker™'s written reviews are positive against 86% of Norton Password Manager's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

PIN Locker™ ships an update every 2 months, Norton Password Manager every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
PIN Locker™ versus Norton Password Manager: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPIN Locker™Norton Password Manager
Price$9.99Free — better
Rating4.4 (14 ratings)4.5 (42K ratings) — better
Positive reviews83.8% of reviews85.9% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1442K — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 5 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supportedFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.615.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size135 MB153 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperMooee Company LimitedGen Digital Inc.

Customer experience

PIN Locker™

All ratings14 ratings
Positive85.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative14.3%
Written reviews37 reviews
Positive83.8%
Neutral8.1%
Negative8.1%

Norton Password Manager

All ratings41,330 ratings
Positive88.1%
Neutral3.9%
Negative8.0%
Written reviews3,989 reviews
Positive85.9%
Neutral4.5%
Negative9.6%

Bugs and requests

PIN Locker™

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Norton Password Manager

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Randomly deleting saved passwords
  • Inability to reset vault password
  • Inconsistent password autofill behavior
  • Compatibility issues with certain browsers and devices

Requested features

5 requests
  • Ability to create password folders or groups
  • Option to use longer vault passcodes for increased security
  • Seamless integration with other password managers
  • Backup and export functionality for passwords
  • Biometric authentication support on all platforms

In-app purchases

None

PIN Locker™

No in-app purchases

None

Norton Password Manager

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is PIN Locker™ free?
PIN Locker™ costs $9.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Norton Password Manager free?
Norton Password Manager is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, PIN Locker™ or Norton Password Manager?
Norton Password Manager is rated higher. PIN Locker™ averages 4.4 out of 5 from 14 ratings, while Norton Password Manager averages 4.5 from 42K ratings.
Do PIN Locker™ or Norton Password Manager have ads?
Neither PIN Locker™ nor Norton Password Manager shows ads.
Which is updated more often, PIN Locker™ or Norton Password Manager?
PIN Locker™ ships an update every 2 months, and Norton Password Manager every 5 weeks. Most recently, PIN Locker™ was updated on November 1, 2026 and Norton Password Manager on November 11, 2026.

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