Ente Auth vs IDEA
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Ente Auth
This app generates and securely stores two-step verification (2FA) tokens. It offers end-to-end encrypted cloud backups and seamless multi-device synchronization, ensuring your tokens are accessible across all your devices. Access your tokens via a web interface or generate them offline.
- End-to-end encrypted cloud backups
- Multi-device synchronization
- Web access to tokens
- Offline token generation
- QR code scanning for import
- Manual secret entry
- Bulk import/export of tokens
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Ente's Authenticator app helps you generate and store 2 step verification (2FA) tokens on your mobile devices. FEATURES SECURE BACKUPS Auth provides end-to-end encrypted cloud backups so that you don't have to worry about losing your tokens. We use the same protocols Ente Photos uses to encrypt and preserve your data. MULTI DEVICE SYNC Auth will automatically sync the 2FA tokens you add to your account, across all your devices on mobile & desktop. Every new device you sign into will have access to these tokens. WEB ACCESS You can access your 2FA tokens on any device by using https://auth.ente.io. OFFLINE MODE Auth generates 2FA tokens offline, so your network connectivity will not get in the way of your workflow. IMPORT AND EXPORT You can add tokens to ente by one of the following methods: - Scanning a QR code - Manually entering (copy-pasting) a 2FA secret - Bulk importing from a file that contains a list of codes in the following format: otpauth://totp/provider.com:you@email.com?secret=YOUR_SECRET The codes maybe separated by new lines or commas. You can also export the codes you have added to ente, to an unencrypted text file, that adheres to the above format. TERMS https://ente.io/terms
IDEA
This intelligent operation app allows users to customize product usage and expand functionality. It provides a convenient way to interact with specific company products and gain a deeper understanding of their features.
- Intelligent operation
- Product customization
- Expandable functions
- Enhanced product understanding
- Convenient user interface
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This software is a newly launched intelligent operation APP, aimed at providing users with more convenient operation methods and also allowing customers to have a better understanding of this product. APP can expand more functions and enable users to customize product usage. It is worth noting that the software is only applicable to our company's products
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Ente Auth at every 4 weeks against IDEA's every 6 months. Ente Auth also leads on review sentiment (77% vs 50%) and ratings volume (284 vs 1). IDEA's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.6). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
IDEA holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Ente Auth has 284 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 77% of Ente Auth's written reviews are positive against 50% of IDEA's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Ente Auth ships an update every 4 weeks, IDEA every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and September 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Ente Auth | IDEA |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (284 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 77.4% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 284 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 weeks — better | Every 6 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 89 MB | 43 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ente Technologies, Inc. | 和平 陈 |
Customer experience
Ente Auth
IDEA
Bugs and requests
Ente Auth
Reported bugs
4 issues- Camera issues causing black screen
- Codes not working or showing as invalid
- Vault disappearing unexpectedly
- Login screen issues and freezes
Requested features
4 requests- Ability to choose custom icons for accounts
- Option to change font size
- Support for FIDO/Yubikey authentication
- In-app tip jar for donating to developers
IDEA
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Ente Auth
No in-app purchases
IDEA
No in-app purchases
