2FA Authenticator vs TabTidy
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
2FA Authenticator
This privacy-focused app generates time-based one-time passwords (TOTP) to secure your online accounts. It offers features like one-tap code access, QR code scanning for easy setup, and automatic blurring for enhanced privacy. Your secrets are stored securely on your device and never transmitted to any server.
- One-tap code generation
- QR code scanning for setup
- Google Authenticator import
- Automatic blur for privacy
- Offline code generation
- Secure backup and export
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Secure your accounts with Autheris — a privacy-first two-factor authentication (2FA) app for iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple Watch. Autheris generates the time-based one-time passwords (TOTP) that protect your most important accounts, and keeps the secrets behind them on your device. No account, no sign-up, no ads. NOW ON APPLE WATCH • One Code at a Time — Your codes on your wrist, each with a live countdown. Turn the Digital Crown to move between them. • Read-Only by Design — There is no copy, no editing and no settings on the watch. Your iPhone stays the one place codes are managed. • Works Without Your iPhone — Codes are generated on the watch itself, so they keep counting down with your phone out of reach or switched off. KEY FEATURES • One-Tap Codes — Copy a code with a single tap. The clipboard clears itself after 60 seconds. • Pin and Reorder — Pin the codes you use most to the top, and drag the rest into whatever order suits you. • Recently Deleted — Delete a code by mistake? It stays on your device for 7 days, ready to restore. • QR Scanning — Add an account by scanning a QR code, or choose a screenshot from your photo library. • Time-Based and Counter-Based Codes — TOTP for almost every service, and HOTP for the ones that hand you a counter instead, each with SHA-1, SHA-256 or SHA-512 and 6 to 10 digits. If a service rejects your codes, the algorithm is editable per account. • Import — Bring your token generator accounts across from Google Authenticator, Aegis, andOTP or 2FAS. • Search — Find any account instantly, however long your list gets. • Issuer Icons — Familiar brand marks so you can spot an account at a glance. • Countdown Ring — A clear, colour-customisable ring shows how long each verification code has left. PRIVACY AND SECURITY • Face ID / Touch ID Lock — Locks when opened, and again after 30 seconds away. • Blurred When Backgrounded — Content blurs when you switch apps, and your codes are hidden in the app switcher. • Protected While Recording — Codes are covered whenever your screen is being recorded or mirrored. • Secrets Stay on Your Device — Codes and setup keys are kept in your device's Keychain and never leave it unless you export them or turn on iCloud Sync. • Encrypted Backups — Save an AES-256-GCM encrypted backup protected by a password only you know. • Optional iCloud Sync — Off by default. When you enable it, your secrets are end-to-end encrypted by CloudKit, and the developer cannot read them. • No Account, No Tracking — Nothing to sign up for, no analytics, no advertising. Autheris is open source. Install Autheris, add an account, and keep your second factor — and your 2-step login — under your own control.
TabTidy
This utility app uses on-device AI to automatically organize your browser tabs by topic and detect duplicates. You can also create custom tab groups and save/restore sessions, all while ensuring your browsing data remains private on your device.
- AI topic organization
- Automatic domain-based grouping
- Manual tab groups
- Duplicate tab detection
- Save and restore sessions
- Close tabs by group
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Tired of losing context in a sea of browser tabs? TabTidy uses on-device AI to organize your tabs by topic, find duplicates, and let you build your own groups — all without sending a single URL to any server. [Features] - Automatic domain-based tab grouping - AI topic organization powered by Apple Intelligence (iOS 26+) - Manual Groups — bundle tabs into your own categories - Duplicate tab detection and one-tap cleanup - Save and restore tab sessions - Close all tabs in a group at once - Edit AI-generated labels to your preference [Privacy] Everything runs on your device. AI inference uses Apple Intelligence's on-device models — your URLs and titles never leave your phone or Mac. No account, no telemetry. [Requirements] - Safari on iOS 26 or later - Safari on macOS 15 or later - Apple Intelligence-capable device for AI features
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: 2FA Authenticator at 5.0 against TabTidy's 1.0. 2FA Authenticator also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 4 days) and device support (4 vs 2). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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.
2FA Authenticator holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.
2FA Authenticator ships an update every 2 days, TabTidy every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | 2FA Authenticator | TabTidy |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 1.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 days — better | Every 4 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Hunter Eddington | Fumiya Tanaka |
Customer experience
2FA Authenticator
TabTidy
In-app purchases
2FA Authenticator
No in-app purchases
TabTidy
No in-app purchases
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