KeeHolder vs PassPony

KeeHolder v1.0 — a trust-first KeePass client for iPhone and iPad. Read, write, and manage your KDBX files without a server, an account, or telemetry. Full KDBX3 and KDBX4 support. Face ID / Touch ID unlock. Entry and group editing, database creation, master-password change, and save-conflict detection. AutoFill fills passwords into Safari and third-party apps via the QuickType bar after Face ID or master-password confirmation. No passwords leave the encrypted file. Live TOTP verification codes — 6- or 8-digit with a countdown timer — for entries with a TOTP seed (KeePassXC otpauth:// and KeePass 2 TOTP Seed formats). On iOS 18+, one-time codes also fill via AutoFill without opening the app. Free with one database. Unlock multiple databases with a one-time purchase. No subscriptions, no ads.

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: 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 QuickType autofill: your passes appear above the keyboard when you sign in. Only entry names are indexed; nothing decrypts until you fill. Live one-time codes: entries with an otpauth line show a TOTP code with a countdown ring. 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. 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.