Comparison

SEPass vs PassPony

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

Head to head
About

SEPass

Securely generate GPG keys within your device's Secure Enclave. Sync your password store via git and decrypt sensitive information on demand, protected by biometrics. The app prioritizes privacy with no account or tracking.

Highlights
  • Generate GPG keypair in Secure Enclave
  • Private key never leaves device
  • Sync password store via git
  • Decrypt passwords on demand
  • Biometric authentication (Face ID/Touch ID)
  • Automatic clipboard clearing
Features
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SEPass is intended to let a user do three things: 1. Generate a GPG keypair inside your device's Secure Enclave. The private key is created in the enclave and can never leave the device. SE Pass exports the matching GPG public key for you to add to your password store as an additional encryption key. 2. Sync your password store via git to your device. You can clone and refresh over HTTPS (public or token) or SSH (with a separate enclave key for ssh authentication). 3. Browse the password tree and decrypt passwords on demand. Decryption runs in the Secure Enclave, gated by biometrics (Face ID or Touch ID). The clipboard then clears itself automatically after 45 seconds. SE Pass has no account, sends nothing to us (Modiot Labs), and uses no analytics or tracking. It talks only to the git server you configure. It’s intended to be a relatively focused app to enable access to your existing password store on your portable device.

About

PassPony

This app is an open-source password manager that allows you to own your encrypted password files. It syncs with Git and is interoperable with command-line tools, offering features like QuickType autofill and live one-time codes.

Highlights
  • File-based encrypted password storage
  • Git synchronization
  • Interoperable with pass/passage CLI
  • QuickType autofill
  • Live one-time codes (TOTP)
  • Face ID/Touch ID unlock
  • Ephemeral clipboard
Features
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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.

Screenshots

SEPass4 screens
PassPony4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: PassPony at every 5 days against SEPass's fortnightly. SEPass's advantage is iOS requirement (16.0 vs 18.0). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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

Both are free to download. 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 — 5.0 for SEPass against 5.0 for PassPony. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

SEPass ships an update fortnightly, PassPony every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
SEPass versus PassPony: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSEPassPassPony
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings11
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB14 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperModiot Labs LLCKevin Stewart

Customer experience

SEPass

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

PassPony

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

SEPass

No in-app purchases

None

PassPony

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is SEPass free?
SEPass is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is PassPony free?
PassPony is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, SEPass or PassPony?
SEPass and PassPony are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do SEPass or PassPony have ads?
Neither SEPass nor PassPony shows ads.
Which is updated more often, SEPass or PassPony?
SEPass ships an update fortnightly, and PassPony every 5 days. Most recently, SEPass was updated on September 24, 2026 and PassPony on September 22, 2026.

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