Comparison

AKINSOFT KeyBox vs PSWD

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

Head to head
About

AKINSOFT KeyBox

Securely store all your passwords with a single master password. Organize your login credentials using groups and shortcuts for easy access. This password manager offers a safe and efficient way to manage your digital life.

Highlights
  • Password storage
  • Single master password
  • Password organization
  • Group creation
  • Shortcut creation
  • Secure storage
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Keybox is most usable password manager on the market. It stores your passwords in safe with single master password. You can organize your passwords creating groups and shortcuts.

About

PSWD

Generate strong, random passwords with customizable options. This app offers phonetic password generation, interval separators, and real-time strength analysis. It prioritizes user privacy by operating entirely locally on your device.

Highlights
  • Generates passwords up to 128 characters
  • Customizable character combinations
  • Phonetic password generation
  • Password presets and iCloud sync
  • Real-time entropy and strength calculation
  • Share or copy passwords with one tap
  • Shortcuts app integration
Features
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PSWD is a comprehensive strong password generator for Mac, iPhone and iPad. Features of PSWD: • Four generation modes: random characters, pronounceable passwords that follow a consonant–vowel pattern, passphrases built from dictionary words, and dice for games • Word passphrases in nine languages — English, German, Spanish, French, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, Chinese and a hand-crafted Turkish list — mix several at once, or import your own word list synced through iCloud • Remove diacritics from a passphrase for sites that only accept plain ASCII letters • Passwords up to 128 characters, one or many at a time • Minimum or exact counts per character class — uppercase, lowercase, digits, symbols, and your own custom set • Exclude specific characters, or skip ambiguous look-alikes like 0 O o 1 l I • Group characters with a separator at regular intervals for readability • Entropy and strength calculated live as you configure • Save presets and load them anywhere — they sync between your devices through iCloud • Generate passwords from the Shortcuts app without opening PSWD • On the Mac: a menu bar panel, a system-wide global shortcut that generates and copies in one press, open at login, and an optional hidden Dock icon • On iPhone and iPad: a layout made for each device, with a choice of accent colors • Full VoiceOver support PSWD works completely locally on your device. It does not collect, store or transmit anything — not the settings you enter, not the passwords it generates. It is a sandboxed app that takes your privacy seriously.

Screenshots

AKINSOFT KeyBox4 screens
PSWD4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: PSWD at 97% against AKINSOFT KeyBox's 40%. PSWD also leads on update cadence (monthly vs every 22 months). AKINSOFT KeyBox's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 17.0). On price, ads and device support 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. PSWD sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. AKINSOFT KeyBox asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

AKINSOFT KeyBox ships an update every 22 months, PSWD monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
AKINSOFT KeyBox versus PSWD: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAKINSOFT KeyBoxPSWD
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.9 (154 ratings) — better
Positive reviews40.0% of reviews97.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings—154 — better
Update frequencyEvery 22 monthsMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS8.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size13 MB8 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAKINSOFTKerem Erkan

Customer experience

AKINSOFT KeyBox

Written reviews5 reviews
Positive40.0%
Neutral20.0%
Negative40.0%

PSWD

All ratings153 ratings
Positive97.4%
Neutral2.0%
Negative0.7%
Written reviews197 reviews
Positive97.0%
Neutral0.5%
Negative2.5%

Bugs and requests

AKINSOFT KeyBox

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

PSWD

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Login screen freezes
  • Incompatible with older devices

Requested features

5 requests
  • Auto-launch option when logging in
  • Auto font matching when copy and pasting
  • Diceware password generation method
  • Display generated passwords when multiple are created
  • Reset button for password settings

In-app purchases

None

AKINSOFT KeyBox

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

PSWD

One-time4
  • Small cup of tea$0.99
  • Large cup of tea$1.99
  • Teapot!$3.99
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  • Samovar!!$4.99

Questions

Is AKINSOFT KeyBox free?
AKINSOFT KeyBox is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is PSWD free?
PSWD is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do AKINSOFT KeyBox or PSWD have ads?
Neither AKINSOFT KeyBox nor PSWD shows ads.
Which is updated more often, AKINSOFT KeyBox or PSWD?
AKINSOFT KeyBox ships an update every 22 months, and PSWD monthly. Most recently, AKINSOFT KeyBox was updated on October 15, 2026 and PSWD on October 24, 2026.

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