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by r4id4 1377 days ago
Hello etchasketch, thanks for the feedback.

The dark mode was a IAP present in one of the first version of the app (if you see the review should be at least 2-3 yo).

As many apps we then changed business model introducing a subscription to be sustainable (eg 1password et al). If an app is free it usually profits on your data or will eventually be abandoned.

And NOTE that it’s $9.99/YEAR, not month. I agree with you that $9.99/month would be out of this world.

Regarding Bitwarden: it is usually best practise to keep password and 2FA in different basket, otherwise once breached the single platform you lose both.

Regarding Authy: Twilio offers b2b services, it’s clear that it’s not making money over Authy, hence it’s rarely updated. It’s 2022 and did not feature Dark Mode yet for example. Moreover, it saves your data in their private servers, recently there has been a report saying they were breached and user’s data have been stolen. I personally believe Sentinel is a more secure solution and full of feature with respect to Authy.