More of the same
I was hoping for this to be Bitwarden but better. Not having a web (browser) version would be a step towards that end as it reduces the security of client side encryption to that of the server hosting the JavaScript. But sadly padloc has a web version, like most other popular options. The app, while nice looking, is made using web technologies as opposed to being a native app. No different to other popular password managers in that regard either. Behind the scenes, it uses AES, RSA, PBKDF which is fine, but dated and definitely not cutting edge by today’s standards. There’s no scrypt or argon password derivation, no elliptic curve crypto or one of the new post quantum ciphers. Nothing particularly interesting to speak of. Finally, 2FA is a paid feature. That’s a weird way to incentivise upgrading. I would’ve opted to either not offer a free version at all or include 2FA in the free version but 2FA isn’t exactly a nice-to-have for something you literally put all your secrets in. Overal I don’t find anything in padloc that sets it apart from its competition. If you’re considering it, stick with the established options. If you’re looking for something different and mostly use Apple devices (but not exclusively), have a look at “Secrets” from outercorner which does have native apps that sync through iCloud Keychain and share passwords selectively to browser extensions on other (non-apple) devices that you trust or not (not all passwords are synced to the extension, but requested securely when needed from the native app on your iphone/mac instead)
