We've had a few different models, particularly with regard to our offerings on the App Store. Broadly, we started with a paid app. You had to pay to even download it. This was a bit painful because folks didn't have an opportunity to try before they bought, and at the time there was no mechanism for refunds. To address some of those pain points we transitioned to a "freemium" model, where you could download the app, but had to pay an in-app purchase to use most of the features. After that we made it such that anyone who had a license for one of the desktop apps could download and use the iOS app. And now 1Password is a subscription service. I don't think anything necessarily went wrong here, you just likely downloaded the app under one of the previous models and have been grandfathered to some extent. Going forward 1Password membership will be the way to use 1Password. In this case it may make sense to consider a 1Password Families membership that you could share with your family member. :) Answer from agben on reddit.com
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reddit.com › r/1password › was 1password ever free to use?
r/1Password on Reddit: Was 1Password ever free to use?
March 2, 2022 -

I’m trying to help a family member with managing their passwords, and as a 1password user myself, I thought why not use this app?

Upon downloading though, it asked me to pay a subscription fee—something that I never did before.

What concerns me is how am I able to use 1password and its features with no restrictions (I have about 94 accounts stored in there)

From what I remember (could be wrong), 1Password was a free app years ago, and I was using it since that time.

I dont necessarily have a 1password account, but it seems like my current vault is synced with my iCloud (or appstore) account.

I tried downloading 1password like I said on a family member’s phone, but the option to sync through iCloud was also locked behind a paywall.

Is my account somehow “lucky” in a sense that I was a pioneer user and got upgraded free? or did something go wrong on 1password’s developer’s end?

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reddit.com › r/1password › is there a free subscription to 1password? completely free?
r/1Password on Reddit: Is there a free subscription to 1password? Completely Free?
August 19, 2019 - Sign up for 1Password here: https://1password.com/sign-up/ ... If you want a completely free version, you can use another service. Of course, most devices and browsers already have a password manager built-in.
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reddit.com › r/1password › 1password alternatives - just say no to subscriptions
r/1Password on Reddit: 1Password Alternatives - Just say no to Subscriptions
December 13, 2021 -

Does anyone have a good alternative to 1Password?

I've been using 1Password for probably over a decade and I have friends in need of a password keeper.

We are 100% against subscription models and thus we need something new.

It's disappointing that the standalone license is no longer offered, but I guess it is what it is.

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reddit.com › r/1password › should i sign up with 1password or take a free family lastpass
r/1Password on Reddit: Should I sign up with 1password or take a free family lastpass
February 2, 2023 -

My company has last pass and I even get a free family last pass account. But after the breach and everything I have heard, I'm not sure if that's worth it. Should I just use 1password?

Any other alternative? Like Google password manager or Samsung password manager? Or should I use those as backups?

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reddit.com › r › 1Password
1Password | The best way to keep you, your family, and business safe online.
August 30, 2013 - Welcome to 1Password's official subreddit. Hassle-free security to keep you, your family, and business safe online. Ask questions, get help, and stay up to date on all things 1Password.
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reddit.com › r/1password › 1password free + dropbox paid = woes
r/1Password on Reddit: 1Password free + Dropbox paid = woes
December 25, 2021 -

Hi All,

I’ve been using 1P for years. At the time I initially set it up on my iPhone, iOS password manager didn’t exist. 1P had the best way to keep passwords synced across all my devices - by using Dropbox. This however, required me to pay for Dropbox, which I did, and the data got saved into a Dropbox folder for connected apps.

Flash forward a number of years. I am still using the free 1Password app across my devices, with primary vault in a paid dropbox account. This syncs fine across devices, but is read-only everywhere (using 1P7) except for on my iPhone app.

My question: Is it normal that my unpaid iPhone app can still write new passwords to my primary vault stored on Dropbox?

I would love to get 1P to read/write on other devices as well, but I’m reticent to pay for a subscription when it was 1Password that forced me to subscribe to Dropbox in the first place - which is still my primary use for my paid Dropbox account (although I do share modestly-sized files once in a blue moon because it’s available).

Anyone have advice on how they would move forward? It would be much appreciated.

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reddit.com › r/bitwarden › thinking about switching to 1password family (free!)— looking for honest advice
r/Bitwarden on Reddit: Thinking about switching to 1Password Family (FREE!)— looking for honest advice
March 24, 2025 -

Long-time Bitwarden user here — after the UI refresh, I really have nothing to complain about (the old UI was my only minor "issue").

That said, my wife's workplace just enabled a free 1Password Families account for all employees.

I don't have anything against 1Password, and while I truly love Bitwarden, I'm wondering: would you consider making the switch in this situation?

I'm posting here intentionally because I have no issues with Bitwarden — just looking for honest advice from other users who might have faced something similar. Thanks in advance!

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reddit.com › r/1password › students: get a free year of 1password 🎁
r/1Password on Reddit: Students: Get a free year of 1Password 🎁
May 9, 2023 -

Hey r/1Password 👋

If you're a student learning software development, you can get a free year of 1Password and 1Password Developer Tools with the GitHub Student Developer Pack!

Whether you’re coding, cramming for an exam, or collaborating with classmates, 1Password keeps your most important information secure and at your fingertips.

Jumpstart your career with the password manager that simplifies and secures the software development process.

https://1password.com/developers/students

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reddit.com › r/1password › i got a free personal account because my company is using 1password for business, if my business account is removed, could i still keep using my personal account by adding a billing method?
I got a free personal account because my company is using 1Password for Business, if my business account is removed, could I still keep using my personal account by adding a billing method? : r/1Password
January 3, 2023 - Not to hijack this thread, but what about the opposite scenario, where someone has an individual account already and is then offered a complimentary 1Password Families account through their employer? Would they be able to link the existing account to the free Families account, or at least easily move the contents over?
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reddit.com › r/1password › reasons to come to 1password and pay 6 times more
r/1Password on Reddit: Reasons to come to 1Password and pay 6 times more
June 5, 2023 -

Hello there.

I am a Bitwarden user, and since I did the 1Password trial I am tempted to come to this password service. Being user of the Apple devices, this is what I like the most about service:

- Unlock 1P with Apple Watch being in my Mac.

- A more beautiful UI, with the feeling of all being more polished.

- It has the options I like the most about Bitwarden, so no pain in changing.

But, the problem is that Bitwarden costs 10 euro per year, and 1Password is much more expensive. So this is why I decided to come here, to ask the users of the services about other things that maybe I dont know, services or options that could be a convincing point for moving here.

Thank you all.

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Reasons why I moved from my previous PW Manager to 1PW: Security: The Security Key concept that 1P implements is great! Even if you have a very weak master password (which of course I would not recommend) is still a verry difficult nut to crack Security audits. Both within and conducted by 3rd party companies/individuals Their R&D and their membership with the FIDO alliance. Cant wait for passkeys to be available in the public stable release (currently in beta) Reasons why I prefer 1P even more: Built-in 2FA OTP that's TOTP compliant. Yes yes, there's a major discussion about it's better to have a separate MFA app, but heck for non-critical logins/accounts, you can now enable 2FA on them without worrying of another app. Before I had two MFAs one MFA for critical accounts , and another for non-critical accounts (like login to reddit, discord apps). But now, I basically transferred all my MFA capabilities for my non-critical accounts to 1P Support. Biiiiiiiig difference from the support from my previous PW manager to 1P. To be fair, i havent had any concerns yet that needed raising, but considering they're quite active even on reddit! Yes they reply to your concerns here too; I'm glad i switched I was contemplating before between BW and 1P as well, but decided to stick to 1P -Better UI and experience -As I said, built-in MFA -Same price as my previous PWM -Major factor; EASY migration; daaamn so straight forward (to give you context, I came from LastPass and 1P migration is leagues better than bitwarden -- basically 1P can import EVERYTHING including files (one click and boom! I was done) vs. Bitwarden=export CSV only - basically user/pass only. If you have files, you have to transfer it manually.
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I moved my company from LastPass to 1Password because of 1Password's vault capabilities. Not sure if that's relevant for bitwarden or not.
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reddit.com › r/1password › free plan suggestion!
r/1Password on Reddit: Free Plan Suggestion!
October 25, 2017 -

I am certain that 1Password have had an enormous amount of feedback about a free plan and I am also sure that they have already considered it. It would just make so much more sense to apply a free plan even limited to one device. It works perfectly on my GalaxyS8+ and I prefer it over other password managers! Just hoping for the future 😁

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Honestly, 3$ a month for a password manager this good with support for any device you can imagine is more than justified
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You're totally right that free stuff is cool! Still, a free tier doesn't make sense for us, because we'd have to do one of two things to make 1Password free without hurting our business: Monetize with ads/data collection (which we would never ever do, because we're so concerned about your privacy–we don't even use basic analytics for our apps!) Severely limit the free tier so that most users will end up having to switch to the premium tier (which we don't want to do because it'll hurt our reputation, not be super satisfying, and make our happy paying customers have to consider becoming unhappy non-paying customers) Also, I know I say this a lot, but we really do our darndest to make 1Password worth it for you, from beautiful apps to top-notch security to friendly & helpful support. :) Hopefully, $3/month is worth it for adding security and happiness to your life with 1Password, and if it isn't, our sweet gift card deal ($125 for $99) might help out even a little bit more! One final note: if you're not sure if 1Password is worth it for you, you can try out a 30-day free trial without even entering a payment method - https://1password.com/sign-up/ . And be sure to try out the new 1Password 7 for Android beta ( sign up here ) to see all the cool new things, from document upload to an updated design, that are in store for the future.
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reddit.com › r/1password › thinking about switching to 1password.
r/1Password on Reddit: Thinking about switching to 1Password.
November 1, 2023 -

Hello guys. I need some opinion/advice about switching to 1Password. I am currently using Dashlane as my password manager and Authy as my 2FA OTP manager.

Dashlane has been unreliable in terms of autofilling on websites/phone apps. Although it stores everything nicely, it doesn't automatically pop-up when it's needed the most and I have to manually go to the app and copy the password to paste it.

The nice thing about DL is the pricing. I am paying ₹249 ($2.99) /year for the family plan (supports 6 people) whereas if I move to 1Password, it will cost me ₹620 ($7.44) /month which as you can see is quite the price hike (it's almost similar to the standard Netflix plan in my country).

I am contemplating mainly due to these two reasons but I haven't been able to decide yet. Is Dashlane reliable in terms of autofilling on the apps/websites? Is it worth for the price?

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1Password is one of the most secure managers out there. I recently switched and loving it. Security is the number one thing.
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I'm excited you're considering making the switch! 1Password is built for security from the ground up. It starts with encryption—before your 1Password data leaves your device, it is AES-256 bit encrypted by both your Password and Secret Key, meaning your 1Password data cannot be read without those two keys, keys which only you have: https://support.1password.com/secret-key-security/ We can't lose what we don't have either, so your Password nor Secret Key ever leaves your device. Our Secure Remote Password protocol lets server and device authenticate without those keys leaving your devices, and backing up our security design is PBKDF2 key derivation, which prevents brute forcing to make that encryption all the mightier: https://support.1password.com/secret-key-security/ https://support.1password.com/pbkdf2/ Finally, we've had 1Password accounts audited many times and we have a $1,000,000 bug bounty program running. 1Password accounts are also SOC2 type 2 certified for security and availability. https://support.1password.com/security-assessments/ https://1password.com/soc/ All that just scratches the surface of how 1Password keeps your data safe. I invite you to read more about how security is at the core of 1Password accounts on our security page and take a far deeper dive with our nerdy security white paper: https://1password.com/security/ https://1password.com/files/1Password-White-Paper.pdf
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reddit.com › r/1password › goodbye 1password
r/1Password on Reddit: Goodbye 1Password
November 23, 2020 -

1Password was always on a league of its own on the mac and it deserved the price, now it’s all like the other apps.

I understand the 1P8 is better on the other platforms, but the mac has always been the mac and deserves it’s own native client. Be it an AppKit app or a Catalyst app made from the iPad version.

I’m a software engineer too and I know the trade offs of cross platform clients. Companies make more money and users get a worse deal and an even worse UX.

As you can already see, many of us are seriously pissed by the move to Electron, the degrading of the current experience, the new memory usage, the usability problems and the non native feeling.

And no, we don’t want you to make a better Electron app, we want you to continue to build on the native app.

If that’s not going to happen, you leave us no other option but to cancel our subscriptions and leave. If I’m getting a bad password manager, at least I’m getting a cheaper one with your competitors.

If you feel my message is disrespectful, know this. We too feel disrespected, disappointed and betrayed.

You can do better than this.

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reddit.com › r/1password › if 1password's so great... what's up with the app store reviews? (potential convert from dashlane)
r/1Password on Reddit: If 1Password's so great... what's up with the app store reviews? (Potential convert from Dashlane)
February 2, 2023 -

Hi all! Current Dashlane user here - Considering making the switch to 1Password for a few reasons:

  • Vaults: DL doesn't currently have vaults and/or centralized family sharing. That offering is reserved for Business users.

  • My general hopes for future improvement: Fluffy reason here, but I have greater future expectations for 1Password due to the massive VC funding and larger team compared to DL.

  • Password sharing for non-users: The fact that 1Password makes it easy to share your logins securely with folks outside of 1Password is pretty astounding to me. Seems like a feature that plays to the users' benefit at their own cost (losing potential converts due to incompatibility). I'm tired of texting friends/family with passwords that they've forgotten, so this sounds great.

  • Watchtower: 1P has better features here - more nuanced password reviews, 2FA enablement tracking, etc.

All that said, I have some serious hang-ups about making the switch:

  • I love how easy Dashlane makes auto-fill: DL's software does handsfree login by default for all websites. It works like magic... you can just sit there and sip your coffee while the software does all of the logging in for you as soon as you hit the website. This is especially important to my wife and elderly mother.

  • Simplicity and portability: As far as I can tell, it's going to be very easy to move from DL to 1P because DL only offers a few fixed fields for each login. On that note, I do like DL's simple, clean design. However, because of all of 1P's custom fields, it's not nearly as easy to move from 1P back to DL. So, I would want to be 100% certain that 1P is the best long-term option for me and my family.

  • 1Password's app store reviews: They're not very good - 2.7 stars at the time that I'm writing this. Sure, it's a smaller # of reviews due to the recent v8 release, but is this representative of the true user experience? The cynic in me thinks that the only reason so many Tech gurus and YouTubers are recommending 1P is the VC-backed promotion incentives. People of Reddit - Is your experience actually that great?

I'd be very interested to hear this community's thoughts. Thanks in advance!

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reddit.com › t › 1password
Best 1Password Posts - Reddit
Will Apple's implementation always fall short of 1Password, or is an OS-native solution inevitably going to beat a third-party solution? ... Welcome to the official Proton Pass subreddit. Proton Pass is a free password manager with identity protection.