Password Generator for iPhone

iCloud Keychain is excellent for everyday Safari logins and works in Apple’s ecosystem. Password Generator adds what Keychain does not: Diceware passphrases (memorable, not random gibberish), custom rule presets per site (some banks reject symbols Keychain uses by default), entropy meter, and explicit length control. Useful for high-value accounts where you want both control and Keychain-grade randomness.

Depends entirely on the source. A safe generator uses iOS SecRandomCopyBytes (cryptographically secure) and runs on-device — no upload, no logging. An unsafe one uses Math.random (predictable, attackable) or uploads your generated passwords for "syncing" (defeats the purpose). Password Generator uses SecRandomCopyBytes and has no network code on the generation path. Verify any password tool by checking it works in Airplane Mode — if it does, generation is local.

For low-value accounts (forum logins, newsletter signups): 12+ characters mixed classes is fine. For email and social media: 16+ characters or 4+ Diceware words (~52 bits entropy). For banking, work SSO, password manager master password: 20+ characters or 6+ Diceware words (~77 bits). NIST recommends prioritizing length over forced character classes; longer passphrases beat shorter "P@$$w0rd!" patterns for both memorability and security.

This category was specifically called out by The Washington Post, 9to5Mac, and Sophos as one of the App Store’s most extreme "fleeceware" categories — apps charging $19.99 per *week* for SecRandomCopyBytes, which is a one-line iOS API call with no infrastructure cost. The weekly billing is the fleeceware shape. Password Generator ships with Swarmval’s standard pricing: $4.99/month (3-day trial), $14.99/year, or $19.99 lifetime — orders of magnitude below the per-week competitors.

Use whichever you can actually remember without writing down. For accounts you log into often without a password manager (laptop boot, password manager master, work SSO): Diceware passphrase wins — 4–6 words of ~12 bits each gives ~50–80 bits of entropy and stays in long-term memory. For accounts you only access through a password manager: random 20-character mix is fine — you will never type it. The worst password is the one you write on a sticky note because you cannot remember it.

No. Password Generator is a stateless tool — passwords appear in the UI, you copy them to clipboard, the app forgets them. There is no history, no save-for-later, no sync. (Pro tier optionally stores rule presets, but never the actual generated strings.) Auto-clear clipboard reduces the risk window further. For actually storing the passwords you generate, use iCloud Keychain, 1Password, or Bitwarden — that is their job, not this app’s.