Face ID & fingerprint unlock
A passkey on your device unlocks your vault. Your face or fingerprint never leaves your phone.
Now in private beta
The password manager you unlock with your face.
passvault keeps your passwords and secret keys encrypted on your devices and syncs them through your own Google Drive. Unlock with Face ID or your fingerprint, nothing to type.
- iPhone, Android & desktop
- Works offline
- Nothing to install from an app store
Lives in your Google Drive
Sign in with Google and your vault syncs across your devices automatically. No passvault servers, no new account.
Encrypted before upload
Everything is encrypted on your device with AES-256 before it reaches Drive. Google only ever stores scrambled data.
Every device, even offline
Install it on your home screen like an app. It opens and unlocks without internet and syncs when you're back online.
How it works
Set up in under a minute
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Sign in with Google
passvault asks for one narrow permission: access to the single file it creates in your Drive. Nothing else.
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Turn on Face ID
Your phone creates a passkey for passvault. From then on, a glance or a touch unlocks your vault.
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Save your recovery key
You get a 25-character key to print or write down. It gets you back in if you ever lose your devices.
Security
Built so nobody else can read your vault
Not Google, not us, not someone who gets into your Google account.
Two locks, not one
Opening your vault takes your Google account and your face or fingerprint on your own device.
No servers to hack
passvault runs entirely on your device and talks straight to your Google Drive. There's no passvault database of users or passwords.
Proven, standard encryption
passvault uses the same well-tested building blocks as banks and major password managers: AES-256 encryption, passkeys and scrypt. No home-made cryptography.
You hold the backup key
Your recovery key is shown once and kept only by you. That's also why nobody can reset it for you, so keep it safe.
Private beta
Join the beta
We're letting testers in a few at a time. Leave the Google account you'll use with passvault. We'll add it and email you when you're in.
- Takes 30 seconds
- We'll only use your email for the beta
- Leave the beta any time
Sign up in 30 seconds
Sign-up happens on a short Google Form: your Google account email, and optionally your first name and devices.
Request beta accessOpens Google Forms in a new tab. We only use your email to add you to the beta and contact you about it. Nothing else, and it's never shared. By signing up you agree to the Terms and Privacy Policy.
You're on the list!
We'll add to the beta and email you when it's ready. Then just open passvault and sign in with Google.
FAQ
Questions, answered
Can passvault or Google see my passwords?
No. Your vault is encrypted on your device before it's uploaded, and the key is unlocked by your passkey or recovery key, which only you have. Google stores the encrypted file. passvault has no servers, so there's nowhere else your data goes.
Which devices does it work on?
iPhone and iPad with iOS 18 or newer, Android phones with Chrome, and Mac, Windows, Linux or ChromeOS computers with a recent Chrome, Edge or Safari. Face ID or fingerprint unlock needs a device that supports passkeys. On other devices you can unlock with your recovery key.
What if I lose my phone?
Your vault is safe in your Google Drive. Passkeys usually sync to your other devices through iCloud Keychain or Google Password Manager. If not, sign in on any device and unlock with your recovery key, then set up Face ID there.
What if I lose my recovery key?
As long as Face ID or fingerprint unlock still works on one of your devices, you can create a new recovery key in Settings. If you lose the recovery key and all your devices, nobody can open the vault, us included. That's the price of real encryption.
Why do I need to sign up? Can't I just use it?
During the beta, Google only lets approved test accounts sign in to new apps like passvault. Signing up lets us add your Google account to that list.
Is the beta stable?
It works well day to day, but it's new. Please save a backup now and then (in the app: Sync → Save a backup file) and tell us about anything odd.