1Password 4 for Mac review: State-of-the-art password management for everyone
Canadian developer AgileBits has always positioned its 1Password password management software as a premium product, focusing on a combination of performance, portability, and ease of use to command a premium price and develop a significant following. Such continues to be the case with 1Password 4 for Mac (Mac App Store link), which the company released at the beginning of October.
The new version of the popular app, however, enters a market that has changed significantly in the last 12 months, with numerous competitors contending for users, and even Apple entering the fray by implementing basic password management right into its operating systems.
A familiar face
Faced with the increased competitive pressure, it would have been easy for AgileBits to focus on making 1Password cheaper, perhaps by moving to a “freemium” model that nickel-and-dimes its customers; or, in an attempt to justify the price, the company could have overloaded the app with a complete interface redesign and a bucketload of “advanced” features that complicate its use.
Luckily, the company decided instead to stick with the basic infrastructure and build on top of it. As a result, the new 1Password feels familiar and allows existing users to transition from previous versions effortlessly. The new features—numerous and, in some cases, very useful—have been inserted into the existing workflows, making them easy to discover just by using the app.
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