Best overall
Ente Auth
Ente
End-to-end sync and an encrypted export, so your codes can leave with you.
- Owner
- Ente.io · Germany
- Audit
- Cure53, security, 2025-10
- Export
- Encrypted
- Sync
- End-to-end encrypted
Checked 17 Oct 2026—Encrypted export
Authenticator
Add an authenticator. One you can leave.
As of 17 Oct 2026, 8 authenticators let you export. Codes beat SMS. They don't beat a phishing page.
Every authenticator here passed the rulesApps that fail one are not listed. The rules
- ✓Lets you exportEncrypted export is best. Plain export still passes. No export fails.
- ✓Sync is end-to-end, or there is no syncA cloud the provider can read fails.
- ✓App lockA PIN, password or biometrics before the codes show.
What codes do
- Beat SMS as a second factor
- Stay usable if you export them before you lose the phone
What they don't
- Protect you from a phishing page that asks for the code. Passkeys do.
- Survive a lost phone if you never exported
The top 3
Best offline
Aegis
Beem Development
An encrypted vault that stays on the phone. Export when you want, no account.
- Owner
- Beem Development · Netherlands
- Export
- Encrypted
- Sync
- None
Checked 17 Oct 2026—Encrypted export
Best for easy backup
2FAS
Two Factor Authentication Service
A simple backup you can restore, with an app lock and an export.
- Owner
- Two Factor Authentication Service, Inc. · United States
- Export
- Encrypted
- Sync
- End-to-end encrypted
Checked 17 Oct 2026—Encrypted export
Also great. Five more.
Picked by hand, 17 Oct 2026
Proton AG · Switzerland
Google Play
Bitwarden Inc. · United States
Google Play
FreeOTP+ contributors · n/a
F-Droid
Kunzisoft · France
F-Droid
Jamie Hoyle · United Kingdom
F-Droid!Skip these
Authenticators that won't let you leave.
If you cannot export, your codes are locked in one app. Lose the phone, lose the logins.
1 apps · sorted by name
| App ▲ | What it does | Price | Updated ▼ | Min Android ▼ | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
KeePassDXTop 8Kunzisoft |
A KeePass vault on the phone, including TOTP codes | Free | 27 Sept 2026 | Android 4.4+ | F-Droid |
'Top 8' marks the apps above. Data from F-Droid and hand-checked entries, as of 17 Oct 2026.
Questions
Is a code better than SMS?
Yes. SMS can be stolen. Codes still fail if a fake page asks for the number. Passkeys handle that.
What if I lose the phone?
Export first. If you never exported, the codes are gone.
How we pick the top 8: a person tries the apps and checks each maker's page, then writes the labels down with a date. How we choose