Aegis Authenticator - 2FA App

Beem Development

About this app

Aegis Authenticator is a free, secure and open source app to manage your 2-step verification tokens for your online services.

Compatibility
Aegis supports the HOTP and TOTP algorithms. These two algorithms are industry-standard and widely supported, making Aegis compatible with thousands of services. Any web service that supports Google Authenticator will also work with Aegis Authenticator.

Encryption and biometric unlock
All of your one-time passwords are stored in a vault. If you choose to set a password (highly recommended), the vault will be encrypted using strong cryptography. If someone with malicious intent gets a hold of the vault file, it’s impossible for them to retrieve the contents without knowing the password. Entering your password each time you need access to a one-time password can be cumbersome. Fortunately, you can also enable biometric unlock if your device has a biometrics sensor (i.e. fingerprint or face unlock).

Organization
Over time, you'll likely accumulate tens of entries in your vault. Aegis Authenticator has lots of organization options to make finding the one you need at a particular moment easier. Set a custom icon for an entry to make it easier to find. Search by account name or service name. Have a lot of one-time passwords? Add them to custom groups for easier access. Personal, Work and Social can each get their own group.

Backups
To make sure you will never lose access to your online accounts, Aegis Authenticator can create automatic backups of the vault to a location of your choosing. If your cloud provider supports the Storage Access Framework of Android (like Nextcloud does), it can even create automatic backups to the cloud. Creating manual exports of the vault is also supported.

Making the switch
To make the switch easier, Aegis Authenticator can import the entries of lots of other authenticators, including: Authenticator Plus, Authy, andOTP, FreeOTP, FreeOTP+, Google Authenticator, Microsoft Authenticator, Steam, TOTP Authenticator and WinAuth (root access is required for the apps that don't have an option to export).

Feature overview
• Free and open source
• Secure
 • Encrypted, can be unlocked with a password or biometrics
 • Screen capture prevention
 • Tap to reveal
• Compatible with Google Authenticator
• Supports industry standard algorithms: HOTP and TOTP
• Lots of ways to add new entries
 • Scan a QR code or an image of one
 • Enter details manually
 • Import from other popular authenticator apps
• Organization
 • Alphabetic/custom sorting
 • Custom or automatically generated icons
 • Group entries together
 • Advanced entry editing
 • Search by name/issuer
• Material design with multiple themes: Light, Dark, AMOLED
• Export (plaintext or encrypted)
• Automatic backups of the vault to a location of your choosing

Open source and license
Aegis Authenticator is open source and licensed under GPLv3. The source code is available here: https://github.com/beemdevelopment/Aegis

Ratings and reviews

Probably the best authenticator app on Android. It's easy to use, and the backup functionality makes it easy to export and keep your tokens safe and in your control. If you have the Nextcloud app installed on your device, it's even possible to configure Aegis to make encrypted remote backups directly to your own NAS. I highly recommend it!

I was specifically looking for an open source TOTP app because I can't trust my secret tokens with an app that isn't transparent. This app fits the bill and comes with nice features such as biometric unlock, import/export, etc. I can even specify a different password for export, but no option to encrypt backups with asymmetric OpenPGP public key is a serious drawback in my opinion. Don't ask the users to remember more passwords if it can be easily avoided. Hope this feature is incorporated soon!

Great authenticator app. Nice UI, has a cool little haptics countdown when your one time code is near being gone lol. Also doesn't need network permission which makes me feel more safer. I saw some people complaining about backup, the backup is local so you have to export your OTPs :)

What’s new

New features:
- Support for importing from Proton Authenticator

Fixed bugs:
- The autofill service would show a prompt to save the PIN as a password