| Fact |  EnpassPassword manager that keeps the vault in your own cloud account |  StrongboxNative keepass client for mac and ios with a lifetime licence |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $99.99 | $124.99 |
| Licence | Lifetime tierA one-time plan of a subscription app | Lifetime tierA one-time plan of a subscription app |
| The catch | The lifetime tier is only reliably buyable as an App Store in-app purchase | Lifetime costs five years of the yearly plan before it starts paying off |
| Against a subscription | 19 monthsAgainst Dashlane Premium at $65 a year | 23 monthsAgainst Dashlane Premium at $65 a year |
| Seats | not established | No Mac count statedOne licence covers all your devices, and Family Sharing extends it to six people |
| Developer account | None needed | None needed |
| Works offline | Yes | Yes |
| Apple Silicon | Native | Native |
| Free trial | Yes | Yes |
| On Setapp | No | Yes |
| App Store rating | not established | 4.7 from 4,069 |
| Buy on the App Store | Buy direct |
Both prices read 22 Sep 2026, on the pages these buttons open. Minimum macOS is not established for either app, so that row is left out.
In their own right
Enpass
Enpass stores its encrypted vault in storage you already own — iCloud, Dropbox, OneDrive, Google Drive, WebDAV or nowhere at all — and still sells a one-time Premium Lifetime licence on the App Store.
Strongbox
A polished Mac and iOS client for standard KDBX (KeePass) and Password Safe databases, with AutoFill, biometric unlock and an SSH agent. Sold as a subscription or as a genuine one-time lifetime purchase.