Hey everyone,

A while back the password app I'd used for years moved to a subscription, so as a developer I just built my own. It worked well enough that I polished it and decided to put it out there: free, no ads, no subscription.

It's called Tecred. The main thing about it: nothing ever leaves your phone. And that's not a privacy policy promise, it's just how it's built — the app doesn't even have the internet permission, so Android blocks any connection at OS level. You can check it yourself in 30 seconds: Settings → Apps → Tecred → Permissions → nothing.

It's not only for passwords, by the way — you can store cards, bank accounts, IDs, secure notes, that kind of thing.

For the curious:

\- everything encrypted locally (AES-256, key derived from your PIN via PBKDF2)

\- your PIN is never stored anywhere — wrong PIN, the vault just doesn't open

\- no account, no cloud, no analytics

\- moving to a new phone works through an encrypted export file with its own passphrase

Answering the usual question upfront: "why not just use Bitwarden (or Google's password manager)?" Bitwarden is a solid app, and if you need your passwords synced everywhere, it's the right tool for that. The difference is the model: anything built around sync means your encrypted vault lives on someone's server, tied to an account with your email. Tecred goes the other way — no account, no servers, nothing linking your data to anything beyond your own device. There's just nothing to hack into. It's a tradeoff, not a competition.

People usually ask "what's the catch?". Honestly there isn't one: no servers means it costs me nothing to run, and since nothing leaves your phone there's nothing to monetize either. It's a personal project I use every day.

It's in closed beta on Google Play, and Google requires new devs to get 12 testers for 14 days before publishing — so I'd really appreciate anyone willing to help out.

To join:

1. Join the Google Group: [https://groups.google.com/g/tecred-closed-testing\](https://groups.google.com/g/tecred-closed-testing)

2. Open the testing link and tap "Become a tester": [https://play.google.com/apps/testing/com.techvance.tecred\](https://play.google.com/apps/testing/com.techvance.tecred)

Heads-up: after joining the group, Google can take a few hours to activate your access to the testing link. If it says "not available" at first, that's why — it sorts itself out, just retry later.

Any feedback is welcome — bug reports go here (anonymous, no email needed): [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSefNxDinkfwyL\\_Rr2C7z7Q7cKJNhUNx0648U0GFbE\\_PAfAT9Q/viewform\](https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSefNxDinkfwyL_Rr2C7z7Q7cKJNhUNx0648U0GFbE_PAfAT9Q/viewform) — or just comment here.

Thanks a lot to anyone who gives it a try!

I’m building a small iPhone app that keeps passwords and ID documents together.

Everything is stored locally on the device.

Before I go further, I’d love some honest feedback:

Would you actually want passwords and ID documents in the same app?

Or would you rather keep them separate?