eWallet – iPhone Optimized Password Manager From an Award-Winning Leader
eWallet has been racking up ‘Best Of …’ awards for digital wallet applications, for its Palm OS and Pocket PC versions for years. And now there’s a web-based, iPhone optimized version.
Here’s another type of application that’s on nearly every iPhone user’s wish list – a good, solid password manager / digital w
allet program – to store all those crucial passwords and card details safely and make them quick and easy to access when you need them.
There have been some offerings in this area – Lockbox is the only native app, but it is very basic so far – but nothing (at least on the Windows side of the street) very compelling.
eWallet could change all that. This is a tried and trusted app from Ilium Software, a name that I feel very happy trusting in this area, as their products and support have been consistently excellent for years. Ilium have just released eWallet 6.0 and a beta of their Web Companion, which includes an iPhone optimized site, which is looking very good.
Read on for some more screencaps, and more details on eWallet’s key features and Web Companion beta …
Here’s a little rundown from Ilium’s site on some of 
the capabilities of eWallet:
- Store Your Information Securely – Using government-level 256-bit AES FIPS encryption, eWallet protects your personal information from falling into the wrong hands.
- Never Forget Another Password – eWallet remembers y our passwords so you don’t have to. Create strong passwords for online banking and more – stop choosing weak passwords just so you won’t forget!
- Use Your Data Anywhere – Sync your wallets with multiple devices or PCs to keep your info current everywhere. Or sign up for the eWallet Web Companion beta for online access anytime!
- Surf the Web Safely – Protect yourself from keyloggers, malware, and other threats to your identity with eWallet’s built-in tools for entering passwords and filling in web forms.
- Personalize Your Wallet – Create the look you want with custom icons, card backgrounds, and over 30 pre-built card templates, or save your own templates to get the design you need.
So that’s some of the features you get when you run eWallet on your desktop (Windows only for now). Using the eWallet Web Companion is where the iPhone comes into this.
The web companion is view-only in this beta version. I can live with that for now, as I generally prefer to add items on the desktop. If you’ve already got a large number of password wallet items, eWallet 6 will import from many leading sources, including: Flex Wallet, SplashID, TurboPasswords, and Code Wallet. The iPhone optimized site works well, and presents all your information very nicely. And you can set your desktop wallets to stay in sync with the Web Companion automatically!
Ilium’s Web Companion page (link below) has a good FAQ on Security and other important topics, but the short story is data is stored using 256-bit AES FIPS encryption, and transferred via https, same as is used for online banking etc.
So there you go. If I sound a bit like an eWallet fanboy, sorry – guilty. Have been using eWallet for years on the desktop as well as both Palm and Windows Mobile devices, and it’s been a long-time favorite. I’ve also been working with the Web Companion beta for several weeks now, and like it a lot.
To get even more detail, as well as a trial download and to apply for the Web Companion beta, head on over to:
http://www.iliumsoft.com/site/ew/ew_olbeta.php
Check out LogOnce for iPhone.
This is a real Password Manager that fill
the username and password and not just show it.
this is where I got it : http://www.logonce.com/toolbar/iphone.htm
I found LogOnce limited and dangerous. I don't want an app to enter my password automatically… I have tested various password managers and found a very good deal recently on the AppStore: iAccounts.
It includes flexible record structure, cool UI and FREE BACKUP AND RESTORE over wi-fi. Amazing. The company provides good support and is very dedicated. The backup thing is just amazing, watch the videos on YouTube. The company web site is http://www.venticentostudio.com
I think that has to be the first digital wallet type app I've ever seen that makes no mention at all of any encryption standard it may or may not use to keep data safe. That feels well dodgy to me.
I personally found iAccounts a lot more usable than other password manager, eWallet in particular, which is far from usual iPhone standards,. I don’t care about apps internals (i.e. encryption details) as long as the app does a nice job. Most iAccounts beats most password managers for UI richness and simplicity, UI of iAccounts seems just a lot more mature. Actually it reminds me of the native Apple Contacts application. And I found the free backup utility is just wonderful… but I guess you may have your own preferences…
Interesting – I find eWallet's UI very elegant and effective to me. Also a rather unique approach there to a password manager app, in not caring about encryption and the security of your date. That is generally an absolute essential for this type of app.
Dude – you are kidding me right? You reported my comments on this – un freakin believable. Here is the reason stated for reporting my previous comments:
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"The opinion of your reviewer patrickj is not unbiased nor transparent. Is patrickj the developer of the product he was reviewing? He gave no space to two other products that were indicated by readers of this blog as being "better" than the one he reviewed. He held positions denigrating one product in particular and raising doubt that I felt were mining the product's credibility. It seems like he has some vested interest in the product he was reviewing. We readers want tranpsarent reviewers that give space to all readers' suggestions. This guy patrickj did not.
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I tried to resist the temptation to even dignify this with a response, but couldn't. Lets answer some of your questions and very off-base and flat-out insulting assertions:
I have zero to be 'transparent' about with regard to eWallet. I am not the developer of the app. I have no interest, other than that of a user and reviewer, in it or the company that makes it. I have used the app on the iPhone and other mobile platforms and know that it is a very good and award-winning app. I also have zero involvement with the various organizations that have given it numerous awards over the years.
How did I 'give no space' to two other products that were indicated by readers? I approved and published both comments that mentioned other apps, as I always do. I have never failed to approve any comments that mention alternative apps on any post on this site – ever.
As for this bit – "He held positions denigrating one product in particular and raising doubt that I felt were mining the product's credibility." – I expressed a genuine opinion on a major weakness of the app you linked to – a blatantly obvious one at that. It is a digital wallet app that apparently offers no encryption on the data it holds. That only undermines the app's credibility because it is virtually unheard of to offer up an app that wants to hold confidential and critical information, yet not offer industry standard protection for that data. That's not bashing or being unreasonable – it's stating the bloody obvious.
I'd say that's about as transparent as I can get. Our About page also makes very clear what our stance is on reviews and disclosure etc. I have given space to readers' suggestions – but I have also expressed my honest opinion about them. I responded politely and evenly to your linked suggestion at the outset. Given the ridiculous accusations you've made, and the stupidity of suggesting that UI outweighs security in a freaking wallet app, it was more than you deserved to get any polite responses.