Google Authenticator App Reviews

This stupid app doesnt even carry out its simple purpose I hate and wish this "Authentication" thing didnt exist. Because of this unreliable authentication method I am now locked out of a websites that I have money on. Thanks a lot Google, I wish it were as easy as steam guard or something but no this is just some unreliable crap Google tried and failed to make

Update this with support for the Apple Watch and you get yourself a 5 star rating. (*—_-)/

With the last update, whenever one chose to update it asks for Apple ID password but the Apple ID that selects is not the correct Apple ID it uses the google account ID instead of the right Apple ID. I hope this will be fixed on the next version soon.

iPhone X support please

Needs Face ID Touch ID iPhone X screen support

- Dislike phone transfer process, although not overly complex still a pain - why no touch / Face ID support?

Easy to setup. Not locked out of any accounts. Fingerprint plz

Good simple to use. No issue found so far, but any plan to introduce watch app in future.

Unfortunately a lot of people don’t know that there are better alternative apps (I didn’t know too util I lost all my tokens). This one is really bad, some examples: * No backups * No device sync * No desktop app * Bad androidish UI with no icons for services * No iPhone X support * No good integration with iOS

The app is amazing but since I have both a phone and a tablet is there like a mode where I can sync the devices with the same codes because my tablet generates codes that don’t work but works for my phone. Thanks!

A lot of reviews seem to be centered on phone transfers. Not sure what everyone’s issue was, I personally didn’t have any issues, even after a phone wipe. Just make sure you’re logged into Google on another device or a Chrome session and you can add the new phone without issues. I think it’s more of people not understanding how 2FA works. If you don’t have another device logged in, make sure to turn off 2FA before switching phones(or add your mobile phone to 2FA as well as a failsafe). However this app needs to get some TouchID support for further protection. That’s my only gripe. If you were to happen to leave your phone unlocked, someone can just open the app and get the codes without having to type in a PIN or authenticate with TouchID. This is a security flaw. I’ve submitted this issue over a year ago and here we are still without this feature (they haven’t even updated this app in close to a year). Please add TouchID support, strengthen up the security to this very useful 2FA tool. Or at the very least a PIN prompt when you open the app.

I like Google Authenticator because the Google brand is trustworthy. There are a few UI bugs, the one that bothers me the most is, after scanning some QR code, the entry gets added twice, and after I remove one of them, the navigation bar disappears. It has not been updated for iPhone X yet, so there are large black areas below and above—quite ugly to look at :(

Hard to believe it’s even made by Google. The opening screen just says ‘scan barcode’ with no explanation of what the hell it’s talking about

Use Authy. Glad I still had previous phone. F.. google

I just upgraded phones and none of my accounts transferred. This wouldn’t be a big deal if I had one account, but I have 8 accounts to transfer now. Thanks google.

I got a new phone and while the app did migrate over my codes did not. Now I can’t verify myself. This is awful.

I forgot my account !

My iPhone was bricked so I needed to switch phones. Google did not migrate my old codes to this new iPhone and now I cannot log into anything. Need help. Very stressed out.

The app is completely reset when transferring to a new device. This means that if you lose your phone, you are completely locked out of all accounts that are attached to it. Two-factor authentication is extremely important, but a poor implementation like this does active harm by locking people out of their accounts.

Its literally a simple list but somehow Google makes it visually confusing. Bold line in the middle vertically with two smaller detail lines above and below. What were they thinking.