Reviews for Bitwarden Password Manager
Bitwarden Password Manager by Bitwarden Inc.
Review by Firefox user 14316038
Rated 4 out of 5
by Firefox user 14316038, 3 years agoThis extension is pretty good, but needs specific improvements in order to be worthy of 5 Stars. First of all, it does not coordinate with the MS Store Bitwarden App. This seems very strange. For example, I just changed the password for my VPN online at the VPN's website. I did this on my iPhone using the iCloud PW manager functions to generate the new password. I then copied and pasted the new password into the iPhone Bitwarden app. Shortly afterwards, maybe an hour later, I was using my Windows laptop and the Firefox browser and attempted to login to my VPN. When the extension autofilled the password, it was the old password. I thought, Okay, it must not have synced password databases yet. I started the store app and tried autofilling from there, and sure enough, it had the old password, too. So I forced a sync, and it now had the new password. However, when I returned to the Firefox extension and tried to autofill, it again filled the old password! What? So I had to force a sync with the extension before it actually contained the new password! This is nothing but stupid.
Additionally, why do I have to keep logging into the extension with biometrics when I've already logged into the app using biometrics. Or indeed, when I've already logged into Windows using biometrics? This also is a stupid duplication of effort and waste of precious time.
Come on, people. I know you can do better than this.
***** Update 6/5/2023: My earlier comments are still applicable. Now, though, the extension has started logging me out of my account. This is new behavior that did not happen before. When it logs me out, I am only logged out on the extension. I remain logged into my account on the MS Store app. But in order to log back in on the extension, I have to pull up the store app, unlock the vault with biometrics, lookup my master password, copy it to the clipboard, and then use it to log back in to the extension.
It's still a pretty good security app. But although they keep making little tweaks to it, they still haven't fixed the major issues I've reported here.
Additionally, why do I have to keep logging into the extension with biometrics when I've already logged into the app using biometrics. Or indeed, when I've already logged into Windows using biometrics? This also is a stupid duplication of effort and waste of precious time.
Come on, people. I know you can do better than this.
***** Update 6/5/2023: My earlier comments are still applicable. Now, though, the extension has started logging me out of my account. This is new behavior that did not happen before. When it logs me out, I am only logged out on the extension. I remain logged into my account on the MS Store app. But in order to log back in on the extension, I have to pull up the store app, unlock the vault with biometrics, lookup my master password, copy it to the clipboard, and then use it to log back in to the extension.
It's still a pretty good security app. But although they keep making little tweaks to it, they still haven't fixed the major issues I've reported here.
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- Rated 1 out of 5by Firefox user 18218075, 3 days agoFranchement très en dessous de la concurrence. L'application et l'extension ont besoin d'une interface plus moderne, et qui fonctionne sur tout les sites. Je déconseille ce gestionnaire de mot de passe.
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- Rated 5 out of 5by disp.name.temp, 6 days agoEven with the current growing pains it is worth it to use. It has become a necessity to use a PW manager, and I believe it is not realistic for the layman or average user (I count myself here from several perspectives) to self-host/implement/configure encryption or critical security systems where a mistake ends your life.
BW is priced quite fairly and works most of the time. I recognize of course that they (probably) cannot make everyone happy; the subreddit is filled with complaints about the aged interface, and when the rework comes, it is then filled with the complaints of the change-averse. And on and on.
The primary frustration for me is on Android. For whatever reason, mainstream Android itself creates a labyrinth of permissions, 'battery management,' other switches, and lack of root that have lead to a platform in which Bitwarden is not 100% reliable to execute all its functions with the authority required. For me (no root), even unleashing the app and handing it 'accessibility' daemon persistence doesn't make it whole.
There are some sites/situations where Bitwarden will not be called up when you face a login. More and more sites lately do not reveal a text field for password input until a username or email is entered and passed to the server. Login challenges inside of many apps (outside web browser) are often simply not recognized. When this is combined with the fact that devs, including Mozilla, typically make no provisions for users to set and use hotkeys on mobile devices, you may find yourself with an interrupted workflow, flicking and typing through menus to access your needed credentials to copy-paste on the site or app. It feels really bad when encountered, but I don't believe the situation is Bitwarden's fault.
On a computer, I would press alt-z to *force* bitwarden to paste credentials, or alt-a to instantly access the vault sidebar with a list of all logins for the current page, but I have not found a way to do something like this yet on my mobile (even though AnySoft keyboard, for example, allows the use of functions like Ctrl-c, Ctrl-v, Ctrl-a) - Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 14738777, 6 days ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 19010661, 6 days ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by SpikeyVash, 6 days ago
- Rated 2 out of 5by Firefox user 17153298, 7 days agoHere are all the things currently wrong with the firefox plugin as of may 2025.
1. search box is no longer in focus when you open the plugin
2. the clear (x) button is missing from the search box now
3. you can't select text in the url field of an entry with the mouse.
4. the totp copy button is lit up for every entry even if they don't have a code stored. - Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 15169771, 7 days ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Beren, 8 days ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Toukon, 9 days ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Андрей, 9 days ago
- Rated 4 out of 5by Firefox user 17041612, 9 days ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 14425062, 9 days agoWhile I love Bitwarden, the FF Extension Version: 2025.4.0 SDK: 'main (50f5a17)', Server version: 2025.5.1 no longer defaults focus to the search box on clicking the extension. I see the Chrome extension now defaults to the search box. Please make the FF extension also default to the search box.