Reviews for Bitwarden Password Manager
Bitwarden Password Manager by Bitwarden Inc.
Review by Firefox user 18807293
Rated 3 out of 5
by Firefox user 18807293, 4 months agoEdit: Thanks to Bitwarden for the response which has resolved one of my issues, partially, because this is not the default and the settings state is not replicated everywhere I have to set this setting in every browser and every account (so work and personal, all browsers). My issue about the cursor not starting in the search box seems to have been fixed/added so that's great, now there's just the UX decision to combine the password/username into a dropdown as a complaint.
Original review below.
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The recent update to the addon has introduced a huge UX degredation, instead of a single click to get the password to fill in a desktop application login prompt you now have to hit the smaller copy button and then accurately hit the copy password from the selection box options.
Also, the cursor doesn't automatically start in the search box after authentication anymore, this is really annoying as it forces me to every morning log in and then with the mouse select the search box so that I can get to my email password entry, so that I can then have to select the copy button where I then have to now select the copy password so that I can log into my email because my corporate email account times out authentication after 12 hours (and sometimes, for some reason, multiple times per day).
Also, you now have to hit the small fill button instead of the whole item to get the browser to fill in the details. This is a reverse of what you used to have to do as now clicking the item results in the screen to view the information in the item where you can edit from. I use this far less than I use filling the details so I find this also a big step backwards in UX and looking at the recent reviews it seems clear that they have introduced a lot of UX friction that users are not happy with.
Original review below.
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The recent update to the addon has introduced a huge UX degredation, instead of a single click to get the password to fill in a desktop application login prompt you now have to hit the smaller copy button and then accurately hit the copy password from the selection box options.
Also, the cursor doesn't automatically start in the search box after authentication anymore, this is really annoying as it forces me to every morning log in and then with the mouse select the search box so that I can get to my email password entry, so that I can then have to select the copy button where I then have to now select the copy password so that I can log into my email because my corporate email account times out authentication after 12 hours (and sometimes, for some reason, multiple times per day).
Also, you now have to hit the small fill button instead of the whole item to get the browser to fill in the details. This is a reverse of what you used to have to do as now clicking the item results in the screen to view the information in the item where you can edit from. I use this far less than I use filling the details so I find this also a big step backwards in UX and looking at the recent reviews it seems clear that they have introduced a lot of UX friction that users are not happy with.
Developer response
posted 4 months agoHi. Check under Bitwarden Settings > Autofill > "Click items to autofill on Vault view" and Bitwarden Settings > Appearance > "Show quick copy actions on Vault" if you want to restore previous functionality that you may prefer.
8,934 reviews
- Rated 3 out of 5by juan perez, a day agoOther than the below it's probably one of the best online credential managing service (I'm paying for the subscription).
It's more or less ok but they "microsofted" it: You are browsing a log in web page typing stuff in and the some stupid pop-up to autofill blocks one of the fields or buttons below so you need to dance around it if you haven't clicked on it already by mistake and have to start all over again.
Please people: what the hell is going on with the pop up dialogs infestation in web and software in 2025. I thought we all got over it during the late 90's and early 2000's.
I really can't believe all this s**t going on with interface development in 2025. - Rated 5 out of 5by vinhchis, 2 days ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by klementine des pêches, 3 days ago
- Rated 2 out of 5by Nawan, 3 days agoIt's really slow and bloated. If you're thinking this Bitwarden browser extension is just for viewing, copying, or filling out passwords on website login forms, think again.
- Rated 5 out of 5by abhishah901, 4 days ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 18920068, 4 days ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Gonzalo, 4 days ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 18989083, 5 days ago
- Rated 1 out of 5by Firefox user 18218075, 6 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.
- Rated 5 out of 5by alexcq, 6 days ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Heliton Martins, 7 days ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Quintenvw, 7 days ago
- Rated 4 out of 5by Timmehh, 8 days ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by disp.name.temp, 8 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, 8 days ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 19010661, 8 days ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by SpikeyVash, 8 days ago
- Rated 2 out of 5by Firefox user 17153298, 9 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, 9 days ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Beren, 10 days ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Toukon, 11 days ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Андрей, 11 days ago
- Rated 4 out of 5by Firefox user 17041612, 11 days ago