# Passly Authenticator

> Passly Authenticator transforms your smartphone into an authentication device

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.passly.authenticator](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.passly.authenticator)

## Overview

- **ID:** `com.passly.authenticator`
- **Platform:** Android
- **Type:** Android app
- **Status:** Removed
- **Publisher:** Kaseya International Ltd.
- **Category:** PRODUCTIVITY
- **Downloads:** 37,735
- **Rating:** 2.77 / 5 (74 ratings)
- **Version:** 7.5.1
- **Last updated:** 2024-02-14
- **First published:** 2020-04-13
- **Size:** 32 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-01-13
- **Store listing:** [Google Play Store](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.passly.authenticator)
- **Website:** [https://www.idagent.com/passly](https://www.idagent.com/passly)
- **Privacy policy:** [http://www.kaseya.com/legal/privacy-statement](http://www.kaseya.com/legal/privacy-statement)

## Description

Passly Authenticator converts your smartphone into a robust two-factor authentication tool, enhancing your online security through push notifications and unique one-time passwords (OTPs). It supports authentication for a wide range of popular third-party applications and services that utilize OTPs, providing comprehensive identity assurance.

Ideal for protecting access to Windows servers, Terminal Services, VPNs, WLANs, and web resources such as Remote Web Workplace, Outlook Web Access, and SharePoint. It seamlessly integrates with major platforms like Office 365 and Google Apps, enabling secure and direct access to thousands of applications via Passly Single Sign On. Users can easily provision the authenticator during onboarding or anytime through their online Passly profile, ensuring continuous and convenient protection.

For support or technical issues, users are advised to contact their IT department or Managed Service Provider, who can escalate to Passly support if necessary.

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `android.permission.ACCESS_BACKGROUND_LOCATION`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_LOCATION_EXTRA_COMMANDS`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE`
- `android.permission.CAMERA`
- `android.permission.FLASHLIGHT`
- `android.permission.INTERNET`
- `android.permission.LOCATION_HARDWARE`
- `android.permission.POST_NOTIFICATIONS`
- `android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE`
- `android.permission.WAKE_LOCK`
- `android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE`
- `com.google.android.c2dm.permission.RECEIVE`
- `com.passly.authenticator.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION`

## Review summary

Users commonly complain about Passly Authenticator's slow performance, frequent crashes, and especially unreliable or missing push notifications on newer Android versions, which significantly hinder authentication. Important usability features like landscape mode and code transfer are missing. Despite some basic functionality, poor customer support and bugs make the app frustrating, leading many to doubt its reliability for work use.

### Pros

- App functions for basic authentication needs.
- Push authentication works in some cases.
- Similar functionality to the older AuthAnvil app, which some users might be familiar with.

### Cons

- App is extremely slow and laggy, causing delays in login and authentication.
- Frequent crashes and booting users out during use, especially on newer Android versions like Android 12.
- Push notifications for authentication are unreliable or absent, requiring users to manually open the app.
- Lack of important features such as renaming entries, landscape mode support, and the ability to transfer codes to other devices.
- Poor customer support and unresponsiveness to bug reports or technical issues.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.passly.authenticator)