# DATEV SmartLogin

> The key to your confidential data in DATEV online world.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/de.datev.smartlogin](https://chrome-stats.com/d/de.datev.smartlogin)

## Overview

- **ID:** `de.datev.smartlogin`
- **Platform:** Android
- **Type:** Android app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** DATEV eG
- **Category:** BUSINESS
- **Downloads:** 1,457,014
- **Rating:** 3.65 / 5 (21,198 ratings)
- **Version:** 2.9.21
- **Last updated:** 2026-08-27
- **First published:** 2015-04-02
- **Publisher country:** DE
- **Size:** 76 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-13
- **Store listing:** [Google Play Store](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.datev.smartlogin)
- **Website:** [http://www.datev.de](http://www.datev.de/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://www.datev.de/web/de/m/ueber-datev/datenschutz/datenschutzprinzipien-von-datev-fuer-apps/datenschutzprinzipien-datev-smartlogin-app.html](https://www.datev.de/web/de/m/ueber-datev/datenschutz/datenschutzprinzipien-von-datev-fuer-apps/datenschutzprinzipien-datev-smartlogin-app.html)

## Description

DATEV SmartLogin is a secure and user-friendly authentication tool for accessing confidential data in the DATEV online environment. It offers a simple registration process by scanning a QR code using the SmartLogin app, ensuring quick and seamless access.

With protection through a personal PIN, which features dynamic key arrangements to prevent spying, the app safeguards users from unauthorized use and various forms of data theft. Available free to all DATEV users, it offers robust security mechanisms while emphasizing phishing prevention by requiring PIN entry exclusively within the app and careful verification of login portals. For more details, visit the official DATEV website.

## Rankings

- #54,792 — Overall

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_WIFI_STATE`
- `android.permission.CAMERA`
- `android.permission.DETECT_SCREEN_CAPTURE`
- `android.permission.INTERNET`
- `android.permission.POST_NOTIFICATIONS`
- `android.permission.READ_APP_BADGE`
- `android.permission.RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED`
- `android.permission.SYSTEM_ALERT_WINDOW`
- `android.permission.USE_BIOMETRIC`
- `android.permission.USE_FINGERPRINT`
- `android.permission.VIBRATE`
- `android.permission.WAKE_LOCK`
- `android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE`
- `com.anddoes.launcher.permission.UPDATE_COUNT`
- `com.google.android.c2dm.permission.RECEIVE`
- `com.google.android.finsky.permission.BIND_GET_INSTALL_REFERRER_SERVICE`
- `com.htc.launcher.permission.READ_SETTINGS`
- `com.htc.launcher.permission.UPDATE_SHORTCUT`
- `com.huawei.android.launcher.permission.CHANGE_BADGE`
- `com.huawei.android.launcher.permission.READ_SETTINGS`
- `com.huawei.android.launcher.permission.WRITE_SETTINGS`
- `com.majeur.launcher.permission.UPDATE_BADGE`
- `com.oppo.launcher.permission.READ_SETTINGS`
- `com.oppo.launcher.permission.WRITE_SETTINGS`
- `com.sec.android.provider.badge.permission.READ`
- `com.sec.android.provider.badge.permission.WRITE`
- `com.sonyericsson.home.permission.BROADCAST_BADGE`
- `com.sonymobile.home.permission.PROVIDER_INSERT_BADGE`
- `de.datev.smartlogin.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION`
- `me.everything.badger.permission.BADGE_COUNT_READ`
- `me.everything.badger.permission.BADGE_COUNT_WRITE`

## Review summary

Users consistently report frustration with DATEV SmartLogin's complicated and repeatedly required registration and login process. The app often fails to start properly or crashes, creating usability issues. Customers dislike the lack of integration with other 2FA apps and find the support system inaccessible without extra fees. Despite these issues, the app generally delivers its intended security function and, once operational, seems comprehensive. Overall, the app is considered user-unfriendly and overly complex compared to other authentication solutions.

### Pros

- The app delivers its core functionality as intended when it works.
- Once issues are resolved, the system appears comprehensive.
- The app is designed to facilitate secure two-factor authentication.

### Cons

- The registration and login process is complicated, confusing, and repeatedly requires re-registration.
- The app frequently crashes or does not start properly, leading to unusable conditions.
- The app lacks user-friendly features, making it difficult to use, especially for new users.
- The app does not integrate with other reliable 2FA apps, forcing exclusive use.
- There is insufficient or hard-to-access customer support without additional fees.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/de.datev.smartlogin)