Microsoft Authenticator

• Free

Last verified 30 Aug 2026

• Free to download

Last verified 30 Aug 2026

4.7 689493 ratings · App Store

1. 5/5Best authentication app I’ve used by far

   This authentication app provides multitudes of features that allow users to authenticate in many different ways and allows for more than just two steps in verifying your identity—providing for an even more secure experience, if that’s what you’re looking for. I previously used Google Authenticator for most of my accounts and ended up losing a couple accounts over that. This app pulled the rug from under Google’s alternative and forced them to update their app after two years to make it actually usable for their consumers. Even after the updates, this app reigns supreme with the great abundance of security features it provides to users. Although the smoothness in transitions and smooth feel of the app overall be better, the UI is modern and I applaud Microsoft for that. I’d also like to applaud them for pushing the application heavily on their website. Even more people deserve to know about it and I believe it should be also pushed in advertisements. All in all, this is as close to perfection any authentication app has ever gotten and by far.

   yframed · 30 Aug 2026

2. 5/5My future business partner

   Ocupo desarrollar una red de drones con motives de seguridad y monitored crowded cities and vandalism so I need electronic tablets with data base to send a government institutions like police, fire departments, hospitals etc but in network, for security reasons and quickly helped and for disaster naturals how can you can help me with the programation and the design of drones which are electric power and battery powered hibrids and 5 and 300 power horses in motors but light design using nanogravities on the design to easy hover and flying and a tripod to landing for connect to a solar power station, 5 rotors, and a database of one of the institutions like police station size 60?inches long and 60inches circular assembly and aerodynamic control and gps to see because they are going to be on red or network that means at the same time they will have to star power and beginning to get up like a little elicopter but with 5 rotors or elices can you please send me feedback it’s make sense to do a fundraising website to getting this technology and I like to sell others countries

   Florifanfara&CristianPiors · 30 Aug 2026

3. 4/5Love the App! But could use some improvements

   Overall, I love the app. It does its job and I can't argue with its functionality. However, I give it a four star because I do have a few concerns and complaints I'd like to see implemented. Its the simple aesthetics of the design of the authenticator. I would love to see folder/group settings implemented where you can group codes together under a drop down menu, instead of just having a whole spew of a list of random codes you have to scroll through. Something similar to the functionality of 2FAS Auth. Another thing I'd love to see would be Icons used instead of a boring, plain grey, busthead (maybe use the MS MFA logo?) When a logo isn't supported. Which I would like to also see more support on is icon support from various different services. I find only few companies like FB, Gitbub, and a few others are on the app. Again, I think my biggest complaint is to make it look more sexy of a design and UX. It's kind of boring at the moment. But overall, great app!

   ryanack24 · 30 Aug 2026

4. 3/5Good authenticator, but less so since removing Apple Watch support

   This is a good app for MFA. With either personal or work/school based Microsoft accounts the notification function makes it easy to securely sign in. It can also be used to secure accounts for other services that allow an authenticator app as a second factor. Unfortunately, Microsoft recently decided to remove support for Apple Watch. This is a major reduction in convenience, and makes the app more of a pain to use. Now instead of 2 taps on my watch to allow a sign in, I have to dig out my phone, unlock the screen, select the notification, type in a 2 digit number, and then finally click the button to allow the sign in. Ostensibly, this is because they added a number match requirement to reduce people clicking allow on notifications they didn’t recognize, but that doesn’t make sense. Number matching was already a thing, it just gave you 3 numbers to choose from instead of having to type the number in. Even worse, the new number match functionality (the reason they removed Apple Watch support) is only for work or school accounts. The existing number match worked perfectly well for personal Microsoft accounts and with Apple Watch, but they made the choice to remove that functionality for personal accounts as well. I understand that there’s always a trade off between convenience and security, but this time the loss of convenience is significantly greater than was necessary to achieve the security benefit added. The logical solution to notification fatigue issues would be to lock the account out for a period of time after multiple failed login attempts, as has been standard practice for decades. Why choose to reduce functionality and add friction to the sign on experience rather than simply recognizing multiple failed attempts as a problem and stopping subsequent notifications there?

   Aurock · 30 Aug 2026

5. 1/5When Corporations Do Things that Nobody Even Asked For

   If I could rate this no stars, I would. For the sake of “protection” this app makes it ten times more difficult to sign into your own accounts 🤩 It’s truly a thrilling experience to get a million verification texts when all I want to do is sign into my email. It brings me so much joy to have to redownload and then delete this app from my phone every few months when Microsoft stops remembering who I am. I only have a Microsoft account because my University uses it. What am I emailing that requires me to have to go through this entire ordeal? I could care less if a hacker knew about my invitation to have lunch with the Dean of the Honors College. It’s like using a high security bank vault to protect a moldy ham sandwich. And what’s worse is the Authenticator barely works. It doesn’t even sync up with the computer I’m trying to sign into. That is all. I wish I didn’t have to download this scummy corporate software onto my personal phone. The college should have to pay for it tbh or disable the two step authentication (which is more like a million step authentication. Seriously, when I say I had to sign into six different times on both my phone and my computer, I mean it).

   Severely Perturbed · 30 Aug 2026

4.6 2775355 ratings · Google Play

1. 5/5

   usfull

   ashraf mohamed · 29 Jul 2026

2. 4/5

   abc.

   metareal mathieu · 29 Jul 2026

3. 5/5

   Deliver with ease

   Mr Cool · 29 Jul 2026

4. 5/5

   is sfe to use

   Sindia Fernandez · 29 Jul 2026

5. 1/5

   horrible app. never download it

   Juna Sabodaza · 29 Jul 2026

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