Yes, it’s free… if $40 a year is considered free!!

I saw all the buzz about this app and decided to give it a try. I couldn’t believe a product that seemed to be so well built was actually free. And then I saw it… the prompts to, uh, you know… BUY it! Why in the world would I want to pony up $40 EVERY SINGLE YEAR to own this app when I can buy 1Password once and be done with it??!! So this “free” app will actually cost me $400 over the next 10 years. Geez, for that kind of money, it better come with a free vacation or something!

Still, I wanted to give Dashlane a fair shake, so I began populating it with my data, I installed the required browser add-on, and gave it a whirl. I didn’t even get past the very first online form before I realized how inferior this app is. In other similar apps, I can tap one simple shortcut key on any web form and instantly see all the fields populated without ever having to take my fingers off the keyboard. But in Dashlane, there is no shortcut key. Nope. Instead, they make you grab your mouse and locate the tiny little deer icon (or whatever the heck it’s supposed to be), then click on that, and then click on the dropdown window that appears to actually populate the fields. Really?? And exactly HOW does that save me time over simply pressing “Cmd " ??? Oh that’s right, it DOESN’T!!! Maybe they should calculate all that wasted time, add it up, and subtract it from the 50 hours a year they say Dashlane will save me. It would net out to zero!

Not sure what all the hype is about, but this app just got shredded in AppZapper.

HeresMyTwoCents about Dashlane - Password Manager