Current news #14: iKeePass outside USA

May 1st, 2010

We are still in discussion with Apple the selling outside the USA and Canada.
At the moment it all focuses on the sentence:

” but you need to get approval from BIS that you have met all the TSU open source requirements for a notification”

As alle sources are publicly available, this notification should be enough for our opinion.
As mentioned, I tried to email Michael and Judith several times but didn´t get any answer. I even had a telefophone call with Michael. He was really surprised to get a phone call from Germany for this but mentioned that he is not responsible for these questions and that the BIS doesn´t to these approvals as requestet from Apple.
The other CCATS is not doable for us as far as I can understand the documentation.

Current news #13: iKeePass version 1.2 online

February 12th, 2010

iKeePass version 1.2 is now online in the App store. We are sorry but this version is still only available in the USA and Canadue due the still going on discussions about the BIS export license.

Update: We will publish a fixed version as soon as possible for the folder/subfolder error. For an intermediate workaround see e.g. here.

Current news #12: Upcoming iKeePass version 1.2

January 21st, 2010


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Current news #11: Update submission rejected

November 19th, 2009

Apple has rejected our first submission of the iKeePass update version 1.1 due the use of one so called non public function. This function is shown in many sample around the net and in many books. So if you are a iPhone developer, be careful what you use.
We will change these function calls and try again.

Current news #10: Using DropBox and iKeePass

November 16th, 2009

As some of you have already mentioned in the comments, you can use DopBox as a server to sync your KeePass database on your iPhone.
You must use you public folder at the moment, but you can delete your database immediately after your syncing. We are working to support HTTP authorization in the next version.

1. Copy your KeePass database to your public DropBox folder.
2. Display the DropBox URL for this file.
3. In the Server field, type in your DropBox URL without the database file name:

4. Press the “+” button and type in your database file name:

5. Press the “Open” button and type in your database password.

6. Delete the KeePass database file in your public DropBox folder.

Hints: If you are getting a error message “Database is corrupt”, then your username or your password is wrong, or a web authorization is required, which is not supported by iKeePass at the moment.
You can use the settings above to get a test database for iKeePass and check the DropBox way of syncing.

Current news #9: New features in version 1.1

November 7th, 2009

Here are some of the new features of iKeePass version 1.1:

  • Tap on username will copy the username to the clipboard
  • Tap on password will copy the password to the clipboard
  • Tap on the URL will open the URL and copy the password to the clipboard
  • GUI user feedback when something is copied to the clipboard
  • Comments will display all lines.
  • “Close” button will return to the login dialog.

Source code is already at github. iKeePass version 1.1 is already sent to the App Store, but not yet released by Apple.

Update: Not yet released by Apple, no response until now.

Current news #8: iKeePass in AppStore (USA and Canada)

October 25th, 2009

We finally  done it, iKeePass now is in the Apple AppStore, due the BIS export restrictions only in the USA and Canada AppStore. Now we will work to get the BIS status to get the app in alle AppStores. As you can see, I followed many suggestions of you and put a price of 1$ on the app. We will discuss this in a few days again.

Source code will be published at github here in a few days when I´m finished with some code cleanups.

Can someone please confirm that this is the correct link to the AppStore for iKeePass, due I don´t have a USA itunes account?

I got a few responses from my last post asking for new developers. I will contact you in the next two days.

Current News #7: iPhone Simulator test version

October 22nd, 2009

If you want to run a demo version of iKeePass it is now possible on your Mac. Running the demo version requires an installed iPhone Simulator or xcode. The demo version can be downloaded here.

NOTE: This file runs only in the simulator environment - not on your iPhone.

Please unzip the downloaded file to :

~/Library/Application Support/iPhone Simulator/User/Applications/

You should see a new folder (“0134BA76-2D08-4DF0-8666-B8DC5EA3AD58″) containing all necessary files. iKeePass will be automatically installed on the next start of the iPhone Simulator.

If you are an iPhone developer and want to join the iKeePass development team, please contact me.

Download file.

Update: This is version hell: you must have the same OSX Snow Leopard and the same xcode version installed as me.

Current News #6: New submission to Apple

October 6th, 2009

I just submitted a new version of iKeePass to the Apple iPhone store .  Let´s hope this time we got approved. As many of you suggest in the comments, I added the test database directly into the login dialog, so now you just have to click the “open” button and enter the password “password” to get startet with the test account.

Update 10/16/2009 No response from Apple yet.

Update 10/22/2009

Current News #4: Rejected again

July 21st, 2009

iKeePass is rejected again due supposed missing documentation of the test account. The documentation didnt change in the last subscriptions. Any help how I should change the documentation here appreciated.