Free Password Manager for Android: Autofill Options Compared
Pick Proton Pass if you want a free Android password manager that fills your logins, since its Google Play listing promises it free forever on unlimited devices with zero ads. Its security score on Passebo reaches 10 out of 10.
| Provider | Breaches in five years | Open-source apps | Dark web monitoring | Price a month, 12-month plan | A year on that plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Proton Pass | 0 | Yes | Yes | £2.39 | £28.68 |
| NordPass | 0 | No | Yes | £1.49 | £17.88 |
| Zoho Vault | 0 | No | No | £0.90 | £10.80 |
Passebo's own comparison data gives the breach counts, app source, monitoring and prices in the table, last checked in October 2026.
Android autofill runs through one chosen service
On a fresh Android phone, Google handles autofill as a background service of the system, ZDNET notes. Google's default in Chrome covers passwords, passkeys, addresses and payment data. Make a third-party password manager the preferred service and Google's developer blog says it fills in every Android app.
Chrome only gained native support for third-party autofill services in version 135, after an earlier target of Chrome 131 slipped. Before that, Chrome leaned on a compatibility mode that Google admits gave janky scrolling and doubled suggestions from Google and the other manager. Bitdefender's support page warns that Chrome 135 and later, like Brave from version 1.79.119, keep using their own autofill until you switch to another service by hand. Avast's support page adds that Chrome 142.0.7444.21 brought a new permission model, so a manager now needs an Android autofill permission and a Chrome one.
On the phone, Bitdefender gives the path as Settings, then Passwords & accounts, then Autofill service. Inside Chrome, Avast's steps run through Settings, Autofill Services and Autofill using another service, then a restart of Chrome. ZDNET suggests setting up fingerprint or face sign-in inside the manager first, because typing a master password slows every fill.
Proton Pass fills logins free but keeps extras paid
Proton Pass plugs into Android's system-level autofill and stores passkeys as well, according to SlashGear's writer. Its Google Play listing describes one-tap login autofill on any website. Set as the default autofill service, it behaved like Google's or Microsoft's own tools for SlashGear. The app opens with a fingerprint or your face. Your vault stays open offline too.
TechSpot adds that it encrypts usernames, web addresses and other login fields, beyond the passwords themselves.
SlashGear's writer found it often made them search the vault by hand during autofill when an inline suggestion would have been quicker. Its free tier covers passwords, passkeys, notes and 10 email aliases. SlashGear puts the paid features, two-factor authentication and credit card storage among them, at $5 a month. TechSpot notes that Swiss privacy law protects the app, with no ads or data collection. Support runs through email and a knowledge base only.
Bitwarden autofills through Android accessibility
Bitwarden's Android app gained autofill in release 1.3.0 by leaning on the accessibility services Android offers. Bitwarden says this accessibility autofill works on every Android version. Its setup sits under the Settings tab, then Autofill, then Autofill Services. That release named Chrome, Brave, Opera, Ghostery, Dolphin and the Android browser as tested, and Firefox for Android missed out.
Bitwarden's own troubleshooting page names battery optimization as the most common culprit when autofill stops, since it can switch the accessibility service off. If you force-stop Bitwarden, its autofill stops with it. Bitwarden also admits its mobile apps cannot fill a login split across two pages, with the username on one and the password on the next. Tom's Guide found it could not fill cards or identities on a phone either.
Yahoo Tech's writer still calls Bitwarden's mobile autofill flawless, with biometrics and passkeys supported. That writer puts Bitwarden Premium at $10 per year and its family plan at $40 per year.
NordPass and Zoho Vault offer free tiers with fewer gaps
NordPass and Zoho Vault both keep a free tier with basic features. Each fills credit cards and personal details along with logins, opens with a fingerprint and keeps working without an internet connection, as our side-by-side comparison shows.
NordPass holds a 4.2-star rating from Passebo, the best of the three in the table. It offers email and live chat support. NordPass has no Travel Mode for hiding vaults while you cross a border.
Zoho Vault answers by phone as well as by email and live chat. It sends no alert when one of your accounts is compromised. Its cheapest paid plan leaves out emergency access, so no trusted contact can ask for your vault if something happens to you. Zoho Vault's paid plan costs the least of the three and comes with unlimited room for file attachments.
Proton Pass for private autofill, Zoho Vault for a cheap upgrade
Install Proton Pass if you want free autofill from an open-source app with Passebo's top security score. Expect to search the vault by hand now and then, and to pay for two-factor codes.
Choose NordPass for a free tier backed by live chat support. It leaves out a Travel Mode.
Go with Zoho Vault when you expect to upgrade, because its paid plan costs least of the three. It sends no breach alerts either.
A reader on an older Android phone may do better with Bitwarden, whose accessibility autofill works on every Android version.
