Why does Apple make a password manager app for Windows, but not for Mac, iPad, or iPhone?

Apple’s latest update to iCloud for Windows adds a password manager that lets you access your iCloud Keychain on your Windows computer. Earlier this year, Apple also made its iCloud password manager available as an extension for the Chrome browser . And yet on Mac and iOS, you have to dig deep into the Settings apps or Safari preferences to access your passwords. Isn’t it all a bit of a mess?

“The current password manager app does the bare minimum and won’t do anything extra to convince a user to switch from a more robust app like 1Password. However, if Apple created a good app, it could compete with 1Password or Nordpass, especially with Apple’s software accessibility features,” Katherine Brown, founder of remote-monitoring security service Spyic, told Lifewire via email.

Apple’s password situation is a bit of a mess right now, but that’s because it’s in transition. Currently, you have to access your password settings in the Keychain Access app on your Mac and in the Passwords section of the Settings app on iOS.