Dashlane is that rare productivity app that's actually doing something good: teaching and enforcing digital security habits that most of us are terrible at. It's not flashy, it's not fun, but it's genuinely useful.

For families, this is less about kids directly using it and more about modeling good digital citizenship. If you're managing a household of devices and accounts, a password manager stops being optional around middle school—when kids start having their own logins for school, games, social media, and everything else.

The privacy stance is refreshing in 2025: zero-knowledge encryption, no data selling, explicit statements that they can't see what you store. The built-in VPN and dark web monitoring are nice bonuses that competitors often charge extra for.

It's pricier than some alternatives, but the interface is clean, the features are comprehensive, and 14+ million users suggest it works. Not exciting, but neither is identity theft.