Onion Browser

Onion Browser

Secure, anonymous web with Tor

Utilities
Productivity
55 reviews
⭐️3.2 / 5
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🙌1.8K
Ratings
📼6 scs
Content
📦~ in 2 months
Updates frequency
🗣❌ unsupported
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🧾$0.99 - $9.99
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All Versions of Onion Browser

3.1.3

June 3, 2024

- Updated Tor to latest version 0.4.8.11. - Added support for mixed custom bridges: You can now mix meek, obfs4 and the new WebTunnel bridge type in your custom bridge list. - Fixed an issue with the bottom toolbar hiding and showing. - Minor updates to translations.
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3.1.2

April 1, 2024

- Updated built-in Snowflake to latest version 2.9.2. - Added Indonesian translation.
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3.1.1

January 30, 2024

- Updated built-in Tor to latest version 0.4.8.10. - Updated built-in Snowflake to latest version 2.8.1. - Updated translations. - Fixed crash.
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3.1.0

October 25, 2023

- Added built-in Tor again to use with new `WKWebView` proxy settings in iOS 17. This supports scenarios, where Orbot is too unreliable because of memory constraints or when users want to use it over another VPN.
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3.0.2

September 27, 2023

- Improved communication with Orbot. - Updated Hungarian translation.

3.0.1

June 30, 2023

- Fixed problem, where webpage was still showing when returning to the app, although "forget in background" security setting was selected. - Updated Spanish translation.
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3.0.0

June 14, 2023

- Onion Browser now relies on Orbot for Tor network access. Orbot handles all network routing and Onion Browser just makes sure that all requests get cancelled, when Orbot stops. - Replaced old `UIWebView` with newer `WKWebView`. Parallelized loading, newer web standards support. - Finally supports media streaming over Tor! - Minimum iOS version is now 15, as that's what Orbot supports. - Removed HTTPSEverywhere. That's built into iOS 15, already. - Removed WebRTC blocking. Not a danger anymore. - Replaced outdated DNT header ("Do-Not-Track") with new GPC header ("Global-Privacy-Control"). - Added support for multiple windows on iPad. - Added support to download all content. - Added "Find in Page" for iOS 16 and newer.
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2.8.3

December 14, 2022

- Updated to Tor.framework 407.11.1 containing Tor 0.4.7.11. - Support custom search engines. - Translation updates. - Added setting to control background-hiding.
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2.8.2

October 12, 2022

- Updated to Tor.framework 407.10.2 containing Tor 0.4.7.10. - Updated Snowflake to version 2.3.1. - Updated Obfs4proxy to version 0.0.14. - Fixed crash when editing a bookmark URL. - Minor translation updates. - Improved "we have problems connecting" logic.
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2.8.1

July 11, 2022

- Updated to Tor.framework 407.8.2 containing Tor 0.4.7.8.

Onion Browser In-App Purchases History

$0.99

Small Onion Browser Tip

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$4.99

Medium Onion Browser Tip

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$9.99

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Description of Onion Browser

Onion Browser is the original free and open-source Tor-powered web browser for iOS. Onion Browser helps you access the internet with more safety and privacy, and no extra cost to you. “The best Tor-related offering on iOS right now is Onion Browser” - The Daily Dot, October 14, 2015. Featured in: The New York Times, The Guardian, Salon, TechCrunch, Gizmodo, Boing Boing, Lifehacker, Macworld, The Daily Dot, & others. FEATURES: • Browse the internet over Tor: - Protect your privacy from website tracking - Secure your traffic from insecure wireless networks and ISPs - Access .onion sites that are only accessible over Tor. • Fight online tracking: block scripts and automatically clear cookies and tabs, based on your preferences. • And more privacy-enhancing features! DISCLAIMERS: - Web browsing is much slower than through a normal web browser or a VPN because your traffic is encrypted and relayed through the Tor network. - Onion Browser might not work on networks with advanced network restrictions. If the app does not connect, try using bridges (or a different type of bridge), force-quit, and then restart the app. - Use of Onion Browser is at your own risk; remember that sensitive data does not always belong on a mobile device. ** Onion Browser is free and open-source software. You can read more about Onion Browser and how to support development of Tor on iOS by visiting onionbrowser.com **
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Onion Browser: FAQ

Does Onion Browser have support for iPad devices?

Yes, Onion Browser is available for iPad users.
The Onion Browser app was developed by Mike Tigas.
Your iOS device should have iOS 15.0 or later installed to run the app.
Currently, Onion Browser has a user rating of 3.2.
Onion Browser Relates To The Utilities App Genre.
The newest version of Onion Browser is 3.1.3.
June 28, 2024 is the date of the latest update of the Onion Browser app.
Onion Browser officially launched on February 6, 2023.
The content advisory rating for Onion Browser is 17+.
The following list of languages is supported by the Onion Browser app: Albanian, Arabic, Bangla and 34 more.
Sorry, Onion Browser is not part of Apple Arcade.
Certainly! Onion Browser contains in-app purchases for users.
No, Onion Browser does not provide support for Apple Vision Pro.

Screenshots of Onion Browser

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Reviews of Onion Browser

  • Catastrophic browser bricking.

    Onion Browser and Orbot, the officially supported apps by The Tor Project, are very bad. In my opinion, it's because of their updates, which resulted in a loss of functionality (maybe still because of iOS updates, who knows). Unofficial builds of Tor browsers on iOS either haven't been updated in a long time, or they make money on subscriptions by scamming users, or worse, collecting and selling user data. The recent Onion Browser update doesn't allow you to access the browser without Orbot, which works every once in a while, especially in countries with special censorship. Working with Tor without a VPN can be detected and blocked by the ISP. Therefore, I believe that the functionality of linking Onion Browser with Orbot via API is superfluous and should be removed, because Orbot works as a VPN and it may not work in some countries. So why did they implement the API access functionality? When will The Tor Project be busy keeping an eye on your updates?
    🏴‍☠️OSXpirate🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️OSXpirate🏴‍☠️

  • has some issues

    duckduckgo only works with javascript on and every search has to be done via the address bar otherwise there's a "forbidden" message. previously duckduckgo worked without javascript. many sites look like web 1.0 sites without styles when loading without javascript. def a different experience than on the desktop tor version. it used to work much better with an ugly UI. I would take the ugly UI over this new fancy UI, since it worked better. 3June2020 *UPDATE* On the last update, the onion site for duckduckgo stopped loading days after the update. I found on the settings a duckduckgo lite. After using that, it's much better plus no javascript works on this setting. Sometimes it does hang or doesn't load, but it is a huge improvement 30jul2022 *UPDATE* the last few updates has increased the lag. If you switch tabs it freezes for seconds, sometimes a minute. DuckDuckGo doesn't always work so you have to use the non onion site. I really loved the older uglier version of the app compared to this.

    28aug2023
    *UPDATE*
    This new Orbot worked at first, but now it’s a disaster. Yes this is a Orbot problem, but the app didn’t always use this app so it literally just breaks the app now. As you can see from my updates from over the last few years, the app has just lagged and lagged. The UI has improved at the cost of UX. Horrible decisions have been made.
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  • Works badly with orbot

    Before when orbot was not required, using this was extremely reliable. Now that there is a dependency on orbot, pages dont finish loading. I have to hit DDG multiple times just to get search results.. then a result that I visit only half-loads and I cant get full site. I really want the all-in-one solution back. Orbot wont work with my existing vpn but Onion Browser pre-orbot would work so I could get tor over vpn for maximum privacy.

    This feels like it needed way more testing before being split to require orbot. Also why am I forced to use Orbot? Why don't I have the choice as a user to use the fallback tour connection which was originally provided in onion browser?

    I am going thru a lot of personal stuff and I do NOT want ads for my problems showing up on family members' devices. Please fix this.
    Capt CatnipCapt Catnip
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