# Onion Browser — user reviews > 423 indexed App Store user reviews of Onion Browser by Mike Tigas, rated 3.20/5 from 2,120 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/onion-browser/id519296448/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/onion-browser/id519296448.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 853 · 4★ 260 · 3★ 173 · 2★ 131 · 1★ 703 ## What do users think of Onion Browser? Overall sentiment: neutral **Pros** - 🚀 Fast and stable - 🔒 Secure and private - 👍 Recommended by Tor Project - 💡 Customizable security settings **Cons** - 🐛 Frequent disconnections and reconnections - 🐛 Unstable and unreliable - 🐛 Endless permission loops - 🐛 Bookmarking issues - 🔋 Drains battery quickly **Commonly reported bugs** - Fails to connect to Tor network - Crashes or freezes when switching apps - Compatibility issues with newer iOS versions - Inability to disable JavaScript completely **Most requested features** - Add option to disable JavaScript - Improve tab management and browsing experience - Integrate with more privacy-focused search engines - Allow setting custom default search engine ## Newest reviews (12 of 423) ### 4/5 — funktioniert *2026-08-17* es läuft ganz flüssig. Mal weitersehen :) ### 2/5 — Unuseable *2026-07-21, version 3.4.0* This browser is virtually unusable. The phone screen will time out before the webpage will load, and when you wake the phone back up, it wipes the webpage back to the home screen. This is not the way. ### 3/5 — Best option *2026-07-09, version 3.4.0* Simple and straightforward. Thanks👍🏻 ### 3/5 — Useful and simple *2026-07-02, version 3.4.0* Latest version allows persistent tracking cookies. Hopefully an update will fix this? ### 3/5 — うーん *2026-06-16* よくわからない ### 3/5 — For My eyes only *2026-05-29, version 3.3.9* Great privacy protection and super simple . Additional options make this app even more secure TOR is such an incredible Group of freedom and right to browse w/o censorship and suppression of content by government agencies that don’t want controlled freedom of speech and so on… ### 3/5 — slowly！ *2026-05-15, version 3.3.7* tooslowly ### 4/5 — Add a download tab to download videos *2026-05-13, version 3.3.7* Don’t know why this app has low rating it is the best tor app. The problem I have it doesn’t have download feature ### 4/5 — Pretty good for porn *2026-04-20, version 3.3.7* I tried using this for porn but it loads a bit slowly when opening things like DuckDuckGo ### 4/5 — Hi *2026-04-15, version 3.3.6* How do you remove the links on the homepage? Thank you ### 2/5 — Рекомендация *2026-03-30* Приветствую! Прошу отвяжите тор от орбота и дайте возможность использовать сторонний впн! Орбот всё равно заблоченный в России, так хоть на свой страх и риск у нас работать будет! ### 1/5 — Won't connect using iOS 26.2.1 *2026-03-03, version 3.3.4* Reaches 50% of connection attempt (loads relay descriptors), then re-starts connection attempt. Gemini AI app attributes this to Apple's memory limits in iOS 26.2.1. In the most recent update, bridge support (Snowflake and obfs4) for iPad and iPhone appears to have been removed. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Can’t change language *2026-08-26, version 3.4.1* My device language is not my language so apps and websites belive i am in the contry my vpn is set too but in this app you can’t change the language so i can’t understand. ### 1/5 — Opera works better *2026-08-17, version 3.4.0* These apps do not be supported really. iOS inat great. ### 1/5 — Nothing good in the dark web *2026-08-05, version 3.4.0* Do a little search and it all show illegal contents, do not use this app ### 1/5 — Tor was great until…. *2026-07-20, version 3.4.0* You are forced to use orbit app which is complete garbage. I hate that you have to give one star instead of none. STAY FAR FAR AWAY FROM THIS APP! ### 1/5 — Discussing *2026-06-27, version 3.3.10* Discussing ### 1/5 — Slow and crashing *2026-06-10, version 3.3.10* Latest iPad OS and crashes constantly! ### 1/5 — wery bad bad freedom iniciative *2026-05-31, version 3.3.9* I donated $5, but the application does not work. Additionally, they offer to donate through crypto - but it does not work, and the money is collected. offer something that works crooks ### 1/5 — Unacceptably Slow Loading *2026-05-30, version 3.3.9* I was trying to open a website that contained harmful viruses because I inspect the web for harmful sites then report it to people. TOR helps me but there were some images i wanted to see but it showed a Question Mark inside a blue box outlined white. Incredibly Slow. ### 1/5 — Forced VPN ruins the whole app *2026-05-20, version 3.3.8* Forcing me to install a shaky at best VPN despite having my own ruins the whole app. Do not install. ### 1/5 — Terrible And Disgusting. *2026-05-10, version 3.3.7* Probably the worst Browser i seen i mean dont get me wrong the security is nice but its literally the WEBSITES that pop up i seen multiple Illegal content websites and im completely disgusted and disturbed thanks for ruining my day. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — True TOR Browser *2026-06-29, version 3.3.10* This is the only app on the App Store that actually uses tor browser and can access .onion URLs. Ironic that it has the lowest ratings of all the apps that claim to do this yet this is the only one that can ### 5/5 — It works *2026-06-09, version 3.3.10* I love how well the works ### 5/5 — Works well even without orbot *2026-06-09, version 3.3.10* A lot of negative reveiws below should change the settings they want to in the settings. Using ‘built in tor’ instead of orbot means no VPN is installed. The security settings vary from strict and safest (gold) to standard (bronze) and are easy to understand. It’s embarrassing that people can’t understand basic settings - the app works well! It’s disappointing how silly some people are and makes me worry for humanity if they can’t understand how to easily change simple settings. There’s even help text to guide the user along! ### 5/5 — Strong Commitment to Privacy With a Smooth User Experience *2026-05-18, version 3.3.7* Well designed. ### 5/5 — Top „Gerät“👍 *2026-04-13* Ich verstehe nicht ganz, warum der Browser so eine Bewertung hat. Ich hab ihn jetzt seit 2 Tagen und bin sehr zufrieden. Er braucht zwar (manchmal deutlich) länger bis er mal geladen hat, aber wer sich den Browser bewusst herunterlädt und benutzt, der sollte wissen, dass er damit rechnen muss. Was mich persönlich ziemlich genervt hat ist, dass sich die Tabs bei gefühlt JEDER Kleinigkeit löschen. Das lässt sich aber in den Einstellungen ändern! Alles in allem also der wohl beste Browser, wenn man anonym surfen will. ### 5/5 — Если долго мучиться, что-нибудь получится *2026-03-30* Для нормальной работы этого тора обязательно нужно включать впн и настраивать мост, скорость оставляет желать лучшего, используем для входа на krkn (.)сlub как и большинство пользователей ### 5/5 — Mr B *2026-03-17, version 3.3.5* Absolutely brilliant. How can any sane person put a negative review for Onion Browser. Well done and thanks. ### 5/5 — Nice！ *2026-03-08, version 3.3.4* very good ### 5/5 — Forget at shutdown is not working *2026-02-08, version 3.3.2* Forget at shutdown is not working ### 5/5 — Beautiful! *2026-01-19, version 3.3.2* It works really fast ! --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-09-07.*