SnowHaze vs OONI Probe
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SnowHaze
This app offers a private, open-source browser with extensive tracking protection and a VPN service. It encrypts your internet traffic, hides your IP address, and allows access to geo-restricted content. Enjoy a secure and anonymous browsing experience with advanced privacy settings.
- Open-source private browser
- Extensive tracking protection
- Anonymous VPN service
- Zero-Knowledge Auth technology
- Access location-specific content
- Ad blocker
- Tor Network integration
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SnowHaze – the best privacy you can get on iOS. SnowHaze is a strong open-source browser that truly protects your data. Enjoy the internet without compromising your privacy and security. SnowHaze offers the most extensive tracking protection on iOS and many setting possibilities to adapt SnowHaze to your needs. Become anonymous and protect all your devices using SnowHaze VPN. Your entire internet traffic will be encrypted and protected from man-in-the-middle attacks. Our Zero-Knowledge Auth technology uses random tokens to provide the first fully anonymous VPN; from registration, over payment, up to usage, every step is built with privacy by design. You can protect your IP address and access location specific contents by changing your perceived location. Everything is subject to the most simple privacy policy possible: Nothing is saved, really nothing. Even we don't know who you are! ***************************** 40% off yearly subscriptions ***************************** VPN: - Zero-Knowledge Auth technology - Anonymous - Usage on all your devices - VPN service on dedicated servers in 9 countries (Switzerland, USA, Canada, Germany, France, UK, Australia, Singapore, Poland) - OpenVPN and IPsec protocols - No logs - DNS leak protection - Hide your IP address and location - Access location specific contents - Perfect forward secrecy BROWSER: - Open-source - Tor Network Integration - Ad blocker - JavaScript control - Allow scripts temporary and permanently - Per tab and per site settings - 10 search engines including StartPage, Qwant, and DuckDuckGo - Automatic and forced HTTPS connections - Popover blocker - Control cache, cookies, HSTS and web data - Randomly changing user agents - Automatically delete history of private sites - Tracking blocker - HTTP referer blocker - Protection from canvas fingerprinting, audio context fingerprinting, session replay and many more - Passcode lock - Local data encryption - Privacy level calculation - Sandboxed tabs - Text search on page - QR and barcode scanner - Fast 365 day/year support Subscription: The yearly SnowHaze Premium subscription is valid for one year; the monthly SnowHaze Premium subscription is valid for one month. During this time, you have access to the SnowHaze VPN, the SnowHaze search engine and your lists are updated regularly. The payment is charged to your iTunes Account when confirming the purchase. All subscription automatically renew unless you turn off auto-renew at least 24 hours before the end of the subscription. Your account will be charged within 24 hours prior to the end of the subscription. You can manage your subscription in your Account Settings by tapping on 'View all my Subscriptions'. Any unused portion of a free trial period will be forfeited when you purchase the corresponding subscription. Terms of service https://snowhaze.com/en/terms-of-service.html Privacy policy https://snowhaze.com/en/privacy-policy.html
OONI Probe
This app helps you detect internet censorship and surveillance systems by examining website and app blocking. It also measures your network's speed and performance, providing data that can serve as evidence of interference. All collected data is published openly to promote transparency.
- Examine website and app blocking
- Measure network speed and performance
- Detect censorship and surveillance systems
- Collect evidence of internet censorship
- Publish open network measurement data
- Free and open source software
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Are websites and social media apps blocked? Is your network unusually slow? Run OONI Probe to find out! With this app, you will examine the blocking of websites and instant messaging apps, measure your network's speed and performance, and check whether systems that could be responsible for censorship and surveillance are in your network. OONI Probe is developed by the Open Observatory of Network Interference (OONI), a free software project (under The Tor Project) that aims to uncover internet censorship around the world. Since 2012, OONI’s global community has collected millions of network measurements from more than 200 countries, shedding light on multiple cases of network interference. ▶ Collect evidence of internet censorship You can check whether and how websites and instant messaging apps are blocked. The network measurement data you will collect may serve as evidence of internet censorship. ▶ Detect systems responsible for censorship and surveillance OONI Probe tests are also designed to uncover the presence of systems (middleboxes) that could be responsible for censorship and surveillance. ▶ Measure the speed and performance of your network You can measure the speed and performance of your network by running OONI's implementation of the Network Diagnostic Test (NDT). You can also measure video streaming performance with the Dynamic Adaptive Streaming over HTTP (DASH) test. ▶ Open data OONI publishes network measurement data because open data allows third parties to verify OONI findings, conduct independent studies, and answer other research questions. Openly publishing OONI data also helps increase transparency of internet censorship around the world. You can explore and download OONI data here: https://ooni.io/data/ ▶ Free software All OONI Probe tests (including our NDT and DASH implementations), are based on free and open source software. You can find OONI software projects on GitHub: https://github.com/ooni. Curious to learn how OONI Probe tests work? Learn more: https://ooni.io/nettest/ To receive updates from the OONI-verse, follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/OpenObservatory
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: OONI Probe at none against SnowHaze's 2. SnowHaze's advantage is review sentiment (77% vs 58%) and ratings volume (531 vs 91). On price, rating, update cadence and ads there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. SnowHaze sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month. OONI Probe asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for SnowHaze against 4.5 for OONI Probe. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: SnowHaze has 531 ratings behind it against 91, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 77% of SnowHaze's written reviews are positive against 58% of OONI Probe's.
SnowHaze ships an update every 3 months, OONI Probe every 2 months. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | SnowHaze | OONI Probe |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (531 ratings) — better | 4.5 (91 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 77.1% of reviews — better | 58.1% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 531 — better | 91 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Subscription | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.4 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 229 MB | 139 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Illotros GmbH | The Tor Project |
Customer experience
SnowHaze
OONI Probe
Bugs and requests
SnowHaze
Reported bugs
4 issues- Inability to copy URLs from address bar
- Inconsistent tab masking behavior
- Crashing or freezing on certain websites
- Compatibility issues with older iOS versions
Requested features
6 requests- Add ability to organize bookmarks
- Implement 'open in new tab' functionality
- Improve UI readability and clarity
- Provide more search engine options
- Add WebGL fingerprint protection
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- Implement automatic data deletion
OONI Probe
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
SnowHaze
- SnowHaze Premium7 Days trial$6.991 Month
- SnowHaze Premium7 Days trial$47.991 Year
OONI Probe
No in-app purchases









