Comparison

OONI Probe vs Círculo

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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

About

Círculo

Connect with a trusted network of six individuals to share alerts and keep each other informed. Establish safety protocols and ensure your community stays updated on important events.

Highlights
  • Connect with a network of six peers
  • Establish safety protocols
  • Send and receive alerts
  • Keep your circle informed
  • Community-driven safety
Features
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Círculo helps connect you to a reliable network of six peers. Establish protocols, send alerts and keep those in your circle informed. Safety starts with community.

Screenshots

OONI Probe4 screens
Círculo4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Círculo at 5.0 against OONI Probe's 4.5. OONI Probe's advantage is ratings volume (88 vs 1). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Círculo holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: OONI Probe has 88 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 29, 2026 and September 27, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
OONI Probe versus Círculo: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterOONI ProbeCírculo
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (88 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews58.1% of reviews—
Number of ratings88 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size139 MB109 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperThe Tor ProjectPostmodern Apps LLC

Customer experience

OONI Probe

All ratings88 ratings
Positive86.4%
Neutral6.8%
Negative6.8%
Written reviews31 reviews
Positive58.1%
Neutral12.9%
Negative29.0%

Círculo

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

OONI Probe

No in-app purchases

None

Círculo

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is OONI Probe free?
OONI Probe is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Círculo free?
Círculo is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, OONI Probe or Círculo?
Círculo is rated higher. OONI Probe averages 4.5 out of 5 from 88 ratings, while Círculo averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do OONI Probe or Círculo have ads?
Neither OONI Probe nor Círculo shows ads.
Which is updated more often, OONI Probe or Círculo?
OONI Probe ships an update every 2 months, and Círculo every 2 months. Most recently, OONI Probe was updated on September 29, 2026 and Círculo on September 27, 2026.

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