Kitsunebi vs SMSCodes.io
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Kitsunebi
Browse the internet more safely and easily with this versatile proxy utility. It functions as a full-featured V2Ray client, supporting multiple proxy and transport protocols. Advanced rule-based routing gives you granular control over your outgoing internet traffic.
- V2Ray client
- SOCKS, Shadowsocks, VMess support
- TCP, KCP, WebSocket, HTTP(H2), QUIC transport
- Rule-based routing
- Control outgoing traffic
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A versatile proxy utility that helps you browser the internet safer and easier. It's a fully-featured V2Ray client, supports SOCKS, Shadowsocks and VMess proxy protocols, with TCP/KCP/WebSocket/HTTP(H2)/QUIC as transport protocols. It's rule-based, allows you control outgoing traffic easily by adding routing rules.
SMSCodes.io
Protect your online identity and privacy by verifying accounts with private, temporary phone numbers. Avoid spam and scams by not using your personal number for online sign-ups. Access a variety of countries for SMS and voice verifications.
- Verify online accounts without personal numbers
- Receive SMS and voice verifications
- Access numbers from multiple countries
- Protect against spam and scams
- Create private and dedicated phone numbers
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Are you worried about identity theft, your privacy and your protection on the internet today? Do you receive unsolicited marketing, scams, spam and get rich quick schemes you never subscribed to? Are you being approached and be-friended on social media platforms by people you have never met? Now you can verify your online accounts without using your personal, work or business telephone numbers. SMSCodes.io provides real numbers for you to create, verify and protect your online accounts and identity. Using our SMS and Voice platforms we offer a wide variety of countries for SMS Verifications and Voice/Call Back Verifications. For business owners you can now have a telephone line presence in a country you are thinking about setting up in before any costly move or studies. SMSCodes.io also provides private and dedicated telephone numbers for use with SMS services and Voice services which you can reserve for as long as you need.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: SMSCodes.io at Free against Kitsunebi's $4.99. SMSCodes.io also leads on rating (4.1 vs 3.4) and review sentiment (78% vs 46%). Kitsunebi's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 12) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 5 months). On ratings volume, ads and device support 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
SMSCodes.io is free to download; Kitsunebi costs $4.99 up front. SMSCodes.io sells 12 one-off in-app purchases. Kitsunebi asks for nothing beyond the download.
SMSCodes.io holds the better App Store score, 4.1 against 3.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 177 and 233 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 46% of Kitsunebi's written reviews are positive against 78% of SMSCodes.io's.
Kitsunebi ships an update fortnightly, SMSCodes.io every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Kitsunebi | SMSCodes.io |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $4.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 3.4 (177 ratings) | 4.1 (233 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 45.6% of reviews | 78.1% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 177 | 233 — better |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 5 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 10.2 — better | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 65 MB | 26 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Kits Labs | IBBCBB Inc |
Customer experience
Kitsunebi
SMSCodes.io
User reviews
Kitsunebi
From 177 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Best v2ray client for iOS
- 🚀 Supports UDP forwarding
- 👍 Good for customizable proxy needs
- 👍 Can see blocked websites
- 👍 Can use specified DNS
Room to improve
- 🐛 Unstable connections and frequent disconnections
- 🐛 Poor performance and slow speeds
- 🐛 App crashes frequently
- 🐛 VPN connection drops
- 🐛 Cannot connect on jailbroken devices
SMSCodes.io
From 233 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Fast and reliable
- 👍 User-friendly interface
- 💡 Variety of verification services
- 🔒 Secure and private
- 🥰 Great customer service
Room to improve
- 🐛 Occasional bugs and glitches
- 💰 Expensive for some users
- ⏱️ Slow SMS delivery at times
- 🔒 Withdrawal issues with tokens
- 🤔 Unclear pricing and policies
Bugs and requests
Kitsunebi
Reported bugs
75 issues- Cannot read configs properly on iPhone
- Cannot work as a VPN on iPhone
- Local share not found or enabled
- App not updated
- App stopped working as proxy
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- JSON configuration does not work with dokodemo-door
- v2ray-core version is outdated
- Latest v2ray core version adds breaking new features
- App crashes under high throughput during Speedtest
- Performance is poor
- Connection crashes
- Direct connection cannot access external network
- Does not support aes-256-gcm
- 5 months without updates
- iOS12 causes phone to disconnect from network
- Speedtest is slow and disconnects
- Unstable and performance really bad
- App not maintained
- Developer seems to have abandoned the project
- Cannot work on tcp
- App has stopped updating
- Direct connection cannot access external network
- Does not support aes-256-gcm
- 5 months without updates
- iOS12 causes phone to disconnect from network
- Speedtest is slow and disconnects
- Unstable and performance really bad
- App not maintained
- Developer seems to have abandoned the project
- Cannot work on tcp
- App has stopped updating
- App crashes
- VPN cannot be turned off in system settings
- Unresponsive, cannot connect to VPN
- VPN connection is very unstable
- Frequently switches between on and off
- Wi-Fi disconnects when service is enabled
- Screen off causes Wi-Fi to disconnect
- Cannot connect on jailbroken device
- No logs left on jailbroken device
- QUIC not working
- QR code recognition not working
- Widget logs not scrolling
- Widget shows loading errors
- Cannot install for iPad
- Buggy
- Cannot import/export Vmess link
- Cannot share with QRCode
- UI is ugly
- Repeated purchases required
- Cannot use with cellular
- VPN auto-reconnect and disconnect, stuck in a loop
- Slow speed compared to Android v2rayNg
- Network errors during speed tests
- Tap switch from widget opens the app instead of just enabling/disabling
- App crashes
- Wi-Fi disconnects when service is enabled
- Screen off causes Wi-Fi to disconnect
- Cannot connect on jailbroken device
- No logs left on jailbroken device
- QUIC not working
- QR code recognition not working
- Widget logs not scrolling
- Widget shows loading errors
- Cannot install for iPad
- Buggy
- Cannot import/export Vmess link
- Cannot share with QRCode
- UI is ugly
- Repeated purchases required
- Cannot use with cellular
- VPN auto-reconnect and disconnect, stuck in a loop
- Slow speed compared to Android v2rayNg
- Network errors during speed tests
- Tap switch from widget opens the app instead of just enabling/disabling
Requested features
23 requests- Add Apple TV app support
- Local share or LAN share
- Update v2ray core to newest version
- Add v2fly support
- Add more nodes from USA and Canada
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- Add dark mode
- Add load balancing
- Add on-demand connection like Shadowrocket
- Add Websocket transport for Shadowsocks
- Add rc4-md5 encryption for Shadowsocks
- Add iOS13 dark mode
- Update to support vless protocol
- Update to support tls1.3
- Update to support AES-256-GCM
- Update to support latest v2ray
- Add support for Android updates
- Add dark mode
- Fix configuration issues with dokodemo-door
- Add on-demand connection
- Add load balancing
- Add dark mode for iOS13
- Add Websocket transport for Shadowsocks
- Add rc4-md5 encryption for Shadowsocks
SMSCodes.io
Reported bugs
5 issues- Login screen freezes
- Balance not updating correctly
- Verification codes not received
- Compatibility issues with older devices
- Withdrawal transactions stuck in pending
Requested features
5 requests- More payment options
- Improved withdrawal process
- Expanded country coverage
- Loyalty program or discounts
- Easier account management
In-app purchases
Kitsunebi
No in-app purchases
SMSCodes.io
- Recharge $5.00$5.99
- $5.00 SMSCT Tokens$5.99
- Recharge $10.00$11.99
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- $10.00 SMSCT Tokens$11.99
- $20.00 SMSCT Tokens$23.99
- Recharge $20.00$23.99
- Recharge $50.00$59.99
- $50.00 SMSCT Tokens$59.99
- Recharge $100.00$119.99
- Recharge $200.00$239.99
- Recharge $300.00$349.99
- Recharge $500.00$599.99
