Privacy Monitor vs Tracker Protection
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Privacy Monitor
This app helps you understand how websites and apps handle your personal data. It provides real-time privacy rating alerts as you browse or use other applications, simplifying complex legal documents into easy-to-understand information.
- Real-time privacy rating alerts
- Integrated web browser
- Share extension for other apps
- Simplifies privacy policies
- Data sharing transparency
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We read the fine print, so you don't have to. Knowing who to trust with your private personal data can be confusing. With Privacy Monitor by Osano, it's easy! Surf the web using the Privacy Monitor web browser to receive real-time privacy rating alerts or access privacy ratings through the share button of your favorite web browser and apps. Have you ever checked the box on a web site or app that says "I have read and agreed to the terms and conditions and privacy policy" but didn't actually read it? If you're like most people, the answer is yes. Many websites and apps tell you exactly who they will be sharing your private data with, and how they will be tracking you across the Internet as you surf; but that information is usually found inside of long, complicated legal documents.
Tracker Protection
This app shields your device from hidden trackers that collect personal data across apps, browsers, and email. It enhances security, speeds up performance, and encrypts your DNS to prevent surveillance.
- Blocks trackers in apps, browsers, and email
- Encrypts DNS lookups
- Prevents surveillance
- Speeds up page and app loads
- Reduces bandwidth usage
- Improves battery life
- Customizable protection options
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Trackers follow you everywhere — in apps, browsers, and emails — building profiles that advertisers and data brokers sell, and AI-powered attackers weaponize. Tracker Protection stops them. HOW IT WORKS Tracker Protection runs at the DNS layer. Every domain your device tries to look up routes through our encrypted DNS resolver. So every time an app or website tries to connect to a known tracker, our technology blocks the connection before the tracker can do anything. No scripts run. No data leaves. No profile gets built. — Blocks thousands of tracker domains before they collect your data — Encrypts every DNS lookup so your ISP, carrier, and Wi-Fi network can't see what sites and apps you're using — Works system-wide: every app, every browser, every email client on your device FREE — Default tracker blocking, always on — Encrypted DNS for every lookup PREMIUM Everything in Free, plus: — Activity dashboard: see what was blocked, on which sites — Per-vendor controls — Facebook, Google, Amazon, TikTok, Snapchat — choose protection level for each — Block email tracking pixels — Block fingerprinting scripts — Block cryptomining WHY DISCONNECT — No logs. We don't see, store, or sell your data. Ever. — Not a VPN. No server list, no sign-in, no slowdowns. — Built by Disconnect, the industry standard for tracker protection. Our technology powers tracker blocking in Mozilla Firefox and Microsoft Edge to help protect 350M+ users worldwide. — Pages load up to 2.4× faster when trackers aren't dragging them down. — Awards: SXSW Interactive Innovation Award (Privacy & Security), Popular Science Best of What's New, The New York Times' favorite privacy app. ONCE ON, IT STAYS ON After install, Tracker Protection runs in the background. Close the app and use your device normally — protection stays active across every app, browser, and email client. ABOUT DISCONNECT We've spent 15 years building the world's most-deployed tracker classification dataset. Firefox, Edge, and consumer privacy products around the world ship with our work inside them. Now it's an app on your phone. Take back your privacy. Start free. PRIVACY POLICY https://disconnect.me/privacy TERMS OF USE https://disconnect.me/terms SUPPORT support@disconnect.me
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Privacy Monitor at none against Tracker Protection's 3. Privacy Monitor also leads on iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.5). Tracker Protection's advantage is review sentiment (55% vs 33%) and rating (4.2 vs 3.9). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Tracker Protection sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Privacy Monitor asks for nothing beyond the download.
Tracker Protection holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Tracker Protection has 78 ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 33% of Privacy Monitor's written reviews are positive against 55% of Tracker Protection's.
| Parameter | Privacy Monitor | Tracker Protection |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.9 (7 ratings) | 4.2 (78 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 33.3% of reviews | 54.8% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 7 | 78 — better |
| Update frequency | — | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 15.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 12 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Osano, Inc. | Disconnect |
Customer experience
Privacy Monitor
Tracker Protection
In-app purchases
Privacy Monitor
No in-app purchases
Tracker Protection
- Premier Plus7 Days trial$4.991 Month
- Premier Plus7 Days trial$19.991 Year
- Day Pass Tracker Protection$0.99
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