Comparison

Lockdown Privacy vs linkbox

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

Head to head
About

Lockdown Privacy

This app provides comprehensive privacy protection by blocking trackers and badware across all your applications. It offers both an on-device firewall to stop hidden trackers and a secure VPN to keep your data and browsing private.

Highlights
  • On-device firewall
  • Blocks ads and trackers in all apps
  • Secure VPN for private browsing
  • Hides IP address and location
  • Open source and audited
  • Customizable block lists
Features
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Lockdown blocks trackers and badware in all your apps, blocking an estimated 100 million trackers per month for over 300,000 people. — Comprehensive Protection — Lockdown has two privacy features: Firewall and Secure Tunnel VPN. Each feature protects you from different threats, creating the complete solution for protecting your personal data, browsing history, and sensitive connections. FIREWALL — Blocks Hidden Trackers: The world's first on-device, open source blocker that stops ads, trackers, and badware in all your apps. SECURE TUNNEL VPN — Keep Your Data and Browsing Private: It's the no-logs, blazing-fast, privacy-first VPN. The only VPN to prove its Privacy Policy and be fully audited. — BASIC FIREWALL FEATURES — - Simple, one-tap to get protected against thousands of trackers for most users - Fully customizable blocking for advanced users: block any domain / service - Works for all apps, not just the browser - Useful preconfigured block lists that are updated every week - Blocking works "on-device" meaning it does all of its blocking without sending all your data to a third party server, unlike other blocking apps

 —ADVANCED FIREWALL FEATURES— - Import and create your own custom lists - Export your custom lists to share with others and save offline - Block thousands more trackers - Access to advanced curated lists and app specific block lists (e.g. TikTok, iFunny, Junes Journey) — SECURE TUNNEL VPN FEATURES — - Hide your location and unique IP address with one tap - Keeps you safe on public wi-fi hotspots and sites - Stops spying from snoopers and your ISP or cellular provider - Ultrafast with over a dozen regions globally — TRANSPARENCY YOU CAN TRUST — - Other privacy apps lie on their Privacy Policy and secretly sell user data, even if they promise not to - To solve this issue, the Openly Operated certification requires apps to *prove* their Privacy Policy - Lockdown is Openly Operated certified with a public 38-page audit report, and audited multiple times by security professionals — UNPARALLELED PRIVACY — - Open Source: Since firewalls have access to *everything* you do, it's critical that any firewall you use should be open source. Lockdown is 100% open source. - On-Device: Lockdown Firewall doesn’t connect to any servers. No logs of your browsing are sent to third parties or to our servers when using Lockdown Firewall. — PRESS COVERAGE — - The Washington Post - Business Insider - Forbes - FastCompany - MacRumors - 9to5Mac - ZDNet - Cult of Mac - The Mac Observer - iCulture - iClarified - AppAdvice

About

linkbox

Listen to audio streams on a local network or via an event ID. Connect to a network with an active linkbox or get an event ID from your provider. Contact the developer for more information or to host an event.

Highlights
  • Listen to audio streams
  • Local network streaming
  • Event ID streaming
  • Event hosting information
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Mit dieser App kannst du einem linkbox Audio-Stream in einem lokalen Netzwerk oder über eine Event-ID zuhören. Dafür muss du dich nur in einem Netzwerk mit aktivierter linkbox befinden oder eine Event-ID von deinem Event-Betreiber erhalten. Für mehr Informationen spreche mit deinem Event-Betreiber. Falls du ein Event-Betreiben möchtest, kontaktiere uns über unsere Website.

Screenshots

Lockdown Privacy4 screens
linkbox3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: linkbox at 100% against Lockdown Privacy's 33%. linkbox also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 18) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs monthly). Lockdown Privacy's advantage is rating (4.3 vs 2.8) and ratings volume (9.8K vs 10). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Lockdown Privacy sells 14 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 7 days. linkbox asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Lockdown Privacy holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 2.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Lockdown Privacy has 9.8K ratings behind it against 10, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 33% of Lockdown Privacy's written reviews are positive against 100% of linkbox's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Lockdown Privacy ships an update monthly, linkbox every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Lockdown Privacy versus linkbox: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLockdown Privacylinkbox
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (9.8K ratings) — better2.8 (10 ratings)
Positive reviews33.2% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings9.8K — better10
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.611.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size90 MB33 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCELESTIAN GOLDEN APPSlinkbox GbR

Customer experience

Lockdown Privacy

All ratings9,794 ratings
Positive80.9%
Neutral4.9%
Negative14.2%
Written reviews620 reviews
Positive33.2%
Neutral8.7%
Negative58.1%

linkbox

All ratings10 ratings
Positive40.0%
Neutral10.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Lockdown Privacy

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Firewall randomly turns off
  • VPN forces itself to be enabled
  • Blocks essential system apps

Requested features

4 requests
  • Ability to view/manage blocked connections
  • Custom domain/app whitelisting
  • Import/export of block lists
  • Separate firewall and VPN functionality

linkbox

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

14 purchases

Lockdown Privacy

Subscriptions14
  • One Week of Lockdown VPN Pro3 Days trial$0.997 Days
  • One Week of Lockdown VPN Pro2 variants$0.997 Days
  • Lockdown iOS Firewall Monthly$4.991 Month
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  • One Week of Lockdown VPN Pro3 Days trial$4.997 Days
  • One Month of Lockdown VPN7 Days trial$12.991 Month
  • One Month of Lockdown VPN Pro7 Days trial$14.991 Month
  • Lockdown iOS Firewall Annual7 Days trial$29.991 Year
  • One Year of Lockdown VPN Pro3 variants$29.991 Year
  • One Year of Lockdown VPN Pro2 variants$39.991 Year
  • One Year of Lockdown VPN Pro3 Days trial$39.991 Year
  • Lockdown Pro Annual LTO$59.991 Year
  • One Year of Lockdown VPN7 Days trial$59.991 Year
  • One Year of Lockdown VPN Pro3 Days trial$59.991 Year
  • One Year of Lockdown VPN Pro7 Days trial$99.991 Year
None

linkbox

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Lockdown Privacy free?
Lockdown Privacy is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is linkbox free?
linkbox is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Lockdown Privacy or linkbox?
Lockdown Privacy is rated higher. Lockdown Privacy averages 4.3 out of 5 from 9.8K ratings, while linkbox averages 2.8 from 10 ratings.
Do Lockdown Privacy or linkbox have ads?
Neither Lockdown Privacy nor linkbox shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Lockdown Privacy or linkbox?
Lockdown Privacy ships an update monthly, and linkbox every 2 weeks. Most recently, Lockdown Privacy was updated on October 16, 2026 and linkbox on October 14, 2026.

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