Lockdown Privacy vs TSEYE
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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
TSEYE
View live monitoring video from a connected device directly on your phone. This application allows for remote configuration of device settings, offering enhanced convenience for users.
- View monitoring video remotely
- Configure device settings
- Real-time video streaming
- Convenient remote access
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This app needs to be equipped with our device. Using this app allows you to view the monitoring video of a device at any time on the phone, and you can set up some configurations on the device to bring convenience to people's lives.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Lockdown Privacy at 4.3 against TSEYE's 2.8. Lockdown Privacy also leads on ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (9.8K vs 103). TSEYE's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 18) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.6). On price, update cadence 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. Lockdown Privacy sells 14 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 7 days. TSEYE asks for nothing beyond the download.
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 103, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 32% of Lockdown Privacy's written reviews are positive against 11% of TSEYE's.
Lockdown Privacy ships an update monthly, TSEYE every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and September 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Lockdown Privacy | TSEYE |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (9.8K ratings) — better | 2.8 (103 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 32.1% of reviews — better | 10.8% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 9.8K — better | 103 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 4 weeks — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 90 MB | 155 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | CELESTIAN GOLDEN APPS | 三兵 杨 |
Customer experience
Lockdown Privacy
TSEYE
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
TSEYE
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Lockdown Privacy
- 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
TSEYE
No in-app purchases









