Comparison

Tailscale vs Protobuzz

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

Head to head
About

Tailscale

Securely connect devices, users, and workloads with a mesh VPN built on WireGuard. It brings identity to network access, enabling Zero Trust principles across diverse environments. Modernize your network for homelabs, businesses, and cloud infrastructure.

Highlights
  • Secure mesh networking
  • Identity-based access control
  • Zero Trust security
  • WireGuard-based VPN
  • Homelab and business VPN
  • Cloud and workload connectivity
  • Hardware-agnostic overlay network
Features
Currently charting
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Securely connect people, workloads, and even AI agents to anything on the internet with Tailscale, the secure connectivity platform built on WireGuard®. Tailscale brings identity to the network layer so you can control access based on users, groups, tags, and devices instead of IP addresses, applying Zero Trust principles end-to-end across every environment. Tailscale transforms your existing network from a legacy hub and spoke model to a modern, lightweight, and responsive mesh networking architecture that eliminates single points of failure and delivers better performance, scalability, and security for your end users, devices, and remote resources. Tailscale can be used for your Homelab VPN and connectivity, Business VPN, Workload Connectivity across clouds, Kubernetes clusters, regions, and environments, Privileged Access Management (PAM), Edge & IoT, CI/CD, and Securing AI – all on the same platform. Replace legacy VPNs, connect workloads across on-prem and cloud infrastructure providers, power Zero Trust initiatives, and make remote access secure by simplifying software-defined networking and security operations. Modernize your home, your organization, and your enterprise networking at scale with Tailscale. Tailscale is hardware-agnostic, so you can make decisions about your hardware independently from decisions about your network. Tailscale creates an overlay network, using your existing network, so you can incrementally deploy Tailscale without needing new network switches or to change your network architecture. Tailscale integrates with 100+ technologies and dozens of identity providers, and is available on a wide range of platforms — including Apple’s macOS, iOS, and tvOS — so you can securely connect from wherever you work.

About

Protobuzz

Automate and schedule entry management for visitors, deliveries, and guests directly from your smartphone. This app is ideal for residential buildings, offices, and gated communities, streamlining access permissions.

Highlights
  • Automated buzzer activities
  • Schedule entry access
  • Grant access to visitors and guests
  • Manage residential buildings
  • Manage office spaces
  • Manage gated communities
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Protobuzz is your ultimate solution for seamless and automated entry management. With Protobuzz, users can effortlessly automate and schedule buzzer activities to grant access to visitors, deliveries, and guests right from their smartphones. Whether you're managing a residential building, office space, or gated community, Protobuzz revolutionizes the way you handle entry permissions. A Protobuzz Subscription is required in order to get a buzzer number assigned and to schedule it as needed. Alternatively, if you are joining a group with an existing Protobuzz Subscription, you can have another member of the group share the Group Invite Code with you. This code would be entered as part of the setup process instead of subscribing to a new buzzer number. Terms of Use (EULA) - https://www.protobuzz.com/terms Privacy Policy - https://www.protobuzz.com/privacy/

Screenshots

Tailscale3 screens
Protobuzz4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Protobuzz at 5.0 against Tailscale's 4.4. Protobuzz also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 61%) and update cadence (every 5 days vs fortnightly). Tailscale's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 7) and ratings volume (747 vs 1). 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. Protobuzz sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Tailscale asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Protobuzz holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Tailscale has 747 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 61% of Tailscale's written reviews are positive against 100% of Protobuzz's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Tailscale ships an update fortnightly, Protobuzz every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 3 level
Tailscale versus Protobuzz: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTailscaleProtobuzz
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (747 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews61.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings747 — better1
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFreemium — betterSubscription
Best chart rank#68 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple TV — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS16.613.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size29 MB36 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTailscale Inc.Aphrx Inc.

Customer experience

Tailscale

All ratings747 ratings
Positive83.8%
Neutral3.2%
Negative13.0%
Written reviews449 reviews
Positive61.0%
Neutral10.9%
Negative28.1%

Protobuzz

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Tailscale

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Inability to connect or authenticate
  • Exit node feature not working as expected
  • Inconsistent behavior when switching networks
  • App getting stuck in a loading state

Requested features

5 requests
  • On-demand VPN connection
  • Ability to switch between multiple accounts
  • More granular control over exit nodes
  • Integration with other networking tools
  • Dark mode option

Protobuzz

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Tailscale

No in-app purchases

7 purchases

Protobuzz

Subscriptions7
  • Monthly Community Subscription$1.991 Month
  • Monthly Standard Subscription14 Days trial$3.991 Month
  • Buzzcut Subscription3 Months trial$3.991 Month
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  • Monthly Premium Subscription$6.991 Month
  • Annual Community Subscription$14.991 Year
  • Annual Standard Subscription14 Days trial$39.991 Year
  • Annual Premium Subscription$69.991 Year

Questions

Is Tailscale free?
Tailscale is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Protobuzz free?
Protobuzz is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Tailscale or Protobuzz?
Protobuzz is rated higher. Tailscale averages 4.4 out of 5 from 747 ratings, while Protobuzz averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Tailscale or Protobuzz have ads?
Neither Tailscale nor Protobuzz shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Tailscale or Protobuzz?
Tailscale ships an update fortnightly, and Protobuzz every 5 days. Most recently, Tailscale was updated on October 11, 2026 and Protobuzz on October 2, 2026.

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