Nan vs Proxyman
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Nan
This tool captures and decrypts network traffic at the TCP/IP layer, offering advanced features for detecting TLS connections and WebSocket traffic. It allows selective capture of HTTPS traffic to prevent application malfunctions.
- TCP/IP layer capture
- System proxy bypass
- TLS connection detection
- HTTPS capture and decryption
- WebSocket decryption
- IP packet assembly
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Why You Need This: - Capture on TCP/IP layer, NOT system proxy. Avoid some applications not going through the proxy - Detect TLS connection and ALPN - Only capture and decrypt HTTPS the address you specify, to prevent certain applications from malfunctioning due to addresses that cannot be captured by packet capture. - Also support decrypt WebSocket How it works: - This app captures all IP packets (IP layer) - Next assemble into TCP stream (TCP layer) - Probe TLS connections and ALPN information to help you determine if there's any possibility of packet capture. - Next assemble into HTTPS/WebSocket packet (Application layer) if you MITM it
Proxyman
This app acts as a web debugging proxy, allowing you to capture and inspect HTTP/HTTPS traffic directly from your iPhone or iPad. It decrypts requests and responses, offers advanced debugging tools, and ensures your sensitive data remains on your device.
- Capture & Inspect HTTP/HTTPS from iOS devices
- Decrypt and view requests/responses
- JSON syntax highlighting
- Quick filtering by URL, header, body
- Advanced debugging tools (SSL Proxying, Block List)
- Secure with FaceID/TouchID/Passcode
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Meet a superb Web Debugging Proxy that can act like a middleman, aka Proxyman. ### Features - Directly Capture & Inspect HTTP/HTTPS from your iOS/iPad Devices without using MacBooks. - Decrypt and View HTTP/HTTPS Request/Response in plain text - JSON Syntax Highlighting - Exclusively designed for iPhone and iPad (Landscape and Two Columns) - Share traffic to Proxyman macOS - a native macOS app for better inspection - Pin working domains - Quick filter with URL, Header Body, and Type of Request/Response (e.g., JSON, Form, HTML, CSS, Document, etc) - Better Request/Response Previewer: Multiple columns, JSON Preview, JSON TreeView, etc - Safe Lock: Protect your sensitive data with FaceID / TouchID / Passcode - Advanced Debugging Tools: SSL Proxying, Block List, Map Local, Breakpoint, etc - Rewrite & Scripting ### Proxyman macOS Proxyman for iOS works perfectly with Proxyman for macOS (native macOS app, supports macOS 26 and M4 Chip) ### How it works Proxyman iOS creates a local VPN on your device and then forwards all traffic to a Local Man-in-The-Middle Server. As long as the VPN is active, Proxyman iOS can capture all traffic over Wi-Fi and cellular Data. ### How about my sensitive data? - Proxyman Root Certificate is a self-signed certificate that is generated on your local machine. Thus, all requests and responses are captured and stored on your devices and Proxyman does not have access to your data. - There are no remote servers involved. What’s in your devices, it’s in your devices. ************* - Support: https://proxyman.com/support - Privacy Policy: https://proxyman.com/privacy - Terms of Services: https://proxyman.com/terms-of-use
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Proxyman at Free against Nan's $34.99. Proxyman also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 3 months) and ratings volume (804 vs 9). Nan's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 5) and review sentiment (89% vs 81%). On 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
Proxyman is free to download; Nan costs $34.99 up front. Proxyman sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $8.99 per month. Nan asks for nothing beyond the download.
Proxyman holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Proxyman has 804 ratings behind it against 9, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 89% of Nan's written reviews are positive against 81% of Proxyman's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Nan ships an update every 3 months, Proxyman weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Nan | Proxyman |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $34.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.6 (9 ratings) | 4.8 (804 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 88.9% of reviews — better | 80.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 9 | 804 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Best chart rank | #93 | #12 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 177 MB | 73 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | TxThinking, Inc. | Proxyman LLC |
Customer experience
Nan
Proxyman
Bugs and requests
Nan
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Proxyman
Reported bugs
4 issues- Breakpoint functionality not working properly
- Losing session state when relaunching the app
- Incompatibility issues with certain apps and websites
- Crashes when trying to view large response bodies
Requested features
5 requests- Add support for Simplified Chinese
- Implement scripting capabilities like the desktop version
- Improve handling of WebSocket and MQTT traffic
- Allow grouping of related requests
- Add an option to change DNS settings within the app
In-app purchases
Nan
No in-app purchases
Proxyman
- Premium Monthly Subscription$8.991 Month
- PROJECT PASS Quarterly Subscription$19.993 Months
- Premium Annual Subscription$49.991 Year
- Proxyman Lifetime with Black Friday$69.99
- Lifetime Access$99.99
