Comparison

Egern vs Anywhere Proxy

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

Head to head
About

Egern

This app is a powerful network analysis tool for proxying, intercepting, and modifying network traffic. It offers comprehensive recording of various protocols and supports extensive rule types for flexible traffic management. Users can decrypt HTTPS, rewrite URLs and headers, and utilize JavaScript for custom operations.

Highlights
  • Network traffic recording (TCP, UDP, DNS, HTTP)
  • Extensive rule types for traffic control
  • Multiple proxy protocol support
  • HTTPS traffic decryption
  • URL and header rewriting
  • JavaScript for custom operations
  • iCloud configuration sync
Features
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Egern is a feature-rich and powerful networking tool, specifically designed for proxying, intercepting, and modifying network traffic. Key features include: · Comprehensive recording of TCP, UDP, DNS, and HTTP network traffic. · Support for a wide range of rule types: domain, domain keywords, domain suffix, domain regular expressions, domain wildcard, geo-location, IPv4/IPv6 CIDR, URL regular expressions, logical, protocol, user-agent, rule sets, and default rules. · Flexible policy group options: selection, automatic testing, fallback, load balancing, and external policies. · Support for multiple proxy protocols: HTTP, SOCKS5, Shadowsocks, Trojan, Hysteria2, TUIC, Vless, and Vmess. · Effortlessly decrypt HTTPS traffic using Man-in-the-Middle attack techniques. · URL rewriting capabilities, allowing you to freely customize network requests. · Highly customizable request and response header rewriting functionality. · Versatile request and response content rewriting abilities. · Utilize JavaScript to provide customized operations on request and response data. · Support for local HTTP proxy server and local SOCKS5 proxy server to meet various networking needs. · DNS forwarding rules can proxy traffic to servers that support DoH, DoT, and DoQ protocols. · Sync configuration information across devices with iCloud, ensuring consistent network settings anywhere, anytime. As your ultimate network management tool, Egern helps you easily navigate various network environments and achieve efficient network control and debugging. Whether you're a network security expert, developer, or simply interested in network management, Egern will become an indispensable tool. Experience the powerful features of Egern and create your own exclusive networking environment today! Twitter: https://twitter.com/byteallen

About

Anywhere Proxy

This native proxy client offers a fast, private, and simple internet experience for your iPhone and iPad. It connects with a single tap, features smart routing for optimal speed, and includes built-in ad blocking. Supports various proxy protocols and configurations.

Highlights
  • One-tap connection
  • Native Swift performance
  • Smart routing
  • Network-level ad blocking
  • Proxy chain support
  • MITM traffic analysis
  • Always On VPN
Features
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Your internet, Anywhere — fast, private, and beautifully simple. Anywhere is the proxy client your Apple devices deserve. No clunky wrappers, no bloated cross-platform shells — just a clean, native app built from the ground up in Swift, designed to feel like it belongs on your device. Because it does. Traveling abroad, working remotely, or simply wanting a more private way to browse? Anywhere connects you in a single tap, then quietly gets out of your way. --- WHY ANYWHERE • One tap and you're on. No menus to dig through, no dashboards to decode — open the app, tap once, done. • Fast by nature. Built natively in Swift, Anywhere launches in a blink, sips battery, and moves your traffic with the speed only a true native app can deliver. • Every connection takes the right path. Smart routing rules send traffic through your server when it needs protection and straight to the internet when it doesn't — so pages load faster and videos stream smoother. • Made for where you are. Heading home for the holidays? Country Bypass keeps your local apps running at full speed while everything else stays protected. • Ads, gone. Purify blocks ads at the network level — across your browser, your apps, and your favorite streaming services. No extensions required. --- EVERYWHERE YOU ARE • iPhone and iPad, with one-tap toggles right in Control Center • Apple TV, as a full native app for the living room • Apple Watch, so you can connect and switch setups from your wrist --- A FULL TOOLKIT, BEAUTIFULLY ORGANIZED • Import a subscription from a link or a quick QR scan • Test server latency with a single tap • Link servers into chains for advanced setups • Always On VPN, for protection that never sleeps • Deep, flexible routing rules for power users • Capture and inspect traffic with the built-in MITM tools --- WORKS WITH WHAT YOU HAVE Anywhere speaks the protocols you already use — VLESS (with Vision and Reality), Hysteria2, Shadowsocks, Trojan, AnyTLS, and more. If your provider hands you a subscription link, Anywhere takes it from there. --- PRIVACY YOU CAN TRUST Your traffic flows through your servers — never ours. We don't see it, we don't log it, we don't want it. And Anywhere is open source under GPLv3, so anyone can verify exactly what we do — and what we don't. --- BUILT BY PEOPLE WHO CARE We made Anywhere because we were tired of proxy apps that felt like homework. So we built the one we wanted to use: native, thoughtful, and polished down to details you can feel the moment it opens. --- Download Anywhere — and see what a proxy client can be when it's truly made for the device in your hand.

Screenshots

Egern4 screens
Anywhere Proxy4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Anywhere Proxy at 4.8 against Egern's 4.2. Anywhere Proxy also leads on monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases) and review sentiment (70% vs 56%). Egern's advantage is iOS requirement (16 vs 18.0). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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. Egern sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Anywhere Proxy sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Anywhere Proxy holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 79 and 52 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 56% of Egern's written reviews are positive against 70% of Anywhere Proxy's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 17, 2026 and September 15, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Egern versus Anywhere Proxy: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEgernAnywhere Proxy
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (79 ratings)4.8 (52 ratings) — better
Positive reviews56.1% of reviews70.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings79 — better52
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Apple TV, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS16 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size49 MB35 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperByte CrossingArgsment Limited

Customer experience

Egern

All ratings79 ratings
Positive78.5%
Neutral3.8%
Negative17.7%
Written reviews41 reviews
Positive56.1%
Neutral4.9%
Negative39.0%

Anywhere Proxy

All ratings52 ratings
Positive94.2%
Neutral3.8%
Negative1.9%
Written reviews20 reviews
Positive70.0%
Neutral20.0%
Negative10.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Egern

One-time1
  • Unlock Pro$5.99
1 purchases

Anywhere Proxy

One-time1
  • Anywhere Voyager$2.99

Questions

Is Egern free?
Egern is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Anywhere Proxy free?
Anywhere Proxy is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Egern or Anywhere Proxy?
Anywhere Proxy is rated higher. Egern averages 4.2 out of 5 from 79 ratings, while Anywhere Proxy averages 4.8 from 52 ratings.
Do Egern or Anywhere Proxy have ads?
Neither Egern nor Anywhere Proxy shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Egern or Anywhere Proxy?
Egern ships an update every 2 weeks, and Anywhere Proxy every 2 weeks. Most recently, Egern was updated on September 17, 2026 and Anywhere Proxy on September 15, 2026.

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