Comparison

AKPA vs Burrow Tunnel

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

Head to head
About

AKPA

Features
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欢迎使用 AKPA 通过蓝牙轻松连接并控制你的专属设备。 AKPA 是一款专注于本地操作的轻量级应用,不联网、不收集数据,只为提供更安全、更专注的使用体验。 核心功能: 蓝牙连接:快速发现并连接指定硬件设备 设备控制:简洁界面,实时操作与管理 本地存储:仅保存少量设置信息(如连接状态、界面偏好),提升使用流畅度 隐私优先: 不收集任何个人信息 不上传数据至服务器 无广告、无第三方SDK 仅申请必要权限,保障你的隐私安全 AKPA —— 安全、纯净、专注控制体验。 兼容性说明:支持 Bluetooth Low Energy(BLE)设备 系统要求:iOS 13 及以上版本

About

Burrow Tunnel

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Burrow is a frp client built for developers and homelab tinkerers. It lets you securely connect from your phone to your own Mac, Linux, NAS, or GPU machine at home, and keep doing the things you would normally do in front of a computer. [Why Burrow] The local AI agent era is here. You might be running Claude Code, Cursor agents, local LLMs, Stable Diffusion, or other self-hosted services on a workstation, Mac mini, or NAS at home. When you are out, you want to use your phone to check progress, tweak configs, transfer files, run maintenance scripts. Exposing ports directly to the public internet is dangerous. Commercial remote-desktop tools route your traffic through their servers. Burrow uses frp's stcp visitor mode: - End-to-end encrypted; the key stays only between you and your devices - No public ports exposed on your home machines - All traffic flows only through your own frps server, with no third-party relay - We cannot, and never will, see any of your data [Three access modes] 1. Shell (PTY terminal) A full SSH terminal with support for vim, htop, tmux, color output, and ANSI escapes. Password and public-key authentication. Built-in favorites and runbooks: pin commands like "restart service", "tail logs", or "kick off training run", and execute them in one tap. 2. SFTP (file browser) Browse the remote filesystem by directory. Upload, download, rename, delete. Useful for pulling trained model weights, generated images, or logs back to your phone. 3. HTTP (in-app browser) A built-in WebView for accessing intranet web services: Jupyter, Open WebUI, Home Assistant, Grafana, the frps dashboard, your router admin page, self-hosted photo libraries, and so on. Self-signed certificate trust supported. [Who Burrow is for] - People running AI agents, local LLMs, or self-hosted services at home who need safe remote access - Developers who want to do server ops, check logs, or run scripts from their phone - Homelab enthusiasts and self-hosters who already run their own frps and at least one Linux or macOS machine [Who it is not for] - Users who want zero-config, install-and-go (you need to understand frp configuration) - Anyone needing graphical remote desktop (Burrow only does command line, files, and web) - Anyone expecting the app to run continuously in the background (limited by iOS foreground model) [What you need before starting] 1. A frps server you have deployed (a VPS, or another machine on your network) 2. A frpc daemon already running on the home machine you want to reach, with an stcp-type proxy configured 3. The same sk (shared key) on both sides 4. SSH enabled on the remote if you want shell, or a web service running if you want HTTP The "User Guide" section inside the app has a full getting-started walkthrough with example configs. [Privacy] Burrow does not collect any user data. All connection configurations (addresses, passwords, keys) are stored only on your device, in the iOS Keychain. No accounts. No login. No analytics. No third-party SDKs. [Feedback] This is the work of a solo developer. There is a feedback channel at the bottom of the in-app User Guide. If something does not work for you, please tell me.

Screenshots

AKPA3 screens
Burrow Tunnel4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: AKPA at none against Burrow Tunnel's 1. AKPA also leads on iOS requirement (13 vs 17.0). On price, update cadence, 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. Burrow Tunnel sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. AKPA asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

AKPA ships an update monthly, Burrow Tunnel every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 4 level
AKPA versus Burrow Tunnel: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAKPABurrow Tunnel
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB45 MB
Age rating4+9+
Developer超 刘鑫 姜

In-app purchases

None

AKPA

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Burrow Tunnel

One-time1
  • Burrow Pro$14.99

Questions

Is AKPA free?
AKPA is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Burrow Tunnel free?
Burrow Tunnel is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do AKPA or Burrow Tunnel have ads?
Neither AKPA nor Burrow Tunnel shows ads.
Which is updated more often, AKPA or Burrow Tunnel?
AKPA ships an update monthly, and Burrow Tunnel every 2 weeks. Most recently, AKPA was updated on October 28, 2026 and Burrow Tunnel on October 25, 2026.

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