Comparison

PocketFans vs Proxa

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

Head to head
About

PocketFans

Practice live streaming in a simulated environment with customizable audience sizes and chat activity. This app allows you to rehearse presentations, build on-camera confidence, and create mockups of live sessions without any actual broadcast. All interactions are generated by the app and remain on your device.

Highlights
  • Simulated live room with customizable audience size
  • AI-generated chat messages based on topic
  • Practice talking to the camera
  • Use camera, photo, or video as background
  • Create content mockups
  • Live recording (with subscription)
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Rehearse your next stream in a room full of fans. PocketFans simulates a busy live room on your iPhone: viewers pour in, chat scrolls, likes float up and gifts land on screen — while you practice talking to the camera. Nothing is broadcast; everything stays on your phone. SET THE ROOM • Choose the audience size, from a cozy room to 100K+ viewers • Choose how busy the chat feels, from the odd message to a waterfall • Use your camera, or a photo or video as the background AI CHAT ABOUT YOUR TOPIC • Type what you will talk about and AI writes chat messages that fit it • Messages follow the app language MADE FOR • New streamers practicing on-camera confidence • Product demos, pitches and presentations • Creating content and mockups that show a live room PocketFans is a simulator for practice and entertainment. Viewers, chat, likes and gifts are generated by the app. POCKETFANS PRO Unlock every feature, including live recording, with a weekly or yearly subscription. Payment is charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase. The subscription renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period, and your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours before the end of the period. Manage or cancel in your App Store account settings. Privacy Policy: https://koudai.chunxiang.space/privacy Terms of Use (EULA): https://koudai.chunxiang.space/terms

About

Proxa

Features
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Proxa is a rule-based proxy and network toolbox for iPhone. Decide where every connection goes with a real rule engine, route it through the servers and networks you choose, block ads and trackers, and read your live traffic — all on device. SEVERAL NETWORKS AT ONCE • Connect WireGuard, Tailscale and ZeroTier at the same time. They are not modes you switch between: all three can be up together, each reachable by name. • Rules decide which one carries each connection. Work domains over the tailnet, a lab subnet over ZeroTier, everything else direct — at the same moment, without touching a switch. • Networks is a one-time in-app purchase. Set one up and see exactly what it would do before deciding. REACH WHAT IS ONLY REACHABLE FROM INSIDE • A server can be reached through one of your networks, or through another server. A proxy that lives only inside your tailnet or your ZeroTier network becomes usable, without exposing it to the internet first. • The connection to it is carried by whatever you chose. If that is off or unreachable, the server is not used — traffic is refused rather than quietly sent out directly. • Part of the same one-time Networks purchase. ROUTE WITH RULES • Domain, suffix, keyword, IP-CIDR, GEOIP and port rules, read top to bottom into policy groups. • Send traffic through your own proxy servers or a subscription, or straight out DIRECT. • Policy groups with health checks and automatic failover. READ YOUR TRAFFIC • A live request log: host, path, method, status, timing and size. • HTTPS decryption for the hosts you list, with a guided certificate setup. Off until you turn it on; only the hosts you name are decrypted. • WebSocket frames in both directions, plain http:// and ws:// included. • Filter by status, method or blocked; search by host or URL. CHOOSE YOUR RESOLVER • Custom DNS: the system's, servers you name, DNS-over-HTTPS or DNS-over-TLS, with per-host overrides and a cache. • An unreachable resolver falls back to the system's, so a bad setting costs a moment rather than your connection. THIRTEEN OUTBOUND PROTOCOLS • HTTP, SOCKS5, Shadowsocks, VMess, VLESS + REALITY, Trojan, WireGuard, SSH, Snell, Hysteria2, TUIC, HTTP/3 and AnyTLS. FROM THE HOME SCREEN • A widget showing status, the node in use, traffic moved and connections allowed or refused. • Control Center switches for capture and for the traffic log — reaching for "stop recording me" should not take your network down. MADE FOR IPHONE DUO AND IPAD • Open iPhone Duo, or turn your iPad sideways, and the sections move into a sidebar beside your traffic. • Whether Proxa is running stays in view on every layout. ON DEVICE BY DESIGN • Everything runs on your device. Proxa has no account, no sign-in, and no servers that receive your traffic. What you capture stays in the app's private storage until you delete it. See our privacy policy. Proxa uses a VPN configuration (Network Extension) to route this device's traffic through its on-device engine. It is not a commercial VPN service — there is no Proxa server, and traffic goes only to the proxies and networks you configure yourself.

Screenshots

PocketFans4 screens
Proxa4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: PocketFans at Free against Proxa's $5.99. PocketFans also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs fortnightly). On ads, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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

PocketFans is free to download; Proxa costs $5.99 up front. PocketFans sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days and Proxa sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

PocketFans ships an update every 2 days, Proxa fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
PocketFans versus Proxa: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPocketFansProxa
PriceFree — better$5.99
Rating4.0 (4 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews68.2% of reviews—
Number of ratings4 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 days — betterFortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS18.617.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size38 MB167 MB
Age rating9+17+
DeveloperShanghai Diyu Network Technology Co., LtdNexbit Pty LTd

In-app purchases

5 purchases

PocketFans

Subscriptions3
  • Weekly Premium$1.997 Days
  • Yearly Premium$29.991 Year
  • QuarterlyMembership$29.993 Months
One-time2
  • Lifetime Premium$39.99
  • Recording Access$39.99
1 purchases

Proxa

One-time1
  • Proxa Premium$9.99

Questions

Is PocketFans free?
PocketFans is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Proxa free?
Proxa costs $5.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Do PocketFans or Proxa have ads?
Neither PocketFans nor Proxa shows ads.
Which is updated more often, PocketFans or Proxa?
PocketFans ships an update every 2 days, and Proxa fortnightly. Most recently, PocketFans was updated on November 5, 2026 and Proxa on October 31, 2026.

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