Comparison

incy vs Ghostlane

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

Head to head
About

incy

This app allows engineers and system administrators to quickly connect to their servers from Apple devices. It offers features like automatic updates, real-time connection monitoring, and detailed traffic statistics for seamless remote access.

Highlights
  • Import configurations via links/subscriptions
  • Automatic server list updates
  • Real-time connection quality monitoring
  • Detailed traffic usage statistics
  • Native interface for Apple ecosystem
Features
Currently charting
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The app is designed for engineers and system administrators who need a fast and convenient way to connect to their servers from iPhone, iPad, and Mac — wherever they are. Key features: Import configurations via links or subscriptions Automatic server list updates from your own sources Real-time connection quality monitoring Detailed traffic usage statistics Native interface optimized for the entire Apple ecosystem Important: INCY does not provide servers or network services. The app works exclusively with your existing infrastructure — you have full control over where and how you connect.

About

Ghostlane

This app routes your internet traffic through disguised video calls to bypass network restrictions. It supports multiple advanced protocols and allows you to import your own VPN server configurations for flexible connectivity.

Highlights
  • Traffic disguised as video calls
  • Supports VLESS, Reality, Hysteria2, XHTTP
  • Import custom server configurations
  • Real-time latency measurement
  • Device-wide VPN routing
  • No data collection or analytics
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Ghostlane carries your traffic inside a video call. Most tunnels are recognisable. On a network that inspects what passes through it and drops anything shaped like a VPN, they stop working — not because the encryption failed, but because the shape of the connection gave it away. olcRTC is a different answer. It opens a WebRTC media session to a public meeting service — the same kind of call the network already carries all day — and moves your traffic inside it. What stays on the wire is a video call. ROOMS, AND HOW FULL THEY ARE An olcRTC relay holds a fixed number of slots, and a full room cannot take you. So the app asks each room how full it is and shows that in the list, before you pick one. It is the sort of thing you only need when the thing you are connecting to has rooms. IT ALSO SPEAKS THE ORDINARY PROTOCOLS A call-shaped tunnel costs bandwidth, and it is not needed until it is. The same app connects over the standard transports too, and you move between them as the network around you changes: • VLESS with Reality • VLESS over TLS, including through a CDN • Hysteria2, with Salamander obfuscation • XHTTP One app, because the moment you need the fallback is the worst possible moment to be installing another one. BRINGING YOUR OWN SERVERS Add a server list by pasting its link, scanning its QR code, or importing a file. The app groups servers by where they came from, filters them by protocol, remembers which exit you last used, and refreshes the list on a schedule you choose. Connecting routes the whole device through the exit you picked, using Apple's own packet tunnel. The status screen shows how long the session has been up and how much has gone through it. MEASURING Latency is measured where it can honestly be measured: through the tunnel for the connection you are on, and by ICMP echo for a server you are not connected to. Where neither is possible the app says so instead of showing a number it guessed. PRIVACY Nothing is collected. No account, no analytics, no advertising identifier, no crash reporting service. Your server lists and the app's own log stay on the device and are never sent anywhere. The app talks to exactly two kinds of address: the server-list URL you added, and the VPN servers in it. The one exception is a partner link that has to be resolved into a server-list URL, and that request carries the link and nothing about you. REQUIREMENTS A server configuration from a VPN provider: a server-list URL, a QR code, or a pasted link. The app does not sell one and does not include one. Any provider that speaks the protocols above will work. OPEN SOURCE https://github.com/ghostlane-project/ghostlane

Screenshots

incy4 screens
Ghostlane4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Ghostlane at 4.6 against incy's 3.8. Ghostlane also leads on review sentiment (83% vs 55%). incy's advantage is ratings volume (501 vs 10) and chart position (#66 vs unranked). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Ghostlane holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: incy has 501 ratings behind it against 10, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 55% of incy's written reviews are positive against 83% of Ghostlane's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

incy ships an update every 4 days, Ghostlane every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 13, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
incy versus Ghostlane: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterincyGhostlane
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.8 (501 ratings)4.6 (10 ratings) — better
Positive reviews54.7% of reviews83.3% of reviews — better
Number of ratings501 — better10
Update frequencyEvery 4 daysEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
Best chart rank#66 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size173 MB139 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLLC ITDEVGlobvent INC

Customer experience

incy

All ratings557 ratings
Positive68.8%
Neutral3.9%
Negative27.3%
Written reviews382 reviews
Positive54.7%
Neutral5.5%
Negative39.8%

Ghostlane

All ratings10 ratings
Positive90.0%
Neutral10.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive83.3%
Neutral16.7%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

incy

No in-app purchases

None

Ghostlane

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is incy free?
incy is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Ghostlane free?
Ghostlane is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, incy or Ghostlane?
Ghostlane is rated higher. incy averages 3.8 out of 5 from 501 ratings, while Ghostlane averages 4.6 from 10 ratings.
Do incy or Ghostlane have ads?
Neither incy nor Ghostlane shows ads.
Which is updated more often, incy or Ghostlane?
incy ships an update every 4 days, and Ghostlane every 3 days. Most recently, incy was updated on November 13, 2026 and Ghostlane on November 10, 2026.

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