Burrow Tunnel vs Dark Mode Plus
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
Dark Mode Plus
Enhance your browsing with a customizable dark mode experience for Safari. Effortlessly switch between light and dark themes, set per-site preferences, and sync your settings across all your Apple devices via iCloud.
- Customizable dark mode
- Per-site appearance settings
- iCloud synchronization
- Intuitive interface
- Global theme management
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Dark Mode Plus for Safari brings a smarter dark mode experience to your browsing. Easily switch between light, dark, and per-site appearance preferences with a clean, intuitive interface designed for Safari on iPhone and Mac. With iCloud sync, your settings stay up to date across all your devices. Turn on dark mode for one site on your iPhone and see the same preference on your Mac, automatically. Create site-specific rules, manage your global theme, and keep everything in sync without having to reconfigure each device separately. Whether you want a darker browsing experience at night or a consistent look across all your devices, Dark Mode Plus for Safari gives you simple control with seamless synchronization.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Burrow Tunnel at Free against Dark Mode Plus's $0.99. Burrow Tunnel also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 6 weeks). Dark Mode Plus's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and device support (4 vs 2). On 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
Burrow Tunnel is free to download; Dark Mode Plus costs $0.99 up front. Burrow Tunnel sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Dark Mode Plus asks for nothing beyond the download.
Burrow Tunnel ships an update every 2 weeks, Dark Mode Plus every 6 weeks. Both last shipped on September 16, 2026.
| Parameter | Burrow Tunnel | Dark Mode Plus |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $0.99 |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 2 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | — | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 45 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 鑫 姜 | Luan Cu Xuan |
In-app purchases
Burrow Tunnel
- Burrow Pro$14.99
Dark Mode Plus
No in-app purchases
Questions
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