Comparison

Burrow Tunnel vs Mipa

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

Head to head
About

Burrow Tunnel

Features
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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.

About

Mipa

Manage your Mihomo and Clash controller instances remotely from your iOS device. Monitor live traffic, switch proxies, review rules, and perform maintenance actions through a clean, native interface.

Highlights
  • Connect to Mihomo/Clash controllers
  • Monitor live traffic statistics
  • Switch proxies and groups
  • Review rules and logs
  • Perform remote maintenance actions
  • Manage multiple services
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Mipa is a native iOS app for managing your own Mihomo and Clash controller instances from anywhere. Use Mipa to monitor live traffic, inspect connections, switch proxies, review rules, check logs, and manage core actions in a clean mobile interface designed for daily remote control. Features: - Connect to your own Mihomo or Clash controller instances - View real-time traffic, memory, and connection statistics - Switch proxies and inspect proxy groups - Review rules, logs, and detailed network activity - Reload config, update GEO data, and perform common maintenance actions - Manage multiple services in one place Mipa is built for users who want a focused and native remote controller for their proxy infrastructure. Notice: This app is not a VPN client and does not provide VPN service on iOS. It does not create or manage a VPN tunnel on the device and does not route user traffic through Network Extension. It only connects to user-managed external Clash / mihomo instances for status display and remote management. ---------------------- Mipa 是一款原生 iOS 应用,用于远程管理你自己的 Mihomo 和 Clash controller 实例。 你可以用 Mipa 查看实时流量、连接状态、代理分组、规则和日志,也可以在移动端完成常见的远程维护操作,适合日常远程控制和状态检查。 功能包括: - 连接并管理你自己的 Mihomo 或 Clash controller 实例 - 查看实时流量、内存和连接统计 - 切换代理并查看代理分组 - 查看规则、日志和详细网络活动 - 重载配置、更新 GEO 数据并执行常见维护操作 - 在一个应用中管理多个服务 Mipa 面向希望用简洁原生界面远程控制代理基础设施的用户。 注意:本应用并非 VPN 客户端,亦不在 iOS 设备上提供 VPN 服务。 本应用不会在设备本机创建或管理 VPN 隧道,也不会通过 Network Extension 对用户网络流量进行转发。 本应用仅作为远程管理客户端,连接到由用户自行部署和管理的外部 Clash / mihomo 实例,用于展示运行状态并执行远程管理操作。

Screenshots

Burrow Tunnel4 screens
Mipa4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Burrow Tunnel at Free against Mipa's $1.99. Burrow Tunnel also leads on iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). Mipa's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and update cadence (every 2 days vs every 2 weeks). On 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

Burrow Tunnel is free to download; Mipa costs $1.99 up front. Burrow Tunnel sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Mipa asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Burrow Tunnel ships an update every 2 weeks, Mipa every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on September 16, 2026 and September 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 5 level
Burrow Tunnel versus Mipa: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBurrow TunnelMipa
PriceFree — better$1.99
Rating—5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—2 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
Monetization—Paid
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size45 MB51 MB
Age rating9+4+
Developer鑫 姜宁 黄

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Burrow Tunnel

One-time1
  • Burrow Pro$14.99
None

Mipa

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Burrow Tunnel free?
Burrow Tunnel is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Mipa free?
Mipa costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Burrow Tunnel or Mipa have ads?
Neither Burrow Tunnel nor Mipa shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Burrow Tunnel or Mipa?
Burrow Tunnel ships an update every 2 weeks, and Mipa every 2 days. Most recently, Burrow Tunnel was updated on September 16, 2026 and Mipa on September 6, 2026.

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