Comparison

Hush vs BurnPony Self

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

Head to head
About

Hush

Features
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Hush is a safer way to visit websites you don't fully trust. Every site opens in a fully isolated session. The moment you close the tab, every cookie, cache entry, and trace is wiped clean โ€” as if you were never there. WHAT HUSH BLOCKS โ€ข Cross-site tracking โ€ข ~250 tracker, ad-network, and analytics domains โ€ข Browser fingerprinting (Canvas, WebGL, Audio, Battery) โ€ข Third-party cookies, WebRTC IP leaks, document referrer โ€ข Tracking URL parameters (utm_*, fbclid, gclid, msclkid) โ€ข Phishing sites (Apple Safe Browsing) โ€ข File downloads and clipboard reads PRIVATE BY DESIGN No accounts, no analytics, no servers. Hush keeps no logs and sends nothing anywhere. Everything stays on your device. WHAT HUSH IS NOT Hush is NOT a VPN. Your IP address remains visible to sites. Hush does not make you anonymous. We believe in being honest about what we do โ€” and what we don't. If privacy matters to you, give Hush a try.

About

BurnPony Self

Features
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Write a secret. Share one link. It reads once and burns. BurnPony encrypts your note on your phone before anything is sent. The server stores only ciphertext it cannot read, the decryption key travels in a part of the link that browsers never transmit, and the recipient needs nothing but a browser. No app on their side, no account on yours. WHAT IT DOES One link, any recipient, any device with a browser. View limits from 1 to 100, expiry from 5 minutes to 30 days, an optional auto-hide timer after reveal. Optional passphrase as a second factor, shared through a different channel than the link. Read receipts, honestly: the recipient is told before they open. No silent tracking, ever. Labels that never leave your phone: name a note "wifi password for mom" and the read notification says so, while the server knows nothing. Sent Notes: live status, view counts, change the expiration after sending, burn early with a swipe. The recipient page speaks nine languages, following the reader's browser. WHY YOU CAN CHECK INSTEAD OF TRUST The entire system is open source: this app, the server, and the recipient page, with a written protocol specification and cross-implementation test vectors. The note page is byte-reproducible from its published source, so View Source is a real audit, not a gesture. You can even run your own server and point the app at it from Settings. HONEST LIMITS Self-destruction limits exposure; it cannot un-share. A recipient can always copy or photograph a revealed note, and BurnPony says so on the note page itself, because a privacy tool that overpromises is worse than none. From NorseHorse, maker of PGPony, CarrierPony, AgePony, RelayPony, and QuorumPony.

Screenshots

Hush4 screens
BurnPony Self4 screens

Verdict

The call

Hush and BurnPony Self are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters โ€” price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them โ€” neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Hush versus BurnPony Self: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHushBurnPony Self
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyโ€”Every 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad โ€” betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.0 โ€” better18.6
Further details โ€” not scored
Size2 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developersalih berkay kokesmerKevin Stewart

In-app purchases

None

Hush

No in-app purchases

None

BurnPony Self

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Hush free?
Hush is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is BurnPony Self free?
BurnPony Self is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Hush or BurnPony Self have ads?
Neither Hush nor BurnPony Self shows ads.

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