OPNsense Manager vs Tower
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
OPNsense Manager
Manage multiple OPNsense firewalls remotely from your mobile device. Monitor network activity, control services, and configure firewall rules with real-time updates and secure authentication.
- Manage multiple OPNsense instances
- Real-time network activity monitoring
- Firewall rule management
- Service and VPN connection management
- Secure API and biometric authentication
- Live firewall logs
- Demo mode for exploration
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A versatile mobile application that can help with assisting multiple OPNsense instances from the comfort of your phone. • Demo Mode - Try the app without setup! Explore all features with realistic sample data before connecting to your firewall • Secure API Authentication - API key/secret based authentication with encrypted storage using platform-specific Keychain/Keystore • Multiple Profile Management - Seamlessly manage and switch between multiple OPNsense firewall instances • Real-time visibility into all network activity • Automatic device discovery on your network • View connection details: IPs, ports, protocols, data rates • Block unwanted devices directly from the monitor • View all active DHCP leases • Complete device information: IP, MAC, hostname, lease times • PIN Lock & Biometric Authentication - Secure app access with 4-6 digit PIN code plus Face ID, Touch ID, or Fingerprint support • Real-time Dashboard - Monitor system status, CPU/memory usage, gateway health, and uptime with auto-refresh capability • Firewall Rule Management - View, create, edit, delete, and toggle firewall rules with comprehensive configuration options • Live Firewall Logs - Real-time log viewing with filtering by action (Pass/Block/Reject), search functionality, and detailed packet information • Service Management - Start, stop, and restart system services with real-time status indicators and confirmation dialogs • System Information - View detailed firmware details, version info, architecture, and repository information • VPN Connection Management - Manage OpenVPN and Tailscale connections directly from the app • Remote Firewall Reboot - Safely reboot your OPNsense firewall remotely with confirmation • Multi-language Support - Available in English, Arabic, Spanish, French, and German • Profile Import/Export - Backup and share connection profiles as JSON files • Auto-Lock & Session Timeout - Configurable automatic locking (1-60 minutes) for enhanced security • Dark/Light Theme - Toggle between dark and light modes for comfortable viewing • Pull-to-Refresh - Update data instantly with a simple swipe gesture • Material Design 3 - Modern, beautiful UI optimized for various screen sizes • Offline Support - Graceful handling of network connectivity issues • Self-signed Certificate Support - Configurable per profile for flexible deployment
Tower
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Tower is a native iOS client for your Unraid server. It talks straight to your own machine — there is no account to create, no service in the middle, and nothing of yours on anybody else's computer. Tower does not provide, host, stream, or download any media. It is a remote management interface for a server and the applications you already run on your own hardware. A search you start runs against the indexers you configured on that server, and the result goes to your own download client. No media file is ever downloaded to your phone. YOUR SERVER, AT A GLANCE • Array status, capacity, and parity state the moment you open the app • CPU, memory, uptime, per-disk temperature and usage • User shares with their allocation settings, disks and the pool they live on • Notifications and system logs without reaching for a terminal DOCKER AND VIRTUAL MACHINES • Containers with real state — start, stop, restart, pause, resume • Per-container logs, ports, and the volumes actually mounted • Virtual machines, including force stop when a guest stops listening • A container and the service it runs, cross-linked both ways CONTROL THE SERVICES YOU RUN ALONGSIDE IT Tower drives the self-hosted applications on that server too, each through its own local API, and each appearing only once you have given Tower its address: • Sonarr, Radarr and Lidarr: library, calendar and history; add, edit or remove a movie, series or artist; start a search and send a result to your own download client • NZBGet: queue, progress and speeds; pause, resume or remove a download; retry from history • Prowlarr: indexer health, and adding, testing, enabling and removing indexers • Bazarr: subtitle status, and a manual subtitle search your server carries out • Overseerr: search, request, and approve or decline what is waiting on you • Tautulli: who is watching what, with bandwidth and transcoding at a glance Tower sends the instruction; the applications on your own server do the work. BUILT FOR iPHONE AND iPAD • Adaptive layouts with proper split views on iPad • Dynamic Type, semantic colors, and system controls throughout • Light and dark, or pin whichever you prefer PRIVATE BY CONSTRUCTION • Connects directly to your own machines over your own network • Every API key is stored in the iOS keychain and sent only to the server it belongs to • No accounts, no analytics, no ads, no telemetry, no backend of ours TRY IT FIRST • A built-in demo mode runs the whole app against sample data — every service, every screen — so you can see everything before pointing it at a real machine Tower requires an Unraid server with its GraphQL API enabled, and network access to it from your device. Service features require the corresponding application to be running and reachable on your network. Tower is an independent project, and is not affiliated with or endorsed by Lime Technology, Inc., Plex Inc., or the projects whose APIs it speaks.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Tower at none against OPNsense Manager's 1. OPNsense Manager's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.0). On price, update cadence, 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
Both are free to download. OPNsense Manager sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Tower asks for nothing beyond the download.
OPNsense Manager ships an update every 10 days, Tower every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | OPNsense Manager | Tower |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 31 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Hisham Ali | CARSON BOONE UNDERWOOD |
In-app purchases
OPNsense Manager
- Remove Ads / Become a Supporter$4.99
Tower
No in-app purchases









