Comparison

Neko vs Tunelly

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

Head to head
About

Neko

This app provides a user-friendly interface for managing proxy connections. It allows users to import their own configurations and offers features like one-tap connection and latency measurement. The app prioritizes privacy with no account or tracking.

Highlights
  • One-tap connect
  • Latency measurement
  • Multiple routing modes
  • Subscription management
  • Sakura and Midnight themes
  • Optional haptics and sounds
Features
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Neko is a cozy proxy client for iPhone and iPad. Point it at the subscription or nodes you already have, and it turns them into a one-tap tunnel — wrapped in an interface you will actually enjoy opening. BRING YOUR OWN CONFIGURATION Neko is a client, not a service. It does not include, sell or provide proxy servers, subscriptions or bandwidth. You supply a subscription URL, or paste node links from a provider you trust — or from a server you run yourself. THE CAT IS THE STATUS No status bars to decipher. Neko's mascot mirrors your tunnel: curled up asleep when you are disconnected, ears perked while connecting, bright-eyed and blushing once you are protected, and zooming when traffic is really flying. FEATURES • One-tap connect — tap the button, or just tap the cat • Sniff — measure real latency for every node before you commit • Auto or manual — let the fastest node be picked for you, or choose it yourself • Feeds — keep several subscriptions and switch between them instantly • Routing modes — Smart Paw (rule-based), Roam Free (global) or Stay Home (direct) • Paw Prints — a live, readable log of what the engine is doing • Sakura light and Midnight dark themes, designed to match • Purr haptics and a little meow when you connect, both optional PROTOCOLS Shadowsocks, VMess, Trojan, VLESS and Hysteria2. IMPORT FORMATS Subscription URLs returning base64-encoded link lists or plain link lists, YAML configuration files in the widely used mihomo format, and individual node links pasted straight from your clipboard. PRIVACY BY DESIGN No account. No sign-up. No analytics, no advertising, no tracking of any kind. Your subscriptions, nodes and settings are stored only on your device, and Neko never sees your traffic — it runs entirely on your iPhone or iPad and connects only to the servers you configure. BUILT ON A FAST, OPEN CORE Neko is powered by meow-rs, an open-source proxy engine written in Rust and distributed under the MIT licence. It is compact and efficient enough to run comfortably inside an iOS network extension. PLEASE NOTE Neko requires your own proxy configuration to be useful — it ships with no servers and no free trial of any network service. You are responsible for using it in line with the laws that apply to you and with the terms of whichever provider you choose. Support and setup guide: https://starhubinfo.github.io/neko/ Privacy Policy: https://starhubinfo.github.io/neko/privacy.html

About

Tunelly

Features
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Tunelly is a network utility for people who run their own proxy infrastructure. It is a client, not a service. We operate no servers and sell no access. You already have a configuration — a subscription address from a panel you use, a share link someone sent, or a file for a server you run yourself. Paste it. Tunelly connects to those servers and carries traffic through them. The tunnel runs in its own process. Close the app and the connection stays up. A Control Centre switch, a Home Screen widget and a Lock Screen activity start and stop the same session. A subscription arrives the way the operator wrote it: balanced server groups and the traffic split that keeps local banking and government sites off a foreign exit. Your own choices sit in front of theirs. Russian services and the network this phone is on can skip the tunnel, because those destinations refuse a foreign address or only exist here. Nothing is collected. Configurations stay on the device, in the keychain. There is no account and no sign-up. What it reads • Share links the engine can carry: VLESS, Hysteria2, WireGuard, AmneziaWG • Subscriptions: plain lists, base64, sing-box JSON and Xray JSON • Sealed subscriptions, so subscribers cannot copy a server address • An operator's notice, traffic split and server groups, kept as issued What it does • Holds the connection on mobile data • Reuses warm connections so a page does not pay a handshake per request • Measures a server by using it, not by pinging its address • Says why a connection failed • Shares a diagnostics log from Settings when something fails, and only then

Screenshots

Neko4 screens
Tunelly4 screens

Verdict

The call

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

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.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Neko versus Tunelly: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNekoTunelly
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequency—Daily
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, Mac
Requires iOS17.016.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size22 MB29 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperStarHub InfoNetly LLC

In-app purchases

None

Neko

No in-app purchases

None

Tunelly

No in-app purchases

Questions

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

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