Rar Sharp vs Lockdown Privacy
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Rar Sharp
This app efficiently extracts various compressed file formats with a user-friendly interface. It allows for previewing files within archives, selective decompression, and secure folder encryption. Transfer files via Wi-Fi or iTunes file sharing.
- Unzip password-protected RAR files
- Preview files without extraction
- Selective decompression
- Wi-Fi and iTunes file transfer
- Folder encryption
- Supports multiple archive formats
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Rar Sharp is a simple, practical decompression software, can fast, simple and efficient extracting file its easy-to-use interface, personalized settings let you easily office. Features * Supports to unzip password protected RAR files. * Click to BROWSE images and PREVIEW files inside an archive without extracting. * Supports to decompress selected certain files or parts of one given compressed file * Supports automatic encoding and select the file encoding (default auto-coding) * Supported unzip formats: rar, zip. * Built In-App Purchases supported formats:gzip, tar, cbz, cbr, gz, tgz, bz, bz2 ,tgz2 ,tbz,7z. * Supported compression formats: zip * Transferring files by wifi and iTunes file sharing * Sorting by file name、create time and file type * View, copy, move, delete, rename, email, zip Compression and unzip files/folders * Encryption folder, protect your files * Glide deleting function * Select all and Cancel all operate * Email multiple files, folder Supported * Open email attachments * Photo import Supported * Open files in other applications * Landscape mode supported Rar Sharp for OS X https://itunes.apple.com/cn/app/rar-sharp/id668609870?l=en&mt=12
Lockdown Privacy
This app provides comprehensive privacy protection by blocking trackers and badware across all your applications. It offers both an on-device firewall to stop hidden trackers and a secure VPN to keep your data and browsing private.
- On-device firewall
- Blocks ads and trackers in all apps
- Secure VPN for private browsing
- Hides IP address and location
- Open source and audited
- Customizable block lists
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Lockdown blocks trackers and badware in all your apps, blocking an estimated 100 million trackers per month for over 300,000 people. — Comprehensive Protection — Lockdown has two privacy features: Firewall and Secure Tunnel VPN. Each feature protects you from different threats, creating the complete solution for protecting your personal data, browsing history, and sensitive connections. FIREWALL — Blocks Hidden Trackers: The world's first on-device, open source blocker that stops ads, trackers, and badware in all your apps. SECURE TUNNEL VPN — Keep Your Data and Browsing Private: It's the no-logs, blazing-fast, privacy-first VPN. The only VPN to prove its Privacy Policy and be fully audited. — BASIC FIREWALL FEATURES — - Simple, one-tap to get protected against thousands of trackers for most users - Fully customizable blocking for advanced users: block any domain / service - Works for all apps, not just the browser - Useful preconfigured block lists that are updated every week - Blocking works "on-device" meaning it does all of its blocking without sending all your data to a third party server, unlike other blocking apps —ADVANCED FIREWALL FEATURES— - Import and create your own custom lists - Export your custom lists to share with others and save offline - Block thousands more trackers - Access to advanced curated lists and app specific block lists (e.g. TikTok, iFunny, Junes Journey) — SECURE TUNNEL VPN FEATURES — - Hide your location and unique IP address with one tap - Keeps you safe on public wi-fi hotspots and sites - Stops spying from snoopers and your ISP or cellular provider - Ultrafast with over a dozen regions globally — TRANSPARENCY YOU CAN TRUST — - Other privacy apps lie on their Privacy Policy and secretly sell user data, even if they promise not to - To solve this issue, the Openly Operated certification requires apps to *prove* their Privacy Policy - Lockdown is Openly Operated certified with a public 38-page audit report, and audited multiple times by security professionals — UNPARALLELED PRIVACY — - Open Source: Since firewalls have access to *everything* you do, it's critical that any firewall you use should be open source. Lockdown is 100% open source. - On-Device: Lockdown Firewall doesn’t connect to any servers. No logs of your browsing are sent to third parties or to our servers when using Lockdown Firewall. — PRESS COVERAGE — - The Washington Post - Business Insider - Forbes - FastCompany - MacRumors - 9to5Mac - ZDNet - Cult of Mac - The Mac Observer - iCulture - iClarified - AppAdvice
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Lockdown Privacy at 4.3 against Rar Sharp's 3.3. Lockdown Privacy also leads on ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (9.8K vs 64). Rar Sharp's advantage is review sentiment (53% vs 32%) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.6). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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. Rar Sharp sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Lockdown Privacy sells 14 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Lockdown Privacy holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 3.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Lockdown Privacy has 9.8K ratings behind it against 64, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 53% of Rar Sharp's written reviews are positive against 32% of Lockdown Privacy's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Rar Sharp ships an update every 3 months, Lockdown Privacy monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 11, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Rar Sharp | Lockdown Privacy |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.3 (64 ratings) | 4.3 (9.8K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 52.5% of reviews — better | 32.1% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 64 | 9.8K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 27 MB | 90 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 锦文 游 | CELESTIAN GOLDEN APPS |
Customer experience
Rar Sharp
Lockdown Privacy
Bugs and requests
Rar Sharp
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Lockdown Privacy
Reported bugs
3 issues- Firewall randomly turns off
- VPN forces itself to be enabled
- Blocks essential system apps
Requested features
4 requests- Ability to view/manage blocked connections
- Custom domain/app whitelisting
- Import/export of block lists
- Separate firewall and VPN functionality
In-app purchases
Rar Sharp
- Full Version$0.99
Lockdown Privacy
- One Week of Lockdown VPN Pro3 Days trial$0.997 Days
- One Week of Lockdown VPN Pro2 variants$0.997 Days
- Lockdown iOS Firewall Monthly$4.991 Month
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- One Week of Lockdown VPN Pro3 Days trial$4.997 Days
- One Month of Lockdown VPN7 Days trial$12.991 Month
- One Month of Lockdown VPN Pro7 Days trial$14.991 Month
- Lockdown iOS Firewall Annual7 Days trial$29.991 Year
- One Year of Lockdown VPN Pro3 variants$29.991 Year
- One Year of Lockdown VPN Pro2 variants$39.991 Year
- One Year of Lockdown VPN Pro3 Days trial$39.991 Year
- Lockdown Pro Annual LTO$59.991 Year
- One Year of Lockdown VPN7 Days trial$59.991 Year
- One Year of Lockdown VPN Pro3 Days trial$59.991 Year
- One Year of Lockdown VPN Pro7 Days trial$99.991 Year









