Shadowrocket vs Rolling Beast
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Shadowrocket
This utility client captures and redirects all device traffic to a proxy server. It records requests, allows rule-based configuration, and measures network performance. It also supports ad blocking, local DNS mapping, and advanced proxy features.
- Capture and redirect all device traffic
- Record HTTP, HTTPS, and DNS requests
- Configure rules by domain, IP, and GeoIP
- Measure traffic usage and network speed
- Import rule files from URL or iCloud
- Block ads by domain and user agent
- Local DNS Mapping
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Rule based proxy utility client for iPhone/iPad. - Capture all HTTP/HTTPS/TCP traffic from any applications on your device, and redirect to the proxy server. - Record and display HTTP, HTTPS, DNS requests from your iOS devices. - Configure rules using domain match, domain suffix, domain keyword, CIDR IP range, and/or GeoIP lookup. - Measure traffic usage and network speed on WiFi, cellular, direct and proxy connections. - Import rule files from URL or iCloud Drive. - Block ads by domain, user agent rules. - Local DNS Mapping. - Work on cellular networks. - Decrypt HTTPS traffic. - Perform URL rewrite. - Fully IPv6 supports. - Script filter supports. - Multi-level forward proxy. - Support kcptun, cloak, gost, v2ray plugins. - Support DNS over HTTPS, DNS over TLS, DNS over QUIC.
Rolling Beast
Track your skiing and snowboarding in 3D, analyze performance data, and share your runs with friends. Features include AI-powered slip analysis, interactive slope maps of Japanese resorts, and group leaderboards.
- 3D tracking playback and sharing
- Detailed ski performance data
- Group creation and private leaderboards
- AI slip analysis
- Interactive 3D slope maps
- Ski resort information and snow forecasts
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3D tracking playback and sharing: Share 3D ski tracking with your friends on Line, WhatsApp, or other social media tools. Rich tracking data: It tracks skis and provides data such as distance, maximum speed, average speed, total descent distance, and run distance. Team up: Create a group and let your friends join, automatically share group member tracking, and create a private leaderboard. AI slip away analysis: Rolling Beast can use machine learning to improve gliding accuracy with live tracking and detect uphill and downhill gliding data. AI Voice Recap: A complete tracking overview is provided when the gliding chase is complete. Sliding Tracking Replay: While riding the gondola, you can play 3D sliding tracking video and enjoy the live tracking screen without stopping. 3D interactive slope map: It shows 14 ski resorts in Japan as custom-designed 3D models and is a map with interactive trails and lifts. You can zoom, pan and rotate to explore. List of ski resorts and snow forecast: Visit the ski resort page to see resort leaderboards, lift wait times, snow forecast for each ski resort, and more. We currently operate at the following ski resorts in Japan: Niseko Able Hakuba Goryu Ski Resort and Hakuba 47 Hakuba Happo-one Ski Resort Ishiuchi-Maruyama Ski Resort Karuizawa Ski Resort Yawatabira Shimokura Ski Resort Lotte Arai Resort Madarao Kogen Ski Resort Naeba Ski Resort Appi Kogen Ski Resort Ryuo Ski Park Hoshino Resorts Tomamu Nozawa Onsen Ski Resort Kamitachi Snow Resort
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Shadowrocket at 57% against Rolling Beast's 0%. Shadowrocket also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 3) and ratings volume (12K vs 2). Rolling Beast's advantage is price (Free vs $2.99) and rating (5.0 vs 4.5). On update cadence, ads and iOS requirement 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
Rolling Beast is free to download; Shadowrocket costs $2.99 up front. Rolling Beast sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Shadowrocket asks for nothing beyond the download.
Rolling Beast holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Shadowrocket has 12K ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 57% of Shadowrocket's written reviews are positive against 0% of Rolling Beast's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Shadowrocket ships an update weekly, Rolling Beast every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and September 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Shadowrocket | Rolling Beast |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.5 (12K ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 57.5% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 12K — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Weekly | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Best chart rank | #1 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac, Apple TV — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 53 MB | 65 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Shadow Launch Technology Limited | Rolling Beast |
Customer experience
Shadowrocket
Rolling Beast
Bugs and requests
Shadowrocket
Reported bugs
3 issues- Incompatibility with newer iOS versions
- Unreliable server connections leading to timeouts
- Subscription management and customer support issues
Requested features
3 requests- Add support for more protocols (e.g. SSTP, L2TP)
- Implement auto-connect and load balancing features
- Develop a native macOS version
Rolling Beast
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Shadowrocket
No in-app purchases
Rolling Beast
- 1 day pass$5.99
- 7 days pass$23.99
- Lifetime pass$59.99
