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Best Private Browsing Apps for iPhone (2026)

31 apps ranked S through F · · Ranked by AppTierList, computed, never sold · JSON

Part of Web Browsing.

DuckDuckGo, optional Duck.ai is the top-ranked of 31 private browsing apps on iPhone, at S tier with 4.8/5 from 2,411,870 ratings.

  1. 1
    DuckDuckGo, optional Duck.aiS
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 2,411,870 ratings · score 99
  2. 2
    Brave Browser & Search EngineS
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 665,527 ratings · score 99
  3. 3
    Aloha Browser - Private VPNS
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 314,214 ratings · score 97
  4. 4
    Firefox Fast & Private BrowserS
    Free · ★ 4.6 · 218,511 ratings · score 97
  5. 5
    Startpage - Private BrowserS
    Free download · ★ 4.8 · 7,318 ratings · score 93

What belongs in this list

Browse websites without leaving a trail of history, cookies or tracking on my phone.

Not here: A regular web browser alone; An ad blocker alone; A VPN alone with no built-in browser; Hiding photos or files in a vault alone; A bookmark or reading list alone

How we pick

For this list we ask the App Store the same searches a person would, in several countries, and keep every app it returns. A model reads each app's listing and rejects the ones that only mention the use case. Every app that stays is scored out of 100 from four parts, each 0 to 100 and averaged with no weights: its App Store rating, how many people rated it, where the App Store itself ranks it for this list's searches, and how recently its current version shipped. An app showing Apple's Editors' Choice badge gets a fifth part of 100, which can only lift its score. Tiers follow fixed score bands: S from 90, A from 80, B from 70, C from 60, D from 50, F below. The list's leader is S if it scores 80 or more. On a list of 20 or more ranked apps, a tier from S to D takes in new apps only up to a quarter of the top 40: an app pushed out of a full tier falls to the next tier with room, and F takes the rest. An app already in a tier keeps its place while the tier is at most 2 apps over a quarter; past that, only the apps over that margin go down, lowest score first. Equal scores share a tier, and no app has a better tier than an app ranked above it. An app keeps its tier until its score passes the band edge by more than 1 point, or a full tier or the order above moves it. Only the top 40 of a list get a tier. Read the full method →

S
DuckDuckGoBraveAloha BrowserFirefox FastStartpageFirefox Focus
A
TOR Browser: Onion VPN & OrbotTOR Browser: OrNET Onion + VPNVivaldiTOR Browser: VPN+Onion BrowserPrivate Browser DeluxeUPX Private
B
Private Browsing WhiteSnowbunnyPhantomOnion BrowserDarkwebOfflinePrivate Browsing Web Browser
C
UC BrowserPrivate WebBolt BrowserRedApp Browser
D
PhoenixQwantTOR Web
F
Secret BrowserWeb GuardFast Net VPNVPN AiPrime

Compare every app

  1. 1
    DuckDuckGo, optional Duck.aiS
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 2,411,870 ratings · score 99 · best in class
  2. 2
    Brave Browser & Search EngineS
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 665,527 ratings · score 99 · best in class
  3. 3
    Aloha Browser - Private VPNS
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 314,214 ratings · score 97 · best in class
  4. 4
    Firefox Fast & Private BrowserS
    Free · ★ 4.6 · 218,511 ratings · score 97 · best in class
  5. 5
    Startpage - Private BrowserS
    Free download · ★ 4.8 · 7,318 ratings · score 93 · best in class
  6. 6
    Firefox Focus: Privacy browserS
    Free · ★ 4.7 · 82,821 ratings · score 93 · best in class
  7. 7
    TOR Browser: Onion VPN & OrbotA
    Free download · ★ 4.6 · 14,184 ratings · score 91 · excellent
  8. 8
    TOR Browser: OrNET Onion + VPNA
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 71,527 ratings · score 91 · excellent
  9. 9
    Vivaldi Powerful Web BrowserA
    Free download · ★ 4.7 · 4,444 ratings · score 91 · excellent
  10. 10
    TOR Browser: VPN+Onion BrowserA
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 19,540 ratings · score 90 · excellent
  11. 11
    Private Browser DeluxeA
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.5 · 13,743 ratings · score 90 · excellent
  12. 12
    UPX Private BrowserA
    Free download · ★ 4.6 · 8,844 ratings · score 90 · excellent
  13. 13
    Private Browsing WhiteB
    $4.99 · ★ 4.8 · 4,375 ratings · score 89 · good
  14. 14
    Snowbunny Private Web BrowserB
    Free download · ★ 4.7 · 6,665 ratings · score 86 · good
  15. 15
    TOR Browser: PhantomB
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.5 · 13,496 ratings · score 86 · good
  16. 16
    Onion Browser : Private VPNB
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.3 · 13,364 ratings · score 85 · good
  17. 17
    Darkweb Browser for TOR sitesB
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.5 · 23,904 ratings · score 85 · good
  18. 18
    Offline: Files, Browser, VPNB
    Free download · ★ 4.6 · 137,748 ratings · score 80 · good
  19. 19
    Private Browsing Web BrowserB
    Free · ★ 4.7 · 128,118 ratings · score 79 · good
  20. 20
    UC BrowserC
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.4 · 4,889 ratings · score 78 · situational
  21. 21
    Private Web Browser IncognitoC
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.5 · 5,771 ratings · score 72 · situational
  22. 22
    Bolt Browser and DocumentsC
    Free download · ★ 4.8 · 225,939 ratings · score 67 · situational
  23. 23
    RedApp BrowserC
    Free download · ★ 4.6 · 2,449 ratings · score 67 · situational · provisional
  24. 24
    Phoenix - Fast & Safe BrowserD
    Free · ★ 4.3 · 15,294 ratings · score 58 · weak
  25. 25
    Qwant Private SearchD
    Free download · ★ 4.7 · 2,713 ratings · score 55 · weak · provisional
  26. 26
    TOR Web Browser Dark OnionD
    Free download · ★ 4.0 · 3,165 ratings · score 52 · weak · provisional
  27. 27
    Secret BrowserF
    Free download · ★ 4.5 · 2,479 ratings · score 49 · avoid · provisional
  28. 28
    Web Guard: Protection, PrivacyF
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.5 · 585 ratings · score 47 · avoid · provisional
  29. 29
    Fast Net VPN: Super Fast ProxyF
    Free download · ★ 4.5 · 122 ratings · score 46 · avoid · provisional
  30. 30
    VPN Ai + Private BrowserF
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 3,048 ratings · score 42 · avoid · provisional
  31. 31
    Prime Browser and DocumentsFnot on the App Store
    Free download · ★ n/a · 0 ratings · score 14 · avoid · provisional

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Questions people ask

What is the best private browsing app for iPhone?
DuckDuckGo, optional Duck.ai, S tier, ranked #1 of 31, rated 4.8 by 2,411,870 people.
Which private browsing apps are free?
29 of 31 are free to download: DuckDuckGo, optional Duck.ai (S), Brave Browser & Search Engine (S), Aloha Browser - Private VPN (S), Firefox Fast & Private Browser (S) and more. 13 of them sell in-app purchases. 4 report no in-app purchases.
Which private browsing app has the best App Store rating?
DuckDuckGo, optional Duck.ai at 4.8 from 2,411,870 ratings.
How many private browsing apps reach S or A tier?
12 of 31. Tiers follow fixed score bands: S from 90, A from 80, B from 70, C from 60, D from 50, F below. The list's leader is S if it scores 80 or more. On a list of 20 or more ranked apps, a tier from S to D takes in new apps only up to a quarter of the top 40: an app pushed out of a full tier falls to the next tier with room, and F takes the rest. An app already in a tier keeps its place while the tier is at most 2 apps over a quarter; past that, only the apps over that margin go down, lowest score first. Equal scores share a tier, and no app has a better tier than an app ranked above it. An app keeps its tier until its score passes the band edge by more than 1 point, or a full tier or the order above moves it. Only the top 40 of a list get a tier.

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