SmartCookieWeb vs Tor Browser
SmartCookieWeb
smartcookieweb.com
Tor Browser
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| Figure | SmartCookieWeb | Tor Browser |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | Free |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | — | Yes |
| macOS | — | Yes |
| Linux | — | Yes |
| Android | Yes | Yes |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 1 | 1 |
| Spec score · Web browsers | 8.2 (#61) | 9.1 (#10) |
| Spec score · Privacy browsers | 8.3 (#15) | 9.1 (#4) |
| Documentation depth | The official docs cover user settings, privacy, page tools, FAQs, Preview extensions and developer service integrations. | Tor's living specifications describe its protocols in enough detail to implement compatible software without reading the Tor source code. |
| Downloads | The download page offers Android APKs through GitHub and links to F-Droid and Google Play; it says F-Droid updates follow GitHub releases by 1–2 days and Google Play updates take about a week. | Tor Browser is available for Windows, macOS, Linux, and Android. |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Open source | The browser’s source code is available on GitHub. | Yes |
| Supported platforms | mobile | both |
| Rating on Google Play | SmartCookieWeb Privacy Browser is rated 4.1 out of 5 from 705 reviews on the opened listing. | 4.5 out of 5 from 288K reviews |
| Release news | Release notes for v16.3 list fixes for history/download crashes, translation improvements, userscript behavior and download-item crashes. | Tor Browser 15.0.21 was released September 1, 2026 with Firefox security updates, NoScript 13.6.32.1984, OpenSSL 3.5.8 and Android GeckoView 140.15.0esr. |
| Security settings | Security options include location permissions, removing identifying HTTP headers and blocking HTTP sites. | The Standard, Safer, and Safest security levels disable or restrict browser features to varying degrees, which can cause some pages to work improperly. |
| Support | The contact page directs users to report bugs or request features through GitHub issues and offers help by email; it also lists a CookieJarApps Telegram group with over 100 members. | Tor Project provides a user support team and recommends its public forum for help; its support channels focus on assisting Tor users in censored regions. |
| What it does | SmartCookieWeb is a customizable, open-source WebView browser for Android. | Tor Browser routes browsing through the Tor network to hide the user's IP address, resist tracking and help bypass censorship. |
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In their own words
SmartCookieWeb
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Tor Browser
Tor Browser routes its own web traffic through the Tor network to help hide a user's real IP address and resist tracking, surveillance, and censorship. Based on Mozilla Firefox ESR, it adds measures such as letterboxing, user-agent spoofing, and first-party isolation to make browser fingerprinting harder. Connections to different websites use different Tor circuits, while connections to the same website address use the same circuit. HTTPS-Only Mode upgrades connections to HTTPS where possible. Standard, Safer, and Safest security levels restrict browser features to varying degrees, which can cause some pages to work improperly. The browser can access onion services, and users in censored regions can configure bridges during setup. It is free, open-source software for Android, Linux, macOS, and Windows. Only Tor Browser traffic goes through Tor; other applications on the device are not automatically protected. The Tor Project recommends verifying download signatures and strongly discourages extra browser add-ons because they can affect privacy, security, or functionality.