📈Last 7 days+28K installs — 17% slower than the week before (+34K) · 3.8K/day since Sep 26
🏆Among Communication appstop 1% by installs gained this week (148 peers growing)
⭐Rating steady at ★ 3.99 since Sep 26
🛠Updatesactively updated · updated 27 days ago · every ~49 days (3 updates tracked)
Installs since launch
+151,945 installs
· +13 ratings
since Sep 26
Update history
17.9.7-RC-1-tor-0.4.9.14-1-g0ea112a4dOct 14, 2026
- Tor 0.4.9.14<br>- IPtProxy 5.7.0 (Updated Snowflake to version 2.15.1)<br>- Security fixes from our recent independent audit<br>- Redesigned Kindness Mode setup, and it now restarts reliably if Android stops it<br>- Snowflake proxy fixes; UPnP mappings survive restarts<br>- Custom bridge fixes, including unusual spacing<br>- Updated Tor, built-in bridges and GeoIP data<br>- Proxy port, IPv6 and
17.9.6-RC-1-tor-0.4.9.13Oct 1, 2026
- Tor 0.4.9.13<br>- Security fixes from our recent independent audit<br>- Other apps can no longer start Orbot<br>- Redesigned Kindness Mode setup, and it now restarts reliably if Android stops it<br>- Snowflake proxy fixes; UPnP mappings survive restarts<br>- Custom bridge fixes, including unusual spacing<br>- Updated Tor, built-in bridges and GeoIP data<br>- Proxy port, IPv6 and app routing fixe
17.9.5-RC-4-tor-0.4.9.11Jul 8, 2026 · seen Sep 26, 2026
- Updated to Tor 0.4.9.11 and Snowflake 2.14.1<br> - Reworked Kindness Mode with a clearer proxy quality check and live NAT type<br> - Added Android 17 support, including permission handling for "open proxy on all interfaces"<br> - More accurate connection progress that persists when you rotate your device<br> - Fixed logs clearing on rotation, a startup crash, and boot auto-start;
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Orbot: Tor for Android is a communication app by The Tor Project with 10,000,000+ downloads (about 47M estimated). +28K installs in the last 7 days. Rated 4.0 from 197K ratings. Released Aug 13, 2010. Install growth, rank history, SDKs and ad networks.
From the store listing: “Orbot is a free VPN and proxy app that empowers other apps to use the internet more securely. Orbot uses Tor to encrypt your Internet traffic and then hides it by bouncing through a series of computers around the world. Tor is free software and an open network that helps you defend against a form of network…”