Psylo: Privacy Browser & Proxy

I initially wrote a review giving it 3 stars because, despite the expensive price and annoying yellow block saying your subscription expired, you could still use the basic offline features (which don’t cost the devs any money) with your own proxy or none at all. Days later they updated the app and completely blocked all basic features unless you pay $11/mo. There was no mention of this in the changelog. They basically tricked people into updating and took away 100% of the previously free features. I’ll be deleting all of my comments on social media recommending this app for privacy, and I’ll mention that the developers are unethical and untrustworthy any time I see the app mentioned.

I do thing tab isolation at this level is good privacy feature, but compared to other free privacy focused browsers I just can justify a subscription. I know stuff like this takes time which requires money but I’m not sure how many people out there are willing to pay for a browser, especially if they are satisfied with the level of privacy already offered by others. Overall I hope to see this grow, but just can see myself paying for it

The Psylo concept is really brilliant. However, several points prevent me from subscribing. The price of $10 per month remains psychologically a barrier for me and probably for many other users. An entry price of $3-4 would allow wider adoption. Privacy should be a human right and not depend on income. I understand the team needs to make a living but $10 per month is too much for me. The concept deserves to be accessible to as many people as possible. The ergonomics are average: impossible to easily create a widget to access your silos. You have to manually copy the link then create a shortcut by hand. For a power user it's fine but it lacks practicality for the average person. The UI/UX is also improvable. It would be great to be able to use Psylo as a regular web browser without a subscription. With its anti-fingerprinting advances, it would already be the best privacy-oriented iOS browser, even without the proxy network. One question bothers me: when Psylo is set as the default browser, do webviews from third-party apps also use the silo system? This would be important to clarify. For now, I won't subscribe to the service due to the price, but I'll closely monitor the project's evolution as the team clearly has the skills to revolutionize private browsing on iOS.