None declared
It depends on how you feel about tracking: Phoenix Browser + Proxy VPN declares data used to track you. The sensitive items are user content. In total the label lists 4 data types; 32% of private browsers we checked declare tracking.
Phoenix Browser + Proxy VPN privacy in one look
- 1Collects nothing
- 2Not linked
- 3Linked
- 4Tracks you
Built only from the developer's App Store label. It describes disclosure, not tested behaviour.
Phoenix Browser + Proxy VPN's developer reports using usage data to track you across other companies' apps and websites.
Did Phoenix Browser + Proxy VPN ask for something?
Pick the permission prompt you saw. We compare it with what Phoenix Browser + Proxy VPN's developer declared.
Location is not on Phoenix Browser + Proxy VPN's label. That can be fine: data used only on your iPhone does not have to be declared. If the data would need to leave the phone for the feature to work, ask why it is missing.
Phoenix Browser + Proxy VPN lists User Content on its label. Choose Limited Access and pick only the photos you want to share.
Contacts is not on Phoenix Browser + Proxy VPN's label. That can be fine: data used only on your iPhone does not have to be declared. If the data would need to leave the phone for the feature to work, ask why it is missing.
Phoenix Browser + Proxy VPN declares data used to track you, so expect the “Allow to track?” prompt. Tap Ask App Not to Track; the app must keep working without it.
Health & Fitness is not on Phoenix Browser + Proxy VPN's label. That can be fine: data used only on your iPhone does not have to be declared. If the data would need to leave the phone for the feature to work, ask why it is missing.
A permission is what the app can reach on your iPhone; the label is what the developer says leaves it. They answer different questions.
What Phoenix Browser + Proxy VPN collects, explained
| Data type | What it covers | Where to limit it |
|---|---|---|
| User ContentSensitiveNot linked to you | Messages, photos, videos, audio recordings, documents and support chats you create or upload. | Settings › Privacy & Security › Photos: choose Limited Access or None; review Microphone and Files access too. |
| IdentifiersNot linked to you | An account ID, screen name, customer number or a device-level ID such as the advertising identifier. | Settings › Privacy & Security › Tracking: turn off Allow Apps to Request to Track, or tap Ask App Not to Track when prompted. |
| Usage DataUsed to track youNot linked to you | What you tap, open and view inside the app, plus which ads you have seen. | There is no single iOS switch. Look for an analytics or personalised-ads toggle in the app's own settings. |
| DiagnosticsNot linked to you | Crash logs, launch times, hang rates and energy use. | Settings › Privacy & Security › Analytics & Improvements › Share With App Developers controls what Apple passes on; the app's own crash reporting is separate. |
What Phoenix Browser + Proxy VPN's label means for you
Phoenix Browser + Proxy VPN's label has 1 type under “Data Used to Track You”, 4 types under “Data Not Linked to You”. A data type can appear in more than one section when it is used for different purposes — for example, identifiers used for both analytics and advertising.
Tracking is the declaration that most separates apps. It means usage data from Phoenix Browser + Proxy VPN can be combined with data from other companies to target or measure ads, or shared with data brokers. On iOS 14.5 and later, the app must ask your permission before tracking you through the advertising identifier; answering “Ask App Not to Track” blocks that identifier and tells the developer you have declined.
The items that deserve the most attention are user content. This is the content you actually care about. Where it is stored, who can read it and how it is backed up matters more than any other line on the label.
A private browser should collect less than the sites it visits. Browsing History or Identifiers on its label are worth a second look. Check the default search engine, whether history syncs to an account, and whether tracker blocking is on by default.
Among the 160 private browsers in our snapshot with a label, 32% declare tracking, 39% collect data linked to you and 31% say they collect nothing. Phoenix Browser + Proxy VPN lists 4 data types, more than the average of 2.1 for this group.
Utilities range from calculators to VPNs, so their labels vary more than any other category. A simple tool that collects identifiers and usage data for tracking is a sign of advertising SDKs.
Settings to check for Phoenix Browser + Proxy VPN
- 1
Tracking
Settings › Privacy & Security › Tracking. If “Allow Apps to Request to Track” is off, apps cannot ask, and they are told to treat you as having declined. You can also turn it off for this app alone.
- 2
Photos
Settings › Privacy & Security › Photos. Limited Access lets you pick exactly which pictures the app can see; Add Photos Only lets it save without reading your library.
- 3
Lock the app
On iOS 18 and later, touch and hold the icon and choose Require Face ID. Anyone who picks up your unlocked phone then needs your face, fingerprint or passcode to open it.
- 4
Notifications
Settings › Notifications › Phoenix Browser + Proxy VPN › Show Previews: When Unlocked keeps message and account details off the Lock Screen.
Does Phoenix Browser + Proxy VPN track you?
Usage data. Apple defines tracking as linking data from this app with data from other companies' apps, websites or offline sources for targeted advertising or ad measurement, or sharing it with a data broker.
Does Phoenix Browser + Proxy VPN track you? Full answer and how to stop it →
Lock Phoenix Browser + Proxy VPN behind Face ID
- Find Phoenix Browser + Proxy VPN on your Home Screen or in App Library.
- Touch and hold the icon until the quick-actions menu opens.
- Tap Require Face ID (or Require Touch ID / Require Passcode, depending on your iPhone).
- Tap Require Face ID again to confirm. Phoenix Browser + Proxy VPN now asks for authentication every time it opens.
The lock is an iPhone feature, so it works whether or not Phoenix Browser + Proxy VPN has a passcode of its own. It does not change what the app sends to its developer.
About Phoenix Browser + Proxy VPN
| Developer | TIMON SOFTWARE SOLUTIONS COMPANY LIMITED |
| App Store category | Utilities (also Productivity) |
| Latest version | 26, released September 2026 |
| First released | February 2020 |
| Requires | iOS 13 or later |
| Size | 73 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ |
| Languages | 17 (EN, FR, DE, ID, IT, JA, KO, MS…) |
| Bundle ID | timon.proxy.browser |
The current version shipped in September 2026, so the app is actively maintained and its label is likely current. Labels are updated by developers when practices change.
Also by TIMON SOFTWARE SOLUTIONS COMPANY LIMITED: Kiwi.
What the label cannot tell you
- A label is self-reported. Apple publishes the developer's answers and can reject apps that misrepresent them, but it does not independently verify what Phoenix Browser + Proxy VPN sends.
- It does not say where data is stored, how long it is kept, whether it is encrypted, or which companies receive it. The privacy policy covers those points.
- Optional data counts: if a feature lets you add something (a profile photo, a phone number), the type is listed even if you never use the feature.
- Data handled only on your iPhone is not 'collected', so a no-collection label is compatible with an app that reads your files locally.
- Third-party sign-in, payment processors and SDKs are supposed to be included, but a label can lag behind a new version.
The question to ask Phoenix Browser + Proxy VPN's developer: Does the browser keep my history on its servers?
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Your Phoenix Browser + Proxy VPN privacy checklist
Done. You have applied every control the label points to.
True or false?
- Right.Not quite.
True: it lists usage data under Data Used to Track You.
- Right.Not quite.
Labels are self-reported by developers. Apple can reject or remove apps that misrepresent practices, but it does not audit each label.
- Right.Not quite.
True: User Content appears on its label, in the Not Linked to You section.
- Right.Not quite.
It is collected and sent; the developer says it is de-identified rather than tied to your account or device.
- Right.Not quite.
Apple's rules require apps to work the same whether or not you allow tracking.