# Tor Browser

> Experience real private browsing without tracking, surveillance, or censorship.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/org.torproject.torbrowser](https://chrome-stats.com/d/org.torproject.torbrowser)

## Overview

- **ID:** `org.torproject.torbrowser`
- **Platform:** Android
- **Type:** Android app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** The Tor Project
- **Category:** COMMUNICATION
- **Downloads:** 52,872,141
- **Rating:** 4.54 / 5 (288,747 ratings)
- **Version:** 15.0.22(140.15.0esr)
- **Last updated:** 2026-09-15
- **First published:** 2019-05-21
- **Publisher country:** US
- **Size:** 106 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-17
- **Store listing:** [Google Play Store](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.torproject.torbrowser)
- **Website:** [https://www.torproject.org](https://www.torproject.org/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://www.torproject.org/about/privacy\_policy/](https://www.torproject.org/about/privacy_policy/)

## Description

**Tor Browser for Android** is the official mobile browser from the Tor Project, built for private, unrestricted browsing without tracking, surveillance, or censorship. It isolates websites to block third-party trackers, automatically clears cookies, and helps defend against browser fingerprinting.

Your traffic is relayed and encrypted through the Tor network, helping prevent observers from seeing the websites you visit. As free and open-source software developed by a nonprofit organization, Tor Browser supports online privacy, anonymity, and freedom of access.

## Rankings

- #2,918 — Overall
- #38 — Communication (Free)
- #8 — browser
- #9 — new tab
- #13 — browsing
- #15 — browser settings

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE`
- `android.permission.CAMERA`
- `android.permission.CREDENTIAL_MANAGER_QUERY_CANDIDATE_CREDENTIALS`
- `android.permission.CREDENTIAL_MANAGER_SET_ORIGIN`
- `android.permission.DOWNLOAD_WITHOUT_NOTIFICATION`
- `android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE`
- `android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE_DATA_SYNC`
- `android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE_MEDIA_PLAYBACK`
- `android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE_SPECIAL_USE`
- `android.permission.HIGH_SAMPLING_RATE_SENSORS`
- `android.permission.INTERNET`
- `android.permission.MODIFY_AUDIO_SETTINGS`
- `android.permission.POST_NOTIFICATIONS`
- `android.permission.QUERY_ALL_PACKAGES`
- `android.permission.READ_MEDIA_AUDIO`
- `android.permission.READ_MEDIA_VISUAL_USER_SELECTED`
- `android.permission.RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED`
- `android.permission.RECORD_AUDIO`
- `android.permission.REQUEST_INSTALL_PACKAGES`
- `android.permission.USE_BIOMETRIC`
- `android.permission.USE_FINGERPRINT`
- `android.permission.VIBRATE`
- `android.permission.WAKE_LOCK`
- `com.adjust.preinstall.READ_PERMISSION`
- `com.google.android.c2dm.permission.RECEIVE`
- `com.google.android.finsky.permission.BIND_GET_INSTALL_REFERRER_SERVICE`
- `org.torproject.torbrowser.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION`
- `org.torproject.torbrowser.permission.RECEIVE_DOWNLOAD_BROADCAST`

## Review summary

Users praise ease of use and strong Tor-based privacy, but common complaints center on slow performance, intermittent connectivity, missing mobile features, frequent Tor circuit changes, and the lack of password-saving functionality.

### Pros

- Easy-to-use interface that is beginner-friendly for privacy novices.
- Strong privacy and security provided by Tor integration.
- Generally reliable and well-received by users.
- Positive overall sentiment and endorsement of using Tor Browser.

### Cons

- Slow performance, including slow searches and loading times.
- Occasional connectivity issues or outright inability to connect.
- Missing features and components in the mobile client.
- Tor circuits switch too often, causing IP changes that break sites expecting a stable address.
- Inability to save site passwords within the browser.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/org.torproject.torbrowser)