Charles Proxy Downloads & RevenueCharles Proxy · App Store
Charles Proxy is #79 in Utilities Paid in China and charting in 9 of 30 countries we track.
Updated 8 Nov 2026 · rankings refresh through the day
DeveloperXK72 Limited
CategoryUtilities
Price8.99 USD
Released
Rating★ 4.0 (189)
Version1.7.1
Age rating4+
First seen by us
24 Sep 2026
24 Sep 2026Installs (est.)10k+ worldwide
🚀Now shown next to Shadowrocket, 简单抓包📈Charting in a new country📈Entered the top 100⭐Passed 100 ratings⭐Passed 100 ratings📦Updated to version 1.7.1🆕First spotted by AppInsider📦Version 1.7🆕Released on the App Store
Full timeline · 31 events
- 🚀Charles Proxy: now shown next to Shadowrocket, 简单抓包the store's “similar apps” for it changed: who it's seen as competing with
- 📈Charles Proxy charting in a new countryChina
- 📈Charles Proxy entered the top 100Top Paid · Utilities · RU
- 📈Charles Proxy entered the top 100Top Grossing · Utilities · RU
- 📈Charles Proxy charting in a new countryMalaysia
- 📈Charles Proxy new best rank in the overall chart: #75Top Paid · All Apps · CO
- 📈Charles Proxy entered the top 100Top Paid · All Apps · CO
- 📈Charles Proxy charting in a new countryColombia
- 📈Charles Proxy charting in a new country in 2 chartsSweden · Thailand
- 📈Charles Proxy entered the top 10Top Paid · Utilities · SA
- 📈Charles Proxy entered the top 100Top Paid · Utilities · FR
- 📈Charles Proxy entered the top 10Top Paid · Utilities · AE
- 📈Charles Proxy new best rank in the overall chart: #86Top Paid · All Apps · AE
- 📈Charles Proxy entered the top 100Top Paid · Utilities · BR
- 📈Charles Proxy charting in a new countryNetherlands
- 📈Charles Proxy entered the top 100Top Paid · Utilities · AU
- 📈Charles Proxy charting in a new countryFrance
- 📈Charles Proxy new best rank in the overall chart: #87Top Paid · All Apps · AE
- 📈Charles Proxy entered the top 100 in 3 chartsTop Paid · All Apps · AE · Top Paid · Utilities · AE · Top Paid · Utilities · GB
- 📈Charles Proxy charting in a new country in 2 chartsUnited Kingdom · Japan
- 📈Charles Proxy entered the top 100Top Paid · Utilities · JP
- 📈Charles Proxy charting in a new countryUnited Arab Emirates
- 📈Charles Proxy charting in a new country in 3 chartsBrazil · India · Russia
- 📦Charles Proxy updated to version 1.7.1* Fix erroneous 503 response statuses
- 🆕Charles Proxy first spotted by AppInsider#32 in Top Paid · Utilities · Indonesia
- 📦Charles Proxy version 1.7• Rewrite tool: rules to modify the URL, host, path, query parameters, headers, body, and response status, scoped to requests, responses, or both
• Trust All Remote Certificates option, for proxying servers with invalid or self-signed certificates
• UI improvements in request/response viewers and settings
* SSL/TLS improvements
* Performance improvements in proxying layer… more - 🆕Charles Proxy released on the App Store
Collected from the stores by AppInsider since we first spotted the app. Dates are when we saw each change.
Rating
4.0 ★
189 ratings
Measured
Best rank now
#79
Utilities PaidMeasured
Charles Proxy on the App Store
App details
App ID
1134218562
Publisher
XK72 Limited
On the store since
Mar 2018
8 years on the store
Minimum OS
iOS 17.0+
iPhone XS and later
Devices
iPhone · iPad
Universal purchase
Content rating
4+
Languages
1
EN
Size
21 MB
Charles Proxy downloads
Worldwide, per day, and installs to date. The band is open; the exact number is free with an account.
How this is calculated
Apple publishes no download counts. App Store downloads come from chart positions and daily rating growth per country, calibrated on Google Play install counts; lifetime installs from ratings worldwide × installs per rating. Confidence is the chance the real number is within half to double ours.
Where Charles Proxy's downloads come from Modelled
Last 30 days: organic search, browsing the store, features and paid ads.
Active users
All platforms, worldwide. Free with an account.
Stickiness (DAU / MAU)
how many monthly users open it on a given day
How this is calculated
Monthly users come from lifetime installs across every store, fitted on monthly active user figures companies publish; daily users = monthly × the typical daily/monthly ratio for the category. Confidence is the chance the real number is within half to double ours.
Where it ranks now
Every top chart it appears in across 30 countries.
| Country | Charts | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| China | UtilitiesPaid | #79 |
 Japan | UtilitiesPaid | #105 |
 Brazil | UtilitiesPaid | #50 |
 United Arab Emirates | UtilitiesPaid | #28 |
 Canada | UtilitiesPaid | #80 |
 Italy | UtilitiesPaid | #77 |
 Australia | UtilitiesPaid | #110 |
 Russia | UtilitiesPaid | #131 |
 Saudi Arabia | UtilitiesPaid | #126 |
Apps near Charles Proxy on the chart
Utilities Paid, around #79.
Ratings
App Store, worldwide.
Rating
4.0 ★
189 ratings
Measured
Ratings
189
Measured
Review momentum
ⓘ How we measure thisNew ratings a week
under 1
4-week average
Lifetime rating
4.0★
recent stars not readable yet: new ratings are a tiny share of the total
Review momentum
46/100
faster than 43% of Utilities apps
Review momentum (0-100) blends how fast the app collects ratings compared with other apps in its category (60%), whether that pace is speeding up (25%) and what recent raters give it (15%; recent stars well below lifetime pull it down). Ratings counts are read daily. A jump usually means a launch, a feature, ads or a new review prompt.
What users say about Charles Proxy
From the 50 most recent App Store reviews in the US.
Mixed (46% of recent reviews give 4–5 stars). People like it for its features and content, and being easy to use. The main complaints are about crashes and bugs, and price and subscriptions.
What people like
- Features & content: “It’s a tool that I use all of the time for work”
- Ease of use: “Many thanks to the CharlesProxy team for bringing this app to iOS & making it so easy to use”
- Connection & sync: “My only issue is the local VPN disconnects when switching between mobile and WiFi connections”
- Updates: “Hope there are some updates soon!”
Common complaints
- Crashes & bugs: “Not working and No support”
- Price & subscription: “I’m disappointed that I spent money on this”
- Features & content: “I purchased this app only for its ssl proxy feature but it doesn’t work”
- Connection & sync: “Made sure that the connection comes as Trusted”
About Charles Proxy
Charles Proxy for iOS lets you capture, inspect and modify network requests and responses on your iOS device. You can view metadata, headers and bodies in the app, so you can finally debug your app’s networking issues without a computer.
Charles Proxy for iOS is an app from the creator of Charles Proxy for desktop.
HOW IT WORKS
Turn Charles on when you want to start capturing. Charles captures your network requests and responses in the background while you test your app or website. Return to Charles to inspect the requests and responses.
If you also have Charles on your desktop, you can transfer recorded sessions to your desktop to explore them on the big screen.
Charles creates a local VPN on your device. All of your network traffic passes through Charles on your device, and then out to the internet as usual over either WiFi or Mobile / Cellular data. There is no remote server involved, and your data always remains private to you.
FEATURES
* SSL Proxying to view SSL requests in plain text
* View and share request and responses bodies
* Syntax highlighting for text request and response bodies
* Measure network performance over WiFi or Mobile / Cellular networks
* Block requests to nominated hosts
* DNS spoofing
Charles Proxy for iOS is an app from the creator of Charles Proxy for desktop.
HOW IT WORKS
Turn Charles on when you want to start capturing. Charles captures your network requests and responses in the background while you test your app or website. Return to Charles to inspect the requests and responses.
If you also have Charles on your desktop, you can transfer recorded sessions to your desktop to explore them on the big screen.
Charles creates a local VPN on your device. All of your network traffic passes through Charles on your device, and then out to the internet as usual over either WiFi or Mobile / Cellular data. There is no remote server involved, and your data always remains private to you.
FEATURES
* SSL Proxying to view SSL requests in plain text
* View and share request and responses bodies
* Syntax highlighting for text request and response bodies
* Measure network performance over WiFi or Mobile / Cellular networks
* Block requests to nominated hosts
* DNS spoofing
Latest updates
1.7.1
* Fix erroneous 503 response statuses
1.7
• Rewrite tool: rules to modify the URL, host, path, query parameters, headers, body, and response status, scoped to requests, responses, or both
• Trust All Remote Certificates option, for proxying servers with invalid or self-signed certificates
• UI improvements in request/response viewers and settings
* SSL/TLS improvements
* Performance improvements in proxying layer
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