Exodus Privacy
Focus: android and app permissions. Shares privacy and trackers with Cover Your Tracks. A website, not a web app. Adds Android. Same 4.6 rating.
WebsiteFreeWeb, Android
4.6Visit
Web App
Cover Your Tracks
See how trackers view your browser with this free EFF test.
Rating
4.6 / 5
Pricing
Free
Difficulty
Beginner
Works on
Web
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What is Cover Your Tracks?
Cover Your Tracks, from the Electronic Frontier Foundation, tests whether your browser blocks tracking ads and invisible trackers and how unique your browser fingerprint looks. The results explain each finding in plain language, and the test is free with no account needed.
Pros: what Cover Your Tracks does well
- Clear explanations of results
- Run by a respected non-profit
- Free, quick test
Cons: where it falls short
- Diagnoses but does not fix problems
- Results vary between runs
Who Cover Your Tracks is for
Anyone checking whether their privacy extensions actually work.
Who can skip it
People who never change browser or privacy settings.
Cover Your Tracks alternatives
Not sold on Cover Your Tracks? These do a similar job, and each card says what it has in common.
F-Droid
Focus: android, open source and app store. Shares privacy with Cover Your Tracks. A website, not a web app. Adds Android. Same 4.6 rating.
WebsiteFreeWeb, Android
4.6Visit
ToS;DR
Focus: terms of service, ratings and directory. Shares privacy with Cover Your Tracks. A website, not a web app. Adds Chrome and Firefox. Same 4.6 rating.
WebsiteFreeWeb, Chrome
4.6Visit
Startpage
Focus: private search, search engine and anonymous browsing. Shares privacy with Cover Your Tracks. A website, not a web app. Rated 4.5 (Cover Your Tracks: 4.6).
WebsiteFreeWeb
4.5Visit
switching.software
Focus: directory, alternatives and ethical tech. Shares privacy with Cover Your Tracks. A website, not a web app. Rated 4.4 (Cover Your Tracks: 4.6).
WebsiteFreeWeb
4.4Visit
DuckDuckGo
Focus: private search, privacy browser and tracker blocking. Also in Research and Digital Minimalism, like Cover Your Tracks. Freemium (Cover Your Tracks: Free). Adds Windows, macOS and Android. Same 4.6 rating.
Web AppFree planWindows, macOS
4.6Visit
Free alternatives to Cover Your Tracks
Want to spend nothing? These free picks cover similar ground.
FreshRSS
Focus: rss reader, news aggregator and feeds. Also in Research and Digital Minimalism, like Cover Your Tracks. Same 4.6 rating.
Web AppFreeWeb, Cross-Platform
4.6Visit
Mullvad Browser
Focus: private browser and anti-tracking. Shares fingerprinting and privacy with Cover Your Tracks. A desktop app, not a web app. Adds Windows, macOS and Linux. Rated 4.5 (Cover Your Tracks: 4.6).
Desktop AppFreeWindows, macOS
4.5Visit
Floorp
Focus: firefox, customisation and open source. Shares browser and privacy with Cover Your Tracks. A desktop app, not a web app. Adds macOS, Windows and Linux. Rated 4.4 (Cover Your Tracks: 4.6).
Desktop AppFreemacOS, Windows
4.4Visit
NetNewsWire
Focus: rss reader, mac app and news. Also in Research and Digital Minimalism, like Cover Your Tracks. A desktop app, not a web app. Adds macOS and iOS. Rated 4.7 (Cover Your Tracks: 4.6).
Desktop AppFreemacOS, iOS
4.7Visit
Pi-hole
Focus: ad blocker, dns and network. Shares privacy with Cover Your Tracks. Adds Linux. Rated 4.7 (Cover Your Tracks: 4.6).
Web AppFreeLinux, Web
4.7Visit
PDF.js
Focus: pdf viewer, reader and open source. Shares browser with Cover Your Tracks. Adds Firefox and Chrome. Same 4.6 rating.
Web AppFreeWeb, Firefox
4.6Visit
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