DarkTunnel review: score, privacy and prices
0.99
out of 10not in the main ranking (too little published data)
Free / mobile app median 2.3
- Free / mobile app
- Jurisdiction:not stated, outside 5/9/14 Eyes
- Data completeness33%
- Checked2026-10-15
- No email to sign up
- Free plan
Red flag: Stores connection IP addresses. A red flag caps the score at 6.0.
In 10 seconds
Strongest against its segment
- Censorship bypass4.3 vs 0.5
- Security and protocols0.0 vs 1.2
- Network and streaming0.0 vs 1.7
Weakest against its segment
- Privacy and jurisdiction0.3 vs 2.7
- Price and fair terms1.2 vs 3.4
- Platforms and support0.6 vs 2.8
- Ads in the free plan
- Stores connection IP addresses
How the score adds up
Six sub-scores, each against the median of Free / mobile app services in the main ranking (80 services). Open a line to see which published facts earned points and which were missing or not disclosed.
DarkTunnelsegment median
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Privacy and jurisdiction30% of the score · segment median 2.70.3
What earned points
- No-logs policy +2
- Independent no-logs audit +3
- No-logs confirmed in court +1
- Warrant canary +1
- Transparency report +1
- Sign-up without email +1.5
- Account number sign-up +0.5
- Stores connection IP (penalty) −3
- Public incident (penalty) −2
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Security and protocols20% of the score · segment median 1.20.0
What earned points
- Kill switch +2
- DNS leak protection +1.5
- RAM-only servers +1
- Post-quantum encryption +1
- Perfect forward secrecy +0.5
- Security audit +2
- Open-source clients +1.5
- 2FA +1
- Multi-hop +1
- Bug bounty +1
- Only PPTP / L2TP (penalty) −2
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Price and fair terms15% of the score · segment median 3.41.2
What earned points
- Free plan +1.5
- Free trial +1
- Trial without a card +1
- Crypto payments +1
- Cash payments +0.5
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Censorship bypass15% of the score · segment median 0.54.3
What earned points
- Stealth / obfuscation +2
- VLESS / Reality +1.5
- Trojan +1
- Hysteria2 +1
- Shadowsocks +1
- AmneziaWG +1
- obfs4 +0.5
- TUIC +0.5
- NaiveProxy +0.5
- Mirrors or Telegram channel +0.5
- VoIP in the UAE (claimed) +0.5
- Manual configs +0.5
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Network and streaming10% of the score · segment median 1.70.0
What earned points
- 10 Gbps servers +1
- Dedicated IP +0.5
- Port forwarding +0.5
- MENA locations +0.5
- Torrenting allowed +1
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Platforms and support10% of the score · segment median 2.80.6
What earned points
- Routers +1
- Browser extensions +0.5
- Split tunneling +1
- Ad / tracker blocker +1
- 24/7 live chat +2
- live chat +0.5
- Support on Telegram +0.5
- Status page +0.5
DarkTunnel pricing
DarkTunnel does not publish a paid price we could read. Free plan: Yes free app, provided AS IS. Market median across the main ranking: €3.13 a month.
All plans as published
| Plan | Term | Renewal term |
|---|---|---|
| Free (ad-supported, BYO server) | 1 mo | 1 mo |
Refunds, trial and payment
- Refund window
- Not stated
- Free trial
- Not stated
- Auto-renewal
- Not stated
- Payment methods
- Not stated
Everything DarkTunnel publishes
Every fact we collected about DarkTunnel, as the provider and reviewers state it. Empty fields are left out; key fields we could not find say “Not stated”. “Partial”: only on some platforms, servers or plans.
Company
- Legal entity
- Rifka Aulia Sulaeman (individual developer, per Play)
- Registered in
- Indonesia
- Address
- Indonesia (country only)
- Surveillance alliance (5/9/14 Eyes)
- none
- Website languages
- EN
- Right-to-left languages
- No
Plans, prices and add-ons
- Plans
- free app
- Cheapest price a month
- Not stated
- Monthly plan
- 0
- 1-year plan, a month
- 0
- 2-year plan, a month
- 0
- Lifetime plan
- Not stated
- Family plan
- Not stated
- Dedicated IP add-on
- No
- Port forwarding add-on
- No
- Double VPN add-on
- No
- Antivirus
- No
- Password manager
- No
- eSIM
- No
- Identity protection
- No
- Cloud storage
- No
- Other add-ons
- No
Discounts and programmes
- Student discount
- Not stated
Limits and restrictions
- Devices at once
- Not stated
Free plan
- Free plan
- Yes free app, provided AS IS
- Free data
- Not stated
- Ads in the free plan
- Yes AdMob
- Other free plan terms
- user supplies own tunnel servers/configs
Payment and subscription
- PayPal
- Not stated
- Cryptocurrency
- Not stated
- Cash
- Not stated
- Gift cards
- Not stated
- Auto-renewal by default
- Not stated
- Email needed to sign up
- No registration optional
- Account-number login
- Not stated
- Identity check (KYC)
- No
- Money-back guarantee, days
- Not stated
Free trial terms
- Trial length
- Not stated
- Card needed for the trial
- Not stated
Server locations
- Countries
- Not stated
- Servers
- Not stated
- Server countries
- Not stated
- Middle East and North Africa
- Not stated
- Virtual locations
- Not stated
- P2P servers
- Not stated
- Obfuscated servers
- Not stated
Network features
- RAM-only servers
- Not stated
- IPv6
- Not stated
- Dedicated IP
- Not stated
- Static IP
- Not stated
- Residential IP
- Not stated
- Double VPN / multi-hop
- Not stated
- Tor over VPN
- Not stated
- SOCKS5 proxy
- Not stated
- Smart DNS
- Not stated
Protocols and encryption
- WireGuard✕ No
- OpenVPN✕ No
- IKEv2✕ No
- L2TP/IPsecNo
- SSTPNot stated
- SoftEtherNot stated
- Own protocol✕ No
- VLESS / RealityNot stated
- VMess✓ Yes
- Trojan✓ Yes
- Shadowsocks✓ Yes
- Hysteria2✕ No
- TUIC✕ No
- NaiveProxy✕ No
- obfs4✕ No
- AmneziaWG✕ No
- PPTP✓ No
- Other protocols
- SSH
- SSH over DNSTT (SlowDNS)
- V2Ray custom config
- transports TCP/WebSocket/gRPC
- SNI/proxy inject modes
- Perfect forward secrecy
- Not stated
- Post-quantum encryption
- Not stated
- Manual configuration files
- Yes user configs (locked config files supported)
- Open-source apps
- No
Censorship and blocking
- Obfuscation (stealth mode)
- Yes SNI injection, DNSTT, WebSocket/gRPC
- Countries it claims to work in
- Not stated
- Mirror sites or Telegram channel
- Not stated
- Calls in the UAE
- Not stated
Security
- Kill switch
- Not stated
- DNS leak protection
- Not stated
- Split tunnelling
- Not stated
- Ad and malware blocker
- Not stated
- Two-factor sign-in
- Not stated
- Security audits
- Not stated
- Bug bounty
- Not stated
Privacy
- No-logs policy
- No
- Independent no-logs audit
- Not stated
- Data retention
- auto-collected data up to 24 months then aggregated
- Shared with third parties
- Google Play Services
- AdMob
- Firebase Analytics
- Crashlytics
- service providers
- Transparency report
- Not stated
- Warrant canary
- Not stated
- Law enforcement requests
- disclose when required by law
- Anonymous sign-up
- Yes registration optional
- Privacy policy updated
- 2025-04-18
What the privacy policy says is collected
Yes: collected. No: not collected. Partial: kept briefly or only in part. Not stated: the policy does not say.
- Emailif registering✕ Yes
- Connection IPIP address✕ Yes
- Session timesNot stated
- Device infodevice type/ID, OS, browser✕ Yes
- App analyticsGoogle Analytics for Firebase✕ Yes
- Crash reportsFirebase Crashlytics✕ Yes
Apps and devices
- WindowsNot stated
- macOS✕ No
- Linux✕ No
- iOSNot stated
- Android✓ Yes
- Android TVNot stated
- Fire TVNot stated
- Apple TVNot stated
- ChromebookNot stated
- Smart TVNot stated
- RoutersNot stated
- NASNot stated
- Raspberry PiNot stated
- Game consolesNot stated
- Browser extensions
- Not stated
- Google Play rating
- 4.1 (~11.7K reviews)
- Google Play installs
- 5M+
- Last app update
- 2025-07-07 (v1.0.26)
Speed, streaming and gaming
- 10 Gbps servers
- Not stated
- Netflix
- Not stated
- BBC iPlayer
- Not stated
- Disney+
- Not stated
- Prime Video
- Not stated
- Gaming features
- Not stated
- Torrenting
- Not stated
Support
- Live chat
- Not stated
- Live chat 24/7
- Not stated
- Email / tickets
- Yes admin@darktunnel.net
- Phone
- Not stated
- Telegram
- Not stated
- Not stated
- Support languages
- EN
- Server status page
- Not stated
For teams and business
- SSO / SAML
- Not stated
- Admin panel
- Not stated
- Zero-trust access (ZTNA)
- Not stated
What users say
Reviews never change our score. Ratings are smoothed: a source’s average across all VPNs counts as 50 extra reviews, so a few five-star reviews cannot outrank thousands.
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Google Play
4.15 of 5, smoothed
From 800 collected reviews (raw average 4.17; all VPNs 3.90). Last 90 days: 3.71 from 68.
The company replied to 0 of 137 negative reviews (1–2 stars).
Ratings shown on the platforms themselves: Google Play 4.1 (11.7K ratings).
Reviews per month, last 12 months
36 Reddit and forum threads mention DarkTunnel (titles and search snippets only).
Latest reviews and related rankings
Latest reviews
Short excerpts with a link to the original. We do not reproduce reviews in full.
Google Play · 5★ · 12 Oct 2026
this is the best app in my life
Google Play · 2★ · 11 Oct 2026
ليس مثل سابق
Google Play · 1★ · 09 Oct 2026
This app wastes data and time
Rankings by user reviews
Questions about DarkTunnel
Answers built from what DarkTunnel publishes. Open a question to read the details.
DarkTunnel alternatives: similar VPNs ranked by our score
6 alternatives to DarkTunnel (0.99) from the same segment, by features, price and owner. Highest: Npv Tunnel (NapsternetV) (2.83).
Alternatives to DarkTunnel
| # | Service | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Npv Tunnel (NapsternetV) | 2.83 |
| 2 | V2Box | 2.72 |
| 3 | HTTP Custom - AIO Tunnel VPN | 2.25 |
| 4 | v2rayNG | 2.12 |
| 5 | Bee Plus V2ray | 1.30 |
| 6 | V2ray Tunnel Plus (MinaProNet) | 1.29 |
DarkTunnel compared side by side
Who owns DarkTunnel? Company, jurisdiction and related brands
DarkTunnel is run by Rifka Aulia Sulaeman (individual developer, per Play), registered in Indonesia.
Company
- Address
- Indonesia (country only)
In our rankings
DarkTunnel appears on 54 topic pages. Its place on each:
- Shadowsocks VPNs, no email#24 of 24
- VPNs outside 14 Eyes with Shadowsocks support#26 of 26
- VPNs for censorship#31 of 59
- Free Shadowsocks VPNs#37 of 37
- Trojan protocol#39 of 41
- VMess#45 of 47
- Shadowsocks + obfuscated servers#51 of 52
- Xray / V2Ray#68 of 72
- Non-14 Eyes VPNs, no email#70 of 74
- VPNs outside 14 Eyes with obfuscated servers#70 of 70
- Shadowsocks#71 of 73
- Manual config files#75 of 118
Show all 54
- Obfuscated VPNs, no email#81 of 81
- Free VPNs for Egypt#88 of 111
- Free VPNs for India#88 of 111
- Free VPNs for Pakistan#88 of 111
- Free VPNs for Turkey#88 of 113
- Free VPNs for Bahrain#89 of 115
- Free VPNs for China#89 of 114
- Free VPNs for Kuwait#89 of 115
- Free VPNs for Oman#89 of 115
- Free VPNs for Qatar#89 of 115
- Free VPNs for Saudi Arabia#89 of 115
- Free VPNs for the UAE#89 of 118
- Free VPNs outside 14 Eyes#103 of 123
- Free obfuscated VPNs#110 of 111
- Free VPNs without email#126 of 142
- Android VPNs without email#130 of 143
- Mobile VPN apps#139 of 178
- Android VPNs for India#151 of 170
- Android VPNs for the UAE#152 of 181
- Android VPNs for China#154 of 186
- Obfuscated VPNs#164 of 192
- VPNs for travel to Egypt#164 of 192
- VPNs for travel to India#164 of 192
- VPNs for travel to Pakistan#164 of 192
- VPNs for travel to Turkey#164 of 196
- VPNs for travel to Bahrain#165 of 200
- VPNs for travel to Kuwait#165 of 200
- VPNs for travel to Oman#165 of 200
- VPNs for travel to Qatar#165 of 200
- VPNs for travel to Saudi Arabia#165 of 200
- VPNs for travel to the UAE#165 of 204
- VPNs for travel to China#167 of 209
- No sign-up VPNs#167 of 179
- Outside 14 Eyes#183 of 204
- Free VPNs for Android#198 of 225
- Outside 5 Eyes#215 of 237
- Free VPNs#240 of 282
- VPNs for Android#422 of 451
- Top VPNs on the App Store543 listed
- Top VPNs on Google Play543 listed
- Top VPNs on Trustpilot543 listed
- Worst VPNs543 listed
Similar VPNs
- v2rayNG2.12
- Bee Plus V2ray1.30
- V2Box2.72
DarkTunnel compared
Sources and changes
Collected 2026-10-15.
- Website
- https://app.darktunnel.net
- Pages checked
- https://app.darktunnel.net (privacy policy page); https://darktunnel.net (robots-blocked for WebFetch; browser extension failed); https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.darktunnel.app
- Other sources used
- prices/payment/free: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.darktunnel.app
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| When (UTC) | Field | Was | Now |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-16 | rank_consumer | 454 | 453 |