Defend VPN review: score, privacy and prices
1.29
out of 10#342 of 377 in the main ranking
Free / mobile app median 2.3
- Free / mobile app
- Jurisdiction:not stated, outside 5/9/14 Eyes
- Data completeness67%
- Checked2026-10-15
- No email to sign up
- Free plan
In 10 seconds
Strongest against its segment
- Network and streaming1.8 vs 1.7
- Censorship bypass0.5 vs 0.5
- Privacy and jurisdiction2.3 vs 2.7
Weakest against its segment
- Price and fair terms1.2 vs 3.4
- Security and protocols0.0 vs 1.2
- Platforms and support1.5 vs 2.8
- Ads in the free plan
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.
Defend VPN (UAE VPN)segment median
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Privacy and jurisdiction30% of the score · segment median 2.72.3
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 0.50.5
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 1.71.8
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 2.81.5
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
Defend VPN (UAE VPN) pricing
Defend VPN (UAE VPN) does not publish a paid price we could read. Free plan: Yes free, ads; some "VPN" servers suggest paid tier. Market median across the main ranking: €3.13 a month.
Refunds, trial and payment
- Refund window
- Not stated
- Free trial
- Not stated
- Auto-renewal
- Not stated
- Payment methods
- Google Play IAP (in-app purchases)
Everything Defend VPN (UAE VPN) publishes
Every fact we collected about Defend VPN (UAE VPN), 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
- Defend VPN (Play developer: Sabarinathan G)
- Registered in
- IN
- Address
- 10-4-33 Karuppasamy Kovil St, Bodinayakanur, Theni, Tamil Nadu 625582, India
- Related brands
- Russia VPN, India VPN, USA VPN, Bangladesh VPN (Defend VPN apps)
- Surveillance alliance (5/9/14 Eyes)
- none
- Website languages
- EN
Plans, prices and add-ons
- Cheapest price a month
- Not stated
- Monthly plan
- Not stated
- Lifetime plan
- Not stated
- Family plan
- Not stated
Discounts and programmes
- Student discount
- Not stated
Limits and restrictions
- Devices at once
- Not stated
- Data limit
- unlimited (claim)
Free plan
- Free plan
- Yes free, ads; some "VPN" servers suggest paid tier
- Free data
- Not stated
- Ads in the free plan
- Yes
Payment and subscription
- Payment methods
- Google Play IAP (in-app purchases)
- PayPal
- Not stated
- Apple Pay / Google Pay
- Yes Google Play billing
- Cryptocurrency
- No Android app; only Google Play in-app purchases
- Cash
- Not stated
- Gift cards
- Not stated
- Auto-renewal by default
- Not stated
- Email needed to sign up
- No no registration
- Account-number login
- Not stated
- Money-back guarantee, days
- Not stated
Free trial terms
- Trial length
- Not stated
- Card needed for the trial
- Not stated
Server locations
- Countries
- 35 (server list in Play description)
- Servers
- Not stated
35 countries listed. A link opens our ranking of VPNs with servers there.
Europe 16
- Czechia
- Finland
- France
- Germany
- Hungary
- Ireland
- Italy
- Netherlands
- Poland
- Russia
- Spain
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Turkey
- Ukraine
- United Kingdom
Americas 4
Asia and Oceania 12
Middle East and Africa 3
- Server countries, as published
- AE (incl. Dubai); PL; US; UK; CA; MX; BR; DE; FR; SG; NL; IE; FI; NZ; CH; AU; JP; MY; IN; RU; ZA; KR; SA; SE; HU; TW; UA; IT; TR; ES; TH; CZ; ID; CN; HK
- Middle East and North Africa
- AE (UAE/Dubai)
- SA
- TR
- 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
- OpenVPN2048-bit key✓ Yes
- IKEv2Not stated
- L2TP/IPsecNot stated
- SSTPNot stated
- SoftEtherNot stated
- Own protocolNot stated
- VLESS / RealityNot stated
- VMessNot stated
- TrojanNot stated
- ShadowsocksNot stated
- Hysteria2Not stated
- TUICNot stated
- NaiveProxyNot stated
- obfs4Not stated
- AmneziaWGNot stated
- Encryption
- OpenVPN, 2048-bit key
- Perfect forward secrecy
- Not stated
- Post-quantum encryption
- Not stated
- Manual configuration files
- Not stated
- Open-source apps
- Not stated
Censorship and blocking
- Obfuscation (stealth mode)
- Not stated
- Countries it claims to work in
- Not stated
- Mirror sites or Telegram channel
- Not stated
- Calls in the UAE
- Yes claim: proxy VPN for VoIP
Security
- Kill switch
- Not stated
- DNS leak protection
- Not stated
- Split tunnelling
- Yes app-level proxy
- 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 explicit claim (policy lists logs collected)
- Independent no-logs audit
- Not stated
- Shared with third parties
- Play data safety: none declared; policy: not sold
- Transparency report
- Not stated
- Warrant canary
- Not stated
- Anonymous sign-up
- Yes
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.
- Connection IPNot stated
- Session timesNot stated
- Device infoOS, device info✕ Yes
Apps and devices
- Windowsdefendvpn.org: Android only✕ No
- macOSAndroid only✕ No
- LinuxAndroid only✕ No
- iOSAndroid only✕ No
- 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
- 4.3 (5.15K)
- Google Play installs
- 100K+
- Last app update
- 2026-07-26
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
- No
- Live chat 24/7
- Not stated
- Email / tickets
- Yes help@defendvpn.org
- Phone
- Not stated
- Telegram
- Not stated
- Not stated
- 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
4.13 of 5, smoothed
From 517 collected reviews (raw average 4.15; all VPNs 3.90). Last 90 days: 4.30 from 50.
The company replied to 64 of 91 negative reviews (1–2 stars).
Ratings shown on the platforms themselves: Google Play 3.8 (5.16K ratings).
Reviews per month, last 12 months
35 Reddit and forum threads mention Defend VPN (UAE VPN) (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★ · 14 Oct 2026
✌🏻
Google Play · 5★ · 13 Oct 2026
ما تصل بسرعه؟
Google Play · 5★ · 10 Oct 2026
Nice
Rankings by user reviews
Questions about Defend VPN (UAE VPN)
Answers built from what Defend VPN (UAE VPN) publishes. Open a question to read the details.
Is Defend VPN safe? Logging policy, audits and jurisdiction
Privacy and jurisdiction 2.3/10 and security 0.0/10 (segment medians 2.7 and 1.2). No red flag in our data. Independent no-logs audit: Not stated.
Privacy
- Jurisdiction
- Not stated
- Legal entity
- Defend VPN (Play developer: Sabarinathan G)
- No-logs policy
- no explicit claim (policy lists logs collected)
- Independent no-logs audit
- Not stated
- Shared with third parties
- Play data safety: none declared; policy: not sold
Security
- Kill switch
- Not stated
- DNS leak protection
- Not stated
- Encryption
- OpenVPN, 2048-bit key
- Two-factor sign-in
- Not stated
Related rankings
Defend VPN not working? Common causes and what to check
2 things to check, built from what Defend VPN (UAE VPN) publishes about its apps, protocols and support. We do not test connections ourselves.
What to check
Update the app: the last update we saw is dated 2026-07-26.
Contact support: email.
Support when the VPN is blocked
- Live chat
- No
- help@defendvpn.org
If it is blocked where you are
Who owns Defend VPN? Company, jurisdiction and related brands
Defend VPN (UAE VPN) is run by Defend VPN (Play developer: Sabarinathan G), registered in IN.
Company
- Registered in
- IN
- Address
- 10-4-33 Karuppasamy Kovil St, Bodinayakanur, Theni, Tamil Nadu 625582, India
- Related brands
- Russia VPN, India VPN, USA VPN, Bangladesh VPN (Defend VPN apps)
In our rankings
Defend VPN (UAE VPN) appears on 70 topic pages. Its place on each:
- VPN servers in Saudi Arabia#14 of 14
- VPN servers in China#16 of 18
- VPN servers in Thailand#33 of 35
- VPN servers in Taiwan#34 of 37
- VPN servers in Malaysia#35 of 37
- VPN servers in New Zealand#38 of 40
- VPN servers in Indonesia#39 of 43
- VPN servers in Hungary#43 of 43
- VPN servers in Ukraine#50 of 52
- VPN servers in the UAE#51 of 54
- OpenVPN services, no email#52 of 56
- VPN servers in South Korea#52 of 57
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- VPN servers in South Africa#53 of 55
- VPNs for calls in the UAE#55 of 62
- VPN servers in the Czech Republic#57 of 57
- VPN servers in Turkey#58 of 61
- VPN servers in Finland#59 of 59
- Non-14 Eyes VPNs, no email#60 of 74
- VPN servers in Mexico#60 of 63
- VPN servers in Ireland#61 of 63
- VPN servers in Poland#74 of 80
- VPN servers in Hong Kong#75 of 83
- VPN servers in Brazil#76 of 84
- VPN servers in Italy#82 of 88
- VPN servers in India#84 of 94
- VPN servers in Switzerland#87 of 91
- VPN servers in Sweden#88 of 93
- Free OpenVPN VPNs#89 of 97
- VPNs outside 14 Eyes with OpenVPN support#90 of 101
- VPN servers in Spain#94 of 99
- Free VPNs outside 14 Eyes#96 of 123
- VPN servers in Japan#108 of 125
- Free VPNs for Bahrain#113 of 115
- Free VPNs for Kuwait#113 of 115
- Free VPNs for Oman#113 of 115
- Free VPNs for Qatar#113 of 115
- Free VPNs for Saudi Arabia#113 of 115
- Middle East VPN servers#113 of 122
- VPN servers in Australia#113 of 127
- Android VPNs without email#115 of 143
- Free VPNs for the UAE#115 of 118
- VPN servers in Singapore#116 of 138
- Free VPNs without email#119 of 142
- VPN servers in France#119 of 137
- VPN servers in the Netherlands#119 of 139
- Mobile VPN apps#122 of 178
- VPN servers in Canada#124 of 142
- VPN servers in Germany#127 of 152
- VPN servers in the UK#130 of 156
- No sign-up VPNs#144 of 179
- Split tunneling#149 of 154
- Outside 14 Eyes#149 of 204
- VPN servers in the USA#149 of 178
- Outside 5 Eyes#174 of 237
- Free VPNs for Android#175 of 225
- Android VPNs for the UAE#175 of 181
- VPNs for travel to Bahrain#195 of 200
- VPNs for travel to Kuwait#195 of 200
- VPNs for travel to Oman#195 of 200
- VPNs for travel to Qatar#195 of 200
- VPNs for travel to Saudi Arabia#195 of 200
- VPNs for travel to the UAE#197 of 204
- OpenVPN VPNs for Android#209 of 219
- OpenVPN#213 of 242
- Free VPNs#227 of 282
- VPNs for Android#390 of 451
- Top VPNs on the App Store543 listed
- Top VPNs on Google Play543 listed
- Top VPNs on Trustpilot543 listed
- Worst VPNs543 listed
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Sources and changes
Collected 2026-10-15.
- Website
- https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.defendvpn.uaevpn
- Pages checked
- https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.defendvpn.uaevpn; https://defendvpn.blogspot.com/p/uae-vpn-privacy-policy.html
- Other sources used
- servers/countries/MENA/IAP/data safety: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.defendvpn.uaevpn&hl=en; Android-only/related apps: https://www.defendvpn.org/; appstore_rating, crypto: https://defendvpn.org/; IAP/ads: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.defendvpn.uaevpn
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| When (UTC) | Field | Was | Now |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-16 | rank_main | 338 | 337 |
| 2026-10-16 | rank_consumer | 421 | 420 |