Gear VPN review: score, privacy and prices

1.57

out of 10#309 of 377 in the main ranking
Free / mobile app median 2.3

  • Free / mobile app
  • Jurisdiction:India, outside 5/9/14 Eyes
  • Data completeness60%
  • Checked2026-10-15
  • Free plan
  • Open-source apps

In 10 seconds

Strongest against its segment

  • Censorship bypass0.5 vs 0.5
  • Privacy and jurisdiction2.7 vs 2.7
  • Security and protocols1.1 vs 1.2

Weakest against its segment

  • Price and fair terms1.2 vs 3.4
  • Platforms and support1.5 vs 2.8
  • Network and streaming1.4 vs 1.7

Compare Gear VPN side by side with other VPNs

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.

Gear VPNsegment median

  • Privacy and jurisdiction30% of the score · segment median 2.72.7
    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
  • Security and protocols20% of the score · segment median 1.21.1
    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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Network and streaming10% of the score · segment median 1.71.4
    What earned points
    • 10 Gbps servers +1
    • Dedicated IP +0.5
    • Port forwarding +0.5
    • MENA locations +0.5
    • Torrenting allowed +1
  • 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

Gear VPN pricing

Gear VPN does not publish a paid price we could read. Free plan: Yes free with paid features. 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 in-app purchases (premium)

Everything Gear VPN publishes

Every fact we collected about Gear 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
Kaustubh Shrikant Patange (individual)
Registered in
India
Address
Dombivli, Maharashtra 421203, India
Surveillance alliance (5/9/14 Eyes)
none
Website languages
Not stated

Plans, prices and add-ons
Plans
premium
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
none (claim)

Free plan
Free plan
Yes free with paid features
Free data
Not stated
Ads in the free plan
No

Payment and subscription
Payment methods
Google Play in-app purchases (premium)
PayPal
Not stated
Cryptocurrency
No Google Play subscription only; F-Droid build has no paid tier
Cash
Not stated
Gift cards
Not stated
Auto-renewal by default
Not stated
Email needed to sign up
Not stated
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
6
Servers
Not stated

6 countries listed. A link opens our ranking of VPNs with servers there.

Americas 2

Asia and Oceania 4

Middle East and North Africa
Not stated
Virtual locations
Not stated
Own servers
No uses servers available from the internet
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
  • WireGuardOpenVPN-based client✕ No
  • OpenVPNOpenVPN for Android based✓ Yes
  • IKEv2OpenVPN-only client✕ No
  • L2TP/IPsecNot stated
  • SSTPNot stated
  • SoftEtherNot stated
  • Own protocolOpenVPN only, ics-openvpn based✕ No
  • VLESS / RealityOpenVPN-only client✕ No
  • VMessNot stated
  • TrojanNot stated
  • ShadowsocksOpenVPN-only client✕ No
  • Hysteria2OpenVPN-only client✕ No
  • TUICNot stated
  • NaiveProxyNot stated
  • obfs4Not stated
  • AmneziaWGNot stated
Perfect forward secrecy
Not stated
Post-quantum encryption
Not stated
Manual configuration files
Yes import custom OpenVPN config
Open-source apps
Yes https://github.com/KaustubhPatange/Gear-VPN (GPL-3.0, based on ics-openvpn)

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
Not stated

Security
Kill switch
Not stated
DNS leak protection
Not stated
Split tunnelling
Yes
Ad and malware blocker
Not stated
Two-factor sign-in
Not stated
Security audits
Not stated
Bug bounty
Not stated

Privacy
No-logs policy
Yes claim: app doesn't log; servers are third-party VPNGate/VPNBook community servers - dev cannot guarantee their logging
Independent no-logs audit
No
Trackers in the app (Exodus)
Crashlytics; Firebase (IzzyOnDroid flags)
Transparency report
Not stated
Warrant canary
Not stated
Anonymous sign-up
Not stated

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 infodevice IDs, Play Data safety✕ Yes
  • Crash reportsapp info/performance shared✕ Yes

Apps and devices
  • WindowsAndroid-only app✕ No
  • macOSAndroid-only app✕ No
  • LinuxAndroid-only app✕ No
  • iOSAndroid-only app✕ 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
3.5 (106 reviews)
Google Play installs
10K+
Last app update
2023-09-26

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
Yes claim Torrent-friendly

Support
Live chat
Not stated
Live chat 24/7
Not stated
Email / tickets
Yes developerkp16@gmail.com
Phone
Not stated
Telegram
Not stated
WhatsApp
Not stated
Support languages
EN (email developerkp16@gmail.com, GitHub issues)
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.

  • Trustpilot

    4.35 of 5, smoothed

    From 200 collected reviews (raw average 4.53; all VPNs 3.66). Last 90 days: 4.53 from 200.

    The company replied to 7 of 17 negative reviews (1–2 stars).

  • Google Play

    3.77 of 5, smoothed

    From 31 collected reviews (raw average 3.58; all VPNs 3.90). Last 90 days: 5.00 from 1.

    The company replied to 7 of 10 negative reviews (1–2 stars).

Ratings shown on the platforms themselves: Trustpilot TrustScore 4.8 (4102 reviews); Google Play 3.1 (106 ratings).

Reviews per month, last 12 months

  1. Oct ’251 reviews, average 5.0
  2. Sep ’26103 reviews, average 4.58
  3. Oct ’2698 reviews, average 4.47
Bar height: number of reviews collected that month. Full-colour bars: months with an average of 4 stars or more; pale bars: below 4.

38 Reddit and forum threads mention Gear 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★ · 08 Sep 2026

    v good

  • Google Play · 5★ · 25 Oct 2025

    good vpn

  • Google Play · 5★ · 04 Mar 2025

    goodly-goodly

  • Trustpilot · 5★ · 15 Oct 2026 · BR

    muito bom

    Original review

  • Trustpilot · 1★ · 15 Oct 2026 · CH

    No Response from Customer Support Despite Multiple Refund Requestser using…

    Original review

  • Trustpilot · 5★ · 15 Oct 2026 · KR

    빠르고 지연속도 느리고 좋았습니다 최고였어요

    Original review

Rankings by user reviews

Reviews of similar VPNs

Questions about Gear VPN

Answers built from what Gear VPN publishes. Open a question to read the details.

Is Gear VPN safe? Logging policy, audits and jurisdiction

Privacy and jurisdiction 2.7/10 and security 1.1/10 (segment medians 2.7 and 1.2). No red flag in our data. Independent no-logs audit: ✕ No.

In 10 seconds

  • Open-source apps

Privacy

Jurisdiction
India, outside 5/9/14 Eyes
Legal entity
Kaustubh Shrikant Patange (individual)
No-logs policy
Yes claim: app doesn't log; servers are third-party VPNGate/VPNBook community servers - dev cannot guarantee their logging
Trackers in the app (Exodus)
Crashlytics; Firebase (IzzyOnDroid flags)

Security

Kill switch
Not stated
DNS leak protection
Not stated
Open-source apps
https://github.com/KaustubhPatange/Gear-VPN (GPL-3.0, based on ics-openvpn)
Two-factor sign-in
Not stated

Related rankings

Gear VPN not working? Common causes and what to check

3 things to check, built from what Gear VPN publishes about its apps, protocols and support. We do not test connections ourselves.

What to check

Try a manual configuration (import custom OpenVPN config).

Update the app: the last update we saw is dated 2023-09-26.

Contact support: email.

Support when the VPN is blocked

Email
Yes developerkp16@gmail.com

If it is blocked where you are

Who owns Gear VPN? Company, jurisdiction and related brands

Gear VPN is run by Kaustubh Shrikant Patange (individual), registered in India.

Company

Registered in
India
Address
Dombivli, Maharashtra 421203, India

Jurisdiction

In our rankings

Gear VPN appears on 41 topic pages. Its place on each:

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Owner and jurisdiction

Closed services Gear VPN replaces

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Tools for Gear VPN

Sources and changes

Collected 2026-10-15.

Website
android.izzysoft.de/applists/category/named/network_vpn
Pages checked
["https://android.izzysoft.de/applists/category/named/network_vpn", "https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.kpstv.vpn"]
Other sources used
payment_methods, countries_list, own_servers, free_tier_ads, torrenting, limits, wireguard, play_*: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.kpstv.vpn&hl=en; open_source_clients, email_tickets: https://github.com/KaustubhPatange/Gear-VPN; nologs, servers, paid tier, protocols: https://github.com/KaustubhPatange/Gear-VPN/wiki/FAQs; Android-only/OpenVPN: https://github.com/KaustubhPatange/Gear-VPN; servers hosted by community + dev: https://forums.androidcentral.com/threads/app-gear-vpn-fast-secure-open-sourced-vpn.1058445/

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2026-10-16rank_main300299
2026-10-16rank_consumer354353