Independent dVPN review: score, privacy and prices
1.34
out of 10#336 of 377 in the main ranking
Decentralised (dVPN) median 2.9
- Decentralised (dVPN)
- Jurisdiction:UK, 5 Eyes
- Owner:Based Apps Ltd
- Data completeness60%
- Checked2026-10-15
- No email to sign up
- Free plan
- Open-source apps
In 10 seconds
Strongest against its segment
- Network and streaming1.9 vs 1.9
- Price and fair terms2.1 vs 2.8
- Security and protocols2.1 vs 2.9
Weakest against its segment
- Platforms and support1.1 vs 3.6
- Censorship bypass0.0 vs 2.4
- Privacy and jurisdiction1.0 vs 2.7
- Jurisdiction in the 5 Eyes alliance
- Ads in the free plan
- Auto-renewal on by default
How the score adds up
Six sub-scores, each against the median of Decentralised (dVPN) services in the main ranking (15 services). Open a line to see which published facts earned points and which were missing or not disclosed.
Independent dVPNsegment median
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Privacy and jurisdiction30% of the score · segment median 2.71.0
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 2.92.1
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
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Price and fair terms15% of the score · segment median 2.82.1
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 2.40.0
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 1.91.9
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 3.61.1
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
Independent dVPN pricing
Independent dVPN does not publish a paid price we could read. Free plan: Yes site: Free on iOS and Android; free tier with ads, Premium monthly sub optional. Market median across the main ranking: €3.13 a month.
Refunds, trial and payment
- Refund window
- Not stated
- Free trial
- Not stated
- Auto-renewal
- Yes App Store
- Payment methods
- in-app (App Store/Google Play); card, PayPal, Bitcoin via processors
Everything Independent dVPN publishes
Every fact we collected about Independent dVPN, 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
- Based Apps Ltd (SC775767)
- Registered in
- UK (Scotland)
- Address
- 5 South Charlotte Street, Edinburgh EH2 4AN, UK
- Parent company
- Based Apps Ltd
- Related brands
- Sentinel dVPN ecosystem (white-label)
- Surveillance alliance (5/9/14 Eyes)
- 5
- Website languages
- EN
Plans, prices and add-ons
- Plans
- Premium (monthly auto-renew)
- Billing terms
- 1 month (App Store)
- 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
- Features locked to higher plans
- Premium: no ads, all locations, high-tier dVPN servers
Free plan
- Free plan
- Yes site: Free on iOS and Android; free tier with ads, Premium monthly sub optional
- Free data
- Not stated
- Ads in the free plan
- Yes Premium removes ads
Payment and subscription
- Payment methods
- in-app (App Store/Google Play); card, PayPal, Bitcoin via processors
- Bank card
- Yes
- PayPal
- Yes
- Apple Pay / Google Pay
- Yes in-app stores
- Cryptocurrency
- Yes
- Coins accepted
- BTC
- Cash
- Not stated
- Gift cards
- Not stated
- Auto-renewal by default
- Yes App Store
- 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
- Where the trial is offered
- iOS (App Store: charged after trial period if eligible)
- Card needed for the trial
- Not stated
Server locations
- Countries
- 8 listed
- Servers
- 5000+ dVPN nodes (site claim)
- Cities
- 300+ (Play listing claim)
8 countries listed. A link opens our ranking of VPNs with servers there.
Europe 4
Americas 1
Asia and Oceania 3
- Server countries, as published
- Australia; France; Greece; India; Lithuania; UK; USA; Vietnam (App Store description)
- Middle East and North Africa
- No
- Virtual locations
- Not stated
- Own servers
- No decentralized Sentinel nodes
- 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✓ Yes
- OpenVPNapp offers V2Ray and WireGuard✕ No
- IKEv2app offers V2Ray and WireGuard✕ No
- L2TP/IPsecNot stated
- SSTPNot stated
- SoftEtherNot stated
- Own protocolSentinel dVPN network; V2Ray/WireGuard✕ No
- VLESS / RealityNot stated
- VMessNot stated
- TrojanNot stated
- ShadowsocksNot stated
- Hysteria2Not stated
- TUICNot stated
- NaiveProxyNot stated
- obfs4Not stated
- AmneziaWGNot stated
- Other protocols
- V2Ray
- Perfect forward secrecy
- Not stated
- Post-quantum encryption
- Not stated
- Manual configuration files
- Not stated
- Open-source apps
- Yes claims fully open-source (repo not linked on site)
Censorship and blocking
- Obfuscation (stealth mode)
- Not stated
- Countries it claims to work in
- Turkey (implied by keywords)
- 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
- Partial nodes don't collect traffic/IP/device info; abuse IPs may be kept
- Independent no-logs audit
- Not stated
- Data retention
- active accounts indefinitely; deleted on account closure
- Shared with third parties
- Google Analytics (site), payment processors, crash analytics, ByteConnect (opt-in), email partner
- Trackers on the website
- Google Analytics
- Transparency report
- Not stated
- Warrant canary
- Not stated
- Anonymous sign-up
- Yes crypto payments accepted anonymously
- GDPR / data protection officer
- GDPR contact email
- Privacy policy updated
- 2026-04-02
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.
- Emailoptional✕ Yes
- Connection IPnot permanently; kept for abuse/fraud◐ Partial
- Session timesNot stated
- Device infowebsite analytics only✕ Yes
- App analyticsoptional anonymous OS stats✕ Yes
- Crash reports✕ Yes
Apps and devices
- Windowssite: iOS and Android only✕ No
- macOS✕ No
- Linuxsite: iOS and Android only✕ No
- iOS✓ Yes
- AndroidGoogle Play listing✓ 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
- App Store rating
- 4.5 (1.1K ratings)
- Google Play rating
- 4.6 (7.19K reviews)
- Google Play installs
- 500K+
- Last app update
- v2.0.0 (Apr 2025)
- App languages
- 14 locales (App Store)
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
- 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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App Store
3.23 of 5, smoothed
From 23 collected reviews (raw average 2.57; all VPNs 3.54).
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Google Play
4.22 of 5, smoothed
From 400 collected reviews (raw average 4.25; all VPNs 3.90). Last 90 days: 4.47 from 60.
The company replied to 0 of 58 negative reviews (1–2 stars).
Ratings shown on the platforms themselves: App Store (US) 4.55 (1073 ratings); Google Play 4.6 (7.19K ratings).
Reviews per month, last 12 months
27 Reddit and forum threads mention Independent dVPN (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.
App Store · 1★ · 31 May 2026 · US
Won’t open
App Store · 1★ · 24 May 2026 · US
App keeps crashing
App Store · 1★ · 06 Oct 2025 · US
Bug
Google Play · 5★ · 13 Oct 2026
Sex
Google Play · 5★ · 11 Oct 2026
good
Google Play · 4★ · 11 Oct 2026
Good 👍
Rankings by user reviews
Questions about Independent dVPN
Answers built from what Independent dVPN publishes. Open a question to read the details.
Is Independent dVPN safe? Logging policy, audits and jurisdiction
Privacy and jurisdiction 1.0/10 and security 2.1/10 (segment medians 2.7 and 2.9). No red flag in our data. Independent no-logs audit: Not stated.
In 10 seconds
- Open-source apps
- Jurisdiction in 5 Eyes
Privacy
- Jurisdiction
- UK, 5 Eyes
- Legal entity
- Based Apps Ltd (SC775767)
- No-logs policy
- Yes nodes don't collect traffic/IP/device info; abuse IPs may be kept
- Independent no-logs audit
- Not stated
- Data retention
- active accounts indefinitely; deleted on account closure
- Shared with third parties
- Google Analytics (site), payment processors, crash analytics, ByteConnect (opt-in), email partner
- Trackers on the website
- Google Analytics
Security
- Kill switch
- Not stated
- DNS leak protection
- Not stated
- Open-source apps
- claims fully open-source (repo not linked on site)
- Two-factor sign-in
- Not stated
Related rankings
Is it safe? of similar VPNs
Independent dVPN not working? Common causes and what to check
1 things to check, built from what Independent dVPN 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 v2.0.0 (Apr 2025).
If it is blocked where you are
Who owns Independent dVPN? Company, jurisdiction and related brands
Independent dVPN is run by Based Apps Ltd (SC775767), registered in UK (Scotland); parent company: Based Apps Ltd.
Company
- Registered in
- UK (Scotland)
- Address
- 5 South Charlotte Street, Edinburgh EH2 4AN, UK
- Related brands
- Sentinel dVPN ecosystem (white-label)
Jurisdiction
Owners of similar VPNs
In our rankings
Independent dVPN appears on 41 topic pages. Its place on each:
- UK-based VPNs#15 of 24
- Decentralized VPNs#20 of 23
- VPN servers in Vietnam#24 of 25
- Free open-source VPNs#30 of 35
- VPN servers in Lithuania#31 of 31
- Open-source VPNs with WireGuard support#33 of 34
- Open-source VPNs, no email#35 of 37
- Open-source crypto VPNs#40 of 41
- VPN servers in Greece#42 of 42
- Anonymous VPNs#49 of 51
- Crypto VPNs with no email#51 of 51
- Open-source VPNs#55 of 59
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- Free VPNs that accept crypto#63 of 64
- WireGuard VPNs, no email#67 of 68
- VPN servers in India#82 of 94
- Free WireGuard VPNs#83 of 87
- WireGuard crypto VPNs#89 of 92
- iPhone VPNs without email#106 of 115
- Free VPNs without email#107 of 142
- VPN servers in Australia#111 of 127
- Free VPNs for Turkey#113 of 113
- VPN servers in France#117 of 137
- Android VPNs without email#118 of 143
- VPN servers in the UK#128 of 156
- VPN servers in the USA#147 of 178
- No sign-up VPNs#151 of 179
- iPhone VPNs paid with crypto#152 of 154
- Free VPNs for iPhone#153 of 178
- WireGuard VPNs for iPhone#161 of 164
- Pay with crypto#169 of 181
- Pay with PayPal#177 of 211
- Free VPNs for Android#178 of 225
- WireGuard VPNs#187 of 192
- VPNs for travel to Turkey#194 of 196
- Free VPNs#201 of 282
- VPNs for iPhone#373 of 411
- VPNs for Android#393 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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Independent dVPN compared
Owner and jurisdiction
Sources and changes
Collected 2026-10-15.
- Website
- https://independentdvpn.com
- Pages checked
- https://independentdvpn.com (JS-only, meta only); https://docs.sentinel.co/get-started/apps; https://mwm.ai/apps/independent-dvpn/6468454526 (App Store data); https://independentdvpn.com/legal/privacy -> https://basedapps.co.uk/privacy
- Other sources used
- free_tier/servers/platforms/open source: https://independentdvpn.com/; trial/premium features: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/independent-dvpn/id6468454526; protocols/cities/play stats: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bagimsizvpn.app&hl=en
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| When (UTC) | Field | Was | Now |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-16 | rank_main | 307 | 306 |
| 2026-10-16 | rank_consumer | 364 | 363 |