ioloVPN review: score, privacy and prices
out of 10#352 of 377 in the main ranking
VPN in a security suite median 1.8
- VPN in a security suite
- Jurisdiction:USA, 5 Eyes
- Owner:RealDefense LLC
- Data completeness80%
- Checked2026-10-15
In 10 seconds
Strongest against its segment
- Censorship bypass0.0 vs 0.0
- Privacy and jurisdiction1.3 vs 1.3
- Price and fair terms2.7 vs 3.3
Weakest against its segment
- Security and protocols0.0 vs 2.5
- Platforms and support2.8 vs 4.2
- Network and streaming1.2 vs 2.3
- Jurisdiction in the 5 Eyes alliance
- Auto-renewal on by default
How the score adds up
Six sub-scores, each against the median of VPN in a security suite services in the main ranking (23 services). Open a line to see which published facts earned points and which were missing or not disclosed.
ioloVPNsegment median
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Privacy and jurisdiction30% of the score · segment median 1.31.3
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 2.50.0
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 3.32.7
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 0.00.0
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 2.31.2
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 4.22.8
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
ioloVPN pricing
The cheapest way in is €3.22 a month, paid upfront for the longest term. After that term, ioloVPN renews at its standard price. Market median across the main ranking: €3.13 a month.
Real cost over 1, 2 and 3 years
What you pay to keep ioloVPN running: the first term, then renewals at the published renewal price. Where no renewal price is published, plans shorter than a year are counted as repeat payments at the current price; longer plans show a dash after their term. Converted to euros at the rates used in our data (1 USD = €0.86). The lowest cost for each period is marked.
| Plan and first term | First payment | 1 year | 2 years | 3 years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Month, 1 mo | €10.28 | €123.32at the current price | €246.65at the current price | €369.97at the current price |
| 1 Year, 12 mo | €60.16 | €60.16 | — | — |
| 2 Years, 24 mo | €77.36 | €77.36 | €77.36 | — |
Compare ioloVPN’s full cost with other VPNs, for any number of devices
All plans as published
| Plan | Term | Price for term | Per month | € / month | Renewal term |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Month | 1 mo | $11.95 | $11.95 | €10.28 | 1 mo |
| 1 Year | 12 mo | $69.95 | $5.83 | €5.01 | 12 mo |
| 2 Years | 24 mo | $89.95 | $3.75 | €3.23 | 24 mo |
Refunds, trial and payment
- Refund window
- 30 days
- Refund conditions
- within 30 days, minus 15% processing fee and discounts; no prorated refunds; third-party purchases per retailer
- Free trial
- No
- Auto-renewal
- Yes
- How to cancel
- phone (801) 523-6763, email support@iolo.com or online chat
- Payment methods
- credit/debit cards; local methods; purchase orders (orgs >= $1000); retail (Amazon, Best Buy, Staples, Newegg, Office Depot)
- Renewal note
- auto-renews to original payment method; renewal price not stated, may change with notice
Everything ioloVPN publishes
Every fact we collected about ioloVPN, 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
- RealDefense, LLC (d/b/a iolo)
- Registered in
- US
- Address
- 6080 Center Dr, Suite 800, Los Angeles, CA 90045, USA
- Parent company
- RealDefense LLC
- Related brands
- System Mechanic
- Privacy Guardian
- Ultimate Defense
- Surveillance alliance (5/9/14 Eyes)
- 5
- Website languages
- EN
- Right-to-left languages
- No
- Currencies on the site
- USD
Plans, prices and add-ons
- Plans
- ioloVPN 1 Month
- 1 Year
- 2 Years
- Billing terms
- 1
- 12
- 24 months
- Cheapest price a month
- $3.75
- Monthly plan
- $11.95
- 1-year plan, total
- $69.95
- 1-year plan, a month
- $5.83
- 2-year plan, total
- $89.95
- 2-year plan, a month
- $3.75
- Lifetime plan
- No
- Renewal
- auto-renews to original payment method; renewal price not stated, may change with notice
- Family plan
- No
- Prices seen from other countries
- USD shown: 1m $11.95
- 12m $5.83/mo (billed $69.95, list $143.40)
- 24m $3.75/mo (billed $89.95, list $286.80)
- Antivirus
- Yes via System Mechanic Ultimate Defense bundle
- Password manager
- Yes in Ultimate Defense bundle
- Other add-ons
- LiveTech paid premium support
Discounts and programmes
- Discount shown
- ~51% (1y) / ~69% (2y) vs $11.95/mo strikethrough
- Discount compared with
- monthly price
- Promo codes
- Yes iolo20 in purchase links
- Student discount
- Not stated
- Affiliate programme
- Yes RealDefense affiliate program covering iolo brands
- Affiliate commission
- tiered payouts
Limits and restrictions
- Devices at once
- 5
- Data limit
- unlimited bandwidth
- Speed limit
- no throttling (claim)
Free plan
- Free plan
- No
- Free data
- Not stated
- Ads in the free plan
- Not stated
Payment and subscription
- Payment methods
- credit/debit cards
- local methods
- purchase orders (orgs >= $1000)
- retail (Amazon, Best Buy, Staples, Newegg, Office Depot)
- Bank card
- Yes
- PayPal
- Not stated
- Cryptocurrency
- No
- Cash
- Not stated
- Gift cards
- Yes retail boxes
- Auto-renewal by default
- Yes
- How to cancel
- phone (801) 523-6763, email support@iolo.com or online chat
- Email needed to sign up
- Not stated
- Account-number login
- Not stated
- Money-back guarantee, days
- 30
- Refund conditions
- within 30 days, minus 15% processing fee and discounts
- no prorated refunds
- third-party purchases per retailer
Free trial terms
- Trial length
- No
- Instead of a trial
- 30-day money-back (Try Risk Free)
- Card needed for the trial
- Not stated
Server locations
- Countries
- ~36 locations (three dozen), 6 continents
- 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
- WireGuardNot stated
- OpenVPNNot stated
- 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
- AES-256
- 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
- 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
- Yes personal data is never recorded
- Independent no-logs audit
- Not stated
- 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
Apps and devices
- Windows✓ Yes
- macOS✓ Yes
- Linux✕ No
- iOS✓ Yes
- 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
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
- Yes online chat
- Live chat 24/7
- Not stated
- Email / tickets
- Yes support@iolo.com
- Phone
- Yes ((801) 523-6763, 24/7)
- Telegram
- Not stated
- Not stated
- Support languages
- EN
- Help articles
- Yes
- 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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Trustpilot
3.89 of 5, smoothed
From 200 collected reviews (raw average 3.94; all VPNs 3.66). Last 90 days: 4.15 from 92.
The company replied to 49 of 49 negative reviews (1–2 stars).
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Google Play
3.35 of 5, smoothed
From 17 collected reviews (raw average 1.76; all VPNs 3.90).
The company replied to 0 of 12 negative reviews (1–2 stars).
Ratings shown on the platforms themselves: Trustpilot TrustScore 4.0 (3712 reviews); Google Play 3.2 (33 ratings).
Reviews per month, last 12 months
28 Reddit and forum threads mention ioloVPN (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 · 1★ · 25 May 2026
Not loading. not working.
Google Play · 2★ · 14 Mar 2026
VPN has not worked well for many now months on android. It used to work, but for whatever reason, it will not connect to any server. App reinstallation still…
Google Play · 1★ · 16 Sep 2025
Installed and started, but it dies with the message try again after the developer supplies a fix.
Trustpilot · 1★ · 09 Oct 2026 · US
READ THE FINE PRINT!!!!!
Original reviewTrustpilot · 5★ · 09 Oct 2026 · PE
es muy interactivo
Original reviewTrustpilot · 5★ · 08 Oct 2026 · US
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Questions about ioloVPN
Answers built from what ioloVPN publishes. Open a question to read the details.
Is ioloVPN safe? Logging policy, audits and jurisdiction
Privacy and jurisdiction 1.3/10 and security 0.0/10 (segment medians 1.3 and 2.5). No red flag in our data. Independent no-logs audit: Not stated.
In 10 seconds
- Jurisdiction in 5 Eyes
Privacy
- Jurisdiction
- USA, 5 Eyes
- Legal entity
- RealDefense, LLC (d/b/a iolo)
- No-logs policy
- Yes personal data is never recorded
- Independent no-logs audit
- Not stated
Security
- Kill switch
- Not stated
- DNS leak protection
- Not stated
- Encryption
- AES-256
- Two-factor sign-in
- Not stated
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ioloVPN not working? Common causes and what to check
1 things to check, built from what ioloVPN publishes about its apps, protocols and support. We do not test connections ourselves.
What to check
Contact support: live chat, email.
Support when the VPN is blocked
- Live chat
- Yes online chat
- Live chat 24/7
- 24/7 support claimed
- Yes support@iolo.com
If it is blocked where you are
ioloVPN refund policy: how to ask for your money back
ioloVPN refund window: 30 days. Conditions: within 30 days, minus 15% processing fee and discounts; no prorated refunds; third-party purchases per retailer
Refund terms
- Refund window
- 30
- Refund on monthly plans
- Not stated
- Refund for App Store / Google Play purchases
- Not stated
- Refund for unused time
- Not stated
- Free trial
- No
Try before paying
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How to cancel ioloVPN and turn off auto-renewal
How ioloVPN says you cancel: phone (801) 523-6763, email support@iolo.com or online chat. Auto-renewal by default: yes.
Cancellation and renewal
- Auto-renewal by default
- Yes
- Reminder before renewal
- Not stated
- Renewal note
- auto-renews to original payment method; renewal price not stated, may change with notice
- Bought in App Store or Google Play
- cancel in the store’s subscription settings
Without auto-renewal or price hikes
ioloVPN coupons and discounts: official prices and promo terms
What ioloVPN itself publishes about codes: yes (iolo20 in purchase links). We never invent codes or copy them from coupon sites; below are the official prices.
Discounts on the official site
- Sale running when checked
- none seen
- Discount shown
- ~51% (1y) / ~69% (2y) vs $11.95/mo strikethrough
- Discount compared with
- monthly price
- Checked
- 2026-10-15
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Who owns ioloVPN? Company, jurisdiction and related brands
ioloVPN is run by RealDefense, LLC (d/b/a iolo), registered in US; parent company: RealDefense LLC.
Company
- Registered in
- US
- Address
- 6080 Center Dr, Suite 800, Los Angeles, CA 90045, USA
- Related brands
- System Mechanic; Privacy Guardian; Ultimate Defense
Jurisdiction
In our rankings
ioloVPN appears on 23 topic pages. Its place on each:
- Antivirus with VPN#22 of 25
- Pay with gift cards#27 of 30
- Password manager#27 of 29
- VPN with antivirus#43 of 45
- VPNs with phone support#55 of 67
- US-based VPNs#88 of 107
- Mac VPNs with refunds#146 of 149
- Windows VPNs with refunds#153 of 155
- 30-day money-back guarantee#169 of 174
- No-logs VPNs for Windows#255 of 267
- VPNs under €5#255 of 280
- No-logs VPNs for Mac#264 of 280
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- No-logs VPNs for iPhone#283 of 314
- No-logs VPNs for Android#289 of 328
- VPNs for Windows#317 of 357
- VPNs for Mac#327 of 361
- VPNs for iPhone#346 of 411
- No-logs VPNs#357 of 389
- VPNs for Android#359 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://iolo.com
- Pages checked
- https://iolo.com; https://iolo.com/products/iolovpn/; https://iolo.com/company/legal/sales-policy/
- Other sources used
- pricing/encryption/bandwidth/trial: https://www.iolo.com/products/iolovpn/; affiliate: https://www.iolo.com/affiliates/ (-> https://www.realdefen.se/home/affiliates/); support/phone: https://www.iolo.com/support/
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| When (UTC) | Field | Was | Now |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-16 | rank_main | 339 | 338 |
| 2026-10-16 | rank_consumer | 425 | 424 |