Leaf VPN review: score, privacy and prices
out of 10#292 of 377 in the main ranking
Free / mobile app median 2.3
- Free / mobile app
- Jurisdiction:China, outside 5/9/14 Eyes
- Data completeness60%
- Checked2026-10-15
- No email to sign up
- Free plan
Red flag: Chinese jurisdiction. A red flag caps the score at 6.0.
In 10 seconds
Strongest against its segment
- Price and fair terms4.9 vs 3.4
- Privacy and jurisdiction2.3 vs 2.7
- Platforms and support2.3 vs 2.8
Weakest against its segment
- Network and streaming0.0 vs 1.7
- Security and protocols0.0 vs 1.2
- Censorship bypass0.0 vs 0.5
- Trial needs a card
- Chinese jurisdiction
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.
Leaf VPNsegment 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 3.44.9
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 0.50.0
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 1.70.0
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 2.82.3
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
Leaf VPN pricing
The cheapest way in is €0.85 a month, paid upfront for the longest term. After that term, Leaf VPN 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 Leaf VPN 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Premium weekly, 0.25 mo | €0.42 | €20.23at the current price | €40.45at the current price | €60.68at the current price |
| Premium monthly, 1 mo | €0.85 | €10.22at the current price | €20.43at the current price | €30.65at the current price |
Compare Leaf VPN’s full cost with other VPNs, for any number of devices
All plans as published
| Plan | Term | Price for term | Per month | € / month |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Premium weekly | 0.25 mo | $0.49 | $1.96 | €1.69 |
| Premium monthly | 1 mo | $0.99 | $0.99 | €0.85 |
Refunds, trial and payment
- Refund window
- Not stated
- Free trial
- 3 (Google Play listing; converts to paid subscription)
- Card needed for trial
- Yes store subscription trial auto-converts to paid
- Auto-renewal
- Not stated
- How to cancel
- App Store subscription settings
- Payment methods
- Apple App Store in-app
- Renewal note
- Auto-renewing App Store subscriptions (any premium plan grants same premium level); manage/cancel in App Store settings
Everything Leaf VPN publishes
Every fact we collected about Leaf 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
- Guangzhou Xiaota Network Technology Co., Ltd. (seller); dev Kits Labs
- Registered in
- China (Guangzhou)
- Related brands
- Kits Labs; Kitsunebi - Proxy Utility (same developer)
- Surveillance alliance (5/9/14 Eyes)
- none
- Website languages
- EN (kitslabs.com)
Plans, prices and add-ons
- Plans
- Free
- Premium Weekly
- Premium Monthly
- Billing terms
- 1 week; 1 month
- Cheapest price a month
- $0.99
- Monthly plan
- $0.99
- Lifetime plan
- Not stated
- Renewal
- Auto-renewing App Store subscriptions (any premium plan grants same premium level); manage/cancel in App Store settings
- Family plan
- Not stated
Discounts and programmes
- Student discount
- Not stated
Limits and restrictions
- Devices at once
- Not stated
- Features locked to higher plans
- Full Tunnel Mode (Premium)
Free plan
- Free plan
- Yes
- Free data
- Yes unlimited (claim)
- Ads in the free plan
- No
Payment and subscription
- Payment methods
- Apple App Store in-app
- Bank card
- Yes via App Store
- PayPal
- Yes via App Store
- Apple Pay / Google Pay
- Yes Apple (App Store)
- Cryptocurrency
- No
- Cash
- No
- Gift cards
- Not stated
- Auto-renewal by default
- Not stated
- How to cancel
- App Store subscription settings
- Email needed to sign up
- No
- Account-number login
- Not stated
- Identity check (KYC)
- No
- Money-back guarantee, days
- Not stated
Free trial terms
- Trial length
- 3 (Google Play listing; converts to paid subscription)
- Card needed for the trial
- Yes store subscription trial auto-converts to paid
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
- 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
- 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
- No explicit no-logs claim (policy: app collects no user data, but server-side services may log IP, device name, OS version, time/date)
- Independent no-logs audit
- Not stated
- Transparency report
- Not stated
- Warrant canary
- Not stated
- Anonymous sign-up
- Yes no registration
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 IPmay (policy: server-side Log Data may include device IP address)◐ Partial
- Session timesmay (policy: time/date of use in server Log Data)◐ Partial
- Device infomay (device name, OS version in server Log Data)◐ Partial
- App analyticsnone (App Privacy: no data collected, dev-declared)✓ No
Apps and devices
- WindowsLeaf VPN for Desktop v1.0.7, LeafVPN-setup.exe✓ Yes
- macOSM1+✓ Yes
- Linuxonly Windows/macOS desktop builds offered✕ No
- iOS✓ Yes
- Androidlive Play listing com.leaf.and.aleaf; also APK v1.35 from kitslabs.com✓ 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
- 3.8
- Google Play rating
- 4.2 (7.46K reviews; current listing com.leaf.and.aleaf, dev Teon.com)
- Google Play installs
- 1M+ (com.leaf.and.aleaf)
- Last app update
- v1.19
- App languages
- ZH-Hans
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 email support only
- Live chat 24/7
- No
- Email / tickets
- Yes support@kitslabs.com
- 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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Trustpilot
4.37 of 5, smoothed
From 200 collected reviews (raw average 4.54; all VPNs 3.66). Last 90 days: 3.86 from 14.
The company replied to 21 of 22 negative reviews (1–2 stars).
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App Store
3.51 of 5, smoothed
From 155 collected reviews (raw average 3.50; all VPNs 3.54). Last 90 days: 4.00 from 2.
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Google Play
3.96 of 5, smoothed
From 400 collected reviews (raw average 3.96; all VPNs 3.90). Last 90 days: 4.56 from 18.
The company replied to 0 of 92 negative reviews (1–2 stars).
Ratings shown on the platforms themselves: Trustpilot TrustScore 4.0 (221 reviews); App Store (US) 3.78 (387 ratings); Google Play 4.2 (7.46K ratings).
Reviews per month, last 12 months
36 Reddit and forum threads mention Leaf 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.
App Store · 3★ · 08 Oct 2026 · US
更新后用不了了
App Store · 5★ · 27 Sep 2026 · US
Scan QR of desktop leaf
App Store · 1★ · 22 Jun 2026 · US
Vpn speed is very bad
Google Play · 5★ · 09 Oct 2026
good tool
Google Play · 5★ · 09 Oct 2026
good
Google Play · 5★ · 02 Oct 2026
excellent
Trustpilot · 5★ · 06 Oct 2026 · US
100/100 extremely fast response and…
Original reviewTrustpilot · 5★ · 06 Oct 2026 · US
Loving it so far
Original reviewTrustpilot · 5★ · 01 Oct 2026 · US
I am going on my fourth month with this…
Original review
Rankings by user reviews
Questions about Leaf VPN
Answers built from what Leaf VPN publishes. Open a question to read the details.
Is Leaf 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). Red flag: Chinese jurisdiction. Independent no-logs audit: Not stated.
Privacy
- Jurisdiction
- China, outside 5/9/14 Eyes
- Legal entity
- Guangzhou Xiaota Network Technology Co., Ltd. (seller); dev Kits Labs
- No-logs policy
- no explicit no-logs claim (policy: app collects no user data, but server-side services may log IP, device name, OS version, time/date)
- Independent no-logs audit
- Not stated
Security
- Kill switch
- Not stated
- DNS leak protection
- Not stated
- Two-factor sign-in
- Not stated
Related rankings
Is it safe? of similar VPNs
Leaf VPN not working? Common causes and what to check
2 things to check, built from what Leaf 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 v1.19.
Contact support: email.
Support when the VPN is blocked
- Live chat
- No email support only
- Live chat 24/7
- No
- Yes support@kitslabs.com
If it is blocked where you are
Troubleshooting of similar VPNs
How to cancel Leaf VPN and turn off auto-renewal
How Leaf VPN says you cancel: App Store subscription settings.
Cancellation and renewal
- Auto-renewal by default
- Not stated
- Reminder before renewal
- Not stated
- Renewal note
- Auto-renewing App Store subscriptions (any premium plan grants same premium level); manage/cancel in App Store settings
- Bought in App Store or Google Play
- cancel in the store’s subscription settings
Without auto-renewal or price hikes
Leaf VPN free trial: length, terms and payment details
Leaf VPN free trial: 3 (Google Play listing; converts to paid subscription). Card needed: yes (store subscription trial….
Trial terms
- Card needed
- Yes store subscription trial auto-converts to paid
- Free plan
- Yes
Trials elsewhere
Who owns Leaf VPN? Company, jurisdiction and related brands
Leaf VPN is run by Guangzhou Xiaota Network Technology Co., Ltd. (seller); dev Kits Labs, registered in China (Guangzhou).
Company
- Registered in
- China (Guangzhou)
- Related brands
- Kits Labs; Kitsunebi - Proxy Utility (same developer)
Jurisdiction
Owners of similar VPNs
In our rankings
Leaf VPN appears on 51 topic pages. Its place on each:
- Chinese VPNs#4 of 15
- Free VPNs with no ads#14 of 36
- Free iPhone VPNs without ads#18 of 22
- Ad-free free VPNs for Mac#21 of 27
- Ad-free free VPNs for Windows#22 of 26
- Unlimited free VPNs#23 of 68
- Free Android VPNs without ads#24 of 28
- Short-term VPN plans#29 of 63
- Trial VPNs without email#30 of 46
- Cheap VPNs with no email#33 of 42
- Trial VPNs outside 14 Eyes#42 of 70
- Free VPNs outside 14 Eyes#45 of 123
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- Cheap VPNs outside 14 Eyes#47 of 56
- Cheap VPNs with a trial#48 of 76
- Free VPNs without email#49 of 142
- Free VPNs with a premium trial#50 of 77
- VPNs under €2#50 of 68
- Monthly plans under €5#52 of 106
- Non-14 Eyes VPNs, no email#56 of 74
- Free VPNs with cheap upgrades#58 of 74
- Windows VPNs without email#73 of 79
- Mac VPNs without email#82 of 93
- Mobile VPN apps#89 of 178
- iPhone VPNs without email#90 of 115
- VPN free trials#96 of 190
- Android VPNs without email#97 of 143
- Free VPNs#104 of 282
- Free VPNs for Windows#109 of 131
- Cheap VPNs under €3#111 of 167
- Pay with PayPal#112 of 211
- Free VPNs for Mac#117 of 141
- Windows VPN trials#123 of 140
- Cheap VPNs for Mac#124 of 137
- Cheap VPNs for Windows#124 of 136
- No sign-up VPNs#127 of 179
- Free VPNs for iPhone#128 of 178
- Mac VPN trials#128 of 144
- Cheap VPNs for iPhone#133 of 149
- Outside 14 Eyes#137 of 204
- Android VPN free trials#139 of 160
- Free VPNs for Android#144 of 225
- Outside 5 Eyes#158 of 237
- VPNs under €5#170 of 280
- VPNs for Windows#296 of 357
- VPNs for Mac#304 of 361
- VPNs for iPhone#317 of 411
- VPNs for Android#334 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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- SkyVPN2.27
- WireVPN1.89
- Reindeer VPN1.66
- VPN Gate1.02
Higher score for the same money
- Solo VPN2.83
Owner and jurisdiction
Sources and changes
Collected 2026-10-15.
- Website
- https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.leaf.product.aleaf
- Pages checked
- https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.leaf.product.aleaf; https://apps.apple.com/us/app/-/id1534109007
- Other sources used
- renewal/cancel/ToS/app info: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/leaf-vpn/id1534109007; privacy fields: https://www.kitslabs.com/privacy/; support: https://www.kitslabs.com/support/; site: https://www.kitslabs.com/; trial/play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.leaf.and.aleaf (Android plans: 1 week $0.49, 1 month $0.99); windows/linux: https://www.kitslabs.com/leafvpn.downloads.html (also links GitHub source code)
- Pricing page: App Store IAP
- Privacy policy
- Terms of service
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| When (UTC) | Field | Was | Now |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-16 | rank_main | 287 | 286 |
| 2026-10-16 | rank_consumer | 335 | 334 |