LEAP Encryption Access Project review: score, privacy and prices
out of 10not in the main ranking (too little published data)
White-label / reselling median 2.5
- White-label / reselling
- Jurisdiction:USA, 5 Eyes
- Founded2012
- Data completeness33%
- Checked2026-10-15
- Independent no-logs audit: ✓ Yes
- No email to sign up
- Free plan
- Open-source apps
In 10 seconds
Strongest against its segment
- Censorship bypass2.4 vs 0.5
- Security and protocols3.6 vs 1.8
- Privacy and jurisdiction3.0 vs 2.3
Weakest against its segment
- Network and streaming0.0 vs 2.8
- Price and fair terms1.2 vs 3.4
- Platforms and support2.3 vs 3.9
- Jurisdiction in the 5 Eyes alliance
Compare LEAP Encryption Access Project side by side with other VPNs
How the score adds up
Six sub-scores, each against the median of White-label / reselling services in the main ranking (None services). Open a line to see which published facts earned points and which were missing or not disclosed.
LEAP Encryption Access Projectsegment median
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Privacy and jurisdiction30% of the score · segment median 2.33.0
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 1.83.6
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 0.52.4
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 2.80.0
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 3.92.3
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
LEAP Encryption Access Project pricing
LEAP Encryption Access Project does not publish a paid price we could read. Free plan: Yes software free; provider RiseupVPN free. 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
- Not stated
Everything LEAP Encryption Access Project publishes
Every fact we collected about LEAP Encryption Access Project, 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
- LEAP Encryption Access Project (nonprofit, Washington State)
- Registered in
- USA
- Related brands
- Bitmask
- RiseupVPN
- Calyx VPN
- Founded
- 2012
- Surveillance alliance (5/9/14 Eyes)
- 5
- Website languages
- EN
- ES
- RU
- Right-to-left languages
- No
- Currencies on the site
- none
Plans, prices and add-ons
- Cheapest price a month
- Not stated
- Monthly plan
- 0
- Lifetime plan
- Not stated
- Family plan
- Not stated
Discounts and programmes
- Student discount
- Not stated
- Affiliate programme
- No
Limits and restrictions
- Devices at once
- Not stated
Free plan
- Free plan
- Yes software free; provider RiseupVPN free
- Free data
- Not stated
- Ads in the free plan
- Not stated
Payment and subscription
- PayPal
- Not stated
- Cryptocurrency
- Not stated
- Cash
- Not stated
- Gift cards
- Not stated
- Auto-renewal by default
- Not stated
- Email needed to sign up
- No Bitmask: no accounts
- 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
- 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
- OpenVPNOpenVPN tunnel; obfs4 bridges wrap OpenVPN✓ Yes
- IKEv2Not stated
- L2TP/IPsecNot stated
- SSTPNot stated
- SoftEtherNot stated
- Own protocol✕ No
- VLESS / Reality✕ No
- VMess✕ No
- Trojan✕ No
- Shadowsocks✕ No
- Hysteria2✕ No
- TUIC✕ No
- NaiveProxy✕ No
- obfs4✓ Yes
- AmneziaWG✕ No
- Other protocols
- Snowflake
- UDP/TCP transports
- VPN hotspot (Android)
- Perfect forward secrecy
- Not stated
- Post-quantum encryption
- Not stated
- Manual configuration files
- Not stated
- Open-source apps
- Yes https://0xacab.org/leap/bitmask_android; https://0xacab.org/leap/bitmask-vpn
Censorship and blocking
- Obfuscation (stealth mode)
- Yes obfs4, Snowflake pluggable transports
- 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
- Yes DNS routed via gateway
- Own DNS servers
- Yes all DNS requests routed through VPN gateway
- Split tunnelling
- Not stated
- Ad and malware blocker
- Not stated
- Two-factor sign-in
- Not stated
- Security audits
- Yes Cure53
- Bug bounty
- Not stated
Privacy
- No-logs policy
- Not stated
- Independent no-logs audit
- Yes
- Transparency report
- Not stated
- Warrant canary
- Not stated
- Anonymous sign-up
- Yes Bitmask: no accounts
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✓ Yes
- iOSno iOS app; review/download site: There is currently no iOS app available✕ No
- AndroidPlay, F-Droid✓ 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
- 3.8 (4.31K reviews, RiseupVPN se.leap.riseupvpn); Bitmask se.leap.bitmaskclient 4.1 (1.51K)
- Google Play installs
- 1M+ (RiseupVPN); 100K+ (Bitmask)
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
- Discord or forum
- Matrix #leap:systemli.org
- Help articles
- Yes docs.leap.se
- Server status page
- Not stated
For teams and business
- SSO / SAML
- Not stated
- Admin panel
- Not stated
- Dedicated gateway
- Yes white-label provider deployment, open-source orchestration
- 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
3.93 of 5, smoothed
From 622 collected reviews (raw average 3.94; all VPNs 3.90). Last 90 days: 3.33 from 9.
The company replied to 13 of 145 negative reviews (1–2 stars).
Ratings shown on the platforms themselves: Google Play 4.1 (1.51K ratings).
Reviews per month, last 12 months
28 Reddit and forum threads mention LEAP Encryption Access Project (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★ · 23 Sep 2026
works
Google Play · 5★ · 02 Sep 2026
Excellent option
Google Play · 5★ · 29 Aug 2026
First of all, it's unlimited, then, it's free, audited, independent, latest update, stable, hasn't suffered any disconnections, there are already pluses for a…
Rankings by user reviews
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In our rankings
LEAP Encryption Access Project appears on 2 topic pages. Its place on each:
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Owner and jurisdiction
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Sources and changes
Collected 2026-10-15. No changes recorded since the first import.
- Website
- https://leap.se
- Pages checked
- https://leap.se; https://leap.se/about/
- Other sources used
- openvpn/dns/stealth: https://docs.leap.se/circumvention/; security_audits: https://leap.se/; anonymous_signup/no accounts/matrix: https://bitmask.net/; open_source_clients: https://docs.leap.se/; ios: https://riseupvpn.updatestar.com/ (snippet); play_rating/play_installs: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=se.leap.riseupvpn , https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=se.leap.bitmaskclient (browser); nologs_audit: https://bitmask.net/ (browser)
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