Now VPN review: score, privacy and prices
2.05
out of 10not in the main ranking (too little published data)
Free / mobile app median 2.3
- Free / mobile app
- Jurisdiction:Hong Kong, outside 5/9/14 Eyes
- Data completeness53%
- Checked2026-10-15
- No email to sign up
- Trial without a card
- Free plan
In 10 seconds
Strongest against its segment
- Price and fair terms4.6 vs 3.4
- Privacy and jurisdiction3.3 vs 2.7
- Network and streaming1.6 vs 1.7
Weakest against its segment
- Security and protocols0.0 vs 1.2
- Platforms and support2.1 vs 2.8
- Censorship bypass0.0 vs 0.5
- Ads in the free plan
- Auto-renewal on by default
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.
Now VPNsegment median
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Privacy and jurisdiction30% of the score · segment median 2.73.3
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 3.44.6
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 1.71.6
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 2.82.1
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
Now VPN pricing
Now VPN does not publish a paid price we could read. Free plan: Yes. Market median across the main ranking: €3.13 a month.
Refunds, trial and payment
- Refund window
- 30 (website purchases only; Google Play: none, discretionary; App Store: Apple policy)
- Refund conditions
- Website: full refund within 30 days of initial purchase, not after auto-renewal; Play/third-party (Codashop): discretionary/platform policy
- Free trial
- 7 (iOS Premium trial, free for up to 7 days)
- Card needed for trial
- No
- Auto-renewal
- Yes
- How to cancel
- disable auto-renew ≥24h before period end in account settings / store subscriptions
- Payment methods
- Google Play / App Store IAP
- Renewal note
- auto-renews unless turned off 24h before period end (store)
Everything Now VPN publishes
Every fact we collected about Now 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
- World Creation Technology Limited (dba Star Core Studio)
- Registered in
- Hong Kong (Play listing); policy says Singapore
- Address
- Rm 705A Silvercord Tower 2, 30 Canton Rd, Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong
- Related brands
- Star Core Studio; NordShield VPN / Shield VPN (iOS)
- Surveillance alliance (5/9/14 Eyes)
- none
- Website languages
- EN
- Right-to-left languages
- No
- Prices depend on country
- app-store pricing
Plans, prices and add-ons
- Plans
- Free; VIP (in-app subscription)
- Cheapest price a month
- Not stated
- Monthly plan
- 7.99 (App Store IAP list; a 2.99 1-month tier also listed)
- 1-year plan, a month
- $1.67
- Lifetime plan
- Not stated
- Renewal
- auto-renews unless turned off 24h before period end (store)
- Family plan
- No
Discounts and programmes
- Student discount
- Not stated
Limits and restrictions
- Devices at once
- Not stated
- Features locked to higher plans
- VIP: no ads, speed acceleration, any server
Free plan
- Free plan
- Yes
- Free data
- Yes unlimited (claim)
- Free locations
- limited (VIP priority any server)
- Free devices
- unlimited (claim)
- Ads in the free plan
- Yes AdMob, Pangle, Facebook
- Other free plan terms
- no signup/card needed
Payment and subscription
- Payment methods
- Google Play / App Store IAP
- PayPal
- Not stated
- Apple Pay / Google Pay
- Yes via app stores
- Cryptocurrency
- Not stated
- Cash
- Not stated
- Gift cards
- Not stated
- Auto-renewal by default
- Yes
- How to cancel
- disable auto-renew ≥24h before period end in account settings / store subscriptions
- Email needed to sign up
- No
- Account-number login
- Not stated
- Money-back guarantee, days
- 30 (website purchases only; Google Play: none, discretionary; App Store: Apple policy)
- Refund conditions
- Website: full refund within 30 days of initial purchase, not after auto-renewal; Play/third-party (Codashop): discretionary/platform policy
Free trial terms
- Trial length
- 7 (iOS Premium trial, free for up to 7 days)
- Card needed for the trial
- No
Server locations
- Countries
- 20
- Servers
- 100+
- 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
- Yes Threat Protection: blocks ads, trackers, malicious sites, malware
- Two-factor sign-in
- Not stated
- Security audits
- Not stated
- Bug bounty
- Not stated
Privacy
- No-logs policy
- Partial strict no-logs; but keeps daily connection/bandwidth stats 30 days
- Independent no-logs audit
- Not stated
- Data retention
- stats 30 days
- device IDs 15 min
- emails indefinite
- Shared with third parties
- Google Play Services
- AdMob
- Firebase
- Pangle
- Transparency report
- Not stated
- Warrant canary
- Not stated
- Law enforcement requests
- shares as required by law
- Anonymous sign-up
- Not stated
- GDPR / data protection officer
- GDPR rights
- SCC
- no DPO named
- Privacy policy updated
- 2025-06-17
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.
- Emailonly if provided◐ Partial
- IP at sign-up✓ No
- Connection IP✓ No
- Session timesdate only (day)◐ Partial
- Bandwidthtotal KB per user✕ Yes
- Device infodevice ID, deleted 15 min after session✕ Yes
- App analyticsFirebase Analytics✕ Yes
- Crash reportsanonymized✕ Yes
Apps and devices
- WindowsNot stated
- macOS✕ No
- LinuxNot stated
- iOSas NordShield VPN✓ 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
- App Store rating
- 4.5 (69K ratings, US; app Now VPN - Best VPN Proxy by world creation technology limited)
- Google Play rating
- 4.5
- Google Play installs
- 50M+
- Last app update
- 2026-10-14 (Play)
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@now-vpn.com + in-app feedback
- Live chat 24/7
- Not stated
- Email / tickets
- Yes support@now-vpn.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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App Store
3.94 of 5, smoothed
From 113 collected reviews (raw average 4.12; all VPNs 3.54). Last 90 days: 4.12 from 8.
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Google Play
4.52 of 5, smoothed
From 800 collected reviews (raw average 4.55; all VPNs 3.90). Last 90 days: 4.55 from 511.
The company replied to 61 of 63 negative reviews (1–2 stars).
Ratings shown on the platforms themselves: App Store (US) 4.48 (68680 ratings); Google Play 4.5 (2.35M ratings).
Reviews per month, last 12 months
39 Reddit and forum threads mention Now 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 · 5★ · 19 Sep 2026 · US
Luitkwplyniw
App Store · 1★ · 29 Aug 2026 · US
Не работает
App Store · 5★ · 21 Aug 2026 · US
Good VPN
Google Play · 1★ · 15 Oct 2026
connecting
Google Play · 5★ · 15 Oct 2026
good
Google Play · 5★ · 15 Oct 2026
good
Rankings by user reviews
Questions about Now VPN
Answers built from what Now VPN publishes. Open a question to read the details.
Now VPN refund policy: how to ask for your money back
Now VPN refund window: 30 (website purchases only; Google Play: none, discretionary; App Store: Apple policy). Conditions: Website: full refund within 30 days of initial purchase, not after auto-renewal; Play/third-party (Codashop): discretionary/platform policy
Refund terms
- Refund on monthly plans
- Not stated
- Refund for App Store / Google Play purchases
- Yes
- Refund for unused time
- Not stated
- Free trial
- 7 (iOS Premium trial, free for up to 7 days)
Try before paying
How to cancel Now VPN and turn off auto-renewal
How Now VPN says you cancel: disable auto-renew ≥24h before period end in account settings / store subscriptions. Auto-renewal by default: yes.
Cancellation and renewal
- Auto-renewal by default
- Yes
- Reminder before renewal
- Not stated
- Renewal note
- auto-renews unless turned off 24h before period end (store)
- Bought in App Store or Google Play
- cancel in the store’s subscription settings
Without auto-renewal or price hikes
Now VPN free trial: length, terms and payment details
Now VPN free trial: 7 (iOS Premium trial, free for up to 7 days). Card needed: no.
Trial terms
- Card needed
- No
- Refund window
- 30 (website purchases only; Google Play: none, discretionary; App Store: Apple policy)
- Free plan
- Yes
Trials elsewhere
Who owns Now VPN? Company, jurisdiction and related brands
Now VPN is run by World Creation Technology Limited (dba Star Core Studio), registered in Hong Kong (Play listing); policy says Singapore.
Company
- Registered in
- Hong Kong (Play listing); policy says Singapore
- Address
- Rm 705A Silvercord Tower 2, 30 Canton Rd, Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong
- Related brands
- Star Core Studio; NordShield VPN / Shield VPN (iOS)
Jurisdiction
In our rankings
Now VPN appears on 45 topic pages. Its place on each:
- Ad-blocking VPN trials, no card#8 of 15
- No-card, no-email VPN trials#8 of 13
- Hong Kong-based VPNs#13 of 23
- Non-14 Eyes VPN trials, no card#18 of 24
- Free VPNs, trial without a card#20 of 31
- No-card trials with money-back#20 of 23
- Unlimited free VPNs#22 of 68
- Trial VPNs without email#24 of 46
- Trial VPNs with ad blocking#31 of 55
- VPN trials without a card#31 of 51
- No-email VPNs with money-back#31 of 36
- No-email VPNs with an ad and tracker blocker#33 of 42
Show all 45
- Non-14 Eyes VPNs with an ad blocker#35 of 44
- Free trial, no card#35 of 66
- Free VPNs with ad blocking#36 of 58
- Trial VPNs outside 14 Eyes#39 of 70
- Free VPNs without email#40 of 142
- Free VPNs outside 14 Eyes#41 of 123
- Free VPNs with a premium trial#45 of 77
- Non-14 Eyes VPNs, no email#45 of 74
- Non-14 Eyes VPNs with a money-back guarantee#46 of 55
- Free VPNs with money back#54 of 64
- Money-back VPNs with an ad blocker#56 of 72
- Trial VPNs with money back#59 of 82
- Mobile VPN apps#69 of 178
- iPhone VPNs without email#83 of 115
- VPN free trials#88 of 190
- Android VPNs without email#91 of 143
- Free VPNs#93 of 282
- No sign-up VPNs#97 of 179
- Ad blocker#103 of 129
- iPhone VPNs with ad blocking#103 of 116
- Outside 14 Eyes#110 of 204
- Free VPNs for iPhone#116 of 178
- 30-day money-back guarantee#122 of 174
- Android VPN free trials#125 of 160
- Outside 5 Eyes#125 of 237
- Free VPNs for Android#127 of 225
- No IP logs#151 of 191
- VPNs for iPhone#291 of 411
- VPNs for Android#304 of 451
- Top VPNs on the App Store543 listed
- Top VPNs on Google Play543 listed
- Top VPNs on Trustpilot543 listed
- Worst VPNs543 listed
Owner and jurisdiction
Closed services Now VPN replaces
Services that shut down or moved, for which this is one of five live alternatives.
Sources and changes
Collected 2026-10-15. No changes recorded since the first import.
- Website
- https://now-vpn.com
- Pages checked
- https://now-vpn.com; https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.now.vpn; https://now-vpn.com/privacyPolicy.html
- Other sources used
- money_back_days, refund_conditions, adblock_malware_blocker, cancel_method, live_chat: https://now-vpn.com/termsofService.html; app_last_update: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.now.vpn; price_1m/price_12m_pm/currency: SERP snippet of https://apps.apple.com/us/app/now-vpn-best-vpn-proxy/id1582922615 ('1 Month $7.99 1 Year $19.99 ... 1 Month $2.99 ... 1 Week $3.99'); trial_days/appstore_rating/macos: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/now-vpn-best-vpn-proxy/id1582922615
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