Orbot review: score, privacy and prices
2.14
out of 10not in the main ranking (too little published data)
Decentralised (dVPN) median 2.9
- Decentralised (dVPN)
- Jurisdiction:not stated, alliance not disclosed
- Founded2009 (Guardian Project)
- Owner:Guardian Project
- Data completeness53%
- Checked2026-10-15
- No email to sign up
- Free plan
- Open-source apps
In 10 seconds
Strongest against its segment
- Censorship bypass3.3 vs 2.4
- Privacy and jurisdiction2.3 vs 2.7
- Price and fair terms2.1 vs 2.8
Weakest against its segment
- Network and streaming0.0 vs 1.9
- Security and protocols1.8 vs 2.9
- Platforms and support2.7 vs 3.6
Compare Orbot (Tor for Android) side by side with other VPNs
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.
Orbot (Tor for Android)segment 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 2.91.8
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 2.43.3
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 1.90.0
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 3.62.7
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
Orbot (Tor for Android) pricing
Orbot (Tor for Android) does not publish a paid price we could read. Free plan: Yes fully free. Market median across the main ranking: €3.13 a month.
All plans as published
| Plan |
|---|
| Free (donation-supported) |
Refunds, trial and payment
- Refund window
- Not stated
- Free trial
- Not stated
- Auto-renewal
- Not stated
- Payment methods
- donations only: Open Collective; GitHub Sponsors; PayPal; Bitcoin; Ether; Patreon; Liberapay
Everything Orbot (Tor for Android) publishes
Every fact we collected about Orbot (Tor for Android), 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
- Guardian Project
- Registered in
- Not stated
- Related brands
- Tor Project (network); Orbot
- Founded
- 2009 (Guardian Project)
- Surveillance alliance (5/9/14 Eyes)
- Not stated
- Website languages
- ~50 incl. EN
- AR
- FR
- DE
- JA
- RU
- ES
- ZH-CN
- ZH-TW (+ others)
- Right-to-left languages
- Yes Arabic version
- Currencies on the site
- none
Plans, prices and add-ons
- Plans
- free (donations)
- Cheapest price a month
- 0
- Monthly plan
- 0 (free app; donations optional)
- Lifetime plan
- Not stated
- Family plan
- Not stated
- Dedicated IP add-on
- No
- Port forwarding add-on
- No
- Double VPN add-on
- No
- Antivirus
- No
- Password manager
- No
- eSIM
- No
- Identity protection
- No
- Cloud storage
- No
- Other add-ons
- No
Discounts and programmes
- Student discount
- Not stated
- Affiliate programme
- No donations only
Limits and restrictions
- Devices at once
- Not stated
Free plan
- Free plan
- Yes fully free
- Free data
- Yes unlimited
- Free locations
- Tor network exits
- Ads in the free plan
- No
Payment and subscription
- Payment methods
- donations only: Open Collective
- GitHub Sponsors
- PayPal
- Bitcoin
- Ether
- Patreon
- Liberapay
- PayPal
- Not stated
- Cryptocurrency
- Yes donations only (BTC, ETH)
- Cash
- Not stated
- Gift cards
- Not stated
- Auto-renewal by default
- Not stated
- Email needed to sign up
- No
- 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
- Own servers
- No Tor relays
- 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
- Yes Tor 3-hop circuits
- Tor over VPN
- Not stated
- SOCKS5 proxy
- Not stated
- Smart DNS
- Not stated
Protocols and encryption
- WireGuard✕ No
- OpenVPN✕ No
- IKEv2✕ No
- L2TP/IPsecNo
- SSTPNo
- SoftEther✕ No
- Own protocol✕ No
- VLESS / Reality✕ No
- VMess✕ No
- Trojan✕ No
- Shadowsocks✕ No
- Hysteria2✕ No
- TUIC✕ No
- NaiveProxy✕ No
- obfs4built-in obfs4 bridges, Snowflake, custom bridges via Ask Tor✓ Yes
- AmneziaWG✕ No
- PPTP✓ No
- Other protocols
- Tor
- Tor bridges
- onion services
- Perfect forward secrecy
- Not stated
- Post-quantum encryption
- Not stated
- Manual configuration files
- Yes custom bridges
- Open-source apps
- Yes GitHub, Guardian Project
Censorship and blocking
- Obfuscation (stealth mode)
- Yes Tor bridges
- Countries it claims to work in
- Not stated
- Mirror sites or Telegram channel
- Yes bridges available via Telegram/email bots
- Calls in the UAE
- Not stated
Security
- Kill switch
- Not stated
- DNS leak protection
- Not stated
- Split tunnelling
- Yes per app Tor routing
- 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 claims no direct collection of user activity data
- Independent no-logs audit
- Not stated
- Shared with third parties
- Google Play tracking only
- Trackers on the website
- Clean Insights/Matomo pixel (metrics.cleaninsights.org)
- Transparency report
- Not stated
- Warrant canary
- Not stated
- Anonymous sign-up
- Yes no account
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
- App analyticsthird-party analytics claimed (Google Play only)✓ No
Apps and devices
- Windows✕ No
- macOSApp Store build runs on iPhone, iPad, Mac: Tor-powered VPN for iOS and 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
- App Store rating
- 3.0 (969 ratings, US)
- Google Play rating
- 4.0 (198K reviews)
- Google Play installs
- 10M+
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
- Live chat 24/7
- No community Matrix chat room, not 24/7 support
- Email / tickets
- Yes support@guardianproject.info
- Phone
- Not stated
- Telegram
- Not stated
- Yes Signal/WhatsApp +447886176827, general contact
- Discord or forum
- Matrix room #guardianproject:matrix.org; guardian-dev mailing list
- Support languages
- EN (support@guardianproject.info; Matrix #guardianproject:matrix.org; Signal/WhatsApp contact)
- 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
2.32 of 5, smoothed
From 219 collected reviews (raw average 2.05; all VPNs 3.54). Last 90 days: 2.67 from 9.
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Google Play
3.78 of 5, smoothed
From 800 collected reviews (raw average 3.77; all VPNs 3.90). Last 90 days: 3.75 from 67.
The company replied to 0 of 213 negative reviews (1–2 stars).
Ratings shown on the platforms themselves: App Store (US) 3.00 (969 ratings); Google Play 4.0 (198K ratings).
Reviews per month, last 12 months
48 Reddit and forum threads mention Orbot (Tor for Android) (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★ · 06 Oct 2026 · EG
not working
App Store · 4★ · 06 Oct 2026 · US
Needs work
App Store · 1★ · 06 Oct 2026 · US
Says it’s connected but can’t verify
Google Play · 5★ · 14 Oct 2026
Connected on Iran Tehran irancell, but slow speed!.
Google Play · 5★ · 13 Oct 2026
current update not working on my samsung tablet.
Google Play · 3★ · 12 Oct 2026
good security apps
Rankings by user reviews
Questions about Orbot (Tor for Android)
Answers built from what Orbot (Tor for Android) publishes. Open a question to read the details.
Who owns Orbot? Company, jurisdiction and related brands
Orbot (Tor for Android) is run by Guardian Project; parent company: Guardian Project.
Company
- Related brands
- Tor Project (network); Orbot
- Founded
- 2009 (Guardian Project)
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- Obfuscated + double VPN#24 of 29
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Sources and changes
Collected 2026-10-15.
- Website
- https://guardianproject.info
- Pages checked
- ["https://orbot.app", "https://orbot.app/en/", "https://orbot.app/en/privacy-policy"]
- Other sources used
- payment_methods/crypto/plans/price_*: https://orbot.app/en/donate/; support_languages/email_tickets/whatsapp/discord_or_forum/live_chat_247: https://guardianproject.info/contact/; founded_year: https://guardianproject.info/; obfs4/mirrors_or_telegram/open_source_clients: https://orbot.app/en/faqs/; play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.torproject.android (publisher The Tor Project); appstore/macos: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/orbot/id1609461599 (Seller The Tor Project, Inc; iPhone, iPad, Mac)
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| When (UTC) | Field | Was | Now |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-16 | rank_consumer | 361 | 360 |