PhantomPeer review: score, privacy and prices

1.29

out of 10#341 of 377 in the main ranking
Consumer VPN median 2.6

  • Consumer VPN
  • Jurisdiction:not stated, alliance not disclosed
  • Data completeness67%
  • Checked2026-10-15

In 10 seconds

Strongest against its segment

  • Platforms and support5.2 vs 4.3
  • Censorship bypass0.5 vs 0.5
  • Privacy and jurisdiction1.3 vs 2.7

Weakest against its segment

  • Network and streaming0.4 vs 3.1
  • Security and protocols0.0 vs 2.1
  • Price and fair terms1.7 vs 3.5

Compare PhantomPeer side by side with other VPNs

How the score adds up

Six sub-scores, each against the median of Consumer VPN services in the main ranking (233 services). Open a line to see which published facts earned points and which were missing or not disclosed.

PhantomPeersegment median

  • Privacy and jurisdiction30% of the score · segment median 2.71.3
    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
  • Security and protocols20% of the score · segment median 2.10.0
    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
  • Price and fair terms15% of the score · segment median 3.51.7
    What earned points
    • Free plan +1.5
    • Free trial +1
    • Trial without a card +1
    • Crypto payments +1
    • Cash payments +0.5
  • Censorship bypass15% of the score · segment median 0.50.5
    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
  • Network and streaming10% of the score · segment median 3.10.4
    What earned points
    • 10 Gbps servers +1
    • Dedicated IP +0.5
    • Port forwarding +0.5
    • MENA locations +0.5
    • Torrenting allowed +1
  • Platforms and support10% of the score · segment median 4.35.2
    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

PhantomPeer pricing

PhantomPeer does not publish a paid price we could read. Free plan: No free trial only. 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
cards; PayPal; Bitcoin

Everything PhantomPeer publishes

Every fact we collected about PhantomPeer, 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
Specter Ventures, LLC
Registered in
Not stated
Surveillance alliance (5/9/14 Eyes)
Not stated
Website languages
EN
Right-to-left languages
No

Plans, prices and add-ons
Cheapest price a month
Not stated
Monthly plan
$9.99
1-year plan, a month
$5.00
Lifetime plan
Not stated
Family plan
Not stated

Discounts and programmes
Student discount
Not stated
Referral programme
Yes referral code at signup

Limits and restrictions
Devices at once
unlimited (claim)
Data limit
unlimited
Speed limit
none (claim)
Country restrictions
none (usable in any country)
Prohibited by the terms
  • hacking/DoS/spam/malicious use
  • commercial use
  • reverse engineering
  • sharing account outside household/router
  • illegal activities

Free plan
Free plan
No free trial only
Free data
Not stated
Ads in the free plan
Not stated

Payment and subscription
Payment methods
  • cards
  • PayPal
  • Bitcoin
Bank card
Yes
PayPal
Yes
Cryptocurrency
Yes
Coins accepted
BTC
Cash
Not stated
Gift cards
Not stated
Auto-renewal by default
Not stated
Email needed to sign up
Yes
Account-number login
No
Money-back guarantee, days
Not stated

Free trial terms
Trial length
Not stated
Where the trial is offered
all platforms, per download section
Card needed for the trial
Not stated

Server locations
Countries
10+
Servers
Not stated

10 countries listed. A link opens our ranking of VPNs with servers there.

Europe 8

Americas 2

Middle East and North Africa
none
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
Yes SOCKS proxy
Smart DNS
Not stated

Protocols and encryption
  • WireGuardFAQ lists only OpenVPN VPN and SOCKS proxy✕ No
  • OpenVPN✓ Yes
  • IKEv2FAQ lists only OpenVPN VPN and SOCKS proxy✕ No
  • L2TP/IPsecNot stated
  • SSTPNot stated
  • SoftEtherNot stated
  • Own protocol✕ No
  • 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
Yes OpenVPN config .zip per country (10 countries) + SOCKS proxy domain/port (Advanced setup)
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 no logs of what you use our service for
Independent no-logs audit
Not stated
Data retention
only as long as necessary for stated purposes (generic policy)
Shared with third parties
does not sell, trade or rent personal information
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.

  • Emailemail required at registration✕ Yes
  • Connection IPNot stated
  • Session timesNot stated

Apps and devices
  • Windows✓ Yes
  • macOS✓ Yes
  • Linux✓ Yes
  • iOSlink questionable✓ Yes
  • Android✓ Yes
  • Android TVNot stated
  • Fire TV✓ Yes
  • Apple TVNot stated
  • ChromebookNot stated
  • Smart TVNot stated
  • Routers✓ Yes
  • NASNot stated
  • Raspberry PiNot stated
  • Game consolesNot stated
Browser extensions
Chrome (PhantomPeer Proxy, proxy)
App Store rating
5.0 (1 rating)

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
Live chat 24/7
Not stated
Email / tickets
Yes support contact form
Phone
Not stated
Telegram
Not stated
WhatsApp
Not stated
Help articles
FAQ; setup guides
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.

  • Trustpilot

    4.03 of 5, smoothed

    From 48 collected reviews (raw average 4.42; all VPNs 3.66).

    The company replied to 0 of 5 negative reviews (1–2 stars).

  • App Store

    3.57 of 5, smoothed

    From 1 collected reviews (raw average 5.00; all VPNs 3.54).

Ratings shown on the platforms themselves: Trustpilot TrustScore 3.9 (48 reviews); App Store (US) 5.00 (1 ratings).

Reviews per month, last 12 months

  1. Nov ’251 reviews, average 4.0
Bar height: number of reviews collected that month. Full-colour bars: months with an average of 4 stars or more; pale bars: below 4.

32 Reddit and forum threads mention PhantomPeer (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★ · 10 Jun 2025 · US

    Best VPN I've tried!

  • Trustpilot · 4★ · 19 Nov 2025 · SE

    I was obliged to make a Rollback…

    Original review

  • Trustpilot · 3★ · 29 Jul 2025 · US

    Phantom Peer Does What I Need

    Original review

  • Trustpilot · 4★ · 01 Jan 2025 · US

    Never trade legal tender for magic beans, COME ON JACK!

    Original review

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Questions about PhantomPeer

Answers built from what PhantomPeer publishes. Open a question to read the details.

Is PhantomPeer safe? Logging policy, audits and jurisdiction

Privacy and jurisdiction 1.3/10 and security 0.0/10 (segment medians 2.7 and 2.1). No red flag in our data. Independent no-logs audit: Not stated.

Privacy

Jurisdiction
Not stated
Legal entity
Specter Ventures, LLC
No-logs policy
Yes no logs of what you use our service for
Independent no-logs audit
Not stated
Data retention
only as long as necessary for stated purposes (generic policy)
Shared with third parties
does not sell, trade or rent personal information

Security

Kill switch
Not stated
DNS leak protection
Not stated
Two-factor sign-in
Not stated

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PhantomPeer not working? Common causes and what to check

2 things to check, built from what PhantomPeer publishes about its apps, protocols and support. We do not test connections ourselves.

What to check

Try a manual configuration (OpenVPN config .zip per country (10 countries) + SOCKS proxy domain/port…).

Contact support: live chat, email.

Support when the VPN is blocked

Live chat
Yes
Email
Yes support contact form

If it is blocked where you are

Who owns PhantomPeer? Company, jurisdiction and related brands

PhantomPeer is run by Specter Ventures, LLC.

In our rankings

PhantomPeer appears on 58 topic pages. Its place on each:

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Sources and changes

Collected 2026-10-15.

Website
https://phantompeer.com
Pages checked
https://phantompeer.com; https://www.phantompeer.com/faq; https://www.phantompeer.com/register (privacy & tos robots-disallowed)
Other sources used
wireguard/ikev2/proprietary_protocol/live_chat: https://www.phantompeer.com/faq; manual_config: https://www.phantompeer.com/setup; tos_prohibitions: https://www.phantompeer.com/tos; collects_email: https://www.phantompeer.com/register; data_retention/third_party_sharing: https://www.phantompeer.com/privacy; email_tickets: https://www.phantompeer.com/support; free_tier: https://www.phantompeer.com/; prices (App Store IAP: 1M 9.99, 6M 41.99, 12M 59.99 USD): https://apps.apple.com/az/app/phantompeer/id1534344901 (snippet); rating: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/phantompeer/id1534344901; play removal: https://www.appbrain.com/app/phantompeer/com.phantompeer

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2026-10-16rank_main332331
2026-10-16rank_consumer409408