Phone Guardian VPN review: score, privacy and prices
out of 10not in the main ranking (too little published data)
Consumer VPN median 2.6
- Consumer VPN
- Jurisdiction:Netherlands, 9 Eyes
- Owner:Sensor Tower
- Data completeness53%
- Checked2026-10-15
- No email to sign up
- Free plan
In 10 seconds
Strongest against its segment
- Censorship bypass0.0 vs 0.5
- Privacy and jurisdiction1.4 vs 2.7
- Security and protocols0.0 vs 2.1
Weakest against its segment
- Network and streaming0.0 vs 3.1
- Price and fair terms1.3 vs 3.5
- Platforms and support2.1 vs 4.3
- Jurisdiction in the 9 Eyes alliance
- Stores session times
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.
Phone Guardian VPNsegment median
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Privacy and jurisdiction30% of the score · segment median 2.71.4
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 2.10.0
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
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Price and fair terms15% of the score · segment median 3.51.3
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 3.10.0
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 4.32.1
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
Phone Guardian VPN pricing
Phone Guardian VPN does not publish a paid price we could read. Free plan: Yes free, no IAP listed. Market median across the main ranking: €3.13 a month.
All plans as published
| Plan | Term |
|---|---|
| free | Lifetime |
Refunds, trial and payment
- Refund window
- Not stated
- Free trial
- Not stated
- Auto-renewal
- Not stated
- Payment methods
- Not stated
Everything Phone Guardian VPN publishes
Every fact we collected about Phone Guardian 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
- Distimo B.V. (Sensor Tower)
- Registered in
- Netherlands
- Parent company
- Sensor Tower
- Surveillance alliance (5/9/14 Eyes)
- 9
- Website languages
- Not stated
Plans, prices and add-ons
- Cheapest price a month
- Not stated
- Monthly plan
- Not stated
- Lifetime plan
- Not stated
- Family plan
- Not stated
Discounts and programmes
- Student discount
- Not stated
Limits and restrictions
- Devices at once
- 1 (no simultaneous connections) (review)
Free plan
- Free plan
- Yes free, no IAP listed
- Free data
- Not stated
- Ads in the free plan
- Not stated
- Other free plan terms
- does not hide IP/location; traffic scanning on unsecured Wi-Fi
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
- 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
- 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
- No review
- DNS leak protection
- Not stated
- Split tunnelling
- No review
- Ad and malware blocker
- Yes Web Guardian Safari ext (malware/phishing URLs); Mail Guardian
- Two-factor sign-in
- Not stated
- Security audits
- Not stated
- Bug bounty
- Not stated
Privacy
- No-logs policy
- No app & web activity collected for market research with consent
- Independent no-logs audit
- Not stated
- Shared with third parties
- market research data (data.ai/Sensor Tower)
- 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.
- Connection IPNot stated
- Session timesapp usage frequency/time spent for market research✕ Yes
- Device infodiagnostics✕ Yes
- App analyticsusage data; market research via data.ai with consent✕ Yes
Apps and devices
- Windows✕ No
- macOS✕ No
- Linux✕ No
- iOSiOS 15+✓ Yes
- AndroidAPKMirror listings Phone Guardian VPN: Safe WiFi✓ 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
- 4.8 (42K)
- Google Play rating
- 4.8 (1.08M reviews, Google Play US)
- Google Play installs
- 10M+
- Last app update
- v5.6.5 Oct 3 (2026 presumed)
- App languages
- EN
- AR
- FR
- DE
- ID
- IT
- JA
- KO
- MS
- PT
- RU
- ES
- TH
- ZH-Hant
- TR
- VI
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 phoneguardian@sensortower.com
- Live chat 24/7
- Not stated
- Email / tickets
- Yes phoneguardian@sensortower.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
4.62 of 5, smoothed
From 1000 collected reviews (raw average 4.68; all VPNs 3.54). Last 90 days: 3.87 from 23.
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Google Play
4.55 of 5, smoothed
From 400 collected reviews (raw average 4.63; all VPNs 3.90). Last 90 days: 4.63 from 400.
The company replied to 0 of 28 negative reviews (1–2 stars).
Ratings shown on the platforms themselves: App Store (US) 4.78 (41878 ratings); Google Play 4.8 (1.08M ratings).
Reviews per month, last 12 months
35 Reddit and forum threads mention Phone Guardian 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★ · 13 Oct 2026 · US
hi
App Store · 2★ · 06 Oct 2026 · US
Issues with rotating
App Store · 4★ · 03 Oct 2026 · US
a coold new feature that would help us out a real lot! 😎
Google Play · 1★ · 15 Oct 2026
The vpn doesn't work
Google Play · 5★ · 14 Oct 2026
I love this app because it's really awesome, and I love dogs!!!! That's the cool part about this app!!!! I had a dog many years ago, so I love this app it's…
Google Play · 5★ · 14 Oct 2026
best of all
Rankings by user reviews
Questions about Phone Guardian VPN
Answers built from what Phone Guardian VPN publishes. Open a question to read the details.
Is Phone Guardian VPN safe? Logging policy, audits and jurisdiction
Privacy and jurisdiction 1.4/10 and security 0.0/10 (segment medians 2.7 and 2.1). No red flag in our data. Independent no-logs audit: Not stated.
In 10 seconds
- Stores session times
- Jurisdiction in 9 Eyes
Privacy
- Jurisdiction
- Netherlands, 9 Eyes
- Legal entity
- Distimo B.V. (Sensor Tower)
- No-logs policy
- No app & web activity collected for market research with consent
- Independent no-logs audit
- Not stated
- Shared with third parties
- market research data (data.ai/Sensor Tower)
Security
- Kill switch
- No
- DNS leak protection
- Not stated
- Two-factor sign-in
- Not stated
Related rankings
Phone Guardian VPN not working? Common causes and what to check
2 things to check, built from what Phone Guardian 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 v5.6.5 Oct 3 (2026 presumed).
Contact support: email.
Support when the VPN is blocked
- Live chat
- No email phoneguardian@sensortower.com
- phoneguardian@sensortower.com
If it is blocked where you are
Who owns Phone Guardian VPN? Company, jurisdiction and related brands
Phone Guardian VPN is run by Distimo B.V. (Sensor Tower), registered in Netherlands; parent company: Sensor Tower.
Company
- Registered in
- Netherlands
Jurisdiction
In our rankings
Phone Guardian VPN appears on 19 topic pages. Its place on each:
- Dutch VPN providers#7 of 8
- No-email VPNs with an ad and tracker blocker#41 of 42
- Free VPNs with ad blocking#56 of 58
- iPhone VPNs without email#107 of 115
- iPhone VPNs with ad blocking#114 of 116
- Android VPNs without email#121 of 143
- Ad blocker#126 of 129
- Free VPNs without email#132 of 142
- Free VPNs for iPhone#158 of 178
- No sign-up VPNs#164 of 179
- Free VPNs for Android#186 of 225
- Outside 5 Eyes#206 of 237
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Owner and jurisdiction
Closed services Phone Guardian VPN replaces
Services that shut down or moved, for which this is one of five live alternatives.
Sources and changes
Collected 2026-10-15.
- Website
- https://alternativeto.net/software/nordvpn/
- Pages checked
- ["https://alternativeto.net/software/nordvpn/", "https://apps.apple.com/us/app/1016814119"]
- Other sources used
- all fields: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/phone-guardian-safe-mobile-vpn/id1016814119; simultaneous_devices/kill_switch/split_tunneling: https://www.wizcase.com/reviews/phone-guardian-vpn/ (updated 2026-10-06); play_*: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.distimo.phoneguardian
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| When (UTC) | Field | Was | Now |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-16 | rank_main | 365 | 364 |
| 2026-10-16 | rank_consumer | 479 | 478 |