playmoTV review: score, privacy and prices
2.41
out of 10#197 of 377 in the main ranking
Smart DNS median 1.9
- Smart DNS
- Jurisdiction:Iceland, outside 5/9/14 Eyes
- Founded2011
- Data completeness93%
- Checked2026-10-15
- Trial without a card
In 10 seconds
Strongest against its segment
- Privacy and jurisdiction2.7 vs 1.0
- Security and protocols1.1 vs 0.0
- Price and fair terms4.9 vs 4.2
Weakest against its segment
- Platforms and support4.2 vs 4.3
- Censorship bypass0.0 vs 0.0
- Network and streaming2.3 vs 2.3
- Auto-renewal on by default
How the score adds up
Six sub-scores, each against the median of Smart DNS services in the main ranking (11 services). Open a line to see which published facts earned points and which were missing or not disclosed.
playmoTVsegment median
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Privacy and jurisdiction30% of the score · segment median 1.02.7
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 0.01.1
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 4.24.9
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 0.00.0
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 2.32.3
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 4.34.2
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
playmoTV pricing
The cheapest way in is €3.58 a month, paid upfront for the longest term. After that term, playmoTV renews at its standard price. Market median across the main ranking: €3.13 a month.
Price per month over 3 years, Smart DNS monthly plan
€4.29/mo for 1 months
then €4.29/mo
€5
first termrenewalmarket median €3.13/momonths →
Real cost over 1, 2 and 3 years
What you pay to keep playmoTV running: the first term, then renewals at the published renewal price. Where no renewal price is published, plans shorter than a year are counted as repeat payments at the current price; longer plans show a dash after their term. Converted to euros at the rates used in our data (1 USD = €0.86). The lowest cost for each period is marked.
| Plan and first term | First payment | Then | 1 year | 2 years | 3 years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smart DNS monthly, 1 mo | €4.29 | €4.29 / 1 mo | €51.50 | €102.99 | €154.49 |
| Smart DNS 3 months prepaid, 3 mo | €12.03 | — | €48.13at the current price | €96.25at the current price | €144.38at the current price |
| Smart DNS 6 months prepaid, 6 mo | €22.35 | — | €44.70at the current price | €89.41at the current price | €134.11at the current price |
| Smart DNS 1 year prepaid, 12 mo | €42.96 | — | €42.96 | — | — |
| VPN + DNS monthly, 1 mo | €6.87 | €6.87 / 1 mo | €82.46 | €164.91 | €247.37 |
| VPN + DNS 1 year, 12 mo | €68.76 | — | €68.76 | — | — |
Compare playmoTV’s full cost with other VPNs, for any number of devices
All plans as published
| Plan | Term | Price for term | Per month | € / month | Renewal price | Renewal term |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smart DNS monthly | 1 mo | $4.99 | $4.99 | €4.29 | $4.99 | 1 mo |
| Smart DNS 3 months prepaid | 3 mo | $13.99 | $4.66 | €4.01 | — | — |
| Smart DNS 6 months prepaid | 6 mo | $25.99 | $4.33 | €3.72 | — | — |
| Smart DNS 1 year prepaid | 12 mo | $49.95 | $4.16 | €3.58 | — | — |
| VPN + DNS monthly | 1 mo | $7.99 | $7.99 | €6.87 | $7.99 | 1 mo |
| VPN + DNS 1 year | 12 mo | $79.95 | $6.66 | €5.73 | — | — |
Refunds, trial and payment
- Refund window
- 30 days
- Refund conditions
- new subscribers, full refund within 30 days of initial purchase; once per person; later pro-rated at discretion
- Free trial
- 7 days, site
- Card needed for trial
- No
- Auto-renewal
- Yes for monthly subscription; no for prepaid
- Payment methods
- PayPal
- Renewal note
- VPN+DNS yearly $79.95 renews at same price; monthly renews at $7.99; one-time (prepaid) options still offered
Everything playmoTV publishes
Every fact we collected about playmoTV, as the provider and reviewers state it. Empty fields are left out; key fields we could not find say “Not stated”. “Partial”: only on some platforms, servers or plans.
Company
- Legal entity
- Acadio ehf
- Registered in
- Iceland
- Related brands
- playmo.io
- Founded
- 2011
- Surveillance alliance (5/9/14 Eyes)
- none
- Website languages
- EN
- Right-to-left languages
- No
- Currencies on the site
- USD ($)
Plans, prices and add-ons
- Plans
- Smart DNS; VPN + DNS
- Billing terms
- 1m (subscription); 3m, 6m, 12m prepaid
- Cheapest price a month
- $4.16
- Monthly plan
- $4.99
- 1-year plan, total
- $49.95
- 1-year plan, a month
- $4.16
- Lifetime plan
- No
- Renewal
- VPN+DNS yearly $79.95 renews at same price
- monthly renews at $7.99
- one-time (prepaid) options still offered
- Family plan
- No
- Prices seen from other countries
- USD: VPN+DNS yearly $79.95 ($6.66/mo, save 17%, renews same price)
- VPN+DNS monthly $0.99 first month then $7.99/mo
- 30-day money-back
- Smart DNS only and one-time options on separate tab
- 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
- VPN included only in VPN+DNS plan
Discounts and programmes
- Discount shown
- save 17% (yearly vs monthly)
- Promo codes
- introductory offer: VPN+DNS monthly $0.99 first month, then $7.99/mo
- Sale running when checked
- No
- Student discount
- Not stated
- Affiliate programme
- Yes PlaymoTV DNS affiliate program, lifetime commissions
- Affiliate commission
- lifetime commission per referred sale; PayPal payouts, $20 minimum
- Affiliate network
- in-house
Limits and restrictions
- Devices at once
- one subscription covers all your devices; Smart DNS: 3 simultaneous locations
Free plan
- Free plan
- No
- Free data
- Not stated
- Ads in the free plan
- Not stated
Payment and subscription
- Payment methods
- PayPal
- PayPal
- Yes
- Cryptocurrency
- No review
- Cash
- Not stated
- Gift cards
- Not stated
- Auto-renewal by default
- Yes for monthly subscription; no for prepaid
- Email needed to sign up
- Yes
- Account-number login
- Not stated
- Money-back guarantee, days
- 30
- Refund conditions
- new subscribers, full refund within 30 days of initial purchase
- once per person
- later pro-rated at discretion
Free trial terms
- Trial length
- 7 days
- Where the trial is offered
- site
- Trial limits
- Smart DNS; no credit card
- Instead of a trial
- 30-day money-back
- Card needed for the trial
- No
Server locations
- Countries
- ~10 locations (review)
- Servers
- 10+ (review)
- 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
- Yes core product
Protocols and encryption
- WireGuard✓ Yes
- 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
- 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 browsing history, traffic destination or DNS queries
- Independent no-logs audit
- No
- Shared with third parties
- PayPal
- unnamed service providers
- no sale
- Transparency report
- Not stated
- Warrant canary
- Not stated
- Law enforcement requests
- cannot provide browsing logs (none exist)
- Copyright (DMCA) notices
- Yes /copyright/
- Anonymous sign-up
- No email or Facebook/Google login
- Privacy policy updated
- 2018-05-24
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.
- Email✕ Yes
- IP at sign-upregistered IPs for DNS authorization✕ Yes
- Connection IPNot stated
- Session timesNot stated
- App analyticscookies incl. third-party analytics✕ Yes
Apps and devices
- WindowsDNS setup✓ Yes
- macOSDNS setup✓ Yes
- LinuxNot stated
- iOSDNS setup✓ Yes
- Android✓ Yes
- Android TVNot stated
- Fire TV✓ Yes
- Apple TV✓ Yes
- ChromebookNot stated
- Smart TVworks on all devices✓ Yes
- RoutersDNS✓ Yes
- NASNot stated
- Raspberry PiNot stated
- Game consolesall devices✓ Yes
- Browser extensions
- Not stated
Speed, streaming and gaming
- 10 Gbps servers
- Not stated
- Netflix
- US Netflix (meta description only)
- BBC iPlayer
- Yes
- Disney+
- Yes
- Prime Video
- Yes US
- Gaming features
- Not stated
- Torrenting
- Not stated
Support
- Live chat
- Yes Help Scout Beacon
- Live chat 24/7
- Not stated
- Email / tickets
- Yes
- Phone
- Not stated
- Telegram
- Not stated
- Not stated
- Help articles
- 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.
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Trustpilot
3.61 of 5, smoothed
From 11 collected reviews (raw average 3.36; all VPNs 3.66).
The company replied to 4 of 5 negative reviews (1–2 stars).
Ratings shown on the platforms themselves: Trustpilot TrustScore 3.3 (11 reviews).
Reviews per month, last 12 months
31 Reddit and forum threads mention playmoTV (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.
Trustpilot · 2★ · 06 Dec 2025 · HN
Was great but now starting to wonder
Original reviewTrustpilot · 5★ · 07 Jul 2025 · CA
I have been with Playmo for over 10…
Original reviewTrustpilot · 1★ · 22 Aug 2021 · PA
Have been a loyal customer of Playmo TV…
Original review
Rankings by user reviews
Questions about playmoTV
Answers built from what playmoTV publishes. Open a question to read the details.
Is playmoTV safe? Logging policy, audits and jurisdiction
Privacy and jurisdiction 2.7/10 and security 1.1/10 (segment medians 1.0 and 0.0). No red flag in our data. Independent no-logs audit: ✕ No.
Privacy
- Jurisdiction
- Iceland, outside 5/9/14 Eyes
- Legal entity
- Acadio ehf
- No-logs policy
- Yes no browsing history, traffic destination or DNS queries
- Shared with third parties
- PayPal; unnamed service providers; no sale
Security
- Kill switch
- No
- DNS leak protection
- Not stated
- Two-factor sign-in
- Not stated
Related rankings
playmoTV not working? Common causes and what to check
1 things to check, built from what playmoTV publishes about its apps, protocols and support. We do not test connections ourselves.
What to check
Contact support: live chat, email.
Support when the VPN is blocked
- Live chat
- Yes Help Scout Beacon
- Yes
If it is blocked where you are
playmoTV refund policy: how to ask for your money back
playmoTV refund window: 30 days. Conditions: new subscribers, full refund within 30 days of initial purchase; once per person; later pro-rated at discretion
Refund terms
- Refund window
- 30
- Refund on monthly plans
- Not stated
- Refund for App Store / Google Play purchases
- Not stated
- Refund for unused time
- Yes
- Free trial
- 7
Try before paying
playmoTV free trial: length, terms and payment details
playmoTV free trial: 7, site. Card needed: no.
Trial terms
- Length
- 7
- Card needed
- No
- Limits
- Smart DNS; no credit card
- Instead of a trial
- 30-day money-back
- Refund window
- 30
- Free plan
- No
Trials elsewhere
playmoTV coupons and discounts: official prices and promo terms
What playmoTV itself publishes about codes: introductory offer: VPN+DNS monthly $0.99 first month, then $7.99/mo. We never invent codes or copy them from coupon sites; below are the official prices.
Discounts on the official site
- Sale running when checked
- No
- Discount shown
- save 17% (yearly vs monthly)
- Checked
- 2026-10-15
Who owns playmoTV? Company, jurisdiction and related brands
playmoTV is run by Acadio ehf, registered in Iceland.
Company
- Related brands
- playmo.io
- Founded
- 2011
In our rankings
playmoTV appears on 98 topic pages. Its place on each:
- Smart DNS services#3 of 16
- Unlimited-device VPN trials, no card#5 of 8
- Console VPNs for Netflix#8 of 15
- VPNs outside 14 Eyes with unlimited devices#8 of 11
- Netflix claims, unlimited devices#10 of 15
- Smart TV VPNs for Netflix#10 of 15
- Console VPNs with a trial#11 of 19
- Netflix VPN trials, no card#11 of 15
- Trial VPNs, unlimited devices#12 of 28
- Apple TV VPNs for Netflix#14 of 18
- Firestick VPNs for Netflix#14 of 18
- Non-14 Eyes VPN trials, no card#14 of 24
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- WireGuard console VPNs#15 of 18
- Firestick VPN free trials#17 of 25
- Smart TV VPN free trials#17 of 24
- Money-back guarantee, unlimited devices#17 of 26
- VPNs with Smart DNS#17 of 33
- No-card trials with money-back#18 of 23
- WireGuard VPN trials, no card#18 of 23
- Console VPNs with money back#20 of 25
- WireGuard VPNs for Smart TV#21 of 23
- WireGuard, unlimited devices#21 of 26
- Apple TV VPN free trials#22 of 26
- VPNs for US Netflix#22 of 38
- Trial VPNs for Netflix#23 of 44
- Unlimited devices#24 of 62
- VPN trials without a card#24 of 51
- VPNs for consoles#25 of 46
- No-logs console VPNs#25 of 33
- VPNs for Prime Video#25 of 33
- No-logs VPN trials, no card#26 of 50
- Router VPN free trials#27 of 37
- Free trial, no card#28 of 66
- WireGuard VPNs claiming Netflix#28 of 30
- No-logs VPNs with unlimited devices#29 of 51
- Router VPNs for Netflix#29 of 40
- Trial VPNs outside 14 Eyes#29 of 70
- Non-14 Eyes VPNs for Netflix#29 of 44
- Apple TV VPNs with 30-day refunds#30 of 35
- WireGuard VPNs for Firestick#31 of 35
- Smart TV VPNs with 30-day refunds#31 of 35
- No-logs VPNs for Smart TV#31 of 38
- WireGuard VPNs for Apple TV#32 of 39
- VPNs for Disney+#32 of 35
- VPNs for BBC iPlayer#33 of 50
- VPNs for Smart TV#33 of 47
- Firestick VPNs with 30-day refunds#34 of 40
- Monthly plans under €5#35 of 106
- WireGuard VPNs with a trial#37 of 69
- VPNs for Fire TV#42 of 58
- Netflix claims + money-back guarantee#42 of 50
- Router VPNs with money back#43 of 52
- No-logs VPNs that claim Netflix support#44 of 78
- No-logs VPNs for Apple TV#44 of 53
- Non-14 Eyes VPNs with a money-back guarantee#44 of 55
- Trial VPNs with money back#45 of 82
- VPNs for Apple TV#47 of 64
- Mac VPNs for Netflix#49 of 83
- iPhone VPNs for Netflix#50 of 85
- Windows VPNs for Netflix#50 of 83
- WireGuard router VPNs#50 of 61
- VPNs outside 14 Eyes with WireGuard support#50 of 63
- No-logs VPNs with a trial#59 of 144
- VPN free trials#62 of 190
- 10+ devices#63 of 127
- VPNs for Netflix#67 of 97
- Windows VPN trials#70 of 140
- No-logs router VPNs#72 of 93
- Mac VPN trials#73 of 144
- Android VPN free trials#76 of 160
- WireGuard + money-back guarantee#76 of 87
- VPNs for routers#79 of 120
- Pay with PayPal#81 of 211
- 30-day money-back guarantee#95 of 174
- No-logs VPNs outside 14 Eyes#98 of 143
- Outside 14 Eyes#100 of 204
- Mac VPNs with WireGuard#103 of 149
- Windows VPNs with WireGuard#105 of 147
- WireGuard VPNs for iPhone#107 of 164
- Mac VPNs with refunds#107 of 149
- Windows VPNs with refunds#111 of 155
- Outside 5 Eyes#114 of 237
- VPNs under €5#116 of 280
- No-logs VPNs with WireGuard support#121 of 159
- WireGuard VPNs#147 of 192
- No-logs VPNs for Windows#156 of 267
- No-logs VPNs for Mac#157 of 280
- No-logs VPNs for iPhone#162 of 314
- No-logs VPNs for Android#166 of 328
- VPNs for Mac#171 of 361
- VPNs for Windows#171 of 357
- VPNs for iPhone#177 of 411
- VPNs for Android#181 of 451
- No-logs VPNs#199 of 389
- Top VPNs on the App Store543 listed
- Top VPNs on Google Play543 listed
- Top VPNs on Trustpilot543 listed
- Worst VPNs543 listed
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Sources and changes
Collected 2026-10-15. No changes recorded since the first import.
- Website
- https://playmo.tv
- Pages checked
- https://playmo.tv; https://playmo.tv/privacy-policy/; https://playmo.tv/terms-of-service/; https://playmo.tv/services/
- Other sources used
- affiliate_program/affiliate_commission/affiliate_network: https://playmo.tv/affiliate-program/; simultaneous_devices/promo_codes/discount_pct_shown/renewal_note: https://playmo.tv/pricing/; anonymous_signup: https://playmo.tv/login/; wireguard: https://playmo.tv/2024/03/use-the-playmotv-vpn-on-apple-tv-with-passepartout/ (WireGuard profile from playmo.tv/vpn); kill_switch, crypto, servers_count, countries_count, nologs_audit: https://www.vpnmentor.com/reviews/playmotv/
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