Private WiFi review: score, privacy and prices
out of 10#302 of 377 in the main ranking
Consumer VPN median 2.6
- Consumer VPN
- Jurisdiction:USA, 5 Eyes
- Founded2010
- Data completeness87%
- Checked2026-10-15
In 10 seconds
Strongest against its segment
- Price and fair terms4.0 vs 3.5
- Network and streaming2.7 vs 3.1
- Censorship bypass0.0 vs 0.5
Weakest against its segment
- Security and protocols0.0 vs 2.1
- Privacy and jurisdiction1.3 vs 2.7
- Platforms and support3.2 vs 4.3
- Jurisdiction in the 5 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.
Private WiFisegment median
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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
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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 3.54.0
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 3.12.7
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 4.33.2
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
Private WiFi pricing
The cheapest way in is €2.15 a month, paid upfront for the longest term. After that term, Private WiFi renews at its standard price. Market median across the main ranking: €3.13 a month.
Real cost over 1, 2 and 3 years
What you pay to keep Private WiFi 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 | 1 year | 2 years | 3 years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monthly 1 device, 1 mo | €2.57 | €30.86at the current price | €61.71at the current price | €92.57at the current price |
| Monthly 3 devices, 1 mo | €8.59 | €103.10at the current price | €206.19at the current price | €309.29at the current price |
| Monthly 5 devices, 1 mo | €11.17 | €134.06at the current price | €268.11at the current price | €402.17at the current price |
| Annual 1 device, 12 mo | €25.79 | €25.79 | — | — |
| Annual 3 devices, 12 mo | €68.79 | €68.79 | — | — |
| Annual 5 devices, 12 mo | €85.99 | €85.99 | — | — |
Compare Private WiFi’s full cost with other VPNs, for any number of devices
All plans as published
| Plan | Term | Price for term | Per month | € / month | Renewal term |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monthly 1 device | 1 mo | $2.99 | $2.99 | €2.57 | 1 mo |
| Monthly 3 devices | 1 mo | $9.99 | $9.99 | €8.59 | 1 mo |
| Monthly 5 devices | 1 mo | $12.99 | $12.99 | €11.17 | 1 mo |
| Annual 1 device | 12 mo | $29.99 | $2.50 | €2.15 | 12 mo |
| Annual 3 devices | 12 mo | $79.99 | $6.67 | €5.74 | 12 mo |
| Annual 5 devices | 12 mo | $99.99 | $8.33 | €7.16 | 12 mo |
Refunds, trial and payment
- Refund window
- 30 (review: unused data, via support)
- Refund conditions
- contact support; unused data (review)
- Free trial
- 10 days, site
- Auto-renewal
- Not stated
- Payment methods
- Visa; Mastercard; Discover; Amex; PayPal
Everything Private WiFi publishes
Every fact we collected about Private WiFi, 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
- Private Communications Corporation
- Registered in
- USA
- Address
- Sherman, CT (BBB badge); review says California
- Founded
- 2010
- Surveillance alliance (5/9/14 Eyes)
- 5
- Website languages
- Not stated
Plans, prices and add-ons
- Plans
- Pay-As-You-Go (1GB $1.99 / 10GB $7.99)
- Monthly
- Annual (1/3/5 devices)
- Billing terms
- PAYG
- 1
- 12
- Cheapest price a month
- $2.50
- Monthly plan
- $2.99
- 1-year plan, total
- $29.99
- 1-year plan, a month
- $2.50
- Lifetime plan
- Not stated
- Family plan
- Not stated
- Antivirus
- Yes malware filtering included
- Other add-ons
- ad blocking included
Discounts and programmes
- Student discount
- Not stated
Limits and restrictions
- Devices at once
- 1/3/5 by plan; PAYG any number
- Data limit
- PAYG 1GB/10GB; others unlimited
- Torrenting / P2P policy
- No not supported (support)
Free plan
- Free plan
- No
- Free data
- Not stated
- Ads in the free plan
- Not stated
Payment and subscription
- Payment methods
- Visa
- Mastercard
- Discover
- Amex
- PayPal
- Bank card
- Yes
- PayPal
- Yes
- Cryptocurrency
- Not stated
- Cash
- Not stated
- Gift cards
- Not stated
- Auto-renewal by default
- Not stated
- Email needed to sign up
- Yes
- Account-number login
- Not stated
- Money-back guarantee, days
- 30 (review: unused data, via support)
- Refund conditions
- contact support; unused data (review)
Free trial terms
- Trial length
- 10 days
- Where the trial is offered
- site
- Trial limits
- new customers; email required
- Card needed for the trial
- Not stated
Server locations
- Countries
- 20 (review)
- Servers
- 33+ (review)
- Server countries
- Not stated
- Middle East and North Africa
- Israel; Turkey (review)
- Virtual locations
- Not stated
- P2P servers
- Not stated
- Obfuscated servers
- No
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
- OpenVPNreview✓ Yes
- 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
- Encryption
- 256-bit
- 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
- No review
- Split tunnelling
- Not stated
- Ad and malware blocker
- Yes
- Two-factor sign-in
- Not stated
- Security audits
- No
- Bug bounty
- Not stated
Privacy
- No-logs policy
- Yes
- Independent no-logs audit
- Not stated
- Transparency report
- Not stated
- Warrant canary
- Not stated
- Law enforcement requests
- discloses if legally required
- 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.
- IP at sign-upreview: IP✕ Yes
- Connection IPNot stated
- Session timestime online/offline (review)✕ Yes
- Device infoOS, browser type (review)✕ Yes
Apps and devices
- Windows10+✓ Yes
- macOS10.10+✓ Yes
- Linux✕ No
- iOS12+✓ Yes
- Android6+✓ Yes
- Android TVNot stated
- Fire TVNot stated
- Apple TVNot stated
- ChromebookNot stated
- Smart TVNot stated
- Routers✕ No
- NASNot stated
- Raspberry PiNot stated
- Game consolesNot stated
- Browser extensions
- No
- App Store rating
- 3.9
- Google Play rating
- 3.7
Speed, streaming and gaming
- 10 Gbps servers
- Not stated
- Netflix
- US (unreliable), UK, CA (review)
- BBC iPlayer
- No
- Disney+
- Not stated
- Prime Video
- No
- Gaming features
- Not stated
- Torrenting
- No
Support
- Live chat
- No
- Live chat 24/7
- No
- Email / tickets
- Yes 8AM-12AM EST Mon-Fri
- Phone
- Not stated
- Telegram
- Not stated
- Not stated
- Response time (claimed)
- 24h (review)
- Help articles
- FAQ; quick start
- 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
3.61 of 5, smoothed
From 181 collected reviews (raw average 3.62; all VPNs 3.54).
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Google Play
3.70 of 5, smoothed
From 122 collected reviews (raw average 3.61; all VPNs 3.90). Last 90 days: 5.00 from 1.
The company replied to 36 of 39 negative reviews (1–2 stars).
Ratings shown on the platforms themselves: App Store (US) 3.75 (8 ratings); Google Play 3.8 (386 ratings).
Reviews per month, last 12 months
37 Reddit and forum threads mention Private WiFi (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 · 3★ · 02 Dec 2024 · US
TOOOOOOOOOOOOO EXXXXXXXXXXPENSIVE!!!
App Store · 5★ · 31 Jul 2024 · US
Safe and easy
App Store · 1★ · 03 Jul 2024 · US
This app deserves zero stars. It’s completely corrupting my WiFi signal
Google Play · 5★ · 29 Sep 2026
personal private
Google Play · 1★ · 07 Jun 2026
total trash
Google Play · 1★ · 03 Dec 2025
Will not open up website to register,Not worth the hassle of giving my info to for a 7 day free trial. This is a paid service app and is not free.
Rankings by user reviews
Questions about Private WiFi
Answers built from what Private WiFi publishes. Open a question to read the details.
Is Private WiFi 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.
In 10 seconds
- Stores session times
- Jurisdiction in 5 Eyes
Privacy
- Jurisdiction
- USA, 5 Eyes
- Legal entity
- Private Communications Corporation
- No-logs policy
- Yes
- Independent no-logs audit
- Not stated
Security
- Kill switch
- No
- DNS leak protection
- No
- Encryption
- 256-bit
- Security audits
- none
- Two-factor sign-in
- Not stated
Related rankings
Private WiFi not working? Common causes and what to check
1 things to check, built from what Private WiFi publishes about its apps, protocols and support. We do not test connections ourselves.
What to check
Contact support: email.
Support when the VPN is blocked
- Live chat
- No
- Live chat 24/7
- No
- Yes 8AM-12AM EST Mon-Fri
If it is blocked where you are
Private WiFi refund policy: how to ask for your money back
Private WiFi refund window: 30 (review: unused data, via support). Conditions: contact support; unused data (review)
Refund terms
- Refund on monthly plans
- Not stated
- Refund for App Store / Google Play purchases
- Not stated
- Refund for unused time
- Yes
- Free trial
- 10
Try before paying
Private WiFi free trial: length, terms and payment details
Private WiFi free trial: 10, site.
Trial terms
- Length
- 10
- Card needed
- Not stated
- Limits
- new customers; email required
- Refund window
- 30 (review: unused data, via support)
- Free plan
- No
Trials elsewhere
Who owns Private WiFi? Company, jurisdiction and related brands
Private WiFi is run by Private Communications Corporation, registered in USA.
Company
- Registered in
- USA
- Address
- Sherman, CT (BBB badge); review says California
- Founded
- 2010
Jurisdiction
In our rankings
Private WiFi appears on 65 topic pages. Its place on each:
- VPNs for UK Netflix#14 of 16
- Netflix claims + ad blocker#29 of 31
- VPNs for US Netflix#30 of 38
- Trial VPNs for Netflix#37 of 44
- Cheap VPNs for Netflix#38 of 46
- VPN with antivirus#38 of 45
- Trial VPNs with ad blocking#43 of 55
- Netflix claims + money-back guarantee#46 of 50
- Cheap ad-blocking VPNs#48 of 56
- OpenVPN VPNs claiming Netflix#54 of 62
- OpenVPN + ad blocker#56 of 59
- Cheap VPNs with a trial#61 of 76
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- Money-back VPNs with an ad blocker#62 of 72
- Monthly plans under €5#63 of 106
- OpenVPN VPNs with a trial#68 of 90
- Trial VPNs with money back#70 of 82
- No-logs VPNs that claim Netflix support#72 of 78
- iPhone VPNs for Netflix#73 of 85
- Mac VPNs for Netflix#73 of 83
- Windows VPNs for Netflix#73 of 83
- Cheap VPNs with money-back#78 of 83
- US-based VPNs#78 of 107
- Cheap OpenVPN services#79 of 90
- VPNs for Netflix#82 of 97
- No-logs VPNs with an ad and tracker blocker#94 of 103
- OpenVPN + money-back guarantee#94 of 100
- Windows VPNs with ad blocking#94 of 99
- Mac VPNs with ad blocking#95 of 103
- Middle East VPN servers#100 of 122
- iPhone VPNs with ad blocking#105 of 116
- Ad blocker#108 of 129
- No-logs VPNs with a trial#110 of 144
- Windows VPN trials#114 of 140
- Cheap VPNs for Mac#117 of 137
- Cheap VPNs for Windows#117 of 136
- Mac VPN trials#120 of 144
- Cheap no-logs VPNs#121 of 137
- Cheap VPNs for iPhone#125 of 149
- VPN free trials#125 of 190
- Android VPN free trials#128 of 160
- Cheap VPNs under €3#132 of 167
- Pay with PayPal#134 of 211
- Mac VPNs with refunds#135 of 149
- Windows VPNs with refunds#142 of 155
- 30-day money-back guarantee#144 of 174
- Windows VPNs with OpenVPN#161 of 190
- Mac VPNs with OpenVPN#167 of 198
- OpenVPN VPNs for iPhone#169 of 207
- No-logs VPNs with OpenVPN support#173 of 191
- OpenVPN VPNs for Android#176 of 219
- OpenVPN#202 of 242
- VPNs under €5#206 of 280
- No-logs VPNs for Windows#231 of 267
- No-logs VPNs for Mac#239 of 280
- No-logs VPNs for iPhone#248 of 314
- No-logs VPNs for Android#259 of 328
- VPNs for Windows#272 of 357
- VPNs for Mac#282 of 361
- VPNs for iPhone#294 of 411
- VPNs for Android#307 of 451
- No-logs VPNs#327 of 389
- Top VPNs on the App Store543 listed
- Top VPNs on Google Play543 listed
- Top VPNs on Trustpilot543 listed
- Worst VPNs543 listed
Owner and jurisdiction
Sources and changes
Collected 2026-10-15.
- Website
- https://www.vpnmentor.com/reviews/private-wifi/
- Pages checked
- ["https://www.vpnmentor.com/reviews/private-wifi/", "https://www.privatewifi.com/"]
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| When (UTC) | Field | Was | Now |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-16 | rank_main | 297 | 296 |
| 2026-10-16 | rank_consumer | 346 | 345 |