Psiphon review: score, privacy and prices
2.66
out of 10#160 of 377 in the main ranking
Free / mobile app median 2.3
- Free / mobile app
- Jurisdiction:Canada, 5 Eyes
- Founded2006
- Owner:Psiphon Inc.
- Data completeness67%
- Checked2026-10-15
- No email to sign up
- Free plan
- Open-source apps
In 10 seconds
Strongest against its segment
- Security and protocols3.6 vs 1.2
- Censorship bypass1.9 vs 0.5
- Network and streaming2.9 vs 1.7
Weakest against its segment
- Platforms and support1.7 vs 2.8
- Price and fair terms2.6 vs 3.4
- Privacy and jurisdiction2.7 vs 2.7
- Jurisdiction in the 5 Eyes alliance
- Stores session times
- Ads in the free plan
How the score adds up
Six sub-scores, each against the median of Free / mobile app services in the main ranking (80 services). Open a line to see which published facts earned points and which were missing or not disclosed.
Psiphonsegment median
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Privacy and jurisdiction30% of the score · segment median 2.72.7
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 1.23.6
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 3.42.6
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 0.51.9
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 1.72.9
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 2.81.7
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
Psiphon pricing
The cheapest way in is €2.48 a month, paid upfront for the longest term. After that term, Psiphon renews at its standard price. Market median across the main ranking: €3.13 a month.
All plans as published
| Plan | Term | Price for term | Per month | € / month | Renewal price | Renewal term |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Psiphon Basic | 1 mo | $0.00 | $0.00 | €0.00 | $0.00 | 1 mo |
| Psiphon Plus | — | — | $2.88 | €2.48 | — | — |
Refunds, trial and payment
- Refund window
- Not stated
- Free trial
- Not stated
- Auto-renewal
- Not stated
- Payment methods
- Apple App Store; Google Play
Everything Psiphon publishes
Every fact we collected about Psiphon, 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
- Psiphon Inc.
- Registered in
- Canada
- Address
- Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Related brands
- Conduit
- Forge
- psix.ca
- Founded
- 2006
- Surveillance alliance (5/9/14 Eyes)
- 5
- Website languages
- EN
- FA
- AR
- ZH-CN
- ZH-TW
- AM
- AZ
- BE
- BN
- BO
- DE
- EL
- ES
- FA-AF (Dari)
- FI
- FR
- HE
- HI
- HR
- ID
- IT
- KK
- KM
- KO
- KY
- MY
- NB
- NL
- OM
- PT
- PT-BR
- PT-PT
- RU
- SW
- TG
- TH
- TI
- TK
- TR
- UK
- UR
- UZ
- VI (43)
- Right-to-left languages
- Yes FA, AR, HE, UR versions
- Currencies on the site
- USD
- Prices depend on country
- store pricing
Plans, prices and add-ons
- Plans
- Psiphon Basic (free)
- Psiphon Plus
- Conduit Access
- Cheapest price a month
- $2.88
- Monthly plan
- $4.99
- 1-year plan, total
- $34.99
- 1-year plan, a month
- $2.92
- Lifetime plan
- Not stated
- Family plan
- No
- 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
Limits and restrictions
- Devices at once
- Not stated
Free plan
- Free plan
- Yes
- Free data
- Not stated
- Free speed
- 2 Mbps (review)
- Ads in the free plan
- Yes Google AdMob
- Other free plan terms
- Conduit Access: free unlimited in exchange for sharing device capacity (Android)
Payment and subscription
- Payment methods
- Apple App Store; Google Play
- PayPal
- Not stated
- Apple Pay / Google Pay
- Yes store IAP
- Cryptocurrency
- No
- Cash
- Not stated
- Gift cards
- Not stated
- Auto-renewal by default
- Not stated
- Email needed to sign up
- No
- Phone needed to sign up
- No
- Account-number login
- Not stated
- Identity check (KYC)
- No
- Money-back guarantee, days
- Not stated
Free trial terms
- Trial length
- Not stated
- Card needed for the trial
- Not stated
Server locations
- Countries
- 33
- Servers
- 50,000+
- 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 protocolPsiphon tunnel core (auto-selects among multiple transport methods)✓ Yes
- VLESS / RealityNot stated
- VMessNot stated
- TrojanNot stated
- ShadowsocksNot stated
- Hysteria2Not stated
- TUICNot stated
- NaiveProxyNot stated
- obfs4Not stated
- AmneziaWGNot stated
- Other protocols
- multiple obfuscated transports, not named on site
- Perfect forward secrecy
- Not stated
- Post-quantum encryption
- Not stated
- Manual configuration files
- No
- Open-source apps
- Yes https://github.com/Psiphon-Inc/psiphon
Censorship and blocking
- Obfuscation (stealth mode)
- Yes designed for censorship circumvention, automatic transport selection
- 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
- Partial limited: option to not proxy local/domestic sites; no per-app (review)
- Ad and malware blocker
- Not stated
- Two-factor sign-in
- Not stated
- Security audits
- Yes Cure53 and others (reports on Trust Center)
- Bug bounty
- Not stated
Privacy
- No-logs policy
- Partial never logs IP or sites visited; logs session duration, bytes, platform, server
- Independent no-logs audit
- No
- Data retention
- connection data deleted on automated schedule
- aggregates and diagnostics kept indefinitely
- email logs 1 week
- Shared with third parties
- aggregated stats to sponsors/researchers
- AdMob ads in free
- AWS
- Cloudflare
- does not sell data
- Trackers on the website
- Yes Google Analytics on psiphon.ca
- Transparency report
- Yes Privacy Bulletin; Trust Center
- Warrant canary
- Not stated
- Law enforcement requests
- subject to Canadian law; discloses only what it holds (no IP/activity)
- Anonymous sign-up
- Yes no account needed
- GDPR / data protection officer
- privacy@psiphon.ca
- Privacy policy updated
- 2026-09-28
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.
- Emailonly if user emails/feedback◐ Partial
- IP at sign-up✓ No
- Connection IPderives country/city/ISP✓ No
- Session timesconnection duration✕ Yes
- Bandwidthper session✕ Yes
- Device infoplatform, client version, protocol, server✕ Yes
- App analyticsaggregate stats◐ Partial
- Crash reportsoptional encrypted diagnostic feedback✕ Yes
Apps and devices
- Windows✓ Yes
- macOS✕ No
- 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
- 3.9 (8.8K ratings, US App Store)
- Last app update
- iOS v2.5.11, Oct 7
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 only) (review)
- Live chat 24/7
- No review
- Email / tickets
- Yes privacy@psiphon.ca; FAQ/Help Hub
- Phone
- Not stated
- Telegram
- No
- Not stated
- Help articles
- Yes Help Hub/FAQ
- 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
2.67 of 5, smoothed
From 459 collected reviews (raw average 2.58; all VPNs 3.54). Last 90 days: 2.14 from 21.
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Google Play
3.57 of 5, smoothed
From 400 collected reviews (raw average 3.53; all VPNs 3.90). Last 90 days: 3.53 from 400.
The company replied to 0 of 136 negative reviews (1–2 stars).
Ratings shown on the platforms themselves: App Store (US) 3.85 (8768 ratings); Google Play 4.5 (998K ratings).
Reviews per month, last 12 months
41 Reddit and forum threads mention Psiphon (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★ · 13 Oct 2026 · US
Locked basic features behind paywall and the connection is much worse
App Store · 1★ · 13 Oct 2026 · US
Why?
App Store · 1★ · 10 Oct 2026 · US
Bad changes
Google Play · 1★ · 14 Oct 2026
this app now very bad. before i used this app, now update come not good,need money
Google Play · 5★ · 14 Oct 2026
Very friendly UI... easy to use
Google Play · 1★ · 14 Oct 2026
too slow constantly instrupted I have to use another vpn !!
Rankings by user reviews
Questions about Psiphon
Answers built from what Psiphon publishes. Open a question to read the details.
Is Psiphon safe? Logging policy, audits and jurisdiction
Privacy and jurisdiction 2.7/10 and security 3.6/10 (segment medians 2.7 and 1.2). No red flag in our data. Independent no-logs audit: ✕ No.
In 10 seconds
- Open-source apps
- Stores session times
- Jurisdiction in 5 Eyes
Privacy
- Jurisdiction
- Canada, 5 Eyes
- Legal entity
- Psiphon Inc.
- No-logs policy
- Partial never logs IP or sites visited; logs session duration, bytes, platform, server
- Data retention
- connection data deleted on automated schedule; aggregates and diagnostics kept indefinitely; email logs 1 week
- Shared with third parties
- aggregated stats to sponsors/researchers; AdMob ads in free; AWS; Cloudflare; does not sell data
- Trackers on the website
- Yes Google Analytics on psiphon.ca
Security
- Kill switch
- No
- DNS leak protection
- Not stated
- Security audits
- Cure53 and others (reports on Trust Center)
- Open-source apps
- https://github.com/Psiphon-Inc/psiphon
- Two-factor sign-in
- Not stated
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Psiphon not working? Common causes and what to check
4 things to check, built from what Psiphon publishes about its apps, protocols and support. We do not test connections ourselves.
What to check
If the network blocks VPNs, turn on obfuscation (designed for censorship circumvention, automatic transport selection).
Update the app: the last update we saw is dated iOS v2.5.11, Oct 7.
Contact support: email.
If the website is blocked too, use the mirror or channel (email auto-responder for download links; no mirrors listed).
Support when the VPN is blocked
- Live chat
- No (email only) (review)
- Live chat 24/7
- No review
- Telegram
- No
- Mirrors or channel
- email auto-responder for download links; no mirrors listed
- Yes privacy@psiphon.ca; FAQ/Help Hub
If it is blocked where you are
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Who owns Psiphon? Company, jurisdiction and related brands
Psiphon is run by Psiphon Inc., registered in Canada; parent company: Psiphon Inc..
Company
- Registered in
- Canada
- Address
- Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Related brands
- Conduit; Forge; psix.ca
- Founded
- 2006
Jurisdiction
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In our rankings
Psiphon appears on 90 topic pages. Its place on each:
- Canadian VPNs#4 of 12
- Cheap open-source VPNs#14 of 14
- VPNs in Persian#17 of 27
- Free open-source VPNs#18 of 35
- Transparency reports#18 of 21
- Open-source VPNs with obfuscated servers#23 of 38
- Security audits#25 of 31
- Open-source VPNs, no email#25 of 37
- VPNs in Korean#29 of 39
- Cheap VPNs with no email#32 of 42
- VPNs in Italian#32 of 43
- Open-source VPNs#34 of 59
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- VPNs in Dutch#35 of 40
- Mobile VPN apps#37 of 178
- VPNs in Turkish#39 of 51
- Proprietary protocols#43 of 110
- VPNs in Arabic#45 of 59
- Free VPNs without email#47 of 142
- VPNs in Portuguese#47 of 61
- Obfuscated VPNs, no email#50 of 81
- Monthly plans under €5#51 of 106
- Free VPNs with cheap upgrades#57 of 74
- Cheap obfuscated VPNs#58 of 68
- VPNs in Chinese#58 of 84
- Windows VPNs without email#59 of 79
- Free obfuscated VPNs#60 of 111
- VPNs in French#64 of 87
- VPNs in German#66 of 87
- VPNs in Spanish#66 of 87
- iPhone VPNs without email#70 of 115
- Android VPNs without email#74 of 143
- No sign-up VPNs#75 of 179
- Free VPNs for China#78 of 114
- Free VPNs for Egypt#78 of 111
- Free VPNs for India#78 of 111
- Free VPNs for Pakistan#78 of 111
- Free VPNs for Turkey#78 of 113
- Free VPNs for Bahrain#79 of 115
- Free VPNs for Kuwait#79 of 115
- Free VPNs for Oman#79 of 115
- Free VPNs for Qatar#79 of 115
- Free VPNs for Saudi Arabia#79 of 115
- Free VPNs for the UAE#79 of 118
- Free VPNs for Windows#81 of 131
- Free VPNs for iPhone#97 of 178
- Cheap VPNs for Windows#99 of 136
- Free VPNs#102 of 282
- Free VPNs for Android#103 of 225
- Windows VPNs for China#103 of 151
- Windows VPNs for Egypt#103 of 137
- Windows VPNs for India#103 of 137
- Windows VPNs for Pakistan#103 of 137
- Windows VPNs for Turkey#103 of 140
- Windows VPNs for Bahrain#104 of 142
- Windows VPNs for Kuwait#104 of 142
- Windows VPNs for Oman#104 of 142
- Windows VPNs for Qatar#104 of 142
- Windows VPNs for Saudi Arabia#104 of 142
- Windows VPNs for the UAE#104 of 144
- Cheap VPNs for iPhone#108 of 149
- Cheap VPNs under €3#110 of 167
- Obfuscated VPNs for Windows#113 of 137
- iPhone VPNs for China#118 of 166
- iPhone VPNs for Egypt#118 of 151
- iPhone VPNs for the UAE#119 of 158
- Obfuscated VPNs for iPhone#124 of 151
- No IP logs#125 of 191
- Android VPNs for China#129 of 186
- Android VPNs for India#129 of 170
- Android VPNs for the UAE#130 of 181
- Obfuscated VPNs#140 of 192
- VPNs for travel to China#140 of 209
- VPNs for travel to Egypt#140 of 192
- VPNs for travel to India#140 of 192
- VPNs for travel to Pakistan#140 of 192
- VPNs for travel to Turkey#140 of 196
- VPNs for travel to Bahrain#141 of 200
- VPNs for travel to Kuwait#141 of 200
- VPNs for travel to Oman#141 of 200
- VPNs for travel to Qatar#141 of 200
- VPNs for travel to Saudi Arabia#141 of 200
- VPNs for travel to the UAE#141 of 204
- VPNs under €5#168 of 280
- VPNs for Windows#225 of 357
- VPNs for iPhone#243 of 411
- VPNs for Android#250 of 451
- 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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Owner and jurisdiction
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Sources and changes
Collected 2026-10-15. No changes recorded since the first import.
- Website
- https://psiphon.ca
- Pages checked
- https://psiphon.ca; https://psiphon.ca/en/index.html; https://psiphon.ca/en/privacy.html
- Other sources used
- price_1m, price_12m_pm, price_12m_total, appstore_rating, app_last_update: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/psiphon-fast-and-secure-vpn/id1276263909?l=en; kill_switch, split_tunneling, live_chat, live_chat_247, free_tier_speed, email_tickets: https://www.techradar.com/reviews/psiphon; other_protocols: https://psiphon.ca/en/faq.html
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