Snap VPN review: score, privacy and prices
2.06
out of 10#245 of 377 in the main ranking
Free / mobile app median 2.3
- Free / mobile app
- Jurisdiction:USA, 5 Eyes
- Data completeness80%
- Checked2026-10-15
- RAM-only servers
- No email to sign up
In 10 seconds
Strongest against its segment
- Privacy and jurisdiction4.3 vs 2.7
- Security and protocols1.8 vs 1.2
- Censorship bypass0.0 vs 0.5
Weakest against its segment
- Platforms and support0.6 vs 2.8
- Price and fair terms1.8 vs 3.4
- Network and streaming0.8 vs 1.7
- Jurisdiction in the 5 Eyes alliance
- Auto-renewal on by default
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.
Snap VPNsegment median
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Privacy and jurisdiction30% of the score · segment median 2.74.3
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 1.21.8
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 3.41.8
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 1.70.8
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 2.80.6
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
Snap VPN pricing
Snap VPN does not publish a paid price we could read. Free plan: No. Market median across the main ranking: €3.13 a month.
All plans as published
| Plan | Term | Renewal price | Renewal term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weekly | 0.25 mo | then-current price | 0.25 mo |
| Monthly | 1 mo | then-current price | 1 mo |
| Yearly | 12 mo | then-current price | 12 mo |
Refunds, trial and payment
- Refund window
- Apple-handled (EU 14-day where applicable)
- Refund conditions
- refunds only via Apple; none for termination for breach
- Free trial
- Not stated
- Auto-renewal
- Yes
- How to cancel
- Apple ID subscription settings
- Payment methods
- Apple App Store in-app
- Renewal note
- auto-renews same term at then-current price unless cancelled 24h before end
Everything Snap VPN publishes
Every fact we collected about Snap 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
- Arct Technology LLC
- Registered in
- USA (Wyoming)
- Address
- 30 N Gould St Ste R, Sheridan, WY 82801, USA
- Surveillance alliance (5/9/14 Eyes)
- 5
- Website languages
- EN
- AR
- FA
- RU
- ZH-Hans
- ZH-Hant
- UK
- TR
- DE
- ES
- FR
- HI
- ID
- IT
- JA
- KO
- PL
- PT
- TH
- VI
- Right-to-left languages
- Yes AR, FA versions
- Currencies on the site
- none (App Store local currency)
- Prices depend on country
- App Store local pricing
Plans, prices and add-ons
- Plans
- Weekly
- Monthly
- Yearly (priority email support)
- Billing terms
- 1 week
- 1 month
- 12 months
- Cheapest price a month
- Not stated
- Monthly plan
- Not stated
- Lifetime plan
- Not stated
- Renewal
- auto-renews same term at then-current price unless cancelled 24h before end
- Family plan
- Yes Apple Family Sharing mentioned in ToS
- 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
- 5 (site); ToS: Apple devices user owns
- Features locked to higher plans
- priority email support on Yearly only
- Prohibited by the terms
- reverse engineering, reselling, circumventing limits; AUP incorporated (not read)
Free plan
- Free plan
- No
- Free data
- Not stated
- Ads in the free plan
- Not stated
Payment and subscription
- Payment methods
- Apple App Store in-app
- Bank card
- Yes via App Store
- PayPal
- Yes via App Store if on Apple ID
- Apple Pay / Google Pay
- Yes Apple in-app only
- Cryptocurrency
- No
- Cash
- No
- Gift cards
- Not stated
- Auto-renewal by default
- Yes
- How to cancel
- Apple ID subscription settings
- Email needed to sign up
- No
- Phone needed to sign up
- No
- Account-number login
- Yes random account number
- Identity check (KYC)
- No
- Money-back guarantee, days
- Apple-handled (EU 14-day where applicable)
- Refund conditions
- refunds only via Apple; none for termination for breach
Free trial terms
- Trial length
- Not stated
- Card needed for the trial
- Not stated
Server locations
- Countries
- 13
- Servers
- hundreds (claim); 16 listed
- Cities
- 15
13 countries listed. A link opens our ranking of VPNs with servers there.
Europe 9
Americas 1
Asia and Oceania 3
- Middle East and North Africa
- none
- Virtual locations
- Not stated
- P2P servers
- Not stated
- Obfuscated servers
- Not stated
Network features
- RAM-only servers
- Yes stateless servers, session state in volatile memory (claim)
- 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
- WireGuardonly protocol✓ Yes
- OpenVPN✕ No
- IKEv2✕ No
- L2TP/IPsecNo
- SSTPNo
- SoftEther✕ No
- Own protocol✕ No
- VLESS / Reality✕ No
- VMess✕ No
- Trojan✕ No
- Shadowsocks✕ No
- Hysteria2✕ No
- TUIC✕ No
- NaiveProxy✕ No
- obfs4✕ No
- AmneziaWG✕ No
- PPTP✓ No
- Other protocols
- No
- Perfect forward secrecy
- Not stated
- Post-quantum encryption
- Not stated
- Manual configuration files
- No
- Open-source apps
- No
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
- No only WireGuard protocol cryptography cited
- Bug bounty
- Not stated
Privacy
- No-logs policy
- Yes no destinations, DNS, connecting IP, volumes, session timing
- Independent no-logs audit
- No
- Data retention
- support mail 90 days
- receipts sub+12 months
- site edge logs ~14 days
- session state until disconnect
- Shared with third parties
- processors (hosting, CDN, email); Apple as controller
- Trackers on the website
- none (only strictly necessary cookies, claim)
- Transparency report
- No
- Warrant canary
- No
- Law enforcement requests
- warrant for content, 2703(d) order for records, subpoena for basic info; NCMEC reporting
- Anonymous sign-up
- Yes account number, App Store payment
- GDPR / data protection officer
- no DPO
- EU/UK Art.27 rep on request
- Quebec Privacy Officer
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 support correspondence◐ Partial
- IP at sign-up✓ No
- Connection IP✓ No
- Session times✓ No
- Bandwidthaggregate per-server only◐ Partial
- Device infono fingerprint✓ No
- App analyticsno ad ID✓ No
Apps and devices
- Windows✕ No
- macOS✕ No
- Linux✕ No
- iOSiPhone/iPad, App Store id6770061875✓ Yes
- Android✕ No
- Android TV✕ No
- Fire TV✕ No
- Apple TV✕ No
- Chromebook✕ No
- Smart TV✕ No
- Routers✕ No
- NASNot stated
- Raspberry PiNot stated
- Game consolesNot stated
- Browser extensions
- No
Speed, streaming and gaming
- Claimed speed
- connects in under a second (claim)
- 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
- Live chat 24/7
- Not stated
- Email / tickets
- Yes support@snapvpn.net, PGP key
- Phone
- No
- 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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Trustpilot
3.72 of 5, smoothed
From 2 collected reviews (raw average 5.00; all VPNs 3.66).
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Google Play
4.33 of 5, smoothed
From 800 collected reviews (raw average 4.36; all VPNs 3.90). Last 90 days: 4.31 from 510.
The company replied to 101 of 101 negative reviews (1–2 stars).
Ratings shown on the platforms themselves: Trustpilot TrustScore 3.8 (2 reviews); Google Play 4.5 (726K ratings).
Reviews per month, last 12 months
48 Reddit and forum threads mention Snap 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.
Google Play · 5★ · 15 Oct 2026
تطبيق ممتاز جدا أكثر من رائع
Google Play · 4★ · 15 Oct 2026
ممتاز
Google Play · 5★ · 15 Oct 2026
جيد
Trustpilot · 5★ · 13 Jun 2026 · TR
The best VPN I’ve ever used.
Original reviewTrustpilot · 5★ · 13 Jun 2026 · TR
Fast and reliable
Original review
Rankings by user reviews
Questions about Snap VPN
Answers built from what Snap VPN publishes. Open a question to read the details.
Is Snap VPN safe? Logging policy, audits and jurisdiction
Privacy and jurisdiction 4.3/10 and security 1.8/10 (segment medians 2.7 and 1.2). No red flag in our data. Independent no-logs audit: ✕ No.
In 10 seconds
- RAM-only servers
- Jurisdiction in 5 Eyes
Privacy
- Jurisdiction
- USA, 5 Eyes
- Legal entity
- Arct Technology LLC
- No-logs policy
- Yes no destinations, DNS, connecting IP, volumes, session timing
- Data retention
- support mail 90 days; receipts sub+12 months; site edge logs ~14 days; session state until disconnect
- Shared with third parties
- processors (hosting, CDN, email); Apple as controller
- Trackers on the website
- none (only strictly necessary cookies, claim)
Security
- Kill switch
- Not stated
- DNS leak protection
- Not stated
- Security audits
- No only WireGuard protocol cryptography cited
- Open-source apps
- No
- Two-factor sign-in
- Not stated
Related rankings
Snap VPN not working? Common causes and what to check
1 things to check, built from what Snap VPN 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
- Yes support@snapvpn.net, PGP key
If it is blocked where you are
In our rankings
Snap VPN appears on 51 topic pages. Its place on each:
- RAM-only VPNs, no email#10 of 10
- No-logs VPNs with a family plan#17 of 31
- RAM-only VPNs with WireGuard support#20 of 20
- WireGuard + family plan#20 of 24
- Account-number login#21 of 29
- RAM-only servers#23 of 24
- VPNs in Persian#23 of 27
- Family plans#33 of 42
- VPNs in Korean#33 of 39
- VPNs in Polish#34 of 37
- US-based VPNs#36 of 107
- VPNs in Italian#40 of 43
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- VPNs in Turkish#45 of 51
- WireGuard VPNs, no email#45 of 68
- Short-term VPN plans#45 of 63
- VPNs in Japanese#47 of 54
- VPNs in Arabic#52 of 59
- VPN servers in Denmark#54 of 56
- VPNs in Portuguese#55 of 61
- VPN servers in Finland#56 of 59
- VPN servers in Norway#62 of 62
- Mobile VPN apps#68 of 178
- VPNs in Chinese#70 of 84
- VPN servers in Poland#72 of 80
- VPNs in German#77 of 87
- VPNs in French#79 of 87
- No-logs VPNs, no email#79 of 132
- VPNs in Spanish#80 of 87
- No sign-up VPNs#80 of 179
- VPN servers in Sweden#84 of 93
- VPN servers in Spain#90 of 99
- iPhone VPNs without email#98 of 115
- VPN servers in Japan#100 of 125
- VPN servers in Australia#105 of 127
- VPN servers in Singapore#108 of 138
- VPN servers in the Netherlands#109 of 139
- No-logs VPNs with WireGuard support#113 of 159
- VPN servers in the UK#119 of 156
- VPN servers in Germany#120 of 152
- No IP logs#133 of 191
- VPN servers in the USA#135 of 178
- WireGuard VPNs for iPhone#158 of 164
- Pay with PayPal#158 of 211
- WireGuard VPNs#163 of 192
- No-logs VPNs#183 of 389
- No-logs VPNs for iPhone#281 of 314
- VPNs for iPhone#344 of 411
- 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
Closed services Snap 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://snapvpn.net
- Pages checked
- ["https://snapvpn.net", "https://www.snapvpn.net/privacy", "https://www.snapvpn.net/terms", "https://www.snapvpn.net/about"]
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| When (UTC) | Field | Was | Now |
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| 2026-10-16 | card_url | /vpn/snap-vpn-559/ | /vpn/snap-vpn/ |
| 2026-10-16 | rank_main | 264 | 263 |
| 2026-10-16 | rank_consumer | 299 | 298 |
| 2026-10-16 | slug | snap-vpn-559 | snap-vpn |