Stash review: score, privacy and prices
out of 10#164 of 377 in the main ranking
Consumer VPN median 2.6
- Consumer VPN
- Jurisdiction:not stated, alliance not disclosed
- Data completeness73%
- Checked2026-10-15
- VLESS / Reality
In 10 seconds
Strongest against its segment
- Censorship bypass7.1 vs 0.5
- Platforms and support6.1 vs 4.3
- Security and protocols1.1 vs 2.1
Weakest against its segment
- Network and streaming0.0 vs 3.1
- Privacy and jurisdiction1.3 vs 2.7
- Price and fair terms2.2 vs 3.5
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.
Stashsegment 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 2.11.1
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 3.52.2
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 0.57.1
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 4.36.1
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
Stash pricing
The cheapest way in is €1.15 a month, paid upfront for the longest term. After that term, Stash 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 Stash 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 GBP = €1.15). The lowest cost for each period is marked.
| Plan and first term | First payment | 1 year | 2 years | 3 years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mac Personal (3 devices), 12 mo | €13.80 | €13.80 | — | — |
| Mac Family (6 devices), 12 mo | €20.70 | €20.70 | — | — |
| Stash 4 Lifetime (6 devices), Lifetime | €55.20 | €55.20 | €55.20 | €55.20 |
Compare Stash’s full cost with other VPNs, for any number of devices
All plans as published
| Plan | Term | Price for term | Per month | € / month |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mac Personal (3 devices) | 12 mo | £12.00 | £1.00 | €1.15 |
| Mac Family (6 devices) | 12 mo | £18.00 | £1.50 | €1.73 |
| Stash 4 Lifetime (6 devices) | Lifetime | £48.00 | — | — |
Refunds, trial and payment
- Refund window
- 0 days
- Refund conditions
- all purchases final and non-refundable once license key issued (Policy)
- Free trial
- No
- Auto-renewal
- Not stated
- Payment methods
- Mac: license purchase on site; iOS: App Store paid app ($5.99 US)
- Renewal note
- annual plans; auto-renew not stated; lifetime covers Stash 4 only
Everything Stash publishes
Every fact we collected about Stash, 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
- Stash Networks Limited
- Registered in
- Not stated
- Surveillance alliance (5/9/14 Eyes)
- Not stated
- Website languages
- EN; ZH
- Right-to-left languages
- No
- Currencies on the site
- GBP
Plans, prices and add-ons
- Plans
- Personal
- Family
- Stash 4 Lifetime (Mac)
- Billing terms
- 12m; lifetime
- Cheapest price a month
- £1.00
- Monthly plan
- Not stated
- 1-year plan, total
- £12.00
- 1-year plan, a month
- £1.00
- Lifetime plan
- £48.00
- Renewal
- annual plans
- auto-renew not stated
- lifetime covers Stash 4 only
- Family plan
- Yes Family, 6 devices, 18 GBP/yr
- Prices seen from other countries
- macOS: Personal £12.00/yr (3 dev)
- Family £18.00/yr (6 dev)
- Stash 4 Lifetime £48.00 one-time (6 dev)
- iOS App Store one-time paid (no subscription)
- Windows early build free
Discounts and programmes
- Student discount
- Not stated
- Affiliate programme
- No
Limits and restrictions
- Devices at once
- Personal 3
- Family 6
- Lifetime 6
Free plan
- Free plan
- No client software; no free tier mentioned
- Free data
- Not stated
- Ads in the free plan
- Not stated
Payment and subscription
- Payment methods
- Mac: license purchase on site; iOS: App Store paid app ($5.99 US)
- PayPal
- Not stated
- Cryptocurrency
- Not stated
- Cash
- Not stated
- Gift cards
- Not stated
- Auto-renewal by default
- Not stated
- Email needed to sign up
- Not stated
- Account-number login
- Not stated
- Money-back guarantee, days
- 0
- Refund conditions
- all purchases final and non-refundable once license key issued (Policy)
Free trial terms
- Trial length
- No
- 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
- Own servers
- No bring your own proxy
- 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
- WireGuardclient; user-supplied servers✓ Yes
- OpenVPNnot in supported proxy types✕ No
- IKEv2not in supported proxy types✕ No
- L2TP/IPsecNot stated
- SSTPNot stated
- SoftEtherNot stated
- Own protocol✕ No
- VLESS / Realityclient: VLESS + Reality, XTLS Vision✓ Yes
- VMessclient✓ Yes
- Trojanclient✓ Yes
- Shadowsocksclient: SS/SS2022, SSR✓ Yes
- Hysteria2client✓ Yes
- TUICclient✓ Yes
- NaiveProxy✕ No
- obfs4Not stated
- AmneziaWG✕ No
- Other protocols
- SOCKS5
- HTTP
- Snell
- AnyTLS
- TrustTunnel
- Hysteria
- Juicity
- Mieru
- MASQUE
- Tailscale
- SSH
- MTProto proxy server
- Perfect forward secrecy
- Not stated
- Post-quantum encryption
- Not stated
- Manual configuration files
- Yes YAML profile import
- 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
- Not stated
- DNS leak protection
- Not stated
- Split tunnelling
- Yes rule-based routing
- Ad and malware blocker
- Yes via rules/rewrite (user-configured)
- Two-factor sign-in
- Not stated
- Security audits
- Not stated
- Bug bounty
- Not stated
Privacy
- No-logs policy
- Yes app collects nothing about traffic or personal data
- Independent no-logs audit
- No
- Shared with third parties
- Google Analytics (site)
- Trackers on the website
- Google Analytics
- 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 timesNot stated
- App analytics(app); website uses Google Analytics✓ No
- Crash reportsnon-personal crash collection✕ Yes
Apps and devices
- Windows✓ Yes
- macOS✓ Yes
- LinuxMac, iOS/tvOS, Android early access, Windows early build✕ No
- iOS✓ Yes
- Android✓ Yes
- Android TVNot stated
- Fire TVNot stated
- Apple TVtvOS 17+✓ Yes
- ChromebookNot stated
- Smart TVNot stated
- Routersconfigs usable on routers (claim)✓ Yes
- NASNot stated
- Raspberry PiNot stated
- Game consolesNot stated
- Browser extensions
- Not stated
- App Store rating
- 4.4 (1.2K ratings, US)
- App languages
- EN
- JA
- KO
- MS
- RU
- ZH-Hans
- ZH-Hant
- ES
- VI
Speed, streaming and gaming
- 10 Gbps servers
- Not stated
- Speed test in the app
- Yes built-in SpeedTest, iPerf
- 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 info@stash.ws, Telegram, X
- Live chat 24/7
- No
- Email / tickets
- Yes https://stash.ws/contact; info@stash.ws
- Phone
- Not stated
- Telegram
- Yes https://t.me/StashFans
- Not stated
- Help articles
- https://stash.wiki/en
- Server status page
- Not stated
For teams and business
- SSO / SAML
- Not stated
- Admin panel
- Yes Stash Enterprise (https://stash.ws/enterprise)
- 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
4.01 of 5, smoothed
From 200 collected reviews (raw average 4.10; all VPNs 3.66). Last 90 days: 4.10 from 200.
The company replied to 20 of 37 negative reviews (1–2 stars).
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App Store
3.55 of 5, smoothed
From 362 collected reviews (raw average 3.55; all VPNs 3.54). Last 90 days: 3.06 from 16.
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Google Play
2.73 of 5, smoothed
From 400 collected reviews (raw average 2.58; all VPNs 3.90). Last 90 days: 2.26 from 148.
The company replied to 228 of 231 negative reviews (1–2 stars).
Ratings shown on the platforms themselves: Trustpilot TrustScore 4.3 (5922 reviews); App Store (US) 4.36 (1240 ratings); Google Play 3.7 (106K ratings).
Reviews per month, last 12 months
39 Reddit and forum threads mention Stash (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★ · 10 Oct 2026 · US
appletv 版本啥时候更新，配置识别和手机端有区别
App Store · 5★ · 05 Oct 2026 · US
非常好，更新也频繁！
App Store · 1★ · 04 Oct 2026 · US
电报官方群莫名其妙被禁言
Google Play · 5★ · 14 Oct 2026
my son uses this app.He loves it.
Google Play · 1★ · 14 Oct 2026
they will glad take your money but when you try to withdraw, they give you the run around and don't even stick to their own rules. it is an absolute pain to…
Google Play · 5★ · 13 Oct 2026
CLEAR EASY TO LEARN USE IT FOR YEAR WILL ONLY USE GIVEN MONEY I DON'T WORK I AM DISABLE
Trustpilot · 5★ · 16 Oct 2026 · US
You all walk me through the steps to…
Original reviewTrustpilot · 5★ · 16 Oct 2026 · US
I'm loving it very much
Original reviewTrustpilot · 2★ · 15 Oct 2026 · US
you won't let me withdrawal my own…
Original review
Rankings by user reviews
Questions about Stash
Answers built from what Stash publishes. Open a question to read the details.
Is Stash safe? Logging policy, audits and jurisdiction
Privacy and jurisdiction 1.3/10 and security 1.1/10 (segment medians 2.7 and 2.1). No red flag in our data. Independent no-logs audit: ✕ No.
Privacy
- Jurisdiction
- Not stated
- Legal entity
- Stash Networks Limited
- No-logs policy
- Yes app collects nothing about traffic or personal data
- Shared with third parties
- Google Analytics (site)
- Trackers on the website
- Google Analytics
Security
- Kill switch
- Not stated
- DNS leak protection
- Not stated
- Two-factor sign-in
- Not stated
Related rankings
Stash not working? Common causes and what to check
3 things to check, built from what Stash publishes about its apps, protocols and support. We do not test connections ourselves.
What to check
Switch protocol in the app: Stash lists WireGuard, VLESS / Reality, VMess, Trojan, Shadowsocks, Hysteria2.
Try a manual configuration (YAML profile import).
Contact support: Telegram, email.
Support when the VPN is blocked
- Live chat
- No email info@stash.ws, Telegram, X
- Live chat 24/7
- No
- Telegram
- https://t.me/StashFans
- https://stash.ws/contact; info@stash.ws
If it is blocked where you are
Stash refund policy: how to ask for your money back
Stash refund window: 0 days. Conditions: all purchases final and non-refundable once license key issued (Policy)
Refund terms
- Refund window
- 0
- Refund on monthly plans
- Not stated
- Refund for App Store / Google Play purchases
- Not stated
- Refund for unused time
- Not stated
- Free trial
- No
Try before paying
Who owns Stash? Company, jurisdiction and related brands
Stash is run by Stash Networks Limited.
In our rankings
Stash appears on 146 topic pages. Its place on each:
- Lifetime Shadowsocks VPNs#1 of 5
- Obfuscated + lifetime plan#1 of 8
- Lifetime WireGuard VPNs#1 of 6
- VLESS/Reality + family plan#2 of 6
- Shadowsocks + ad blocker#3 of 8
- VPNs for censorship#4 of 59
- Obfuscated + family plan#4 of 17
- VLESS/Reality + ad blocker#4 of 5
- WireGuard + family plan#4 of 24
- Lifetime plans + ad blocker#5 of 9
- VLESS VPNs for Apple TV#5 of 9
- Shadowsocks + Telegram support#6 of 18
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- TUIC#6 of 14
- Cheap VPNs with lifetime plans#7 of 11
- VLESS/Reality + Telegram support#7 of 15
- VLESS router VPNs#7 of 11
- WireGuard + Telegram support#7 of 44
- Manual config files#8 of 118
- No-logs VPNs with a lifetime subscription#8 of 16
- Lifetime VPNs#9 of 22
- WireGuard + VLESS/Reality#9 of 23
- Hysteria2#10 of 37
- Obfuscated + Telegram support#10 of 55
- WireGuard + Shadowsocks#10 of 32
- Shadowsocks + obfuscated servers#11 of 52
- VMess#11 of 47
- Family plans + ad blocker#11 of 19
- VLESS VPNs for Android#11 of 30
- Mac VPNs with VLESS#11 of 29
- Windows VPNs with VLESS#11 of 22
- WireGuard + ad blocker#11 of 67
- Cheap family VPNs#12 of 17
- Cheap Shadowsocks VPNs#12 of 14
- Cheap VLESS/Reality VPNs#12 of 14
- Obfuscated + ad blocker#12 of 54
- Trojan protocol#12 of 41
- VLESS/Reality + obfuscated servers#12 of 36
- VLESS VPNs for Bahrain#12 of 36
- VLESS VPNs for China#12 of 36
- VLESS VPNs for Egypt#12 of 36
- VLESS VPNs for India#12 of 36
- VLESS VPNs for iPhone#12 of 30
- VLESS VPNs for Kuwait#12 of 36
- VLESS VPNs for Oman#12 of 36
- VLESS VPNs for Pakistan#12 of 36
- VLESS VPNs for Qatar#12 of 36
- VLESS VPNs for Saudi Arabia#12 of 36
- VLESS VPNs for Turkey#12 of 36
- VLESS VPNs for the UAE#12 of 36
- VLESS/Reality + Shadowsocks#13 of 28
- Shadowsocks#14 of 73
- VLESS / Reality#15 of 48
- Telegram support + ad blocker#16 of 29
- Xray / V2Ray#16 of 72
- No-logs VPNs with a family plan#20 of 31
- Windows VPNs for Bahrain#20 of 142
- Windows VPNs for China#20 of 151
- Windows VPNs for Egypt#20 of 137
- Windows VPNs for India#20 of 137
- Windows VPNs for Kuwait#20 of 142
- Windows VPNs for Oman#20 of 142
- Windows VPNs for Pakistan#20 of 137
- Windows VPNs for Qatar#20 of 142
- Windows VPNs for Saudi Arabia#20 of 142
- Windows VPNs for Turkey#20 of 140
- Windows VPNs for the UAE#20 of 144
- WireGuard VPNs#20 of 192
- Obfuscated WireGuard VPNs#20 of 103
- Android VPNs for China#22 of 186
- iPhone VPNs for China#22 of 166
- iPhone VPNs for Egypt#22 of 151
- Android VPNs for India#22 of 170
- Android VPNs for the UAE#22 of 181
- iPhone VPNs for the UAE#22 of 158
- Obfuscated VPNs#23 of 192
- Cheap VPNs for Apple TV#23 of 31
- VPNs for travel to Bahrain#23 of 200
- VPNs for travel to China#23 of 209
- VPNs for travel to Egypt#23 of 192
- VPNs for travel to India#23 of 192
- VPNs for travel to Kuwait#23 of 200
- VPNs for travel to Oman#23 of 200
- VPNs for travel to Pakistan#23 of 192
- VPNs for travel to Qatar#23 of 200
- VPNs for travel to Saudi Arabia#23 of 200
- VPNs for travel to Turkey#23 of 196
- VPNs for travel to the UAE#23 of 204
- Family plans#24 of 42
- No-logs VPNs with VLESS/Reality support#26 of 29
- Obfuscated VPNs for Apple TV#26 of 39
- WireGuard VPNs for Apple TV#26 of 39
- Cheap VPNs, Telegram support#28 of 33
- Router VPNs with ad blocking#28 of 36
- Router VPNs with split tunneling#29 of 32
- VPNs with Telegram support#29 of 84
- No-logs VPNs with Shadowsocks support#31 of 39
- VPNs in Chinese#33 of 84
- No-logs VPNs for Apple TV#34 of 53
- Obfuscated router VPNs#34 of 50
- VPNs for Apple TV#35 of 64
- Cheap VPNs for routers#36 of 52
- WireGuard router VPNs#38 of 61
- Cheap ad-blocking VPNs#44 of 56
- No-logs router VPNs#52 of 93
- No-logs VPNs with Telegram support#53 of 63
- VPNs under €2#54 of 68
- VPNs for routers#55 of 120
- Mac VPNs with ad blocking#56 of 103
- Windows VPNs with ad blocking#58 of 99
- Cheap VPNs for Mac#59 of 137
- Cheap obfuscated VPNs#60 of 68
- iPhone VPNs with ad blocking#60 of 116
- Cheap VPNs for Windows#61 of 136
- Cheap VPNs for iPhone#63 of 149
- Mac VPNs with split tunneling#66 of 113
- Obfuscated VPNs for Mac#66 of 148
- Obfuscated VPNs for Windows#67 of 137
- Obfuscated VPNs for iPhone#69 of 151
- Windows VPNs with split tunneling#69 of 111
- Cheap WireGuard VPNs#70 of 78
- Split tunneling VPNs for iPhone#70 of 125
- Mac VPNs with WireGuard#74 of 149
- Windows VPNs with WireGuard#75 of 147
- Ad blocker#78 of 129
- WireGuard VPNs for iPhone#78 of 164
- No-logs VPNs with an ad and tracker blocker#79 of 103
- No-logs VPNs for Mac#98 of 280
- No-logs VPNs for Windows#100 of 267
- Split tunneling#101 of 154
- No-logs VPNs for iPhone#102 of 314
- VPNs for Mac#102 of 361
- VPNs for Windows#104 of 357
- No-logs VPNs for Android#105 of 328
- VPNs for iPhone#106 of 411
- VPNs for Android#109 of 451
- Cheap no-logs VPNs#112 of 137
- Team VPNs#117 of 178
- No-logs VPNs with obfuscated servers#119 of 150
- Cheap VPNs under €3#121 of 167
- No-logs VPNs with WireGuard support#128 of 159
- VPNs under €5#188 of 280
- No-logs VPNs#217 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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- WorldVPN2.86
Sources and changes
Collected 2026-10-15. No changes recorded since the first import.
- Website
- https://stash.ws
- Pages checked
- https://stash.ws; https://stash.ws/macos/pricing; https://stash.ws/privacy-policy
- Other sources used
- money_back_days/refund_conditions: https://stash.ws/policy; protocols: https://stash.wiki/en/proxy-protocols/proxy-types; linux/apple_tv: https://stash.ws/download, https://stash.ws/ios; live_chat: https://stash.ws/contact; appstore_rating/app_languages/payment_methods(iOS price): https://apps.apple.com/app/stash/id1596063349
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