Storm VPN review: score, privacy and prices
out of 10not in the main ranking (too little published data)
Free / mobile app median 2.3
- Free / mobile app
- Jurisdiction:China, outside 5/9/14 Eyes
- Data completeness20%
- Checked2026-10-15
- Free plan
Red flag: Public security incident. A red flag caps the score at 6.0.
In 10 seconds
Strongest against its segment
- Censorship bypass0.0 vs 0.5
- Security and protocols0.0 vs 1.2
- Network and streaming0.0 vs 1.7
Weakest against its segment
- Privacy and jurisdiction0.0 vs 2.7
- Price and fair terms1.2 vs 3.4
- Platforms and support0.6 vs 2.8
- Public security incident
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.
Storm VPNsegment median
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Privacy and jurisdiction30% of the score · segment median 2.70.0
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 1.20.0
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 3.41.2
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 0.50.0
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 1.70.0
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 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
Storm VPN pricing
Storm VPN does not publish a paid price we could read. Free plan: Yes free app. Market median across the main ranking: €3.13 a month.
Refunds, trial and payment
- Refund window
- Not stated
- Free trial
- Not stated
- Auto-renewal
- Not stated
- Payment methods
- Not stated
Everything Storm VPN publishes
Every fact we collected about Storm 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
- FengJie Yao (individual developer)
- Registered in
- China (likely)
- Surveillance alliance (5/9/14 Eyes)
- none
- Website languages
- Not stated
Plans, prices and add-ons
- Cheapest price a month
- Not stated
- Monthly plan
- Not stated
- Lifetime plan
- Not stated
- Family plan
- Not stated
Discounts and programmes
- Student discount
- Not stated
Limits and restrictions
- Devices at once
- Not stated
Free plan
- Free plan
- Yes free app
- Free data
- Not stated
- Ads in the free plan
- Not stated
Payment and subscription
- 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
- Not stated
Free trial terms
- Trial length
- Not stated
- 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
- 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 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
- 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
- Not stated
- Bug bounty
- Not stated
- Known incidents
- Yes flagged in Top10VPN 2018 investigation: no privacy policy, hidden ownership
Privacy
- No-logs policy
- No no policy
- Independent no-logs audit
- Not stated
- 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
Apps and devices
- WindowsNot stated
- macOSNot stated
- LinuxNot stated
- iOS✓ Yes
- AndroidNot stated
- 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
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
- Not stated
- Live chat 24/7
- Not stated
- Email / tickets
- Yes qq.com email; no response to queries
- Phone
- Not stated
- 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
3.13 of 5, smoothed
From 28 collected reviews (raw average 2.18; all VPNs 3.66). Last 90 days: 1.00 from 1.
The company replied to 0 of 19 negative reviews (1–2 stars).
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App Store
3.67 of 5, smoothed
From 5 collected reviews (raw average 5.00; all VPNs 3.54).
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Google Play
3.83 of 5, smoothed
From 4 collected reviews (raw average 3.00; all VPNs 3.90).
The company replied to 0 of 2 negative reviews (1–2 stars).
Ratings shown on the platforms themselves: Trustpilot TrustScore 1.6 (28 reviews); App Store (US) 4.67 (132 ratings); Google Play 4.5.
Reviews per month, last 12 months
31 Reddit and forum threads mention Storm 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.
App Store · 5★ · 20 Aug 2021 · US
No 5
App Store · 5★ · 12 Jun 2021 · US
🤗🤗
App Store · 5★ · 06 Jun 2021 · US
Fast and Secure
Google Play · 5★ · 09 Jun 2026
good play
Google Play · 1★ · 02 Feb 2026
not even connecting after several trying
Google Play · 5★ · 23 Jan 2026
so amazing
Trustpilot · 1★ · 29 Jul 2026 · DE
terrible proxies
Original reviewTrustpilot · 1★ · 28 Dec 2025 · PK
bad support
Original reviewTrustpilot · 1★ · 11 Mar 2025 · US
Unreliable and Dishonest
Original review
Rankings by user reviews
Questions about Storm VPN
Answers built from what Storm VPN publishes. Open a question to read the details.
Who owns Storm VPN? Company, jurisdiction and related brands
Storm VPN is run by FengJie Yao (individual developer), registered in China (likely).
Company
- Registered in
- China (likely)
Jurisdiction
In our rankings
Storm VPN appears on 12 topic pages. Its place on each:
- Chinese VPNs#15 of 15
- Free VPNs outside 14 Eyes#123 of 123
- Mobile VPN apps#176 of 178
- Free VPNs for iPhone#178 of 178
- Outside 14 Eyes#204 of 204
- Outside 5 Eyes#237 of 237
- Free VPNs#282 of 282
- VPNs for iPhone#411 of 411
- 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.top10vpn.com/research/free-vpn-investigations/ownership/
- Pages checked
- ["https://www.top10vpn.com/research/free-vpn-investigations/ownership/"]
- Other sources used
- privacy_policy_updated, email_tickets: https://www.top10vpn.com/research/free-vpn-investigations/ownership/
- Privacy policy: none (no privacy policy published)
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| When (UTC) | Field | Was | Now |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-16 | rank_consumer | 538 | 537 |