Trickbyte review: score, privacy and prices
2.48
out of 10#187 of 377 in the main ranking
Smart DNS median 1.9
- Smart DNS
- Jurisdiction:Estonia, outside 5/9/14 Eyes
- Data completeness73%
- Checked2026-10-15
- Trial without a card
- Free plan
In 10 seconds
Strongest against its segment
- Platforms and support6.7 vs 4.3
- Privacy and jurisdiction2.7 vs 1.0
- Network and streaming3.3 vs 2.3
Weakest against its segment
- Security and protocols0.0 vs 0.0
- Censorship bypass0.0 vs 0.0
- Price and fair terms4.6 vs 4.2
- Ads in the free plan
How the score adds up
Six sub-scores, each against the median of Smart DNS services in the main ranking (11 services). Open a line to see which published facts earned points and which were missing or not disclosed.
Trickbytesegment median
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Privacy and jurisdiction30% of the score · segment median 1.02.7
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 0.00.0
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 4.24.6
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 0.00.0
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 2.33.3
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 4.36.7
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
Trickbyte pricing
The cheapest way in is €1.79 a month, paid upfront for the longest term. After that term, Trickbyte 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 Trickbyte 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smart DNS + VPN 1 month, 1 mo | €4.26 | €51.08at the current price | €102.17at the current price | €153.25at the current price |
| Smart DNS + VPN 12 months, 12 mo | €34.37 | €34.37 | — | — |
| Smart DNS + VPN 24 months, 24 mo | €42.93 | €42.93 | €42.93 | — |
Compare Trickbyte’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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smart DNS + VPN 1 month | 1 mo | $4.95 | $4.95 | €4.26 | 1 mo |
| Smart DNS + VPN 12 months | 12 mo | $39.96 | $3.33 | €2.86 | 12 mo |
| Smart DNS + VPN 24 months | 24 mo | $49.92 | $2.08 | €1.79 | 24 mo |
Refunds, trial and payment
- Refund window
- 0 (no refunds; 14-day free trial instead)
- Refund conditions
- no refunds on cancel (KB); accounts terminated for abuse without refund
- Free trial
- 14 days, site
- Card needed for trial
- No No Credit Card Required
- Auto-renewal
- Not stated
- Payment methods
- PayPal; credit/debit card (billing form)
Everything Trickbyte publishes
Every fact we collected about Trickbyte, 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
- Digiport OU (App Store seller)
- Registered in
- Estonia (OU, inferred from seller name)
- Surveillance alliance (5/9/14 Eyes)
- none
- Website languages
- EN; RU (help center auto-translated)
- Currencies on the site
- USD (App Store)
Plans, prices and add-ons
- Plans
- Trickbyte Premium (IAP)
- Billing terms
- 1
- 12
- 24 months
- Cheapest price a month
- $2.08
- Monthly plan
- $4.95
- 1-year plan, a month
- $3.33
- 2-year plan, a month
- $2.08
- Lifetime plan
- possibly 199.99 (IAP; lifetime unlimited service claim)
- Family plan
- Not stated
- Prices seen from other countries
- USD: 1m $4.95
- 12m $3.33/mo
- 24m $2.08/mo
- Other add-ons
- IAP prices: 4.99
- 47.99
- 199.99
Discounts and programmes
- Discount shown
- 33% (12m); 58% (24m)
- Student discount
- Not stated
- Affiliate programme
- Yes in-house; PayPal payout, min $30
- Affiliate commission
- 1m 100%
- 6m 25%
- 12m 20%
Limits and restrictions
- Devices at once
- Not stated
- Data limit
- unlimited (claim)
Free plan
- Free plan
- Yes ad-supported; Premium removes ads
- Free data
- Not stated
- Ads in the free plan
- Yes
Payment and subscription
- Payment methods
- PayPal; credit/debit card (billing form)
- 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
- Not stated
- Account-number login
- Not stated
- Money-back guarantee, days
- 0 (no refunds; 14-day free trial instead)
- Refund conditions
- Yes refunds on cancel (KB); accounts terminated for abuse without refund
Free trial terms
- Trial length
- 14 days
- Where the trial is offered
- site
- Card needed for the trial
- No No Credit Card Required
Server locations
- Countries
- 60+ locations
- Servers
- 200+ VPN servers
- Server countries
- Not stated
- Middle East and North Africa
- AE (example in app description)
- 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
- Yes smart DNS VPN
Protocols and encryption
- WireGuardNot stated
- OpenVPNWindows guide✓ Yes
- IKEv2Not stated
- L2TP/IPsecYes
- SSTPYes
- SoftEtherNot stated
- Own protocolNot stated
- VLESS / RealityNot stated
- VMessNot stated
- TrojanNot stated
- ShadowsocksNot stated
- Hysteria2Not stated
- TUICNot stated
- NaiveProxyNot stated
- obfs4Not stated
- AmneziaWGNot stated
- PPTP✕ Yes
- Other protocols
- SSL
- IPsec (claimed)
- protocol switcher
- 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
Privacy
- No-logs policy
- Yes no direct logs of any customer's Internet activities
- 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.
- EmailApp Store label✕ Yes
- Connection IPNot stated
- Session timesNot stated
- Device infodevice ID, App Store label✕ Yes
- App analyticsusage data used to track, App Store label✕ Yes
- Crash reportsdiagnostics, App Store label✕ Yes
Apps and devices
- Windowsapp + manual✓ Yes
- macOSapp + PPTP manual✓ Yes
- Linuxmanual (Ubuntu PPTP guide)✓ Yes
- iOS✓ Yes
- Androidapp + PPTP manual✓ Yes
- Android TVNot stated
- Fire TVSmart DNS✓ Yes
- Apple TVSmart DNS✓ Yes
- ChromebookNot stated
- Smart TVNot stated
- RoutersDD-WRT VPN; Smart DNS on many routers✓ Yes
- NASNot stated
- Raspberry PiNot stated
- Game consolesPS3/PS4, Xbox 360, Wii/Wii U (Smart DNS)✓ Yes
- Browser extensions
- Not stated
- App Store rating
- 3.3 (3 ratings)
- Last app update
- 2022-11-15 (v3.1.7)
- App languages
- EN
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
- Yes claimed (24/7 Live Support)
- Live chat 24/7
- Yes claimed 24/7 priority support (Premium)
- 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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Google Play
3.86 of 5, smoothed
From 2 collected reviews (raw average 3.00; all VPNs 3.90).
The company replied to 0 of 1 negative reviews (1–2 stars).
Ratings shown on the platforms themselves: App Store (US) 3.33 (3 ratings).
33 Reddit and forum threads mention Trickbyte (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 · 1★ · 28 Jun 2025
useless without signing up
Google Play · 5★ · 06 Oct 2022
اصلا بی نظیر این وی پی ان از همه لحاظ دمتون واقعا گرم خدا پدر و مادرتون رو بیامرزه ایول دارید ✌️❤️
Rankings by user reviews
Questions about Trickbyte
Answers built from what Trickbyte publishes. Open a question to read the details.
Is Trickbyte safe? Logging policy, audits and jurisdiction
Privacy and jurisdiction 2.7/10 and security 0.0/10 (segment medians 1.0 and 0.0). No red flag in our data. Independent no-logs audit: Not stated.
Privacy
- Jurisdiction
- Estonia, outside 5/9/14 Eyes
- Legal entity
- Digiport OU (App Store seller)
- No-logs policy
- Yes no direct logs of any customer's Internet activities
- Independent no-logs audit
- Not stated
Security
- Kill switch
- Not stated
- DNS leak protection
- Not stated
- Two-factor sign-in
- Not stated
Related rankings
Trickbyte not working? Common causes and what to check
3 things to check, built from what Trickbyte publishes about its apps, protocols and support. We do not test connections ourselves.
What to check
Switch protocol in the app: Trickbyte lists OpenVPN, L2TP/IPsec, SSTP.
Update the app: the last update we saw is dated 2022-11-15 (v3.1.7).
Contact support: live chat.
Support when the VPN is blocked
- Live chat
- claimed (24/7 Live Support)
- Live chat 24/7
- claimed 24/7 priority support (Premium)
If it is blocked where you are
Trickbyte refund policy: how to ask for your money back
Trickbyte refund window: 0 (no refunds; 14-day free trial instead). Conditions: no refunds on cancel (KB); accounts terminated for abuse without refund
Refund terms
- Refund on monthly plans
- Not stated
- Refund for App Store / Google Play purchases
- Not stated
- Refund for unused time
- Not stated
- Free trial
- 14
Try before paying
Trickbyte free trial: length, terms and payment details
Trickbyte free trial: 14, site. Card needed: no (No Credit Card Required).
Trial terms
- Length
- 14
- Refund window
- 0 (no refunds; 14-day free trial instead)
- Free plan
- Yes ad-supported; Premium removes ads
Trials elsewhere
Trickbyte coupons and discounts: official prices and promo terms
Trickbyte publishes no promo code on its own site in what we read, so we list none. We never invent codes or copy them from coupon sites; below are the official prices.
Discounts on the official site
- Promo codes
- Not stated
- Sale running when checked
- none seen
- Discount shown
- 33% (12m); 58% (24m)
- Checked
- 2026-10-15
Who owns Trickbyte? Company, jurisdiction and related brands
Trickbyte is run by Digiport OU (App Store seller), registered in Estonia (OU, inferred from seller name).
Company
- Registered in
- Estonia (OU, inferred from seller name)
Jurisdiction
In our rankings
Trickbyte appears on 121 topic pages. Its place on each:
- Smart DNS services#2 of 16
- Trial VPNs with a lifetime plan#2 of 7
- Free VPNs with a lifetime plan#3 of 11
- Cheap VPNs with lifetime plans#4 of 11
- Lifetime plans, 50+ countries#4 of 4
- Lifetime plans + 24/7 live chat#4 of 5
- Lifetime VPNs#5 of 22
- Lifetime VPNs with OpenVPN#5 of 10
- Estonia VPNs#6 of 8
- DD-WRT routers#6 of 13
- Non-14 Eyes VPNs with a lifetime plan#6 of 8
- No-logs VPNs with a lifetime subscription#7 of 16
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- Console VPNs with a trial#8 of 19
- SSTP#11 of 22
- Free VPNs for routers#12 of 22
- VPNs with Smart DNS#12 of 33
- 24/7 chat VPN trials, no card#12 of 17
- Free VPNs for Apple TV#13 of 24
- 50+ country VPN trials, no card#13 of 19
- Cheap console VPNs#15 of 25
- Non-14 Eyes VPN trials, no card#15 of 24
- Apple TV VPN free trials#16 of 26
- Firestick VPN free trials#16 of 25
- Free VPNs for Firestick#16 of 20
- OpenVPN console VPNs#16 of 28
- Free VPNs, trial without a card#18 of 31
- VPNs for consoles#18 of 46
- No-logs console VPNs#18 of 33
- Router VPN free trials#19 of 37
- Cheap VPNs, no-card trial#19 of 35
- Free VPNs for Linux#20 of 65
- OpenVPN trials, no card#20 of 33
- Cheap VPNs for Apple TV#22 of 31
- VPN trials without a card#26 of 51
- Cheap VPNs for Firestick#27 of 31
- OpenVPN VPNs for Apple TV#28 of 38
- Linux VPN trials#28 of 65
- No-logs VPN trials, no card#28 of 50
- Trial VPNs outside 14 Eyes#30 of 70
- Free trial, no card#30 of 66
- OpenVPN VPNs for Firestick#32 of 42
- Cheap VPNs for routers#32 of 52
- Free VPNs outside 14 Eyes#33 of 123
- L2TP/IPsec#33 of 67
- No-logs VPNs for Apple TV#33 of 53
- VPNs for Apple TV#34 of 64
- Free VPNs for Mac#35 of 141
- Trial VPNs with 24/7 chat#35 of 56
- VPNs outside 14 Eyes with 24/7 live chat#35 of 48
- Monthly plans under €5#37 of 106
- Free VPNs with 24/7 chat#37 of 52
- Free VPNs with a premium trial#37 of 77
- VPNs for Fire TV#37 of 58
- Free VPNs for Windows#37 of 131
- Cheap VPNs with a trial#38 of 76
- OpenVPN router VPNs#39 of 83
- OpenVPN VPNs with a trial#39 of 90
- VPNs under €2#39 of 68
- Free VPNs for iPhone#40 of 178
- Cheap VPNs for Linux#40 of 77
- Trial VPNs in 50+ countries#40 of 62
- Free OpenVPN VPNs#41 of 97
- 24/7 live chat, 50+ countries#42 of 60
- Free VPNs for Android#42 of 225
- Mac VPN trials#42 of 144
- Windows VPN trials#42 of 140
- Cheap VPNs with 24/7 chat#43 of 61
- Cheap VPNs outside 14 Eyes#43 of 56
- Android VPN free trials#43 of 160
- Free VPNs in 50+ countries#44 of 69
- Non-14 Eyes VPNs with 50+ countries#44 of 58
- Free VPNs with cheap upgrades#47 of 74
- No-logs router VPNs#49 of 93
- Cheap VPNs in 50+ countries#51 of 59
- VPNs for routers#51 of 120
- Cheap OpenVPN services#55 of 90
- Linux VPNs with OpenVPN#55 of 125
- Cheap VPNs for Mac#55 of 137
- Cheap VPNs for Windows#57 of 136
- Cheap VPNs for iPhone#59 of 149
- No-logs VPNs with a trial#62 of 144
- OpenVPN + 24/7 live chat#63 of 72
- VPNs outside 14 Eyes with OpenVPN support#63 of 101
- OpenVPN, 50+ countries#64 of 78
- VPNs with live chat#66 of 120
- VPN free trials#66 of 190
- No-logs VPNs for Linux#67 of 154
- All platforms#68 of 170
- Mac VPNs with OpenVPN#68 of 198
- Free no-logs VPNs#69 of 203
- VPNs for Linux#70 of 203
- Windows VPNs with OpenVPN#70 of 190
- No-logs VPNs with 24/7 live chat#72 of 99
- OpenVPN VPNs for iPhone#72 of 207
- OpenVPN VPNs for Android#73 of 219
- Middle East VPN servers#73 of 122
- Free VPNs#74 of 282
- Cheap no-logs VPNs#79 of 137
- Cheap VPNs under €3#82 of 167
- Pay with PayPal#83 of 211
- No-logs VPNs with servers in 50+ countries#84 of 116
- No-logs VPNs outside 14 Eyes#94 of 143
- No-logs VPNs for Mac#95 of 280
- Outside 14 Eyes#96 of 204
- No-logs VPNs for Windows#97 of 267
- VPNs for Mac#98 of 361
- No-logs VPNs for iPhone#99 of 314
- VPNs for Windows#100 of 357
- VPNs in 50+ countries#101 of 132
- No-logs VPNs for Android#101 of 328
- VPNs for iPhone#102 of 411
- VPNs for Android#104 of 451
- Outside 5 Eyes#110 of 237
- No-logs VPNs with OpenVPN support#112 of 191
- VPNs under €5#120 of 280
- OpenVPN#143 of 242
- No-logs VPNs#189 of 389
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Sources and changes
Collected 2026-10-15. No changes recorded since the first import.
- Website
- https://trickbyte.com
- Pages checked
- ["https://trickbyte.com (fetch error)", "https://www.trickbyte.com/ (fetch error)", "https://apps.apple.com/us/app/trickbyte-vpn/id1552675620"]
- Other sources used
- plans, price_*, trial, card_required_for_trial, servers_count, countries_count, live_chat*, smartdns_included: https://www.trickbyte.com/about/pricing/; money_back_days, refund_conditions: https://help.trickbyte.com/ru/can-i-get-refund-if-i-cancel/; payment_methods: https://help.trickbyte.com/ru/how-to-pay-via-creditdebit-card-without-having-paypal-account/ + https://help.trickbyte.com/ru/; protocols, platforms, routers, consoles, apple_tv, fire_tv, linux: https://help.trickbyte.com/ru/ + https://help.trickbyte.com/ru/trickbyte-vpn-introduction/; nologs_claim: https://www.trickbyte.com/privacy-policy/; affiliate: https://www.trickbyte.com/trickbyte-affiliate-program/
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