Score derivation
VPN Cat
Under the Default (evidence-weighted) weighting, VPN Cat scores 5.2 on the 44% of our methodology we hold evidence for, provably between 2.30 (every unmeasured dimension at its worst) and 7.55 (every one at its published maximum).
provably between 2.30 and 7.55
Weighting: Default (evidence-weighted). Weights are allocated toward what this site independently verifies. Speed and streaming are vendor-claimed rather than measured here, so they carry roughly half the weight the industry standard assigns them; that weight moves to privacy, transparency and server authenticity, all of which are checked against primary documents or our own probe network.
How the headline is summed
| Dimension | Weight | Value | Floor add | Potential add |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Privacy | 0.24 | 5.90 | 1.416 | 1.416 |
| Security | 0.18 | ≤10.0 | 0.000 | 1.800 |
| Transparency | 0.12 | 0.71 | 0.086 | 0.086 |
| Server authenticity | 0.10 | ≤10.0 | 0.000 | 1.000 |
| Server locations | 0.07 | ≤10.0 | 0.000 | 0.700 |
| Streaming | 0.07 | ≤6.5 | 0.000 | 0.455 |
| Speed | 0.07 | ≤8.5 | 0.000 | 0.595 |
| Device compatibility | 0.05 | 10.00 | 0.500 | 0.500 |
| Usability | 0.04 | ≤10.0 | 0.000 | 0.400 |
| Torrenting | 0.03 | 10.00 | 0.300 | 0.300 |
| Additional features | 0.03 | ≤10.0 | 0.000 | 0.300 |
| Totals | 1.00 | 2.302 | 7.552 |
Floor 2.302 is the value column summed; potential 7.552 credits each unscored dimension at its ceiling instead. Renormalising the floor over the 44% that scored gives 5.23, held at or below the potential to publish 5.2.
Privacy
5.9Documented44% assessed≤7.2composite · value = clamp(Σ weightᵢ · valueᵢ / Σ weightᵢ) · base 9.375 · ceiling 7.2 · coverage 44%
“We do not monitor, record, or store logs of customer VPN activity. IP Address: Temporarily used by the API to establish the VPN connection, discarded after the session is closed. Usage Data: Information about how you interact with our Services, including IP addresses, device information, and access times. VPN Cat integrates Google Mobile Ads SDK; the SDK may collect IP address, Device ID, advertising data and user interactions.”
No evidence gathered yet, this rule was not assessed, and cost the provider nothing.
“We do not monitor, record, or store logs of customer VPN activity. IP Address: Temporarily used by the API to establish the VPN connection, discarded after the session is closed. Usage Data: Information about how you interact with our Services, including IP addresses, device information, and access times. VPN Cat integrates Google Mobile Ads SDK; the SDK may collect IP address, Device ID, advertising data and user interactions.”
No evidence gathered yet, this rule was not assessed, and cost the provider nothing.
No evidence gathered yet, this rule was not assessed, and cost the provider nothing.
No evidence gathered yet, this rule was not assessed, and cost the provider nothing.
No evidence gathered yet, this rule was not assessed, and cost the provider nothing.
“We do not monitor, record, or store logs of customer VPN activity. IP Address: Temporarily used by the API to establish the VPN connection, discarded after the session is closed. Usage Data: Information about how you interact with our Services, including IP addresses, device information, and access times. VPN Cat integrates Google Mobile Ads SDK; the SDK may collect IP address, Device ID, advertising data and user interactions.”
- Pricing pageApple App Store listing and Apple lookup API (seller, version, compatibility, pricing, privacy label)apps.apple.comretrieved 2026-07-29
“Seller SAFDAR NETWORK SMC-PRIVATE LIMITED; bundle ID com.vpn.cat; version 2.12.5 released 18 March 2026; requires iOS 15.0; supports iPhone, iPad and compatible Apple-silicon Mac. App Privacy, as declared by the developer and not verified by Apple, lists Coarse Location and Advertising Data for third-party advertising, User ID for app functionality, and Crash Data.”
“We do not monitor, record, or store logs of customer VPN activity. IP Address: Temporarily used by the API to establish the VPN connection, discarded after the session is closed. Usage Data: Information about how you interact with our Services, including IP addresses, device information, and access times. VPN Cat integrates Google Mobile Ads SDK; the SDK may collect IP address, Device ID, advertising data and user interactions.”
“We do not monitor, record, or store logs of customer VPN activity. IP Address: Temporarily used by the API to establish the VPN connection, discarded after the session is closed. Usage Data: Information about how you interact with our Services, including IP addresses, device information, and access times. VPN Cat integrates Google Mobile Ads SDK; the SDK may collect IP address, Device ID, advertising data and user interactions.”
No evidence, this part scored nothing and its weight was redistributed across the parts that did.
“Free Forever, Unlimited Traffic. Straightly connect, Keep anonymous. © SAFDAR NETWORK SMC-PRIVATE LIMITED 2021-2024 All Rights Reserved”
No evidence gathered yet, this rule was not assessed, and cost the provider nothing.
No evidence gathered yet, this rule was not assessed, and cost the provider nothing.
“We do not monitor, record, or store logs of customer VPN activity. IP Address: Temporarily used by the API to establish the VPN connection, discarded after the session is closed. Usage Data: Information about how you interact with our Services, including IP addresses, device information, and access times. VPN Cat integrates Google Mobile Ads SDK; the SDK may collect IP address, Device ID, advertising data and user interactions.”
No evidence gathered yet, this rule was not assessed, and cost the provider nothing.
“To use our Services, you must register with us and submit certain personally identifiable information. The terms do not identify a governing-law country or a legal address.”
No evidence gathered yet, this rule was not assessed, and cost the provider nothing.
No evidence gathered yet, this rule was not assessed, and cost the provider nothing.
Security
no evidence, excluded from the weighted meanNothing here could be scored, so this dimension is dropped from the mean rather than counted as zero. In the interval it is credited at its ceiling of 10.0, the most it could ever earn, and nowhere else.
Transparency
0.7Documented33% assessednormalized · value = clamp(10 × Σ delta / Σ max) · base 0 · coverage 33%
- Audit reportVPNTestor public-distribution security assessment for version 2.12.5vpntestor.comarchivedretrieved 2026-07-29
“Scope-limited public-source assessment: 34/100. Official App Store identity and current version were verified, but Apple does not expose the IPA for independent hashing and static inspection; no public independent audit, source code, protocol specification, checksum, permission inventory, leak test or runtime evidence was available.”
- Audit reportVPNTestor public-distribution security assessment for version 2.12.5vpntestor.comarchivedretrieved 2026-07-29
“Scope-limited public-source assessment: 34/100. Official App Store identity and current version were verified, but Apple does not expose the IPA for independent hashing and static inspection; no public independent audit, source code, protocol specification, checksum, permission inventory, leak test or runtime evidence was available.”
No evidence gathered yet, this rule was not assessed, and cost the provider nothing.
No evidence gathered yet, this rule was not assessed, and cost the provider nothing.
No evidence gathered yet, this rule was not assessed, and cost the provider nothing.
No evidence gathered yet, this rule was not assessed, and cost the provider nothing.
Server authenticity
no evidence, excluded from the weighted meanNothing here could be scored, so this dimension is dropped from the mean rather than counted as zero. In the interval it is credited at its ceiling of 10.0, the most it could ever earn, and nowhere else.
Server locations
no evidence, excluded from the weighted meanNothing here could be scored, so this dimension is dropped from the mean rather than counted as zero. In the interval it is credited at its ceiling of 10.0, the most it could ever earn, and nowhere else.
Streaming
no evidence, excluded from the weighted meanNothing here could be scored, so this dimension is dropped from the mean rather than counted as zero. In the interval it is credited at its ceiling of 6.5, the most it could ever earn, and nowhere else.
Speed
no evidence, excluded from the weighted meanNothing here could be scored, so this dimension is dropped from the mean rather than counted as zero. In the interval it is credited at its ceiling of 8.5, the most it could ever earn, and nowhere else.
Device compatibility
10.0Documented18% assessednormalized · value = clamp(10 × Σ delta / Σ max) · base 0 · coverage 18%
No evidence gathered yet, this rule was not assessed, and cost the provider nothing.
- Pricing pageApple App Store listing and Apple lookup API (seller, version, compatibility, pricing, privacy label)apps.apple.comretrieved 2026-07-29
“Seller SAFDAR NETWORK SMC-PRIVATE LIMITED; bundle ID com.vpn.cat; version 2.12.5 released 18 March 2026; requires iOS 15.0; supports iPhone, iPad and compatible Apple-silicon Mac. App Privacy, as declared by the developer and not verified by Apple, lists Coarse Location and Advertising Data for third-party advertising, User ID for app functionality, and Crash Data.”
- Pricing pageApple App Store listing and Apple lookup API (seller, version, compatibility, pricing, privacy label)apps.apple.comretrieved 2026-07-29
“Seller SAFDAR NETWORK SMC-PRIVATE LIMITED; bundle ID com.vpn.cat; version 2.12.5 released 18 March 2026; requires iOS 15.0; supports iPhone, iPad and compatible Apple-silicon Mac. App Privacy, as declared by the developer and not verified by Apple, lists Coarse Location and Advertising Data for third-party advertising, User ID for app functionality, and Crash Data.”
No evidence gathered yet, this rule was not assessed, and cost the provider nothing.
No evidence gathered yet, this rule was not assessed, and cost the provider nothing.
No evidence gathered yet, this rule was not assessed, and cost the provider nothing.
No evidence gathered yet, this rule was not assessed, and cost the provider nothing.
No evidence gathered yet, this rule was not assessed, and cost the provider nothing.
No evidence gathered yet, this rule was not assessed, and cost the provider nothing.
No evidence gathered yet, this rule was not assessed, and cost the provider nothing.
No evidence gathered yet, this rule was not assessed, and cost the provider nothing.
Usability
no evidence, excluded from the weighted meanNothing here could be scored, so this dimension is dropped from the mean rather than counted as zero. In the interval it is credited at its ceiling of 10.0, the most it could ever earn, and nowhere else.
Torrenting
10.0Documented25% assessednormalized · value = clamp(10 × Σ delta / Σ max) · base 0 · coverage 25%
No evidence gathered yet, this rule was not assessed, and cost the provider nothing.
No evidence gathered yet, this rule was not assessed, and cost the provider nothing.
No evidence gathered yet, this rule was not assessed, and cost the provider nothing.
“We do not monitor, record, or store logs of customer VPN activity. IP Address: Temporarily used by the API to establish the VPN connection, discarded after the session is closed. Usage Data: Information about how you interact with our Services, including IP addresses, device information, and access times. VPN Cat integrates Google Mobile Ads SDK; the SDK may collect IP address, Device ID, advertising data and user interactions.”
Additional features
no evidence, excluded from the weighted meanNothing here could be scored, so this dimension is dropped from the mean rather than counted as zero. In the interval it is credited at its ceiling of 10.0, the most it could ever earn, and nowhere else.
Reading the derivation
- Measured
- We produced this number ourselves and can reproduce it.
- Documented
- Read out of a primary document: a privacy policy, an audit report, or source code.
- Vendor-claimed
- Asserted by the provider. We have not independently verified it, and the score is capped accordingly.
- No evidence
- We found nothing to score. The dimension is excluded from the weighted mean rather than counted as zero.
A ✓ is a rule we checked that found nothing wrong, for a no-logs provider that is the point, not an absence of news. A “not disclosed” line is a negative we scored and cited; a “not assessed” line is our own gap, which lowers coverage but costs the provider nothing. Every score here is a published-formula reading of the published evidence.