WEPN vs LightWAN
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
WEPN
Share your home internet bandwidth to provide secure, uncensored access for others. Use your device as a personal VPN gateway to mask your traffic when on public networks. This app requires companion hardware.
- Share home internet bandwidth
- Provide free, secure internet access
- Route traffic through home gateway
- Mask internet traffic on public networks
- No need for third-party VPN providers
- Companion to WEPN Pod hardware
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Join us in making the Web free and safe! Use your underutilized home internet bandwidth to provide uncensored, free, and secure internet access to yourself, your family, and friends. Their traffic will be routed through WEPN gateway in your home. This app is the companion for the WEPN Pod hardware device, available in our shop. Install and run Outline client VPN app on your mobile phone or laptop when you are at a coffee shop, or while traveling or using open/unsecured networks to securely mask and route your internet traffic through your home. No need to pay a VPN provider and expose your traffic to potentially malicious third parties. You are your own VPN provider.
LightWAN
This app provides a high-performance and reliable global enterprise network solution. It enhances network stability, flexibility, security, and speed for businesses, improving critical functions like video conferencing and data synchronization.
- Global enterprise network
- High-performance and reliable
- Enhanced network stability
- Improved flexibility and security
- Faster data synchronization
- Optimized video conferencing
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LightWAN is an enterprise class SD-WAN solution. With world-wide 300+ POPs and powerful control center, LightWAN builds a high-performance and high-reliable global enterprise network for business users.With the app, you will feel that your network will be more stable, flexible, safe and fast. The app will use system VPN service and access to LightWAN network with username and password created by our customers themselves.It will improve Enterprise Networking performance, such as video conferencing, data synchronization, email delivery.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: WEPN at 4.3 against LightWAN's 3.7. On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
WEPN holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 3.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 3 respectively.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on August 28, 2026 and September 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | WEPN | LightWAN |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (6 ratings) — better | 3.7 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 6 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 52 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ICT4HR INC | 北京轻网科技股份有限公司 |
Customer experience
WEPN
LightWAN
In-app purchases
WEPN
No in-app purchases
LightWAN
No in-app purchases
