WEPN vs CantinaVPN
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.
CantinaVPN
This application safeguards your personal data and online identity without requiring account registration or collecting personally identifiable information. It offers an affordable and private VPN service.
- Data privacy protection
- No account registration
- No PII collection
- Affordable privacy
- VPN service
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This app protects the privacy of your data *and* respects your privacy as a person. No account registration required. No personally identifiable information is attached to the operation of the VPN service. CantinaVPN: affordable privacy.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: WEPN at none against CantinaVPN's 2. CantinaVPN's advantage is rating (4.9 vs 4.4) and update cadence (monthly vs every 2 months). On price, ratings volume, ads and device support 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. CantinaVPN sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. WEPN asks for nothing beyond the download.
CantinaVPN holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 7 and 7 respectively.
WEPN ships an update every 2 months, CantinaVPN monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | WEPN | CantinaVPN |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (7 ratings) | 4.9 (7 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 7 | 7 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 12.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 73 MB | 66 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | WEPN | Tricyrcle Corp. |
Customer experience
WEPN
CantinaVPN
In-app purchases
WEPN
No in-app purchases
CantinaVPN
- Monthly Subscription$1.991 Month
- Monthly Subscription$1.99
