Red Shield VPN vs AmneziaVPN
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Red Shield VPN
Secure your online activity and access your favorite content with this VPN service. Protect your data from third parties and hide your IP address across multiple devices. The service is funded by subscriptions, ensuring user privacy.
- Access favorite resources
- Protect data and online activity
- Hide IP address
- Use on up to 10 devices
- Subscription-based privacy
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Simple applications for all platforms will help you: • Access your favorite resources • Protect your data and online activity from third parties • Hide your IP address Our business model allows us to be honest with users by paying the costs of the service from subscriptions, rather than selling your traffic or access to your Internet channel. You can use one subscription on up to 10 devices simultaneously. EULA: https://redshieldvpn.com/tos
AmneziaVPN
Create your own personal VPN on a virtual server or connect to existing services. This open-source client offers secure, obfuscated connections with multi-protocol support. Easily set up your private network in minutes.
- Create personal VPN on virtual server
- Connect to Amnezia VPN services
- Multi-protocol support
- Traffic obfuscation and blocking protection
- Quick server configuration
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Free open-source software for creating a personal VPN on your virtual server, as well as for connecting to Amnezia VPN services: Amnezia Free and Amnezia Premium. All services use protocols with traffic obfuscation and protection against blocking. To create a VPN on your own server, simply provide the IP address, username, and password of your server (VPS), and Amnezia will create and configure your personal VPN in just a couple of minutes, which you can then connect to. Terms of Use: http://www.apple.com/legal/itunes/appstore/dev/stdeula
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Red Shield VPN at 4.8 against AmneziaVPN's 3.7. Red Shield VPN also leads on review sentiment (75% vs 44%) and update cadence (every 11 days vs every 4 weeks). AmneziaVPN's advantage is monetization model (free with in-app purchases vs subscription). On price, ads and in-app purchases 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. Red Shield VPN sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $11.99 per month and AmneziaVPN sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Red Shield VPN holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2.9K and 763 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 75% of Red Shield VPN's written reviews are positive against 44% of AmneziaVPN's.
Red Shield VPN ships an update every 11 days, AmneziaVPN every 4 weeks. Both last shipped on October 25, 2026.
| Parameter | Red Shield VPN | AmneziaVPN |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (2.9K ratings) — better | 3.7 (763 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 74.7% of reviews — better | 43.9% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2.9K — better | 763 |
| Update frequency | Every 11 days — better | Every 4 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Subscription | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 77 MB | 82 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Private Network Labs LLC | Privacy Technologies |
Customer experience
Red Shield VPN
AmneziaVPN
Bugs and requests
Red Shield VPN
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
AmneziaVPN
Reported bugs
11 issues- QR code scanner not working for WireGuard native
- Error 1103 occurring frequently
- Error 1100 connection errors
- App stops working after updates
- iPhone connection shows connected but no actual internet
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- OpenVPN QR scanning not functioning
- Xray protocol not working
- Servers becoming unavailable 10 minutes after config download
- Split tunneling not working on iOS
- App freezes and crashes intermittently
- Config files not importing properly to WireGuard
Requested features
13 requests- Split tunneling for individual apps on iOS
- AWG 2.0 protocol support on iOS
- Whitelist functionality
- Killswitch auto-reconnect option
- Shortcuts/Siri integration for iOS
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- Monthly subscription option (not just 6-month/yearly)
- Copy-paste functionality on Mac app
- QR code compatibility improvements for WireGuard
- Widget for connection management
- Web-based account dashboard
- Display current VPN location/country
- VLESS + XTLS-Reality protocol support
- Better app configuration persistence after reinstall
In-app purchases
Red Shield VPN
- VPN subscription 1 month$11.991 Month
- VPN subscription 6 months$53.996 Months
- VPN subscription 12 months$71.901 Year
AmneziaVPN
- Amnezia Premium$4.991 Month
- Amnezia Premium7 Days trial$7.491 Month
- Amnezia Premium7 Days trial$18.003 Months
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- Amnezia Premium7 Days trial$30.006 Months
- Amnezia Premium7 Days trial$50.001 Year
- AmneziaVPN tier 1$7.99
