Mobile Nebula vs NetBird P2P VPN
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Mobile Nebula
This tool creates a secure, high-performance overlay network to connect devices globally. It integrates encryption, security groups, and tunneling for seamless device connectivity, scaling from a few devices to tens of thousands.
- Scalable overlay networking
- High performance
- Enhanced security
- Seamless device connection
- Encryption integration
- Certificate management
- Tunneling capabilities
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Nebula is a scalable overlay networking tool with a focus on performance, simplicity and security. It lets you seamlessly connect computers anywhere in the world. It can be used to connect a small number of devices, but is also able to connect tens of thousands of devices. Nebula incorporates a number of existing concepts like encryption, security groups, certificates, and tunneling, and each of those individual pieces existed before Nebula in various forms. What makes Nebula different to existing offerings is that it brings all of these ideas together, resulting in a sum that is greater than its individual parts.
NetBird P2P VPN
This app establishes a secure, point-to-point network for your devices and teams, eliminating the need for traditional VPN servers. It enables seamless and automatic connections across various environments, including cloud and on-premises infrastructure, for easy access to internal resources.
- Point-to-point networking
- WireGuard-based
- Automatic connections
- Cross-cloud and on-premises support
- Secure access to internal resources
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NetBird replaces traditional centralized VPNs with a WireGuard®-based point-to-point network that automatically connects your servers, containers, and remote teams. It works universally across clouds and on-premises, allowing your team to quickly and securely connect and access internal resources.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Mobile Nebula at 4.5 against NetBird P2P VPN's 3.9. Mobile Nebula also leads on review sentiment (56% vs 46%). NetBird P2P VPN's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months). On price, ratings volume, 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Mobile Nebula holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.9. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 20 and 56 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 56% of Mobile Nebula's written reviews are positive against 46% of NetBird P2P VPN's.
Mobile Nebula ships an update every 2 months, NetBird P2P VPN every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.
| Parameter | Mobile Nebula | NetBird P2P VPN |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (20 ratings) — better | 3.9 (56 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 55.6% of reviews — better | 46.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 20 | 56 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 54 MB | 79 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Defined Networking, Inc | NetBird GmbH |
Customer experience
Mobile Nebula
NetBird P2P VPN
Bugs and requests
Mobile Nebula
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
NetBird P2P VPN
Reported bugs
16 issues- Lost connection after opening other applications
- Connects briefly then immediately disconnects
- App says disconnected even when connected (version 0.0.15)
- Disconnects in the background, crashes, hangs
- Disconnects after phone is off for more than 15 minutes
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- Routes sometimes not working when reconnecting
- Runtime version consistently behind other platforms
- Custom DNS servers behind peer relays not resolving
- Lack of logs for WireGuard connection
- Custom DNS resolution sometimes requires disconnect/reconnect
- DNS queries leak through during startup
- Connection goes into a dormant state when phone is locked for ~2 minutes
- Connection does not automatically come back when phone is unlocked
- Agent not updated on iPhone
- Login process not smooth
- Custom DNS server not available and cannot resolve private DNS
Requested features
10 requests- VPN on demand
- Allow turning on and off entire Networks
- Define trusted Wi-Fi for automatic connect/disconnect
- Configuration for connection medium
- iPad app development
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- Integration into Shortcuts for on-demand VPN
- Copy IP address option
- Connection on demand
- Auto-disconnect on trusted WiFi
- Trust WLAN auto-disconnect
In-app purchases
Mobile Nebula
No in-app purchases
NetBird P2P VPN
No in-app purchases
