Comparison

AmneziaVPN vs Ghostlane

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Create personal VPN on virtual server
  • Connect to Amnezia VPN services
  • Multi-protocol support
  • Traffic obfuscation and blocking protection
  • Quick server configuration
Features
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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

About

Ghostlane

This app routes your internet traffic through disguised video calls to bypass network restrictions. It supports multiple advanced protocols and allows you to import your own VPN server configurations for flexible connectivity.

Highlights
  • Traffic disguised as video calls
  • Supports VLESS, Reality, Hysteria2, XHTTP
  • Import custom server configurations
  • Real-time latency measurement
  • Device-wide VPN routing
  • No data collection or analytics
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Ghostlane carries your traffic inside a video call. Most tunnels are recognisable. On a network that inspects what passes through it and drops anything shaped like a VPN, they stop working — not because the encryption failed, but because the shape of the connection gave it away. olcRTC is a different answer. It opens a WebRTC media session to a public meeting service — the same kind of call the network already carries all day — and moves your traffic inside it. What stays on the wire is a video call. ROOMS, AND HOW FULL THEY ARE An olcRTC relay holds a fixed number of slots, and a full room cannot take you. So the app asks each room how full it is and shows that in the list, before you pick one. It is the sort of thing you only need when the thing you are connecting to has rooms. IT ALSO SPEAKS THE ORDINARY PROTOCOLS A call-shaped tunnel costs bandwidth, and it is not needed until it is. The same app connects over the standard transports too, and you move between them as the network around you changes: • VLESS with Reality • VLESS over TLS, including through a CDN • Hysteria2, with Salamander obfuscation • XHTTP One app, because the moment you need the fallback is the worst possible moment to be installing another one. BRINGING YOUR OWN SERVERS Add a server list by pasting its link, scanning its QR code, or importing a file. The app groups servers by where they came from, filters them by protocol, remembers which exit you last used, and refreshes the list on a schedule you choose. Connecting routes the whole device through the exit you picked, using Apple's own packet tunnel. The status screen shows how long the session has been up and how much has gone through it. MEASURING Latency is measured where it can honestly be measured: through the tunnel for the connection you are on, and by ICMP echo for a server you are not connected to. Where neither is possible the app says so instead of showing a number it guessed. PRIVACY Nothing is collected. No account, no analytics, no advertising identifier, no crash reporting service. Your server lists and the app's own log stay on the device and are never sent anywhere. The app talks to exactly two kinds of address: the server-list URL you added, and the VPN servers in it. The one exception is a partner link that has to be resolved into a server-list URL, and that request carries the link and nothing about you. REQUIREMENTS A server configuration from a VPN provider: a server-list URL, a QR code, or a pasted link. The app does not sell one and does not include one. Any provider that speaks the protocols above will work. OPEN SOURCE https://github.com/ghostlane-project/ghostlane

Screenshots

AmneziaVPN4 screens
Ghostlane4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Ghostlane at 4.7 against AmneziaVPN's 3.7. Ghostlane also leads on review sentiment (83% vs 44%) and in-app purchases (none vs 6). AmneziaVPN's advantage is ratings volume (761 vs 10). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. AmneziaVPN sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Ghostlane asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Ghostlane holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: AmneziaVPN has 761 ratings behind it against 10, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 44% of AmneziaVPN's written reviews are positive against 83% of Ghostlane's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

AmneziaVPN ships an update every 4 weeks, Ghostlane every 3 days. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
AmneziaVPN versus Ghostlane: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAmneziaVPNGhostlane
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.7 (761 ratings)4.7 (10 ratings) — better
Positive reviews43.9% of reviews83.3% of reviews — better
Number of ratings761 — better10
Update frequencyEvery 4 weeksEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS16.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size82 MB139 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperPrivacy TechnologiesGlobvent INC

Customer experience

AmneziaVPN

All ratings692 ratings
Positive63.4%
Neutral4.2%
Negative32.4%
Written reviews440 reviews
Positive43.9%
Neutral8.0%
Negative48.2%

Ghostlane

All ratings10 ratings
Positive90.0%
Neutral10.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive83.3%
Neutral16.7%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and 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

Ghostlane

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

6 purchases

AmneziaVPN

Subscriptions5
  • 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
One-time1
  • AmneziaVPN tier 1$7.99
None

Ghostlane

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is AmneziaVPN free?
AmneziaVPN is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Ghostlane free?
Ghostlane is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, AmneziaVPN or Ghostlane?
Ghostlane is rated higher. AmneziaVPN averages 3.7 out of 5 from 761 ratings, while Ghostlane averages 4.7 from 10 ratings.
Do AmneziaVPN or Ghostlane have ads?
Neither AmneziaVPN nor Ghostlane shows ads.
Which is updated more often, AmneziaVPN or Ghostlane?
AmneziaVPN ships an update every 4 weeks, and Ghostlane every 3 days. Most recently, AmneziaVPN was updated on October 24, 2026 and Ghostlane on October 24, 2026.

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