Geph vs Hiddify Proxy & VPN
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Geph
This app provides a zero-knowledge, open-source VPN service focused on user privacy. It offers free medium-speed browsing and paid tiers for enhanced speed and server access, all while maintaining transparency through its open-source code.
- Zero-knowledge privacy
- Open-source software stack
- Free medium-speed browsing
- Paid tiers for enhanced speed
- Access to more servers
- Transparent and accountable
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Robust zero-knowledge privacy — We don't log you, because we can't. We use zero-knowledge authentication so that we can never associate your browsing activity with your identity. Transparent and accountable — Geph's entire software stack is open source and available on GitHub. Our managing organization is registered in Estonia, an EU jurisdiction with strong privacy laws. Accessible to all — We believe that everyone has the right to internet privacy. So we offer entirely free medium-speed browsing for everyone. For €6/month, you can purchase greatly enhanced speed and access to more servers. Privacy Policy / Terms of Use: https://github.com/geph-official/geph5/wiki/Policies-and-terms
Hiddify Proxy & VPN
This open-source application acts as a secure and efficient tunneling client, allowing you to route all your internet traffic to a remote server of your choice. It supports various server configurations and offers features like automatic server selection and user-friendly profile imports.
- User-friendly interface
- Optimized and fast performance
- Automatic lowest ping and load balancing
- User usage information display
- One-click sublink import
- Supports multiple server protocols
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Hiddify is an open source software available in https://github.com/hiddify/Hiddify-app with more than 26K stars in Github. The key goal of Hiddify is to provide a secure, user-friendly and efficient tunnelling client. It enables you to route all traffic to a remote server of your choose, utilising VPN-Service permission. Note: We do not provide any server; users are required to ensure their online activities stay private by using use their own self-hosted server or trusted servers. We support servers with: - Hiddify Profile - Normal V2ray/Xray Connection Profile Link - Clash Connection Profile Link - Sing-Box Connection Profile Link What is our unique features? - User Friendly - Optimized and Fast - Automatically select LowestPing , LoadBalance - Show user usage information - Easily import sublink by one click using deeplinking - Free and No ADS - Easily switch user sublinks - more and more Support: - XHTTP, Mieru, Naive, Wireguard - All Protocols supported by Sing-Box - VLESS + xtls reality, vision - VMESS - Trojan - ShoadowSocks - Reality - V2ray - Hystria2 - TUIC - SSH - ShadowTLS
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Hiddify Proxy & VPN at 4.5 against Geph's 4.0. Hiddify Proxy & VPN also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and review sentiment (70% vs 38%). Geph's advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 16 months). 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
Both are free to download. Geph sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $5.99 per month. Hiddify Proxy & VPN asks for nothing beyond the download.
Hiddify Proxy & VPN holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 190 and 810 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 38% of Geph's written reviews are positive against 70% of Hiddify Proxy & VPN's.
Geph ships an update monthly, Hiddify Proxy & VPN every 16 months. Both last shipped on October 10, 2026.
| Parameter | Geph | Hiddify Proxy & VPN |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (190 ratings) | 4.5 (810 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 38.2% of reviews | 70.1% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 190 | 810 — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 16 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 27 MB | 166 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Gephyra OU | Holistic Resilience |
Customer experience
Geph
Hiddify Proxy & VPN
User reviews
Geph
From 190 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Generally stable and free
- 🚀 Fast connection speeds (sometimes)
- ✅ Works well on Android
- ✨ Good user experience (historically)
- 💯 Free and reliable (historically)
Room to improve
- 🐛 Frequent connection issues
- 📉 Slow speeds
- 👎 Unstable performance
- 💸 Expensive for paid users
- ⏳ Slow updates on iOS
Hiddify Proxy & VPN
From 810 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Ultimate solution
- 🚀 Perfect for all devices
- 🔒 Great security app
- 🔒 Best app for bypassing censorship
- 👍 Awesome features
Room to improve
- 🐛 Crashes and stability issues
- 🔋 Background connectivity problems
Bugs and requests
Geph
Reported bugs
15 issues- App frequently opens to a blank screen and cannot be used
- VPN cannot be turned off after opening
- App crashes and does not connect easily
- Connection times out with 'Transport(broker call timed out)' error
- App freezes after loading
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- Download and upload rates display zero and do not change
- App does not react or reacts with delay when disconnecting
- Servers are detected and blocked quickly
- VPN sharing on local network does not work or has no on/off button
- Login errors with 'TypeError: undefined is not an object'
- App not working after updates
- Cannot migrate old account or register new one
- Free settings eliminated after update
- iOS version not connecting at all
- iOS version has slow response bug and cannot establish network connection
Requested features
10 requests- Support for sharing VPN connection via hotspot on iOS
- Faster updates for iOS
- More free servers
- Add more US locations to iOS
- Add split tunneling feature
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- Improve iOS/iPadOS version
- Add background app refresh for iPhone
- Improve customer support for paid users
- Increase free account speed to 300 kb/s on iOS
- Add mainland China traffic exclusion/split tunneling
Hiddify Proxy & VPN
Reported bugs
2 issues- Crashes on certain iOS versions
- Connectivity issues on some devices
Requested features
2 requests- Control center integration
- Background running mode
In-app purchases
Geph
- 1 Month of Unlimited Speed$5.991 Month
Hiddify Proxy & VPN
No in-app purchases
