Comparison

Caspers Cloak vs HexVPN

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

Head to head
About

Caspers Cloak

This app offers advanced network security beyond a typical VPN. It detects sensitive sites, uses decoy traffic to confuse trackers, and automatically adjusts defenses based on your network. Enjoy a safer online experience with intelligent connection management and an active kill switch.

Highlights
  • Phantom Barriers for decoy traffic
  • Sensitive Site Detection
  • Smart Bypass for trusted destinations
  • Profile Auto-Switching by network
  • Network Blocking Detection
  • Active Kill Switch
  • Connection Storm Prevention
Features
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Trackers follow you from app to app. Fake login pages wait for one wrong tap. Hotel Wi-Fi belongs to someone else. Casper's Cloak pushes back: it blocks trackers and phishing sites, hardens your connection the moment you open your bank, and switches your rules when you join a new network. A VPN is a tunnel. Casper's Cloak is the tunnel plus an active defense layer, for iPhone and iPad. Casper's Cloak is a subscription service with a free 7-day trial. The protection features below require an active subscription. WHAT CASPER'S CLOAK DOES ▸ Threat Shield: blocks trackers and known malicious domains at the DNS level. ▸ Phantom Barrier: blocks malware and phishing sites. ▸ Phantom Decoys: mixes decoy traffic in with your real browsing, so snooping networks have a harder time telling which one is you. ▸ Sensitive Site Detection: banking, healthcare and government sites get a hardened tunnel the moment you open them. ▸ Smart Bypass: trusted destinations stay direct and fast; sensitive ones get the full cloak. Casper decides per flow, not per app. ▸ Location choice: pick a US server, or an exit country in North America or Europe. ▸ Ghost Profiles: switch your whole setup in one tap, and let Casper apply different rules at home, on hotel Wi-Fi and on cellular when it recognizes the network. ▸ Private Health Check: reviews your device's security settings and walks you through each fix, one step at a time. ▸ Network Blocking Detection: notices when a network blocks or censors your connection and switches to keep you connected. ▸ Wraith Kill Switch: turn it on and traffic stops if the protected connection drops. ▸ Connection Storm Prevention: reconnects in an orderly way after network changes instead of retrying in a loop. ▸ Home Screen Widget: status, profile switch and emergency cutoff at a glance. THE VPN PART Yes, there's a tunnel. It uses WireGuard, the modern, open, independently reviewed VPN protocol, and routes your traffic through Casper's servers. The tunnel encrypts; the defense layer above it decides what to protect, recognizes hostile networks and generates decoys. PRIVACY, PLAINLY No activity logs, by design. We don't sell data. To run the service we store your account email, your assigned VPN address, the server you chose, connect and disconnect times and a combined data counter. The privacy policy explains what is kept and how to have it deleted, and you can delete your account inside the app. WHO CASPER'S CLOAK IS FOR ▸ Travelers on hotel, airport and conference Wi-Fi ▸ Remote workers reaching sensitive systems ▸ Anyone tired of choosing between speed and safety ▸ People who want banking apps and AirDrop to keep working while protected SUBSCRIPTION & PRICING Casper's Cloak requires an auto-renewable subscription; every feature listed above is part of a paid plan. New users get a 7-day free trial. • Pro: everything in Basic plus Phantom Barrier, Phantom Decoys, the Europe (Privacy) exit countries and unlimited data • Basic: Threat Shield, the WireGuard VPN tunnel, the Wraith Kill Switch and 100 GB of data a month Offered weekly, monthly, and yearly (current prices shown in the app). Your trial converts to a paid subscription unless canceled at least 24 hours before it ends; payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation. Subscriptions auto-renew until canceled. Manage or cancel anytime in Settings → Apple ID → Subscriptions. Privacy Policy: https://casperscloak.com/privacy-policy Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

HexVPN

Features
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HexVPN is a privacy-focused VPN with no logs, AI-powered threat blocking, and one price for everything we ship. WHAT MAKES HEXVPN DIFFERENT • AI-powered threat protection — blocks phishing, malware, trackers, and ads at the tunnel layer, before any of it reaches your device • RAM-only servers — no disks, no persistent storage • HexGuard encryption — ChaCha20-Poly1305 + Curve25519 with perfect forward secrecy • 30+ POPs across 4 continents on dedicated hardware in privacy-friendly jurisdictions • Up to 10 devices on a single account • No third-party analytics, attribution, or fingerprinting SDKs in our app ONE PLAN. EVERYTHING IN IT. • $9.99/month • $2.99/month billed annually (save 70%) • 30-day money-back guarantee on your first subscription NO PASSWORDS One-time email sign-in codes. Nothing to forget, lose, or get phished. FAST WireGuard-class performance — gigabit under real conditions. We benchmark every server and route around hot spots automatically. TRUSTWORTHY Bootstrapped. No VCs, no acquirers, no incentive to monetize you — we answer only to the people paying for the tunnel. WHAT WE DON'T LOG Your IP. Sites you visit. DNS queries. Timestamps. Bandwidth. Fingerprints. Apps. Location. Hardware. None of it. LEARN MORE • Trust Center: hexvpn.co/trust • Privacy Policy: hexvpn.co/privacy Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

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HexVPN4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ratings volume: Caspers Cloak at 9 against HexVPN's 1. On price, rating, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Caspers Cloak sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per 7 days and HexVPN sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Caspers Cloak against 5.0 for HexVPN. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Caspers Cloak has 9 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Caspers Cloak versus HexVPN: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCaspers CloakHexVPN
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (9 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings9 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 4 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size16 MB16 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPhatlinksHexVPN

In-app purchases

6 purchases

Caspers Cloak

Subscriptions6
  • Casper's Cloak Basic — Weekly7 Days trial$3.997 Days
  • Casper's Cloak Pro — Weekly7 Days trial$4.997 Days
  • Casper's Cloak Basic — Monthly7 Days trial$9.991 Month
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  • Casper's Cloak Pro — Monthly7 Days trial$12.991 Month
  • Casper's Cloak Basic — Yearly7 Days trial$69.001 Year
  • Casper's Cloak Pro — Yearly7 Days trial$89.001 Year
2 purchases

HexVPN

Subscriptions2
  • HexVPN Pro Monthly$3.991 Month
  • HexVPN Pro Yearly$17.991 Year

Questions

Is Caspers Cloak free?
Caspers Cloak is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is HexVPN free?
HexVPN is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Caspers Cloak or HexVPN?
Caspers Cloak and HexVPN are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 9 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Caspers Cloak or HexVPN have ads?
Neither Caspers Cloak nor HexVPN shows ads.

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