VPN vs Petya
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
VPN
This app provides a private internet connection with a single tap. It maintains a stable connection through network changes and idle periods without requiring an account or user profiling. It focuses on performing its core function reliably.
- One-tap connection
- Private internet access
- Stable connection
- No account required
- No user profiling
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Sword VPN Secure doesn't waste your time or its own. Open the app. Hit connect. Your connection is private. There's no step two. No account. No quiz about what you plan to use it for. No screen asking you to invite friends before you've even tried it. It stays connected when other apps would have given up — signal dips, network switches, phone sitting idle in your pocket for an hour. You pull it out, everything's still where you left it. Does one job. Does it well. Doesn't talk about it. Subscription Auto-renewable, charged to your Apple ID at confirmation. Renews unless canceled 24h before the period ends. Manage in App Store settings. Terms: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Petya
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Petya connects your phone to the internet through a secure tunnel — with your own key or configuration link. One button, the server is picked for you, the connection keeps itself up. And when something will not open, Petya shows exactly where it breaks. SECURE CONNECTION • Paste the link your provider gave you, or open it from a messenger — the app reads the server list and connects. • vless keys and subscriptions with Xray servers: Reality, Hysteria. • All phone traffic travels encrypted through the server you chose — on home Wi-Fi, in a café, on mobile data. • The connection looks after itself: the app checks the link, restarts and moves to another server from the list when needed. • The server list refreshes itself as often as your provider asks. Remove the link with one button, and the system connection profile goes with it. • DNS is set separately: your carrier's or the configuration's, direct or through the tunnel. • Petya has no servers and no account of its own. The connection log can be sent to support as a file. NETWORK CHECK One button shows which services answer from your device right now, which stay silent, and what exactly is wrong. Eight outcomes, not two: "no answer", "connection dropped", "name did not resolve", "certificate error", "address substituted" are different failures in different places. HISTORY Every check is stored on the device: each service gets its share of successful checks, median response time, spread and a chart of recent runs. Export it as a table. NETWORK AND TOOLS Connection type, IPv4 and IPv6, public address and country — what any website sees. System resolver compared with Cloudflare and Google, TCP port check, your own addresses in the same list. BACKGROUND, SIRI AND SHORTCUTS A notification when a service stops or starts answering again — changes only. "Check the network" by voice, checks in Shortcuts automations. HONEST Traffic goes through a server only while you turned the tunnel on, and the same button turns it off. Measurements stay on the device until you send them yourself. No accounts, no ads. Terms of use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Petya at none against VPN's 2. Petya also leads on ads (none vs shown). On price, update cadence, 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. VPN sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $8.99 per month. Petya asks for nothing beyond the download.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 days. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.
| Parameter | VPN | Petya |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (9 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 9 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 days | Every 2 days |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Subscription | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 230 MB | 36 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ZHONGYA TRADING CO., LIMITED | Matrixxx VPN |
Customer experience
VPN
Petya
In-app purchases
VPN
- Month VIP$8.991 Month
- Year VIP$69.991 Year
Petya
No in-app purchases







