紫鸟VPN vs DESEO VPN
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
紫鸟VPN
Connect to global routes and residential IPs with a clean, simple VPN experience. Manage your account, select routes, and view membership status. Purchase access through in-app purchases.
- Global route connections
- Residential IP options
- Account management
- Membership status display
- In-app purchases
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紫鸟VPN (Cicada VPN) helps you connect with a clean, simple VPN experience across global routes and residential IP options. Sign in to manage your account, choose an available route, view membership status, and purchase eligible access through Apple in-app purchase. The app is designed for straightforward connection management on iPhone, with account-based access, route selection, membership display, and residential IP product management in one place.
DESEO VPN
This app encrypts your internet traffic and routes it through a server in a country of your choice. It offers a kill switch to block all traffic if the connection drops and uses Apple's native VPN stack for reliable performance. Protect your online activity on public Wi-Fi and other networks.
- One-tap encryption
- Global server locations
- No-logs policy
- Kill switch
- Account-based access
- Supports five devices
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Deseo is a VPN built on one idea: what you do online is nobody's business but yours. One tap encrypts everything leaving your iPhone and routes it through a server in the country you choose. Cafe Wi-Fi, hotel networks, airport lounges — the places most worth protecting are the ones you use without thinking. ACCOUNT-BASED ACCESS Sign in with a DESEO account before connecting. This keeps access, subscription status, and support tied to one identity. NO LOGS We do not record the sites you visit, your DNS lookups, or your address once a session ends. There is nothing in our systems linking a person to an activity, because we never create that link. Read the full policy at deseovpn.com/privacy — including what we have not had audited. KILL SWITCH If the tunnel drops, Deseo blocks all traffic instantly rather than quietly letting your real address through. Fails closed, not open. On by default. BUILT ON APPLE'S OWN VPN STACK Deseo uses IKEv2/IPsec with AES-256-GCM — the protocol iOS itself implements. It survives the handoff from Wi-Fi to cellular without dropping, which is exactly when a weaker VPN leaves you exposed on the walk out the door. LOCATIONS WORLDWIDE Switch country in a tap across 82 servers in 45 countries. Every location is measured live for latency, so the speed you see is the speed you get, not a marketing number. FIVE DEVICES One subscription covers your iPhone, iPad and the rest of the household. WHAT DESEO WILL NOT DO It will not make you anonymous if you sign in to an account that identifies you. It will not stop malware. It will not prevent a site from fingerprinting your browser. Any VPN claiming otherwise is selling you something. SUBSCRIPTION Deseo Plus is $11.99/month or $59.99/year. The yearly plan starts with a 7-day free trial, and we remind you two days before it ends. Cancel any time in your Apple ID settings. Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation. Subscriptions renew automatically unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the period ends. Any unused portion of a free trial is forfeited when you buy a subscription. Privacy Policy: https://deseovpn.com/privacy Terms of Service: https://deseovpn.com/terms
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Verdict
The clearest difference is monetization model: 紫鸟VPN at free with in-app purchases against DESEO VPN's subscription. 紫鸟VPN also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs fortnightly). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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. 紫鸟VPN sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and DESEO VPN sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $11.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for 紫鸟VPN against 5.0 for DESEO VPN. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.
紫鸟VPN ships an update every 4 days, DESEO VPN fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | 紫鸟VPN | DESEO VPN |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 days — better | Fortnightly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Subscription |
| Devices | iPhone, Mac | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 30 MB | 59 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Totacloud LLC | HAUS GROUP |
Customer experience
紫鸟VPN
DESEO VPN
In-app purchases
紫鸟VPN
- 紫鸟VPN 30天基础线路$3.99
DESEO VPN
- Deseo Plus$11.991 Month
- Deseo Plus7 Days trial$59.991 Year









