Best-maintained VPNs for iOS
24 of the 28 providers we track ship a iOS client. Ranked by how recently and how consistently that specific app gets released — not by the provider's overall index.
| # | VPN | Version | Last release | Releases / yr | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ExpressVPN | 12.77.0 | 2 days ago | 7 | Actively updated |
| 2 | PureVPN | 9.75.0 | yesterday | 5 | Actively updated |
| 3 | NordVPN | 9.16.0 | 2 days ago | 5 | Actively updated |
| 4 | Surfshark | 5.0.1 | 6 days ago | 6 | Actively updated |
| 5 | Hotspot Shield | 8.47.2 | 6 days ago | 6 | Actively updated |
| 6 | Norton VPN | 26.20.0 | 2 days ago | 4 | Actively updated |
| 7 | Trust.Zone | 2.0.0-alpha.31 | 2 days ago | 3 | Actively updated |
| 8 | Bitdefender VPN | 2.3.26 | 2 days ago | 3 | Actively updated |
| 9 | CyberGhost | 8.8.1 | 7 days ago | 4 | Actively updated |
| 10 | Private Internet Access | 3.37.2 | 8 days ago | 4 | Actively updated |
| 11 | hide.me | 7.0.0 | yesterday | 2 | Actively updated |
| 12 | PrivateVPN | 3.14.0 | 6 days ago | 3 | Actively updated |
| 13 | IPVanish | 4.33.0 | 7 days ago | 2 | Actively updated |
| 14 | VyprVPN | 6.1.2 | 8 days ago | 2 | Actively updated |
| 15 | ZoogVPN | 3.23.0 | 8 days ago | 2 | Actively updated |
| 16 | Windscribe | 3.14.2 | 20 days ago | 3 | Actively updated |
| 17 | TunnelBear | 4.16.1 | 34 days ago | 2 | Actively updated |
| 18 | Mullvad | 2026.5 | 43 days ago | 2 | Actively updated |
| 19 | FastestVPN | 3.2.7 | 3 months ago | 1 | Slowing down |
| 20 | IVPN | 2.14.2 | 4 months ago | 1 | Stalled |
| 21 | Proton VPN | 7.5.2 | 5 months ago | 1 | Stalled |
| 22 | StrongVPN | 2.9.0 | 5 months ago | 1 | Stalled |
| 23 | TorGuard | 2.2.12 | 8 months ago | 1 | Stalled |
| 24 | Astrill | 2.3.8 | over a year ago | 0 | Looks abandoned |
No tracked iOS release source for: AirVPN, HMA VPN, OVPN, Ivacy. That means we could not confirm an identifier, not necessarily that the app does not exist — see known gaps.