Best-maintained VPNs for macOS
16 of the 28 providers we track ship a macOS 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 | Surfshark | 4.29.0 | 12 days ago | 12 | Actively updated |
| 2 | NordVPN | 10.9.0 | 19 days ago | 27 | Actively updated |
| 3 | Windscribe | 2.24.12 | 4 days ago | 8 | Actively updated |
| 4 | ExpressVPN | 14.2.1.13658 | 16 days ago | 10 | Actively updated |
| 5 | PureVPN | 9.46.0 | 26 days ago | 13 | Actively updated |
| 6 | IVPN | 3.15.15 | 3 days ago | 4 | Actively updated |
| 7 | CyberGhost | 8.4.7 | 13 days ago | 3 | Actively updated |
| 8 | IPVanish | 5.1.3 | 31 days ago | 6 | Actively updated |
| 9 | TunnelBear | 5.10.0 | 54 days ago | 6 | Slowing down |
| 10 | Proton VPN | 6.5.1 | 4 months ago | 8 | Slowing down |
| 11 | Private Internet Access | 3.7.2-08420 | 6 months ago | 2 | Stalled |
| 12 | VyprVPN | 6.0.4.11438 | 9 months ago | 3 | Stalled |
| 13 | StrongVPN | 2.4.5 | 11 months ago | 1 | Stalled |
| 14 | Ivacy | 7.0.1 | over 2 years ago | 0 | Looks abandoned |
| 15 | PrivateVPN | 3.3.6 | over 2 years ago | 0 | Looks abandoned |
| 16 | TorGuard | 4.8.29 | over 2 years ago | 0 | Looks abandoned |
No tracked macOS release source for: Mullvad, Norton VPN, Trust.Zone, Hotspot Shield, AirVPN, ZoogVPN, Bitdefender VPN, HMA VPN, FastestVPN, hide.me, Astrill, OVPN. That means we could not confirm an identifier, not necessarily that the app does not exist — see known gaps.