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Network / MeshThe Tor Project's free, open-source, experimental Android app that routes each app through a 3-hop Tor circuit (onion routing), with per-app circuits and .onion access.
www.torproject.org/ ↗Not scored
- Jurisdiction
- Decentralised (Tor network)
- Founded
- 2006
- Owner
- The Tor Project (US 501(c)(3) non-profit)
- Best price
- n/a
- Devices
- n/a
- Free tier
- Yes
Network / Mesh. A decentralised anonymity network you route through (Tor onion routing, HOPR mixnet) or a private device mesh (Tailscale-style), rather than a commercial VPN provider. Listed but not scored head-to-head.
Tor VPN is in the Network / Meshcategory, so we don't give it a head-to-head score. It is a decentralised anonymity network or device mesh rather than a commercial VPN, so there's no provider no-logs policy, jurisdiction, or server network to rate on the conventional rubric. The data sheet below shows what it does offer.
Best for
- · Maximum anonymity against powerful adversaries (the long-standing gold standard)
- · Censorship circumvention and reaching .onion services
- · Testers and developers willing to try a beta
Not ideal for
- · Anything sensitive right now: the Tor Project warns it's experimental and may leak identifiers
- · Speed or streaming (Tor is slow by design)
- · iOS or desktop users (Android-only for now)
Strengths
- ✓Routes through the Tor network, the most studied anonymity system, with per-app circuits and exit IPs
- ✓Free and open-source (BSD-3), built on Arti (Tor's Rust rewrite)
- ✓From the non-profit Tor Project; censorship circumvention and .onion access
- ✓No accounts, no payment, no single provider to trust
Weaknesses
- ✗Experimental beta: not to be relied on for sensitive activity yet
- ✗May expose Android system-level identifiers; expect bugs and crashes
- ✗Android-only; slow compared with a normal VPN
- ✗Different architecture from a commercial VPN, so we list it but don't score it head-to-head
Protocols & encryption
The tunnelling protocols this service offers and the cryptography behind them.
In-house protocol. Tor onion routing (3-hop circuits) via Arti, Tor's Rust implementation; per-app circuit isolation and pluggable transports for censorship circumvention
This provider's setup
- Stated data cipher
- AES-128 (per onion layer)
- Stated handshake
- Curve25519 (ntor handshake)
- Perfect forward secrecy
- Unknown
- RAM-only servers
- Unknown
- Kill switch
- Unknown
- First-party DNS (leak protection)
- Yes
- IPv6
- Unknown
Full data sheet
Every attribute we track, coloured by whether it helps or hurts your privacy.
Company & jurisdiction
| Based in | Decentralised (Tor network) |
| Eyes alliance | Outside 5/9/14 Eyes |
| Enemy of the Internet | No |
| Owner | The Tor Project (US 501(c)(3) non-profit) |
| Conglomerate | n/a |
| Founded | 2006 |
Logging
| Traffic / activity | None kept |
| DNS requests | None kept |
| Timestamps | None kept |
| Bandwidth | None kept |
| Source IP address | None kept |
No central operator logs your activity; anonymity comes from routing through volunteer-run relays where no single relay sees both your identity and your destination. Caveat: this is an experimental beta that may still expose Android system-level identifiers.
Payment & anonymity
| Anonymous signup | Yes |
| Accepts cash | Unknown |
| Accepts crypto | Unknown |
| PGP key | Unknown |
Protocols & features
| OpenVPN | No |
| WireGuard | No |
| Proprietary protocol | Tor onion routing (3-hop circuits) via Arti, Tor's Rust implementation; per-app circuit isolation and pluggable transports for censorship circumvention |
| Multi-hop | Yes |
| Obfuscation | Yes |
| Kill switch | Unknown |
| First-party DNS | Yes |
| RAM-only servers | Unknown |
| Port forwarding | No |
| P2P / torrenting | No |
| IPv6 | Unknown |
Encryption
| Data cipher | AES-128 (per onion layer) |
| Handshake | Curve25519 (ntor handshake) |
Transparency
| Open-source clients | Yes, all apps |
| Independent audits | None |
| Transparency report | Yes |
| Court / seizure-tested | Proven |
The Tor network's anonymity has withstood years of real-world subpoenas and investigations; volunteer relays hold no logs that could deanonymise users. (The new Android app itself is beta.)
Infrastructure
| Simultaneous devices | n/a |
| Countries | n/a |
| Servers | n/a |
| Linux support | No |
Pricing
| Month-to-month | n/a |
| Best $/mo | n/a |
| On plan | n/a |
| Free trial | None |
| Refund window | n/a |
| Free tier | Yes |
Ethics
| Logging policy | Consistent |
| Marketing honesty | No overclaiming |
The Tor Project's first official VPN-style app (beta, Android-only, launched September 2025). Routes each app's traffic through a 3-hop Tor circuit using Arti, Tor's modern Rust implementation. Free, open-source (BSD-3 licence). Listed as a decentralised anonymity network rather than scored against conventional VPNs.
Sources
Last verified 2026-06-18. Point-in-time data, so always confirm on the provider's own site.