Appworthy

B VPN: Fast VPN Tunnel Smoke

The best VPN with Smoke Tunnel

iElement B.V
Download on theApp Store
App Store rating4.6★9K ratings
PriceFreeIn-app $9.99–$89.99
Age17+Store age rating
Size117 MBiPhone download
CategoryUtilities
DeveloperiElement B.V

What we found

Full report

Too little checked to say Store information only. We haven’t analysed this app or read its reviews yet.

Money

  • Free to download · in-app purchases $9.99–$89.99 (4 listed). Monthly plan $9.99 (about $120 a year). The other purchases’ names don’t say how often they bill.
  • If you subscribe through the store, cancel in iPhone Settings → your name → Subscriptions. Deleting the app doesn’t cancel a subscription.

Not yet tested.

The store currently lists version 4.2, updated 2024-03-02.

Preview

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Store screenshots supplied by the developer.

About this app

If you're looking for the best VPN service on the market, look no further than Backbone VPN. Our cutting-edge technology, Smoke Tunnel, sets us apart from the competition and our all-new Smoke V2 is now available on the Mac App Store.

All Our VPN features, which were previously only available for iOS, are now also accessible on MacOSX. SmokeV2 is the VPN tunnel that works everywhere!

Our team is made up of VPN users, just like you. We understand the importance of privacy and security online and work tirelessly to ensure that our VPN protocol and service are always ahead of the competition, including billion dollar VPN companies.

We are constantly improving our Smoke Tunnel technology to provide the best VPN experience for our users, creating a VPN tunnel that will work anytime, anywhere and perform over high-speed connections.…

From the developer’s store description.

For developers and the curious

The full report

The evidence, sources, measurements and versions behind every label above.

Findings and evidence

Not yet tested
Not yet tested. No analysis has been published for this app. A missing label is not a clean bill of health.

What reviewers report

No review coverage

No review analysis published for this app.

Measurements

4 measured · 4 not assessed

“Not assessed” means we could not measure it. It is never a zero and never a pass.

From store data and reviews

Developer replies to reviews
Replies to fewer than 1 review in 20
Price in the store description
The store description lists a price and how often it bills
Cancelling, in the store description
The store description says how to cancel
Themes reported by reviewers
Not assessed
This app's reviews have not been assessed yet
Five-star share of ratings
80–89% five-star
Arithmetic on the stores' own published rating counts. It says nothing about why the ratings fall where they do.

In the app package we scanned

No package has been scanned for this app, so nothing is published about what it ships. That is an absence of evidence, not a finding.

Sensitive permissions
Not assessed
No package has been scanned for this app
Analytics or tracking SDKs in the scanned package
Not assessed
No package has been scanned for this app
Advertising SDKs in the scanned package
Not assessed
No package has been scanned for this app
How we know

Supporting measurements: not a complete list of possible harms or positives. Measurement vocabulary 1.4 · how these are measured

Versions and dates analysed

Not yet tested

Not yet tested. No analysis has been run for this app, so there is no version or date to report.

Store update history

Each store’s release notes, as the developer wrote them. They are the developer’s words, not ours.

App Store

Version 4.2 · 2024-03-02
Introducing the latest version of bVPN with SmokeV2! Experience blazing-fast and reliable VPN connections wherever you go – whether at home, on mobile networks, or using public WiFi. Our updated app features a sleek design tailored for the newest iOS devices, including the iPad Pro and iPhone Xs through iPhone 15. In this update, we've supercharged our Smoke Tunnel technology, achieving an impressive 99.9% connection success rate and speeds up to 5 times faster than regular OpenVPN over Smoke connections. While our free VPN option remains available, we recommend upgrading for full access to premium features. We've also fixed various bugs, including issues with the paid VPN account…

Shortened here; the full notes are on the store listing.

Assessment record

Status
Not yet tested
App identifier
b-vpn
Sources used
None recorded
Reviews read
None recorded
Package examined
No package scan
Human inspection
Not completed
How we know
Measurement vocabulary
1.4

Store facts

App Store

What the stores publish. Store ratings are the stores’ numbers, not Appworthy’s, and are never averaged across stores.

App Store

Store rating
4.58 ★ · 9,039 ratings
Version
4.2
Updated
2 Mar 2024
Price
Free · In-app purchases
Age rating
17+
Size
117 MB
Open in App Store
Developer
iElement B.V
Category
Utilities
Listing price
Free · In-app purchases

Purchases the store lists

 What this app sells

From the store listing. Billing terms are read from each purchase’s name — the stores don’t publish them — so treat them as a strong hint, not a disclosure.

Subscriptions4
30 days discounted offer.Monthly$9.99
bVPN subscriptionTerm not stated$9.99
bVPN subscriptionTerm not stated$89.99
bVPN subscriptionTerm not stated$49.99

Method and limits

What this report can and cannot show

What a missing label means

Not yet tested. No analysis has been published for this app, so there is no method to describe for it yet. A missing label is not a clean bill of health: it means nothing has been read, not that nothing is wrong.

Limits of this report

  • A package scan is static. It identifies code and text in one Android build. It does not measure a live ad session, test a deletion request, or count the steps needed to cancel.
  • Reviews keep their sample. A review-only charge shows distinct reviewers, the share and the sample size, and is published only once it clears that label’s published threshold. Calibration labels are machine-drafted and not yet confirmed by a person.
  • Not assessed is a state. It is never a zero and never a pass.
  • A missing label is not a clean bill of health. It means the evidence did not support one, not that the app is problem-free.
Not yet human-reviewed. A human review gives an app hands-on, recorded measurements. None has been run for this app. Hands-on inspections are not yet open.
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