Best iPad VPN 2023

NordVPN is easy to use and one of the fastest VPNs around and shouldn’t slow down your internet connection. It’s an excellent choice for iPad owners.

The map view is fun to use on a screen larger than your phone’s, and it connects you swiftly to one of Nord’s thousands of servers.

It unblocks many services, including Netflix, Disney+ and BBC iPlayer.

It also ticks the privacy box, having carried out three audits, the most recent of which was in December 2022. It features a kill switch, which is important to keep your data and location hidden if the VPN connection stops unexpectedly. Based in Panama, it’s outside of the jurisdiction of the ’14-eyes’ (a group of countries that have agreed to collect, analyze and share information). 

You can connect up to six devices to NordVPN at once, and there are also apps for iPhone, Android, Mac, Windows and Amazon Fire TV.

You can get great discounts by signing up for a couple of years. See the deals on NordVPN’s webiste.

Surfshark is an easy-to-use and intuitive VPN with a slick iPad app that has more features than you might expect given the low price.

The service now has more than 3,200 servers across 60+countries but, importantly, lets you watch Netflix shows, BBC iPlayer and other streaming services that aren’t normally available in your region.

You’ll find security features including a kill switch and Multi-Hop, which routes your connection through two countries instead of just one. It’s run from the Netherlands which is privacy-friendly, has a strict no-logs policy and is one of the members of the VPN Trust Initiative.

Despite the low monthly cost, just beware that the price increases substantially on renewal–a gotcha with quite a few VPN services and one that’s easily missed when signing up. Our advice is to cancel before it renews and sign up for a new deal.

It really is one of the best VPNs around, and also one of the fastest thanks to the use of the WireGuard protocol.

See the current deals on Surfshark’s website and read our Surfshark review for more details.

CyberGhost is really easy to use and one of the least-expensive services when you sign up for a couple of years. 

CyberGhost has more than 7000 servers across 90 countries, so you’re bound to find a connection that suits your needs.

Of potentially more interest to most people is the fact it’s pretty reliable for unblocking streaming services. It unblocks Netflix, Disney+, HBOMax, Amazon Prime and others. CyberGhost even provides a streaming list so you can choose the best server to unblock specific streaming services on specific devices.

With support for WireGuard, CyberGhost offers speedy connections and one subscription allows you to use the service on up to seven devices at once.

You can sign up for CyberGhost here.

Also among our favourite VPNs for the iPad is ExpressVPN, which has 95 country options and a network of more than three thousand servers.

ExpressVPN unblocks more video services than rivals. It claims to reliably unblock over 200 streaming service and also gives you a backup option – the MediaStreamer proxy service – if you find that the VPN isn’t unblocking at the exact moment you want to watch.

It bills itself as the premium option, and justifies this partly with the long list of video services it works with. There is also 24/7 live chat support and Threat Manager blocks traffic from websites known to be malicious.

You can expect fast speeds thanks to its proprietary Lightway protocol and privacy is good thanks to the TrustedServer setup (where the software runs entirely in RAM and doesn’t save any data to the hard drive). The company is registered in the British Virgin Islands, a self-governing territory that isn’t subject to British laws. It operates a no-logs policy.

As well as using it on your iPad, there are also apps for iPhone, Android, Mac, Windows, Fire TV and more. There’s a limit of five devices at once, but that should be plenty for most people.

While not the cheapest, ExpressVPN does run discounts, with the best deal being the one-year subscription, which is almost half-price.

Private Internet Access (PIA) is a well-established VPN service that now operates a mind-boggling number of servers in 84 counties. It’s one of the big boys of the VPN world. All its servers are set up well for privacy, run in RAM only, are rebooted often–even the error logs are disabled. The company also runs its own DNS servers to ensure there are no DNS leaks that could give away the websites you’re visiting.

The company is keen to point out that its software is open source, so anyone can inspect the code and check there are no problems. That’s one reason why it bills itself as the World’s Most Trusted VPN service.

PIA, as it’s known to most of its users, allows 10 simultaneous connections and is really geared towards offering protection while using the internet.

It hasn’t always been partially good for unblocking streaming services, but unblocking has improved and the introduction of a Smart DNS service means you can unblock Netflix (and more) on TVs, media streamers and consoles which don’t support VPNs. It unblocked DAZN, Sky Go and more Netflix libraries when we tested in September 2022–it wouldn’t unblock iPlayer that time around but it did a year previously. For this reason it isn’t our first choice for unblocking streaming services, but it may unblock everything you need it to.

Speeds are great thanks to the use of WireGuard, and the iPad app is easy to use.

See the latest deals for Private Internet Access.

PureVPN offers more than 6,500 servers in 78 countries across all six main continents, which is pretty impressive. PureVPN used to have a lot of virtual servers, but now it just has 68.

If you want to access a specific streaming service, you can click on the Shortcuts tab and search for or browse through the list to find the one you want. The iPad app looks bright and smart and makes it quick and easy to connect to locations outside your country and unblock the stuff you want to watch. And that includes iPlayer, ITV Hub and other UK services that others VPNs struggle with.

When we reviewed PureVPN at the start of 2022, it lacked WireGuard, but this protocol is now available. Dedicated IP and split-tunneling aren’t available when you use WireGuard though.

PureVPN is registered in the British Virgin Islands (which is more privacy-friendly than Hong Kong, where it used to operate). The company has allowed its no-logs policy to be snap-audited by KPMG.

Install the app on your iPad and get a seven day trial just by entering your email address.

Most VPNs rent their servers, but VyprVPN is unusual in that it owns and operates all of its servers and network hardware. This makes VyprVPN a great choice for privacy.

Speeds are good thanks to the recent introduction of WireGuard. There are fewer servers than on some solutions, but they’re distributed among a decent number of countries. VyprVPN doesn’t disclose how many of its servers are physical (rather than virtual) though.

The iPad version of the app includes an interactive map that makes it easy to browse servers and view ping times.

You’ll find discounts on the regular monthly price if you’re willing to subscribe for a couple of years.