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On the label it is low-risk: VPN Ai + Private Browser collects some data but says none of it is linked to you or used for tracking. The sensitive items are user content. In total the label lists 6 data types; 32% of private browsers we checked declare tracking.
VPN Ai + Private Browser privacy in one look
- 1Collects nothing
- 2Not linked
- 3Linked
- 4Tracks you
Built only from the developer's App Store label. It describes disclosure, not tested behaviour.
VPN Ai + Private Browser collects some data but says none of it is linked to your identity, and none is used for tracking.
Did VPN Ai + Private Browser ask for something?
Pick the permission prompt you saw. We compare it with what VPN Ai + Private Browser's developer declared.
Location is not on VPN Ai + Private Browser's label. That can be fine: data used only on your iPhone does not have to be declared. If the data would need to leave the phone for the feature to work, ask why it is missing.
VPN Ai + Private Browser lists User Content on its label. Choose Limited Access and pick only the photos you want to share.
Contacts is not on VPN Ai + Private Browser's label. That can be fine: data used only on your iPhone does not have to be declared. If the data would need to leave the phone for the feature to work, ask why it is missing.
VPN Ai + Private Browser declares no tracking, so a tracking prompt would contradict its label. Decline it, and consider reporting the mismatch to Apple.
Health & Fitness is not on VPN Ai + Private Browser's label. That can be fine: data used only on your iPhone does not have to be declared. If the data would need to leave the phone for the feature to work, ask why it is missing.
A permission is what the app can reach on your iPhone; the label is what the developer says leaves it. They answer different questions.
What VPN Ai + Private Browser collects, explained
| Data type | What it covers | Where to limit it |
|---|---|---|
| User ContentSensitiveNot linked to you | Messages, photos, videos, audio recordings, documents and support chats you create or upload. | Settings › Privacy & Security › Photos: choose Limited Access or None; review Microphone and Files access too. |
| Contact InfoNot linked to you | Your name, email address, phone number or postal address. | Use Sign in with Apple with Hide My Email where offered, and check the app's account and marketing preferences. |
| PurchasesNot linked to you | What you have bought or tend to buy. | Review in-app marketing settings; subscriptions are listed in Settings › [your name] › Subscriptions. |
| IdentifiersNot linked to you | An account ID, screen name, customer number or a device-level ID such as the advertising identifier. | Settings › Privacy & Security › Tracking: turn off Allow Apps to Request to Track, or tap Ask App Not to Track when prompted. |
| Usage DataNot linked to you | What you tap, open and view inside the app, plus which ads you have seen. | There is no single iOS switch. Look for an analytics or personalised-ads toggle in the app's own settings. |
| DiagnosticsNot linked to you | Crash logs, launch times, hang rates and energy use. | Settings › Privacy & Security › Analytics & Improvements › Share With App Developers controls what Apple passes on; the app's own crash reporting is separate. |
What VPN Ai + Private Browser's label means for you
VPN Ai + Private Browser's label has 6 types under “Data Not Linked to You”. A data type can appear in more than one section when it is used for different purposes — for example, identifiers used for both analytics and advertising.
Every type on VPN Ai + Private Browser's label is in the “not linked” section, so the developer says the data is stripped of anything that identifies you before it is used. That is typical of anonymous analytics and crash reporting. Not linked is still collected: the data leaves your phone.
The items that deserve the most attention are user content. This is the content you actually care about. Where it is stored, who can read it and how it is backed up matters more than any other line on the label.
A private browser should collect less than the sites it visits. Browsing History or Identifiers on its label are worth a second look. Check the default search engine, whether history syncs to an account, and whether tracker blocking is on by default.
Among the 160 private browsers in our snapshot with a label, 32% declare tracking, 39% collect data linked to you and 31% say they collect nothing. VPN Ai + Private Browser lists 6 data types, more than the average of 2.1 for this group.
Productivity apps tend to collect the work you do in them — documents, notes and files — so User Content is common. The question is whether it syncs to the developer's servers and how it is protected there.
Settings to check for VPN Ai + Private Browser
- 1
Tracking
Settings › Privacy & Security › Tracking. If “Allow Apps to Request to Track” is off, apps cannot ask, and they are told to treat you as having declined. You can also turn it off for this app alone.
- 2
Photos
Settings › Privacy & Security › Photos. Limited Access lets you pick exactly which pictures the app can see; Add Photos Only lets it save without reading your library.
- 3
Sign-in
When creating an account, Sign in with Apple can give the app a relay address from Hide My Email instead of your real one.
- 4
Lock the app
On iOS 18 and later, touch and hold the icon and choose Require Face ID. Anyone who picks up your unlocked phone then needs your face, fingerprint or passcode to open it.
- 5
Notifications
Settings › Notifications › VPN Ai + Private Browser › Show Previews: When Unlocked keeps message and account details off the Lock Screen.
Does VPN Ai + Private Browser track you?
There is no “Data Used to Track You” section on VPN Ai + Private Browser's label.
Does VPN Ai + Private Browser track you? Full answer and how to stop it →
Lock VPN Ai + Private Browser behind Face ID
- Find VPN Ai + Private Browser on your Home Screen or in App Library.
- Touch and hold the icon until the quick-actions menu opens.
- Tap Require Face ID (or Require Touch ID / Require Passcode, depending on your iPhone).
- Tap Require Face ID again to confirm. VPN Ai + Private Browser now asks for authentication every time it opens.
The lock is an iPhone feature, so it works whether or not VPN Ai + Private Browser has a passcode of its own. It does not change what the app sends to its developer.
About VPN Ai + Private Browser
| Developer | Phoner Holdings LLC |
| App Store category | Productivity (also Utilities) |
| Latest version | 1.0.8, released March 2021 |
| First released | December 2018 |
| Requires | iOS 10.0 or later |
| Size | 102 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ |
| Languages | 11 (AR, EN, DE, IT, JA, KO, PT, RU…) |
| Bundle ID | com.aiapps.vpn |
The current version shipped in March 2021, 5 years before our snapshot. Apps that are not updated may not support newer iOS privacy controls, and an abandoned app will not get security fixes.
What the label cannot tell you
- A label is self-reported. Apple publishes the developer's answers and can reject apps that misrepresent them, but it does not independently verify what VPN Ai + Private Browser sends.
- It does not say where data is stored, how long it is kept, whether it is encrypted, or which companies receive it. The privacy policy covers those points.
- Optional data counts: if a feature lets you add something (a profile photo, a phone number), the type is listed even if you never use the feature.
- Data handled only on your iPhone is not 'collected', so a no-collection label is compatible with an app that reads your files locally.
- Third-party sign-in, payment processors and SDKs are supposed to be included, but a label can lag behind a new version.
The question to ask VPN Ai + Private Browser's developer: Does the browser keep my history on its servers?
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Your VPN Ai + Private Browser privacy checklist
Done. You have applied every control the label points to.
True or false?
- Right.Not quite.
False: there is no Data Used to Track You section on VPN Ai + Private Browser's label.
- Right.Not quite.
Labels are self-reported by developers. Apple can reject or remove apps that misrepresent practices, but it does not audit each label.
- Right.Not quite.
True: User Content appears on its label, in the Not Linked to You section.
- Right.Not quite.
It is collected and sent; the developer says it is de-identified rather than tied to your account or device.
- Right.Not quite.
Apple's rules require apps to work the same whether or not you allow tracking.