Today we're launching a completely rebuilt vpnrice.com. Alongside clearer pages about the VPNRice apps, the new site includes a set of free privacy tools that anyone can use, with or without a VPN, and a news section with practical guides like this one.

Here's what's new and how each tool can help you.

Why we rebuilt the site

People often ask us simple questions: "Is my VPN working?", "What does this IP address mean?", "Is my browser leaking anything?" Answering those shouldn't require installing anything or handing data to a third party. So we built the answers into the website itself.

We also wanted the site to respect the same principles as our apps. The new vpnrice.com has no cookies or third-party trackers; your language choice is remembered only in your browser's local storage. The tools run either in your browser or on VPNRice's own service.

The free tools

What is my IP

What is my IP shows the public IP address your browser is connecting from, along with its approximate location, the network it belongs to and a small map. It answers the most basic privacy question: what does a website see when I visit?

Use it to:

  • Confirm that your VPN is working, by checking the address with the VPN off and then on.
  • See which country and network a site will associate with your connection.
  • Spot when a change of network, such as switching from Wi-Fi to mobile data, changes your address.

The Safe / Exposed indicator

A bar at the top of every page shows at a glance whether your connection is Safe or Exposed:

  • Safe means your traffic is arriving from a VPNRice server.
  • Exposed means the site sees an address that isn't a VPNRice server, which is usually your own connection.

It's a quick visual check. If you've just connected to VPNRice and still see Exposed, reload the page or reconnect. If you use a browser extension, remember that it only routes your browser's traffic through VPNRice servers and doesn't add encryption itself (sites you open over HTTPS stay encrypted end to end), while the apps encrypt the traffic of the whole device.

IP lookup

IP lookup lets you check any IPv4 or IPv6 address, not just your own. Enter an address and see its approximate country, region, city, network and ASN. It's handy when you find an unfamiliar address in a router log, an email header or a sign-in alert and want to know roughly where it comes from.

IP location data comes from DB-IP and is used under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence. Keep in mind that IP geolocation is always approximate: it describes where an address is registered or routed, not the exact position of a person or device.

To keep the service fair for everyone, lookups are rate-limited to 30 per minute.

WebRTC leak test

WebRTC is the technology that lets browsers make video calls and share files directly. To find a connection path, it gathers possible network addresses, and a web page can read them. If your setup isn't right, those addresses can include your real IP even while a VPN is on.

The WebRTC leak test runs in your browser. It shows the addresses your browser reveals from your device's own network interfaces, such as local addresses or .local names. It doesn't use a third-party STUN server, so it can't detect a public IP leaked through STUN. The IETF's RFC 8828 sets out how browsers should limit which addresses they expose; the test shows how your own browser behaves in practice.

For a full walk-through, read our guide on how to check your IP and test for WebRTC leaks.

Password generator

The password generator creates strong random passwords in your browser. You can choose a length from 8 to 64 characters, pick which kinds of characters to include (upper case, lower case, numbers, symbols) and leave out characters that are easy to confuse. The tool shows an estimate of the password's strength in bits and has a copy button. The passwords are generated on your device using the browser's built-in cryptographic random number generator, the Web Crypto API described in MDN's documentation for getRandomValues(), and aren't sent to us.

A few tips for using it well:

  • Use a different password for every account, so one leak doesn't unlock the rest.
  • Prefer longer passwords. NIST's digital identity guidelines (SP 800-63B) emphasise password length and recommend allowing long passwords, including spaces and all printing characters.
  • Store them in a password manager rather than in a note or a spreadsheet.
  • Turn on two-step verification for important accounts, especially your email.

23 languages

The new site is available in 23 languages, matching the languages of the VPNRice apps: Vietnamese, English, Chinese, Spanish, Hindi, French, Portuguese, Russian, German, Japanese, Korean, Italian, Indonesian, Thai, Bengali, Lao, Burmese, Arabic, Persian, Urdu, Ukrainian, Romanian and Azerbaijani. Arabic, Persian and Urdu are displayed right to left.

You can switch language at any time from the language menu, and the tools work the same way in every language.

A news section with practical guides

The site now has a news section where we'll publish product updates and plain-language guides about privacy and security. Our first articles include:

Every guide lists its sources at the end so you can read further.

Clearer download pages

Each platform now has its own download page with system requirements and direct links:

  • Android 7.0 or later, from Google Play.
  • Android TV 7.0 or later, from Google Play, with QR sign-in from your phone. See the Android TV download page.
  • iPhone and iPad with iOS 15 or later, from the App Store.
  • Windows 10 and 11 (x64).
  • Chrome and Firefox (Firefox 142 or later) extensions, which work as browser proxies that route your browser's traffic through VPNRice servers (sites you open over HTTPS stay encrypted end to end).

A quick reminder of what VPNRice offers

  • Servers in 39 countries, with one-tap connect and automatic server choice.
  • Three protocols in the apps: WireGuard, RiceGuard (WireGuard with extra packet obfuscation) and RiceGuardX (a TLS-based protocol), plus Auto. The Windows app offers WireGuard, RiceGuardX and Auto.
  • Ad and tracker blocking in the apps (on some plans).
  • A kill switch; on Android it relies on Android's Always-on VPN setting.
  • Per-app selection on Android and Windows, and Game mode on Windows.
  • One account across your devices, with QR sign-in on Android TV.
  • VPNRice servers don't record the websites you visit, your DNS queries or your traffic.
  • A free tier, plus Premium with prices that vary by country and are shown in the app.

Tell us what you think

We'd love to hear which tools you find useful and what you'd like us to add or write about next. You can reach us at support@vpnrice.com.

Try the tools now, and if you'd like to protect your whole device, download VPNRice for your phone, TV or computer.