Melon VPNSix years of Melon VPN, and the parts we did not change
The domain is older than the company. That order matters, because it explains most of the decisions that followed: the product came first, and each part was added because something was missing, not because a plan said so.
Three dates
| Date | What happened |
|---|---|
| 2018 Jan | vpnmelon.com is registered. There is no company behind it yet, only a plan for an app that connects in one tap and asks for nothing. |
| 2019 May | The iOS app goes live on the App Store. No account, no email address, no password. That decision has not been revisited since. |
| 2026 Jun | Version 3.4.39 ships, supporting iOS 15.0 and later. Same rule as day one: install, open, connect. |
Between those three dates the app went from one platform to two, from a handful of servers to 631 servers across more than 100 regions, and from standard VPN protocols to Melon-Link, the protocol we build and run ourselves. None of that is unusual for a VPN that has been operating for six years. What is unusual is how little of the original design we had to throw away.
What did not change
There is still no account. No email, no password, no profile to manage. You install the app, tap connect, and that is the whole onboarding. This is why we can keep zero traffic logs without asking you to trust a promise about deletion: there is no identity to attach a log to in the first place.
Support is still email. One address, answered by people, within 24 hours. There is no ticket portal and no chatbot. At our size a portal would mostly add a login screen between you and the answer.
The app is still one app. Not a suite, not a bundle with a password manager and a cloud drive attached. It connects, and it tells you what it is doing.
What we got wrong
The Android build carries advertising. The iOS build does not. This is the decision we get asked about most, and the honest answer is that it was made for revenue in a market where paid installs were not converting. VIP removes the ads, but the asymmetry between the two platforms is real, and we would rather state it than bury it in a footnote.
We implied streaming worked reliably when it did not. Some routes work well for some services on some days. It depends on the service, the region and the network, and it can change without notice. The current wording says so plainly: streaming is not guaranteed, and we tune routes based on what users report.
The website was thin for years. A download page and two legal pages, with almost nothing about how the service works. That is the gap this blog and the security pages exist to close.
Where it stands now
- 631 servers in more than 100 regions.
- AES-256-GCM authenticated encryption inside Melon-Link, carried over Fast TCP.
- Zero traffic logs: no browsing history, no traffic destinations, no DNS queries, no IP addresses, no connection timestamps.
- 4.46 out of 5 from 5,714 ratings on the US App Store; 4.2 out of 5 from roughly 334,000 ratings on Google Play.
- One subscription, multiple devices.
Melon VPN is operated by WILDLOOK TECH PTE. LTD. in Singapore. The company came after the product, and it exists mostly to hold the contracts, the app store accounts and the servers — which is why you will not find a company history here. The product history is the interesting part.