1.1.1.1: Faster Internet Reviews

by JasonTheAdams

I’m a big fan of Cloudflare and use them for business every day. I started using 1.1.1.1 within a day or two of its release. I like what it does and the fact that it’s free is awesome.

And then the issues begin.

I noticed that, periodically, it would cause my Internet to become unstable. Services like Netflix would half work, clearly struggling. Whenever I ran into my Internet partially working I would disable 1.1.1.1 and the issue would immediately go away.

After the release with Warp came out the issue increased tenfold. Now I’m having issues with Internet working unpredictability daily. In fact, at times it’s so bad the whole device stop working properly whenever Internet is involved. I opened my settings once and saw the VPN toggle rapidly turning on and off. Bad juju.

Cloudflare is top notch, but 1111 simply causes my problems and it solves. That’s disappointing. I’ve permanently disabled 1111 , I’m sad to say, and can’t recommend it to anyone. I had to contact family I’d helped install it for and learned they’ve had the same problems, so I helped them disable it, too.

Fellow developers at Cloudflare, please take this service and make it great — which, right now, means stable.

by Allisonlwerner

When I got 1111, I loved it. When I began traveling more (and encountering more public WiFi networks), though, it became a huge problem. It made it impossible to connect to the internet in places that had a public WiFi network where I didn’t have any cellular service. I thought that simply uninstalling 1111 would do the trick. Nope. Whenever I try to connect to public networks now I get an error message that says the network was flagged by 1111 (which I have definitely uninstalled). I’ve looked into the VPN settings on my phone, and there appear to be no VPN configurations, so I have no idea what’s going on. I spent three hours trying to remedy this on my own by using their website today—to no avail. In an act of desperation, I called the only phone number I could find associated with CloudFlare (I think it’s a sales number). I explained the situation I’ve found myself in, and the person I spoke with told me to go to the support page on their website, which I already did. To say that this wasn’t helpful is an understatement. At this moment in time, I’m very sad to say that this problem still hasn’t been remedied. I’ve never regretted downloading an app, but I think this one has changed that for me.

by CG$$&

Either the last update or 1111 got corrupt real bad and it messed up my ability to be able to connect to Wifi. The wifi app would come on in task bar with plenty of bars but I kept getting errors that I was not connected to internet! It took me hours to figure this out. I thought it was the phone or perhaps a virus and went thru the whole process of doing a full reset on my iPhone and removing everything of my phone and doing a full restore starting it like a new phone! Phone still didn’t work! I researched the web and found nothing to lead me to 1111 or possible problem with 1111 . Then I went item by item, app by app and hit on 1111 as the possible problem. I tried turning it off and It showed to be off on one screen but wasn’t actually turning off. I finally decide this could be the problem so I deleted it and my friends to my surprise and pleasure this was it. After deleting it I immediately tried my Wifi connection and voila, problem solved!! Hours to do this Ugh!!😅😆😡🥵

by Ducypoo

I’ve used 1111 consistently for a while and have loved it up till now. My issue is not with the service provided, that is done well. My problem arises when 1111 updated automatically and the terms of service updated. I have no issue with either of those things. The application did not give me a notification that I needed to accept the terms of service, but until I did my device could not access the internet with or without wifi, nor could I even access the VPN controls in my Settings as it was constantly in a state of flux - turning on and turning off 5 times per second - and “clicking” on it did nothing. 1111, by merely updating the terms of service, completely disabled my device’s ability to access any networks, load any data, or otherwise function as a phone/smart phone. It is imperative that this gets fixed before I raise my rating but I will happily give it 5 stars once it is.

by Andy-7325

An app that enhances privacy and increases web speed for free? Sounds to good to be true, right? Right. The problem is that the VPN connection doesn’t transfer well between WiFi and cellular, so when leaving a hotel or your home don’t expect to have Internet for a while (read many minutes at least): no Siri for directions, no Yelp for recommendations, etc.

To make matters worse, the notification system is buggy as well. After I ran out of Warp+ data, I got a notification every 30 minutes or so telling me I was “running low” and suggesting I buy more. I finally had to shut off all notifications to 1111 to make it stop.

These quality issues might be forgivable in a bad freemium game, but it’s not good enough to protect my data, nor would it be worth the headache of trying to get my family to use it (“I have to do WHAT if I want internet as I leave the house?!?!”).

by A Y Marqjez

In my personal experience with 1111 when I first installed it on my IPhone 6s, which had been getting very slow in the past years, I saw significant improvement in the connection to my wifi. The speed of my wifi doubled and it was very relieving to see 1111 work since I do get frustrated with how slow my phone is. It worked for a few months, but I did start noticing that slowly the quality began deteriorating and the speed of my wifi began suffering. I shrugged this off but eventually it got so bad that it became worse than when I had previously installed the application. I literally had no wifi anywhere I went, even though I had data on my phone. Like when I leaved the house, my phone had terrible service and terrible wifi. Even in the house, the wifi was garbage. I recently uninstalled 1111 , and instantly my wifi sped up. I have wifi now anywhere I go, and though not the best, it’s definitely way better than what I had at the end of my experience with 1111.

1111 starts off great, but I don’t recommend it for long term use. It will eventually stop working.

by Fritzn

I really want to like 1111 and service. It’s dead simple and helps you hide your browse history from your local ISP who might sell this data.
However, after a month of use I had to deinstall it as the speed is way too slow most of the time. I don’t know what the issue is but I have an iPhone 12 Mini and after a short period of fast browsing with 1.1.1.1 enabled the speed drops 100x to sometimes even 1000x (I did a speed test near my router where it dropped from 300Mbps to 0.3Mbps and another speed test away from my router where it dropped from 30Mbps to 0.3Mbps). Disabling and re-enabling the 1.1.1.1 VPN mitigates the speed problem but only for a short period of time. Again I am not sure what causes this issue but this kind of speed drop is too much and renders 1111 /service useless for me :(

by Pavzaq

I gave this three stars because I feel that it doesn’t give a good explanation as to what it does - which might leave some people vulnerable.

Actual VPN - encrypts your traffic and routes it through a vpn network so that your traffic is encrypted and appears to be coming from a different location.

No log vpn - same as above, but doesn’t log what you do.

DNS vpn - encrypts traffic to the mimecast domain name server - doesn’t change your external IP address

Ways to test - with vpn turned off, go to google and search “what’s my ip” this gives you your IP address. With an actual VPN - do the same test, your results will be different. With DNS vpn, do the same test - your results should match the first test.

What this means - if you’re trying to hide your location or get around location based blocks (for Netflix for example) then this vpn won’t work - you’ll need an actual vpn. If all you’re trying to do is hide what you’re searching from your internet provider - then this will work; but things like google chrome and Facebook will still track you.

by SoCenSaGuy

1.1.1.1 seems to work ok: it connects quickly, generally stays connected, is acceptably fast, and offers quite a few user options. It would be grand to know what those options do and why paying customers like me - I'm on the Warp+ Unlimited plan...or at least I'm paying for it... - can't get the simplest questions answered by a human, such as 'does the plan I'm paying 1.1.1.1 for include option x?, and if not, why is it presented as an option in 1111 ?'

Oh you'll get an auto reply email as soon as you send "feedback" (the only way I can find to contact them although when you click the link to send the "feedback" you're lead to believe that you'll get a response), but don't expect your question(s) to actually be answered because they won't be. No, instead you'll be directed to the FAQs where the answer(s) to your question(s) almost assuredly do NOT exist.

I joined the Warp+ Unlimited program to support 1.1.1.1 but it seems that there is no reciprocal. You might consider just using the free plan and skip paying (even though it's cheap {you get what you pay for?}) or maybe just Apple Pay them a round of coffee because there is less than zero support from them when you need help or have questions.

Disappointing.

by The Ringwraith

I saw a friend using 1111 on his iPad. I then went to the web and researched it. I thought the goals of 1111 (better privacy, speed) were really good ones, and I thought 1111 was an innovative way of achieving them.

Unfortunately, I found 1111 was killing my battery. I downloaded it to my 12.9” iPad Pro, my 11” iPad Pro, and my iPhone XS Max, and it was the same on all of them. As soon as I disabled 1111 , my battery drain returned to normal. Interestingly, as someone else mentioned in their review, the battery indicators on my iPads and iPhone didn’t show 1111 as using much battery. But I could notice a substantial difference in battery drain with 1111 enabled vs. disabled.

Too bad! I really wish 1111 didn’t drain my battery as fast as it does. But it looks like Comcast is going to be able to see my DNS queries again.

by Bbirdhands

A recent version has begun silently disconnecting the phone from the internet until reconnecting in 1111 or by forcibly toggling the device’s networking (e.g. WiFi) momentarily. This bug manifests as an inexplicable lack of connectivity in other apps despite apparent connectivity in the OS settings and status bar. It occurs about once a day. -1 star temporarily for that issue, the only issue in what is still an incredible feat of engineering, infrastructure, and corporate culture.

1111 and the company are generally fantastic, and a free, privacy-first VPN is an unprecedented leap forward for the entire world, especially with no ads and a very reasonable freemium business model, not to mention the excellent performance of their POPs and the advantages of the Wireguard protocol over a traditional VPN connection. Huge thanks to the team, including the execs for Doing Things Right and letting the engineers build amazing platforms unburdened by stakeholder politics and other “megacorp” obstacles.

by Jenn_818

1.1.1.1 is really nice it improves your speed and doesn’t effect my battery by a noticeable amount my only complaints is that sometimes it just breaks and sometimes needs to be turned off for an hour or speedtests will show latency in the 700ms sometimes when normally it runs at about 25ms on my wifi

not sure what causes this but it happens only about once a month

my other complaint is that 1111 takes super long to load up i just want to turn it on/off sometimes and it can take a full 2 minutes to load when it’s having one of its issues

by NemoATX

I’m a big fan of CloudFlare and their line of solutions, I’ve been running 1.1.1.1 on my router since it was released and was really excited to try their WARP+. I’ve had 1111 for a couple months now and have used it as much as possible however there are serious issues with it unable to establish connections. Idk if it’s a server issue on their side or something in the way they configure the VPN on my phone. At least once a day I have to pause my connection to access some pretty popular sites like Reddit, and TikTok.

That said I maintain this is a great product and for the most part it works 80-90% of the time. Idk if I’ll keep my subscription long term if the issues persist, but we’ll have to see.

by Tw1009

I’ve been using this app and 1001 on my computers and MacBooks the past year as my dns resolvers. I noticed 1111 finally came out and I am thrilled! Thank you guys for providing the best dns security! No logs and great encryption.

One tip to the devs : I think you could really give DISCONNECT a run for their $ if you allow the user interface to see what the dns resolvers are blocking / encrypting. I would love 1111 even more if this was possible. Developers for 1111 take note! You’ll be my go to for iOS if this can happen, otherwise I’ll probably alternate between this app and disconnect for dns on iOS.

by Winlinux

I don’t usually write reviews like this but, usually there is always at least one or more items that are quirky or annoying in someway. This is one of those rare occasions. I had never heard of this product before and was checking out one of the techie sites, and usually suggested products that will frequently sponsor such shows, tend to get over hyped. After watching the shows the host seemed to be a straight shooter on the topics covered. I took a chance and downloaded it and have been noticeably pleased from day one. Especially on my Apple products, that were OK before, but there was a change in the speed and smoothness when browsing, on all my devices. But today is day one of of now being WARPED, have been warped for the last couple hours and it’s been impressive, to say the least, can’t wait to see the long-term difference...

by DougNdenver

There are 3 types of companies that are secretly watching what you do on the web. (No, I’m not talking about social media companies, because you can choose what you share on social media.) - I’m talking about 3 types of companies who secretly track everything you do on every computer or mobile phone that you use.
(1) Your DNS provider (usually the same company that provides your internet service); (2) your search engine (usually your home page), and (3) your web browser - all of these companies have one thing in common: they watch what you do on the web, and they build a profile of who you are, and then they sell that data without your knowledge, to thousands of advertisers.
If you value your privacy, my strong recommendation is to use 1.1.1.1 for your DNS provider (even without WARP, it is solid); use DuckDuckGo as your search engine, and use FireFox as your web browser.
I am a professional in the security and privacy world, and I’m telling you the truth. Protect yourself. Install these 3 free apps, and stop those other types of companies from spying on you and selling your data.

by The Game Helper Man

1111 is actually really good no hackers bugs or viruses has came to my phone. Internet is so much faster and doesn’t glitch. Not only that but I used to go on adult websites and it would always glitch and sometimes not let me watch it because of a virus, but after installing 1111 doesn’t happen anymore when turned on I don’t recommenced paying for the extra it works fine without it but you can there should be nothing wrong. 1111 is so good and it makes me happy the best part is ITS FREE unlike others!

by Not-null

1111 is awesome, and the free option goes a long way in helping many people keep their privacy! I highly suggest it to anyone that asks, however, explaining it to them isn’t always easy.

The interface of having to go into the options to turn Warp back on after dropping down into DNS only is confusing. I’m not a designer, but I can’t immediately imagine any pitfalls to having two sliders on the screen. If you turn on Warp then the 1.1.1.1 slider turns on too if it isn’t already on.

You all have something great with this two levels of protection, show it off! No need hide it in the options menu. If the argument is having an app so simple you only need one slider, please don’t die on that hill, it’s not a great interface for all of your users

Having to switch in between modes is common when going into an area/situation with slow internet (like when only a text message needs to get through) or for services that try to actively block VPNs (like video streaming)

by Zhuchok

As several reviewers before me mentioned, 1111 is great, but it burns through iPad Pro battery like a wild fire through a dry forest! The difference in very noticeable—from 100% to 10% charge in less than 2 hours with 1.1.1.1 running vs. several days with normal use (e.g. several hours of web browsing, reading, and movie watching a day) and 1.1.1.1 app turned OFF.

Also as has been noted by other reviewers, 1111 appears to avoid detection as a battery drainer and doesn’t show up as such among top battery users list.

I hope that this review will provide the needed “last straw” notice for the developers of this otherwise great app to fix it. Thank you!

by Cj Wert

Many apps that are offered for free aren’t really free you won’t have to pay out of pocket but you instead pay with your data they’re collecting and then selling. I don’t think I’m alone in saying I will gladly opt to pay out of pocket for an app that I can trust and makes my privacy a priority. Without naming any names (we all know who they are) as consumers we have been sold out by majority of the big tech companies. You guys are helping to restore something we shouldn’t have ever lost. Keep up the GREAT WORK!!!!!

FOR THE PEOPLE LEAVING NEGATIVE REVIEWS how bout you do a lil bit of reading they never claim to be a vpn or try to float by vague statements or lying by omission. Clearly states that it’s not a vpn app!

by A_M_J_95

All of the sudden it started displaying this message and even tho it says connected the connection is so slow that it’s almost nonexistent
Edit: your support is bad I’ve written a review here and reported a bug from 1111 and i didn’t even get a response, I’m the only one in my house who is facing this problem, without 1111 everything works fine except for social media apps which are currently blocked in my country your app was working great until this problem happened now when I enable 1111 my connection becomes so slow that nothing is working , it’s like I’m in the middle of being connected and not being connected to your server , I tried uninstalling, resetting all keys and removing vpn profile it still say updating connection info

by Margheim

I used 1111 for about 2 weeks, and in that time I felt very occasional speed boosts as compared to my previous experience. While this could be placebo effect, I do genuinely think there were times it really did add bits of speed to my LTE experience. However, on WiFi, I consistently noticed slower speeds and distinct connection issues! Specifically, all of my social media apps had consistent problems loading images and videos, including avatar thumbnails! Before writing this review, I have gone 2 days without 1111 installed and I have noticed much better performance over WiFi WITHOUT the VPN. LTE service has no real discernable change in these 2 days, which is not particularly encouraging.

by R8erz

The version 4+ updates seem to finally be reasonably stable. It had previously been a completely terrible experience - 1111 destroyed internet connectivity and battery. But now so far, as of the whole new version, it seems like it’s working reliably. HOWEVER: Warp actually slows down my network speeds in every test I have run so far. Not really badly, but definitely enough to where I don’t see how people claim speed increases. I see about a 20% loss of speed with Warp enabled. It’s still a good performing VPN - so if you want the security and privacy, that’s great - just don’t expect your speed to actually go up...

by MacmanPro94

I’m quite impressed with the Warp service now. There was a good length of time where 1.1.1.1 and then warp would frequently cut out and I would need to turn the VPN off. This was par for the course for every other VPN service I have used on mobile, so I quit using it.

However, I turned it back on a couple weeks ago, and to my surprise I haven’t even noticed that it was running since. No disconnects, no issues, fast speeds. It actually works! It looks like they’ve really put in some work on updates in the past month or two. Well done!

by Kyle Meyer 33

1111 is amazing for helping crisp everything up while online. It makes everything just feel more snappy. My only issue I have is that I have told multiple people to download it, but when I FaceTime other people with 1.1.1.1 activated, the call will drop without fail. I get about 5-10 seconds of a good call, then the FaceTime drops, every time. Not sure what that issue is or if it can be fixed. It is with every other person that uses 1111 however.