VPN Hotspot Shield: Fast Proxy Reviews

I’ve been using this VPN since 2017 & I am very satisfied with this products featured services. After a handful of occasions of forgetting to pay my subscription or simply not working it into my budget for the month & suffering the paranoia of unshielded online activity, I decided to pony up the annual fee. There was a bit of a learning curve as I presume is common with all VPN’s but once I figured out how, when & where to use it… let’s just say that I’ve provided some very luxurious services for myself & the group that I was traveling with making undesirable circumstances better than than they were. All in all VPNHotspotShield works about 95% of the time for me unless I’m having cellular connection issues. I like the fact that I can have up to five devices covered on my premium acct. switching seamlessly from my cell, PC, tablet or laptop is never an issue. If you’re looking for a fully customizable, versatile VPN that’s reliable & secure… HotspotShield is the way to go in my personal opinion.

I’m more than happy that I have downloaded VPNHotspotShield, and for the free features it has a lot to offer! It’s accurate and doesn’t have any major flaws, practically FLAWLESS. It stays connected and I haven’t had any issues with it. I’m in highschool and as many know it my school blocks data use which forces us to use the school WiFi for even the most basic actions we make on our phones, and of course the WiFi blocks social media or (mostly) anything else that may be a possible distraction in class. I needed social media to keep in contact day to day for more serious situations other than just texting people to text. I needed school information or other important things outside of school and I was desperate for a decent vpn which I went through so many before I found this one and I am nothing other than pleased. If I had the money on pocket all the time I would for sure get premium. One big thumbs up on this one. It’s a keeper👍

A family member of mine I share a data plan with said that they’ve been experiencing problems on their phone since this month because I’ve been using this vpn a lot lately at school cause the Wi-Fi is terrible there. They had told me today that last their phone went completely white when I shut off my vpn and that they couldn’t get in to their phone even the camera didn’t work also whenever they called my phone it would go to voice mail and ask them to enter their password then the voice mail goes to this medical thing that makes strange noises. They had also claimed that whatever I do on my phone is like using their phone like a mask to do things on the internet but the thing is also when they call me I get the calls and end their texts as well soooo I don’t know if this vpn is completely safe I uninstalled it to see if it has improved their phone I don’t plan to reinstall this vpn and would advise anyone else experiencing this problem to do the same an maybe find a safer vpn that doesn’t do any of this.

This is assuming you are only going to use the free version. I’m sure the premium one is great too, but I only have the free one so that’s what I’m talking about. Okay so basically the free one will give you an ad you can close in five seconds every once in a while when you turn it on, and you can only connect to an American (or maybe just your nation?) server. Otherwise it works like a normal vpn. I use it to bypass my school’s WiFi restrictions, and it ha worked pretty well. In case you don’t have experience with vpn’s, this will never give you an ad while you are in another app or anything; that would make it malware, and it wouldn’t be on VPNHotspotShield Store. But yeah, unless you just want to use a VPN to bypass region-locked content, this is a great vpn. Oh and premium let’s you connect to other regions’ servers.

The VPN worked fine at home in the US, but not while I actually needed it. In Shanghai and Qingdao I needed to use the VPN for accessing any websites, translator apps, etc. that I could normally from home. It took me at least 10 minutes to get it to work every time, closing and restarting VPNHotspotShield , trying from different servers *if* it connected, and often being told I had no internet (with three full WiFi bars) or that they were diagnosing problems & to try again later... which still didn’t work after 24 hours. Overall I was lucky if it even worked at all, let alone for longer than 5 minutes. It would often drop me from my WiFi as it “connected”, repeatedly, and caused me to go back through the whole process mentioned above every five minutes (or less!) I had success with this VPN only twice for 30 minutes; but it was hell to get it there. To think I payed $13 for this kind of hassle. What a waste.

So I’m not the type of person to review much unless I’m buying it but I def have to for VPNHotspotShield. I love it. I downloaded 7 or 8 hotspot apps that were rated good but also had good ratings. However every single app (except for this one) required a membership which I did NOT want to pay for. Although VPNHotspotShield has a premium offer as well, it is not required like many of the other apps which was a huge necessity for me. I was a little skeptical at first when I used it but it actually works seamlessly, even without the membership! There is all sorts of country’s to chose from and it doesn’t slow you down at all. I’m happy to recommend this to anyone. And if you do subscribe to the premium you will get even faster speeds and all sorts of other features. Definitely the best hotspot app. Highly recommended!

I had to get a new phone Apple 13. When they transferred my stuff from my other phone I just assumed everything was good. The payments for Hotspot have been taken out of my Apple account all along. Today I was going though my phone and my VPN information is missing not only that but a message to renew my subscription. I have VPNHotspotShield and I deleted and reinstalled but in General, VPN nothing is filled out. Do I shave VPN or not ? Evidently this has been going on since February. I take my privacy very seriously with all that’s going on in the World today. Maybe it’s something I should have checked 1st thing and it’s partly my fault but now I’m bringing this too your attention and would appreciate this being resolved. The monthly payment is there services has not been up to par.

When it works this VPN barely hits my performance and I trust their payment model enough to believe they aren’t selling my data. That being said, the VPN itself is so unstable I wonder how much security I’m actually gaining. Two issues here:
1) The VPN randomly drops connection when online, and though it resets, I am obviously losing VPN status which I assume allows the sites I’m visiting to log my IP and activity while it’s down.
2) It’s hard to turn off. There are obviously circumstances where a VPN isn’t needed or desired, especially a free one. However, when I try to turn it off, this VPN often switches back on by itself and I cannot get it to remain off. In fact this is my second download. I deleted it the first time to see if that would fix the issue. However I see that I’m not the only one having that issue.

Pro tip: don’t rely on this if you have something truly sensitive flowing over your traffic.

Most freemium VPNs have a sub par free plan so that you are urged to go with a pricey plan but HotspotShield has a super nice free plan. They give you 500MB of data per day which is more than enough for anybody who is not streaming movies or shows on their phone. If you do plan on streaming movies or shows you could just turn off the VPN while you do that and then turn it back on after. If you are looking for privacy or just the basic VPN stuff then this one is for you. However if you plan on using a VPN to mask your location than this is not the one for you. It only gives you one server from America is you are doing the free plan, but despite the lack of free servers it is still quite amazing.

It’s trash now. It used to be simple, reliable, and more importantly versatile (able to be used everywhere) with stable connection. Now they added a fancy button that doesn’t turn off when you want it to. Now it’s connection randomly drops. Now I cant even use it at school anymore. It works for a little bit then it does this annoying thing where it says its connected, but when I go on any app it “freezes” Like there’s a little clock thing in the middle of the button and it works when on VPNHotspotShield but it clearly stops when you go off of it. On top of that, it has these fits where it won’t connect at all. Customer Support is a no as well. I understand having special features for premium version but denying people customer service for VPNHotspotShield as a whole and not just premium is a scummy thing to do. VPNHotspotShield is trash now. The ONLY reason I keep VPNHotspotShield is cause it’s pretty much the only one that semi-works. As soon as I find a better one you better believe this is getting deleted.

unfortunately I was able to register for a free seven day trial and download an older version of the hotspot VPN shield. This version did not have updated locations associated within the United States for their IP addresses. I selected Seattle and the IP address had located in New Jersey. Completely f'd up a project I was working on because of location setting. I contacted customer support and they immediately sent me the updated version of VPNHotspotShield , however, why was I able to download an old version in the first place.?? Not only was I able to download it but I was able to subscribe to it. Sounds like there needs to be some maintenance and janitorial work done ASAP so this doesn’t happen to other people. Other than this it’s been a great VPN and it does work very fast and I’m pleased with it since downloading the updated version.

Please fix all this issues with this VPN APP please App Developers I am serious Please fix this vpn app I have been using it for a long time and now every time this vpn is turn on for 20 or 30 mins it disconnects and also when my phone is on lock mode it takes time to connect again to the vpn please make this vpn connection much stronger because it keeps on disconnecting and I have tried everything you guys have told me to do Ive tried everything I am serious I’ve tried everything and the problem still persist so please fix this vpn app and make the connection of this vpn app much much stronger and much faster please app developers fix this as soonest possible I would appreciate it so much if it is fix soon also please make this VPN fully encrypted and fully secure with 256 Bit Encryption please make this VPN app fully encrypted with 256 Bit Encryption if you developers fix all this it would be appreciated it a lot

VPNHotspotShield is constantly disconnecting and slowing down my apps when I use it. My apps freeze all the time, even shutting down and I pretty much can’t use any app that requires internet connection when I try to have it on. I’ve been using it for quite awhile and it’s slowly been getting worse, to the point that my connection AT SCHOOL where I’ve always had trouble with connection and apps freezing is better than my connection with the VPN on. Honestly its more than of a bother that it is helpful. I saw good reviews when I downloaded it and for the most part it worked pretty well especially compared to other free VPN apps but once it added the premium feature the quality of regular VPN dropped so if you’re looking for a good free VPN this unfortunately isn’t it. It definitely was at one point but if you’re not paying for premium you might as well not even be using VPN because you’ll have a better chance at being able to use your apps.

So I never write reviews at all. This is definitely going to be my first and last🤣 but seriously!! I had to write one for VPNHotspotShield. So I’ve moved to a place with extremely slow WiFi, and the WiFi is unstable always turned off and on. I was searching for a vpn and I’ve heard about this but never tried it out, and let me tell y’all!!! When I use it my iPhone works 10 times faster , and WiFi doesn’t lag, and it’s not slow AT ALL anymore. I did not know that VPN can do this bc all the other vpn apps I’ve tried in the past has not worked like this AT ALL, other vpn apps made my WiFi slow. HONESTLY thank you so much I’m so happpyyyyy !!!🥰✨ and I %100 Recommend this vpn app

As a student living in China usually, getting a vpn has always been crucial for me, since I need to access some particular websites.

For me, I prefer VPNs that have a large number of servers globalwide. When I found out that Hotspot Shield VPN satisfies this, I chose this vpn.

Nevertheless, as soon as I started to use it, I found out that there was a critical problem. The VPN works on my Windows PC, but only confined to a small range of servers such as New Zealand, Russia and Thailand. Other servers like Taiwan, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, Norway, and even the US server, were not working all the time. Even though I change the VPN protocol, some servers still work poorly.

This issue was displayed on my iPhone and iPad either. On my iPhone and iPad, most servers can't be connected quickly. In the iOS app, I found out that I can't change the VPN protocol, which I could do it on my Windows PC.

I didn't test how this vpn works when I am outside of China, but this VPN is definitely not friendly to users in China.

I hope the developer team fix the stability of the VPN servers in China.

Plus, dear developer team, please add the VPN protocol change on the iOS app.

Hello! The VPN is great and all, but why doesn’t it allow me to use wifi? My phone has unlimited data, but for some apps that I have, wifi is required. So when I go to turn it on and return to VPNHotspotShield that requires wifi, it just doesn’t load as if it can’t even connect to the wifi. Is there a way of still having the VPN and the wifi on simultaneously? Or do I have to keep my wifi off in order to use the VPN? Is there a kill switch for internet connection? I’m just confused to why that is. Thanks.

On my trip to Beijing, China, I prepared a plan for the whole week and enjoy my holidays to the fullest, but I worry about safety in a different country with other customs, culture and laws totally different to what I may be used to, it was in that moment where insecurity took hold of me. In summary China 🇨🇳 is a country that controls the communication and information of its inhabitants and its visitors under strict laws. Here the questions begin;

How do I protect my personal identity information?

How do I protect the information I have stored on my phone?

How do I protect the banking or government information that I may have stored on my phone or through an application installed on my cell phone?

How do I prevent someone from accessing my diary, medical information or malicious intent to track down my location?

Questions that we ask ourselves every day, but when you are in another country it is very dangerous. Use between 8 to 10 VPN applications to have the experience and without a doubt, HotspotShield was the only VPN that met my expectations 100%.

What used to be a simple and fairly reliable app is now nothing but an annoying headache. THERE IS NO WAY TO TURN IT OFF, if for example the connection is slow and you’d rather just connect to the net without a VPN for speeds sake. Even if you turn the vpn button in the ipad setting to off, it will automatically TURN ITSELF BACK ON, without user permission.

This has always been a problem but I use to consider it minor because one could delete VPNHotspotShield and re-download it from VPNHotspotShield store as needed. EXCEPT, now instead of giving the option of logging in after downloading it is ONLY set up to force you to subscribe—if you already have an account, resubscribe. Even if you ALREADY PAID for a multi-device plan through your computer. I got charged twice basically because VPNHotspotShield designers are too stupid to give the user the option to turn the VPN ON and OFF at will!

I am now in China, city of Beijing January 24, 2020 and am using HotspotShield app basic free plan to connect with success multiple times to google voice, google search engine, google account sign-in. If no VPN, all these connections failed in Beijing. I also tried some other free VPN apps most of which failed to establish connection to their servers, which probably are blocked by China’s great firewall. HotspotShield app connects with success and high degrees of consistency. Before coming to China, I did huge amount research for free VPN apps and their connectivities in China. The information places high regards to HotspotShield, which is proven by my experience now.

It’s a vpn. You have to pay for going to another sever like if you’re from the US, you wanna use Asain servers etc. But it comes with its quirkes. You DONT have to pay to use, you can just use it. There’s unlimited data, so don’t worry about that. And NO and I repeat NO ads. The only thing you have to worry about is Netflix. You can’t watch it. And the only thing you have to (if you want to) pay for is their server change. I think a great addition would be you trying to make Netflix compatible with your app. I love it but anytime I wanna watch Netflix I have turn VPNHotspotShield off. Anyways I love VPNHotspotShield ! Nothing REALLY bad about it. Waiting for the updates!

It just works. No drama. No noticeable additional latency (compared to not using a vpn at all) during use. No random disconnections or service interruptions of any kind. I am an extremely demanding, advanced user that puts my device and therefore it’s internet connectivity to the test on a regular basis and I can confidently say this is the best VPN I’ve ever used. It is rock solid with every day use and has not let me down for a single second during the last few months I’ve used it. I came from Speedify (and before that from Norton’s VPN service) and those were both a complete disaster reliability wise when compared to HotspotShield. I don’t know why I’m surprised but I am. If you want reliability and effortless setup/use, get this vpn. I’m serious, it’s the best.

I am in high school, and the phone I have I earned my own money to purchase. My family doesn’t have lots of money and we don’t have any payment accounts set up on a credit card. I use this VPN to access the internet at school to check grades and get assignments, but it stopped working for me. I don’t click 7 day trial, just kept clicking the X. Now it’s not working all for me which is horrible. I can’t find a single other VPN that works for me , believe me I’ve tried, and the fact that I have to spend money to get this to work is sad. I need this to help my education and paying it isn’t an option.

If you buy VPNHotspotShield, be prepared for CONSTANT INTERRUPTIONS. Every other time you access VPNHotspotShield (I’m talking 50% of the time you click it on) it will ask you to give them 5 stars, take a survey, etc, etc, etc. It’s not that great an app, they should spend more time on making it boot faster, better throughput, etc. But they choose to hire someone to solicit 5-star reviews. And there is NO WAY to opt out of it, either. I’ve asked VPNHotspotShield developer to maybe cool it with all the interruptions, and basically got a form-letter saying “F.U. we know better and we will continue asking people for 5 star reviews over, and over, and over again”. So. I have a subscription and have already wasted my money. Since you’re reading this, I bet you’re contemplating a subscription. Please, I beg of you, DO NOT DO IT, you will regret it!!!

I have the paid subscription of Hotspot VPN. Sometimes when I transition between WiFi to cellular connection, the VPN starts cycling connect/disconnect. This prevents me from getting a data connection. In this situation, I could not get a GPS app /server connection when I really needed it, even though I had a strong cellular signal. After troubleshooting, I figured out it was the VPN, so was able to turn it off and connect. This happened again this past week. The only problem this time was that I was unable to turn Hotspot VPN off. Every time I tried to do this in settings, including “connect on demand”, it would come back on within a few seconds. I finally had to delete VPNHotspotShield so I could connect to a server and use my GPS app.

I have been a hardcore user of VPNs over the years. The need for privacy on the internet in more than absolutely necessary as tracking and phishing is not bargained between various internet community elements. You simply have to look out for yourself so as not to lose vital personal information hence you get your identity stolen and your life falls into crisis. Here is a app that promises to keep you safe while you surf 🏄‍♀️ no matter how deep you choose to dive into the ocean Called “ internet “. Very good with the Tor network, with that you can be assured of 100% internet anonymity . Hotspot shield VPN is your true defender 💥