HotspotShield VPN & Wifi Proxy

Name: HotspotShield VPN & Wifi Proxy
Rating: 4.1 (84760 reviews)

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very good app 😁
Nov 11, 2021

By ✞Jasmine✞

It is a really good app to get into things that have been blocked like my school WiFi blocks snap, tik tok and all of that stuff and for me before I got this I couldn’t do anything because I don’t have a SIM card well I wanted to try my luck and get this and to my surprise it actually worked! It doesn’t really help connect you to WiFi more but it unblocks stuff and does help with internet traffic the only reason I don’t give it 5 stars is because it’s pretty slow most of the time and it makes me watch a good bit of adds like 4 in a row every once in a while. But I recommend this if you need WiFi access to something and almost everything’s blocked like at school or if you want to at least take more caution in being safe while using others WiFi or hotspots!

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May 2, 2022

By Ben Lucal

Main flaws: despite its claims, this app frequently does not automatically connect on untrusted wifi Networks leaving me exposed, and then it frequently connects on my trusted networks, such as on my already private network at home, thus cutting me off from interacting with the other devices on my network, very annoying. I have tried uninstalling and reinstalling adding and re-adding to the trusted networks etc. Otherwise works great when I turn it on and off manually.

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Works phenomenally, Literally the BEST VPN!!
Nov 10, 2021

By ANTDAN19

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 the app 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.

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Apr 26, 2022

By Paul Dressler

I've been a premium subscriber for over a year. Best VPN for the $. Fast connections both in the U.S. and internationally. I stay connected all day sometimes without any issues. I see reviews complaining about having to watch ads for additional minutes and scoffing that they didn't want to pay for the premium service. I'm blown away at their entitled attitude as is they deserve to use a service and not pay for it. I say go Premium, it's worth it. You'll spend more $ on two trips to McDonald's.

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The BEST hotspot
Oct 24, 2019

By hotbisquiete

I’m more than happy that I have downloaded this app, 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👍

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Like but...
May 22, 2022

By ReeseMe21

I live abroad and have been successfully using this VON for years. Over the years, the service has become less compatible with an increasing number of apps. I would love for the company to work on this. This will most likely be my final year.

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It works!
May 22, 2022

By Zeus' Underwear

It works as it should 👍🏻

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Reliable and Steady
May 22, 2022

By mwbrouillette

Easy connection and good value for money !

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Muy bueno
May 22, 2022

By Tulita74

Lo estoy tratando y va súper bien!

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Good
May 21, 2022

By vipe Vox

Fast

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Works phenomenally, Literally the BEST VPN!!
Nov 10, 2021

By ANTDAN19

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 the app 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.

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Apr 26, 2022

By Paul Dressler

I've been a premium subscriber for over a year. Best VPN for the $. Fast connections both in the U.S. and internationally. I stay connected all day sometimes without any issues. I see reviews complaining about having to watch ads for additional minutes and scoffing that they didn't want to pay for the premium service. I'm blown away at their entitled attitude as is they deserve to use a service and not pay for it. I say go Premium, it's worth it. You'll spend more $ on two trips to McDonald's.

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The BEST hotspot
Oct 24, 2019

By hotbisquiete

I’m more than happy that I have downloaded this app, 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👍

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Free VPN: what more could you want
Oct 30, 2021

By disssapointment

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 the App 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.

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Jan 15, 2022

By Dao & Kevin Mickle

Works great for accessing your websites securely while traveling as of 1/14/2022 it is working for using your home area VOD services like Prime while abroad. The free version has ads that pop up when you switch apps on screen but it's not inconvenient or excessive like some others I've tried. The paid version has no ads. Since you can't use VOD services only 3 stars but otherwise a great app with good connection speed.

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very good app 😁
Nov 11, 2021

By ✞Jasmine✞

It is a really good app to get into things that have been blocked like my school WiFi blocks snap, tik tok and all of that stuff and for me before I got this I couldn’t do anything because I don’t have a SIM card well I wanted to try my luck and get this and to my surprise it actually worked! It doesn’t really help connect you to WiFi more but it unblocks stuff and does help with internet traffic the only reason I don’t give it 5 stars is because it’s pretty slow most of the time and it makes me watch a good bit of adds like 4 in a row every once in a while. But I recommend this if you need WiFi access to something and almost everything’s blocked like at school or if you want to at least take more caution in being safe while using others WiFi or hotspots!

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Dec 31, 2021

By Sharon Ware

Until today, I've been happy with Hotsopt Shield Premium. Today, I clicked the disconnect button many times to no avail. After disconnecting, it immediately reconnects. I'm visiting a site that won't work with VPN on. I've turned off all connection choices and it still happens. It looks like my only option is to uninstall. Later: restarting the computer seems to have solved the problem.

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The free plan is super nice
Jan 13, 2022

By thankskillingturkie

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.

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Not exactly a review but a question for the devs
Nov 2, 2021

By Raichu926

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 the app 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.

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Jan 10, 2019

By Trevor Azan-Scott

This VPN does two things very well: Speed and avoiding blocked content on WiFi. And that's pretty much all you really need. If you're looking for something actually secure that you can actually trust, I highly recommend buying a paid VPN that can actually be trusted. I do have one issue with this VPN, and it wasn't really an issue until the newest update. I don't mind ads on a free product. But having a short video play every single time you open something that requires internet is overkill.

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May 2, 2022

By Ben Lucal

Main flaws: despite its claims, this app frequently does not automatically connect on untrusted wifi Networks leaving me exposed, and then it frequently connects on my trusted networks, such as on my already private network at home, thus cutting me off from interacting with the other devices on my network, very annoying. I have tried uninstalling and reinstalling adding and re-adding to the trusted networks etc. Otherwise works great when I turn it on and off manually.

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A constant battle while in China
Jan 12, 2018

By Jayni123

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 the app, 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.

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Drops Connection
Oct 27, 2017

By Itsyaboydjteach

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.

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old download still available
Jul 26, 2021

By cupcks1973

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 the app, 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.

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Oct 30, 2018

By Ayden Burgess

The VPN works fine enough, just like on my desktop. But UNLIKE on PC, this app gives you constant, random popup ads while you have it turned on. The VPN is great but this is seriously annoying, if you don't need it on other versions of the service then there's no excuse here. I know you need money, but a banner ad in the app itself would be just as good and not incredibly disruptive. On top of that, the app starts on a screen telling you to buy the premium service, with a 7 day trial and a $70 ANNUAL FEE, and the X button to choose the free version is small and bright grey on a white background, very misleading design.

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