VPN Windscribe: Fast & Secure

Name: VPN Windscribe: Fast & Secure
Rating: 4.6 (35177 reviews)
Author: Windscribe Limited

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Free · In‑App Purchases

35K Ratings
Age Rating

4+
Years
Chart

#90
Productivity
Developer

Windscribe Limited
Language

EN
+ 18 More
Size

191.4
MB

Windscribe VPN is a privacy-focused VPN app for iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple TV, built by Windscribe Limited, an independently owned company founded in 2016 and based in Toronto, Canada. Windscribe encrypts your traffic, replaces your IP address with one from 69+ countries, and unblocks sites and streaming libraries restricted in your region. WHO WINDSCRIBE IS FOR • Travellers who need a home-country IP abroad, or a US IP from anywhere. • Anyone using public Wi-Fi in airports, hotels or cafes. • Streamers who want Netflix, Disney+, Amazon Prime Video, Hulu, HBO Max, Peacock, Paramount+, ESPN+, Sling TV, BBC iPlayer, DAZN and FuboTV from other countries. • Students and staff on restrictive networks, where Stealth and Wstunnel work when standard VPN traffic is blocked. • People who want a free VPN with no credit card, no ads and no email required to sign up. FREE VS PRO Starter (free): 10 GB of data per month and servers in 10 countries (US, Canada, UK, France, Germany, Netherlands, Switzerland, Norway, Romania and Hong Kong), with AES-256 encryption, kill switch and the full ad and tracker blocker. No credit card. No ads. No email required. P2P and port forwarding are not included. Pro (paid): unlimited data, 69+ countries, P2P file sharing without throttling, and port forwarding for game servers and remote device access. TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS • Protocols: WireGuard, OpenVPN UDP, OpenVPN TCP, IKEv2, Stealth, Wstunnel. • Encryption: AES-256 with Perfect Forward Secrecy. Post-quantum encryption on WireGuard protects today's traffic from future decryption. • 10 Gbps server ports for 4K streaming, large downloads and low-latency gaming. • DNS leak protection and an always-on kill switch that cuts all traffic if the tunnel drops. • R.O.B.E.R.T.: a configurable DNS-level blocker for ads, trackers, malware and phishing domains. • Speed: TechRadar's April 2026 tests ranked Windscribe the fastest free VPN (1,594 Mbps on WireGuard) and third fastest paid VPN overall (2,263 Mbps). WHAT WINDSCRIBE STORES Windscribe does not log your IP address, browsing history, DNS queries, connection timestamps or traffic. It stores three non-identifying data points: date last used, bandwidth used in the last 30 days, and activated app versions. INDEPENDENT VERIFICATION • Court-tested: on 11 April 2025 a court in Athens, Greece dismissed criminal charges against Windscribe co-founder Yegor Sak. Windscribe had no user data to hand over; the no-logs policy held as a legal defence. • Infrastructure audit: PacketLabs audited the server stack in June 2024, covering 20 repositories and roughly 80,000 lines of code, plus pen testing. • Open source: the full iOS app source code is published at github.com/Windscribe/iOS-App. • Transparency report: every DMCA and law enforcement request is published in real time. • PCMag Editors' Choice, rated 4.5 out of 5, August 2025. SERVER LOCATIONS (PRO) Albania, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Ecuador, El Salvador, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kenya, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Mexico, Moldova, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria, North Macedonia, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, UAE, UK, Ukraine, United States, Uruguay, Vietnam. ONE ACCOUNT, EVERY DEVICE One account covers iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple TV, plus Windows, Linux, Android TV & phones, and browsers. Connect free in under a minute, or go Pro for unlimited data. WireGuard is a registered trademark of Jason A. Donenfeld.

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Ratings & Reviews

4.6

out of 5

35K Ratings

By far the best VPN service
10/27/2019
no_cake
I never thought I would voluntarily pay for a VPN service until I encountered Windscribe. Their free trial is just over-the-top generous, the service works perfectly, the Netflix server locations are super useful and most of all their security bot R.O.B.E.R.T. is something I wish I had my entire life. There are simply too many things that make me love Windscribe. The app used to be buggy (couldn’t disconnect/connect to vpn randomly) but since the last upgrade it’s perfect, you can customize an « à-la-carte » plan if you don’t need all locations, marketing emails (and I’m ashamed to say it) are just the best I’ve ever seen, their Twitter is hilarious, their online help bot is 1 - actually helpful 2 - super cute and the devs are just nice people you can talk to and will help you figure out what’s wrong instead of taking 2 weeks to send auto-generated « thank you for your feedback. We’re trying hard to improve your experience blabla... » emails like other companies. A big thank you to the devs for this service (and fixing a big issue I had by releasing an update through the beta channel as we were chatting), and to the whole team at Windscribe. I love you.
By far the best VPN service
10/27/2019
no_cake

I never thought I would voluntarily pay for a VPN service until I encountered Windscribe. Their free trial is just over-the-top generous, the service works perfectly, the Netflix server locations are super useful and most of all their security bot R.O.B.E.R.T. is something I wish I had my entire life. There are simply too many things that make me love Windscribe. The app used to be buggy (couldn’t disconnect/connect to vpn randomly) but since the last upgrade it’s perfect, you can customize an « à-la-carte » plan if you don’t need all locations, marketing emails (and I’m ashamed to say it) are just the best I’ve ever seen, their Twitter is hilarious, their online help bot is 1 - actually helpful 2 - super cute and the devs are just nice people you can talk to and will help you figure out what’s wrong instead of taking 2 weeks to send auto-generated « thank you for your feedback. We’re trying hard to improve your experience blabla... » emails like other companies. A big thank you to the devs for this service (and fixing a big issue I had by releasing an update through the beta channel as we were chatting), and to the whole team at Windscribe. I love you.
Worst VPN out there
03/02/2023
74Y84415
Does not work and has not worked since 2019. I have contacted support and have been unable to get my app to work since the owners changed. They do not give a &$@$ about customers and charged my card for an extra despite providing no service or help. DO NOT use Windscribe. They also request and default to using your precise location for themselves, and while you can toggle it off it is completely contradictory of the function of the app.Update to the response: I have contacted support and the app suddenly started to function again, only after mentioning potentially initiating a chargeback via my credit company though and not after my multiple initial requests. While obviously it may be unrelated the company nor its associates have done anything to make me feel as though my information is safe nor have they made me feel like I am getting all the service advertised/payed for. Based on the responses I received I, personally, will be cancelling and feel as though I have been cheated in some form. Previous issues with the company were able to be resolved in days, my latest issue took approximately 10 months to resolve despite frequent logins and attempts on different devices. I truly hope for your other customers that this was an isolated incident but I will never be returning and will ensure all my friends and family never use this service.

Developer Response
Hi there, sorry to hear you were unsatisfied. We would be happy to help you getting things working as they should! Please submit a ticket to Support here (and mention this review) so that we can assist you further: https://windscribe.com/support/ticket
Worst VPN out there
03/02/2023
74Y84415

Does not work and has not worked since 2019. I have contacted support and have been unable to get my app to work since the owners changed. They do not give a &$@$ about customers and charged my card for an extra despite providing no service or help. DO NOT use Windscribe. They also request and default to using your precise location for themselves, and while you can toggle it off it is completely contradictory of the function of the app.Update to the response: I have contacted support and the app suddenly started to function again, only after mentioning potentially initiating a chargeback via my credit company though and not after my multiple initial requests. While obviously it may be unrelated the company nor its associates have done anything to make me feel as though my information is safe nor have they made me feel like I am getting all the service advertised/payed for. Based on the responses I received I, personally, will be cancelling and feel as though I have been cheated in some form. Previous issues with the company were able to be resolved in days, my latest issue took approximately 10 months to resolve despite frequent logins and attempts on different devices. I truly hope for your other customers that this was an isolated incident but I will never be returning and will ensure all my friends and family never use this service.
Developer Response 03/01/2023
Hi there, sorry to hear you were unsatisfied. We would be happy to help you getting things working as they should! Please submit a ticket to Support here (and mention this review) so that we can assist you further: https://windscribe.com/support/ticket
Fantastic VPN Service.
Mar 17
SyloktheDefiled
Been using Windscribe for over a year now and it has never dissappointed. I was originally looking for a way to block in-app and website ads and used AdGuard for about a year, but eventually it just stopped working - ads would show through or at least take up screenspace despite links not working, and website hidden popups never went away. Even using their DNS address(es) didn't work. Aside from Adguard, I've used a couple other of the "big name" VPN's like Surfshark (similar issues to adguard) and Norton (safety issues) and just couldn't justify the value of the subscriptions.Using Windscribe, it does pretty much everything I'd expect a VPN to be capable of, and on top of that it blocks ads across any website I've visited with the DNS filter. All that for just nine bucks a month is pretty killer. I think Windscribe has to be one of the most - if not *the* most consumer friendly VPN services out there, and with both mobile and desktop applications it's incredibly convenient.
Fantastic VPN Service.
Mar 17
SyloktheDefiled

Been using Windscribe for over a year now and it has never dissappointed. I was originally looking for a way to block in-app and website ads and used AdGuard for about a year, but eventually it just stopped working - ads would show through or at least take up screenspace despite links not working, and website hidden popups never went away. Even using their DNS address(es) didn't work. Aside from Adguard, I've used a couple other of the "big name" VPN's like Surfshark (similar issues to adguard) and Norton (safety issues) and just couldn't justify the value of the subscriptions.Using Windscribe, it does pretty much everything I'd expect a VPN to be capable of, and on top of that it blocks ads across any website I've visited with the DNS filter. All that for just nine bucks a month is pretty killer. I think Windscribe has to be one of the most - if not *the* most consumer friendly VPN services out there, and with both mobile and desktop applications it's incredibly convenient.
Overall, Amazing VPN!
06/24/2025
aries !
This VPN is great. It has a sleek design, it's simple to use, and it has a variety of features that you can experiment with. Me personally, I really enjoy how the R.O.B.E.R.T configurations allow you to block specific content on websites and applications. Furthermore, the amount of servers there are on the paid and free plan is also something amazing. Along with the 6 connection protocols. Those combined, you have lots and lots of combinations of servers and protocols to choose from. For me, all of this would give this VPN 5 stars, however there's a reason why I gave it 4.The coverage in China isn't the best. My first 4 days into my trip, I was successfully able to connect to LA, NYC, and Paris servers without an issue. The days following, I was completely unable to connect to any server, no matter what protocol I used. Additionally, the app just fails to connect or even attempt a connection at times. On multiple occasions I have tapped the big power button to try and connect to a server, with no animation playing or any signs of an attempted connection.Overall, this VPN is great, and I would recommend it, even for use in China.
Overall, Amazing VPN!
06/24/2025
aries !

This VPN is great. It has a sleek design, it's simple to use, and it has a variety of features that you can experiment with. Me personally, I really enjoy how the R.O.B.E.R.T configurations allow you to block specific content on websites and applications. Furthermore, the amount of servers there are on the paid and free plan is also something amazing. Along with the 6 connection protocols. Those combined, you have lots and lots of combinations of servers and protocols to choose from. For me, all of this would give this VPN 5 stars, however there's a reason why I gave it 4.The coverage in China isn't the best. My first 4 days into my trip, I was successfully able to connect to LA, NYC, and Paris servers without an issue. The days following, I was completely unable to connect to any server, no matter what protocol I used. Additionally, the app just fails to connect or even attempt a connection at times. On multiple occasions I have tapped the big power button to try and connect to a server, with no animation playing or any signs of an attempted connection.Overall, this VPN is great, and I would recommend it, even for use in China.

- Bug fixes, crash fixes, and internal improvements to enhance stability and performance. - Security: shortcut actions now require authentication before displaying network information.

Version 3.14.1 Sep 14

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Seller: Windscribe Limited
Size: 191.4 MB
Category: Productivity
Compatibility: Requires iOS 15.0 or later.

iPhone
Requires iOS 15.0 or later.

iPad
Requires iPadOS 15.0 or later.

iPod touch
Requires iOS 15.0 or later.

Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.

Apple TV
Requires tvOS 17.5 or later.
Languages: English and 18 more

English, Arabic, Bengali, French, German, Hindi, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Traditional Chinese, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese
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