Trusted by millions worldwide, Proton VPN is the world's only free VPN app that is safe to use and respects your privacy.
Our fast VPN offers secure, private and encrypted internet access with advanced security features. Proton VPN also unblocks access to popular websites and streaming platforms.
Proton VPN was created by the CERN scientists behind Proton Mail - the world's largest encrypted email service.
Proton’s secure no-logs VPN offers 24/7 safe and private internet access, and does not record your browsing history, display ads, sell your data to third parties, or limit downloads.
Free VPN features available to all users:
• Unlimited data with no bandwidth or speed restrictions
• Strict no logs policy
• Bypass geo restrictions: smart protocol selection automatically overcomes VPN bans and unblocks censored sites and content
• Full disk encrypted servers protect your data
• Perfect forward secrecy: encrypted traffic cannot be captured and decrypted later
• DNS leak protection: we encrypt DNS queries to ensure that your browsing activity cannot be exposed through DNS leaks
• Always-on VPN/ kill switch offers protection against leaks caused by accidental disconnections
Premium VPN features:
• Access 17000+ high speed servers across 120+ countries worldwide including US, UK, France, Germany, India, Brazil, Mexico, Japan, South Korea, etc.
• Fast VPN: high speed servers with connections up to 10 Gbps
• VPN Accelerator: unique technology increases Proton VPN's speeds by up to 400% to give a faster browsing experience
• Unblock access to blocked or censored content
• Connect up to 10 devices to the VPN at the same time
• Ad blocker (NetShield): a DNS filtering feature that protects you from malware, blocks ads, and prevents website trackers from following you across the web
• Stream films, sports events, and videos on any streaming service (Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime Video, Disney+, Max, BBC iPlayer etc)
• File-sharing and P2P support
• Secure Core servers protect against network-based attacks with multi-hop VPN
• Tor over VPN provides automatic integration with the Tor anonymity network
Why Proton VPN?
• No personal data required to sign up
• Easy-to-use VPN app for iPhone, iPad, visionOS, tvOS, Mac, and any other major devices
• Highest strength encryption for your connection makes it better than an internet proxy
• One tap Connect to secure your internet connection, especially on public Wifi hotspots
• Unique VPN Accelerator technology increases your VPN speed by up to 400% for a faster internet connection
• Proton VPN's Secure Core architecture allows our secure VPN service to defend against network-based attacks
• We only use VPN protocols that are proven to be secure: WireGuard
• Independently audited by third-party security experts and we publish all results on our website
• Trusted open-source code that can be reviewed for security by anyone
• Data protection using AES-256 and 4096 RSA encryption
Join the privacy revolution
• Your support is important as it allows us to continue our mission to bring online freedom to people around the globe. Get our private VPN free today and enjoy fast VPN connections and a secure internet, from anywhere.
Global VPN server network
• Proton VPN has thousands of secure VPN servers worldwide, including hundreds of free VPN servers to ensure a high-bandwidth server nearby.
Experts’ opinion:
PCMag: “[Proton VPN’s] is a slick VPN with an excellent collection of advanced features, and it has the best free subscription plan we've seen. Few competitors can match its mix of affordability, features, and design. For all that, it gets a rare five-star rating and earns our Editors' Choice award”
TechRadar: “The completely free tier is something no other competitor [...] offers.
Wired: "The best VPN" "Overall, Proton VPN is very fast"
This is the undoubtedly the best free VPN you can find on the AppStore and I imagine it’s even better with paid options. Unlike a lot of other VPNs it even has a desktop version that’s just as good. I’ve used it for a while and haven’t had any major issues with it. Most other VPNs I’ve tried also slow your internet speed considerably but I’ve never had this issue even when connecting to far away servers. I live in the U.S. and have connected to Japan servers a few times and even then my internet speed is still fast enough to be functional. There is however a minor but really annoying issue I’ve encountered a few times. Sometimes when you change servers it will disconnect and then reconnect you to the same server in the same location. This is usually followed by a 20 minute wait timer. I understand that this wait timer isn’t in the premium version and that you can even pick locations with premium but regardless I feel like the change server button should always change servers. Lot of countries and some states have laws that restrict what users can access so you can see how this can be problematic when the change server button reconnects you to the same server in the same location. Other than this minor issue it’s a great VPN and I highly recommend it to anyone who is searching for a free VPN because it’s certainly the best one out there.
Needs a temporary pause option, new UI is a little confusing and needs expanded profile options
Epic-C
There needs to be an update to be able to temporarily disconnect (pause) the VPN connection which will automatically reconnect after a period of time. Nordvpn had this, was able to pause and pick 5 minutes, 30 minutes, or 60 minutes. This is needed for some websites or apps that have trouble connecting when on VPN (if they're blocking it usually). Right now I have to manually disconnect and half the time forget to manually reconnect it. Adding a pause timed option (which should also be accessible from the widget) would greatly improve the app. Also the newer UI (6.x) on recent updates is a little confusing, and creating profiles is a lot harder. This needs improvements, such as when building a profile, should be able to do a search on the select server screen when building a new profile. Currently you can search when going into the normal countries tab, but you cannot search when building a profile. Another function that needs to be available for profiles is to be able to create a profile with multiple servers, and it will randomize between those specific servers. For example, if the country is United States, I would like to add in all of the servers for a single state for a profile (more limited than the generic random function which will not narrow down by state). I would prefer this so that VPN will still somewhat randomize but I can keep them limited to the smaller geographical area rather than the entire country.
Developer Response
Thank you for your review. We really appreciate the detailed feedback and have made sure to document it accordingly for further investigation. If there happens to be anything else we can help you with, please do not hesitate to reach out to us at https://protonvpn.com/support/contact at any time.
The Absolute Best
Tee Jolley
I’ve been with proton for a little over a year and I will never use anything else for my E-mail or my VPN!!They have the lowest prices and tons of additional features even if you have a free subscription. I respect those who doesn’t like their product because everyone is entitled to their own opinions about or with services they’ve tried or anything else!I personally think Proton EVERYTHING offers the ultimate Security, Privacy Protection, Encryption Protection, Security Protection, and so much more for Every Service They Offer! YES! Including All of Their Free Services. If anyone is reading this Review then you should try out Proton's Free Services. I know you’ll everything that you’re trying I will stand by my Word that you’ll love their E-mail and/Or their VPN! I’ve NEVER like using a VPN because I always thought that it slow downed my Internet connection and for a lot more reasons but Proton has shown me that I really didn’t know or understood what VPN was all about. It actually does everything for all of my Internet usage!! So again go ahead and try Proton. What do you lose? You can try everything they have for Free. So everyone has the option to try their service(s) Absolutely Free!! So if you don’t like proton then all you have to do is delete their app or you can go online to your account and delete your account. Easy Peasy. I know you won’t do that. Everyone Will absolutely Love Everything About Proton of course for the very few that don’t. I think anyone who doesn’t like proton is because they don’t know how to use it! Just my opinion.
Developer Response
Hi! Thank you for your kind words and positive feedback! We always love hearing positive feedback from our users. If you have any suggestions on what we can do to improve, feel free to contact us at https://protonvpn.com/support-form to let us know.
Eastside
Eastside1615
I’d like to start out by saying THANKYOU. For 5.5 years I’ve intermittently have used Protonmail,mainly due to extreme stalking issues particularly online. Currently I use protonmail mainly not intermittently. I love your cause. I’ve reached out to law enforcement 5x in my small city and 4x in the bigger guns the county sheriff dept. Bruh, when issues occurred in appropriate region I’ve reached out. I’ve left evidence of this problem I get no help the officers, sergeant,lutenient , or whoever they meanActually the seem embarrassingly laughing it off as the terminology like network porting they have no clue. Or they do and don’t care to take time for me until something serious happens again. I’m legal as much as the next person, I don’t meddle, unless I’m effected and it calls for attention , I’m generally Having privacy with email has been so important being a past victim of domestic violence ( from a person whom served 15 years in fla. for 2nd degree M. C and other battery, firearm n other stuff. )So now I’m installing your vpn so I can say I’m a past victim of stalking like I said due to your apps&privacy & always being put first I’m able to say I’m a past victim of domestic violence so please continue filtering thru the reviews and not allowing requests to make the app more user friendly to impose on our rights for privacy your team has worked so hard for and make privacy and security possible for users on the internet. protonmail helped keep my right to my personal things private. Thankyou protonmail and vpn. For making privacy possible and anxiety less the last like 5 years.Thankyou, Eastside.
- Use Siri to connect and disconnect, create automations triggered by location or time, and check connection status for advanced workflows.
- Bug fixes and stability improvements
Version 7.3.0
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