NordVPN: VPN Fast & Secure 4+

Used for years

I’ve used this vpn ever since my bank details were found on some random computer in a stolen car in an area I had never visited.
I don’t know how the details had been stolen but realised “it could happen to me”. So along with being very careful around ATM’s I view this app as part of my front line security against the scum bags that would steal another persons hard earned money.
Some other apps require the user to be this country (UK, sky super six) and will not operate through a vpn but anywhere I have to use sensitive details such as banking do. It also does stop your ISP seeing what your downloading as mine suddenly started blocking content, I put this vpn on my streaming device and voila content not recognised and stream back on. Immensely impressed.
I did try a couple of free vpn’s but they where only for short periods such as half an hour and had loads of ads. This I can leave running 24/7 if I want to and will if I’m away from home when you’re particularly vulnerable to hackers. I can still use find my phone with it running which was a concern when I first used the app (as I had previously lost and found one using that method) but tracked my phone using my wife’s phone and worked fine.
NordVPN, don’t leave home without it.

Good overall, but awful start up routine.

Overall the app and the service are good. They work well together and the service seems pretty good.

However, the app has huge flaws. You can select favourite countries for server sites. You’d think that the app would direct to one of those countries as the default at startup. Alas, this is not the case. The app appears to want to exercise it’s own agenda. And you can’t just tap the country you want and go. Instead you get a silly message telling you you’re not protected. Well, d’uh, the app was just launched to initiate the VPN. Surely an icon showing disconnection from the VPN, and which doesn’t interfere with user choices, would suffice. Occasionally then you get a message congratulating you for using the VPN 7 days in a row. This implies a level of tracking that shouldn’t occur and it is a wholly useless marketing message. Finally, even if you select the country you want to connect to, often the app chooses its own default and tries to connect you to that even if the map is pinging the country you selected. Eventually the map re-centres on the default country it has actually chosen, but by then it has already initiated a connection broadcasting your attempt to setup a VPN to the default country. In some cases that could be a huge security risk.

The app and service would get 5 stars if the startup routine weren’t so useless, silly, unreliable, and risky. If this continues I will cancel my subscription.

Developer Response ,

Hello. We do appreciate your feedback and will definitely share it with the team. In the meantime, if you have any questions of requests, feel free to contact us at support.nordvpn.com or Twitter @NordVPN. -Neo

SUPER APP: NordVPN. Great developer! Good & Very expensive!

Never get answers and replies to my emails! Today I’ve been reading about MESHNET time-consuming and decided to write. I got the hang of it and very interesting which Apps work with or without turning it on or off by using the NordVPN. I use all the features that are available in the years subscription. The Google Home App works fine on the iPhone but on the iPad Pro it’s got a mind of it s own it works when switched on & off at times maybe the iPad Pro is old & needs upgrading or whatever. Otherwise the NordVPN App is wonderful with new features coming along the way to more improvements. Sounds good! Works great! Powerful & Perfect. Some servers not always with some servers. There are many servers to switch to and made them my favorites. This wonderful & fantastic VPN App gets better all the time than the next update or the next upcoming update getting PERFECT all the time. Works wonders! What more can I add! Well done folks & do more miracles! Also purchased a separate PYRAMID WI-FI VPN ROUTER as NordVPN suggested in their App and works wonders. Now connected to the Router I can add more than 6 and unlimited computers & devices to NordVPN and much more with this SUPER-FANTASTIC GADGET!

Developer Response ,

Hello. Thank you for your detailed and positive feedback! If you are not receiving answers to your emails, please provide us with a ticket ID you should have received after submitting a ticket request, or contact us on X, Facebook or Instagram via @NordVPN - we're here to answer any questions you might have. -P.B.