Mullvad VPN 4+

Mullvad is a no nonsense VPN. No pricing or extras gimmicks. It is fast and barely impacts my battery life which is the reason I switched from another provider. Love the idea of a flat monthly fee without long-term commitments. Choose your location and let Mullvad do the rest. You can experiment with the server choices for a given location to find the optimal speed. At home I have not noticed a meaningful drop in speed, but if I quantify it it is about 10% when comparing best speed without it and best with it which is excellent for a VPN. Don’t use it for streaming movies so can’t speak to this function. Mainly want an extra layer of security especially when joining a public Wifi or minimize being tracked to bombard me with ads based on my online activity. Looking forward to seeing how it performs if I get to travel overseas once the pandemic eases. The app does the job, but please make it fun! Have that mole tunnel through a map ;) When I cut the umbilical cord from FB and all Google products perhaps I’ll be free :)

I’ve been waiting for this app for quite some time. I had been using Passepartout prior to this. While this is an incredible start, I’m not quite ready to switch over fully to this app just yet. I would like to offer a few feature requests. Because I used Passepartout prior to this, most of my suggestions will be based off of the functionality and features of that app.

•Integration with Siri Shortcuts. So I can ask Siri to connect to the London VPN server for example or disconnect from the Florida server.
•Ability to favorite or adjust the listed order of servers offered. It’s great there are so many server offerings, but scrolling to the very bottom to select US gets old.
•Advanced settings such as
-keep connection alive on sleep
-enable or disable IPv6
-choose between UDP and TCP
-ability to view a debug log if desired
•More robust Account management settings from within the app.
•App icon changes colors based on connection status. (Because most newer iPhones don’t show the VPN icon in the status bar at quick glance.)
Please don’t be discouraged by the feedback; I love this app. I want to see it become an even more awesome app.
Thank you Mullvad Team!

I recently got an iPhone 14 Pro Max and I had been a user of PIA and Proton. However, I added Mullvad shortly before getting the 14 Pro Max and generally liked using it. However, the latest phone seems to break the connection of the VPN hundreds of times per day. Any time anything Apple is used the connection drops out and resets. This makes using a vpn worthless. Apple has already gone too far by allowing their devices to circumvent VPNs for whatever they choose. But up until recently it was rare that any VPN would drop out. But now, Mullvad drops in and out the most. Today I stopped counting and it had to be well over 40 times. I stopped counting at 25 dropped connections and that was by 1pm. While writing this review it’s dropped out twice and reconnected. Maybe it’s just time to bail on Apple. They’re clearly becoming as intrusive as Google.