Independent automated assessment · 3 signal sources · 2,394 reviews scanned · analyzed 2026-10-05.
Proton VPN: Fast & Secure VPN
Proton AGProton VPN is the world's only free VPN app that is safe to use and respects…
4.7 ★1,359,774 ratings
100M+Downloads
4+Age rating
—App size
Free · In-app purchasesIn-app purchases
About this app
Proton VPN is the world's only free VPN app that is safe to use and respects your privacy.
⭐ Wired: "[Proton VPN] is the best VPN you can buy." ⭐ Mashable: "[Proton VPN] is the top VPN for most people. It's a stellar value."
✔ Trusted by millions worldwide ✔ No sign-up required to use our fast VPN ✔ Strict no logs policy; privacy with secure VPN protection ✔ true free VPN: no restrictions on bandwidth or speed limits.
🛡️ Free VPN features
• Fast VPN connection in one tap: no login or registration needed • Browse with unlimited data • Strict no-logs policy: we never track or store your activity • Access secure VPN servers in 10 countries • Stay protected on any network — WiFi, 5G, 4G, and more • Strong encryption and DNS leak protection to keep your data safe from hackers and snoopers • Auto kill switch means you're never exposed, even if the VPN connection drops…
Preview
Real screenshots from the store listing.
Independent evidence report
Evidence and review signals
This is where the page changes from an app-store listing into an evidence report: findings, important reviews, pricing and a dated history.
Which version this describes
When we ran this analysis, and what the store lists now.
This analysis describes version 5.20.57.0 of the app, analyzed 2026-10-05 . The app may have changed since.
The store currently lists version 5.20.57.0, updated 2026-09-28.
What we measured
Each line is a measurement published as a measurement, never a verdict.
Each line is a measurement, published as a measurement. Where we have not looked, the line says so rather than reading as a zero.
Developer replies to reviews
Replies to at least 1 review in 20
Price in the store description
States no price and billing period
Cancelling, in the store description
Does not say how to cancel
Themes reported by reviewers
No theme reported
Counted from the reviews we have read for this app. "No theme reported" means no theme reached our reporting threshold — it is not a finding that nothing is wrong with this app, and we do not say it is.
Five-star share of ratings
80–89% five-star
Arithmetic on the stores' own published rating counts. It says nothing about why the ratings fall where they do.
In the package we scanned
No package has been scanned for this app, so nothing is published about what it ships. That is an absence of evidence about the app, not a finding about it.
Graded bands · predicate set 1.4 · how these are measured
What the analysis found
App-specific findings, grouped by what each one rests on. How they are graded lives on its own page.
Positive evidence 1
Things this app does right, published at the same strengths as the catch list.
Developer says data deletion can be requested
The developer's data-safety disclosure on the store states that users can request deletion of their data, or the app's own text offers a way to delete the account. This restates what the developer declares; it is not a test of whether deletion works. Apple publishes no equivalent disclosure, so on an Apple-only listing only the app's own text can support it.
What we saw: The developer's store data-safety disclosure states that data deletion can be requested; we have not seen a deletion control in the app's own text
Assessment & version history
App changes and Appworthy events in one timeline.
What this app sells
Useful store-disclosed pricing, kept below the app listing.
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Google Play does not publish per-purchase prices.