Reviews
Proton VPN reviews 2026: 39 experience reports from Google Play, App Store and Trustpilot
What users report about Proton VPN on app stores, Trustpilot and in communities: ratings per platform, praised and criticised topics and detailed experience reports quoted with the link to the original.
Ratings on platforms
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App Store
4.6/ 5
127.000 ratings · 31 Oct 2026
- 5
- 84 %
- 4
- 7 %
- 3
- 3 %
- 2
- 1 %
- 1
- 5 %
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Google Play
4.62/ 5
1.463.778 ratings · 31 Oct 2026
- 5
- 80 %
- 4
- 11 %
- 3
- 3 %
- 2
- 1 %
- 1
- 4 %
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Trustpilot
2.1/ 5
1.027 ratings · 31 Oct 2026
- 5
- 23 %
- 4
- 6 %
- 3
- 4 %
- 2
- 8 %
- 1
- 59 %
Ratings on platforms are not representative and sometimes manipulated; they never count as evidence for facts. People mostly write when something goes wrong: hardly anyone posts “KYC was easy and worked right away”, but ten users with verification problems do, often because a step was missed. So we never weigh criticism on its own, only against other offers in the same category. Only the average ratings on App Store, Google Play and Trustpilot count towards our score, damped and compared within the category. Single reports and community posts do not, so the score cannot be swayed by bought reviews.
Praised
- + Apps17 authors in 90 days
- + Connection stability12 authors in 90 days
- + Speed9 authors in 90 days
- + Support3 authors in 90 days
- + Availability2 authors in 90 days
Criticised
- − Connection stability36 authors in 90 days
- − Apps23 authors in 90 days
- − Support20 authors in 90 days
- − Speed15 authors in 90 days
- − Unblocking & censorship14 authors in 90 days
Distinct authors in 90 days. Happy users mostly praise in general terms, unhappy ones name details, so single topics collect more criticism.
- Billing issue: 8 authors in 90 days
Experience reports
Chosen by rule, never by hand: per platform at most 50 detailed reports of the last 12 months that describe a concrete experience, positive and negative in the ratio of the platform's stars. General praise or criticism without details is not shown. Short reviews are quoted in full, longer ones shortened to the passages with the experience (… marks cuts); the full review is behind the link.
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App Store 5 of 5 stars · Excerpt „…Coming from a different VPN provider that I used for years, I just assumed VPNs would always tank your speed significantly. With Proton I get almost my full 1Gbps up/down WHILE connected, which is insanely impressive to me.…“ + Speed + Apps
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App Store 5 of 5 stars „Easy to use Excellent interface. Easy to set up, easy to change connection, lots of servers to choose from.“ + Apps + Availability
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App Store 5 of 5 stars „A+ all the way Best one I have used. Easy to setup and works reliably. Has good options of VPN protocols to pick from. Used it for online gaming without any issues.“ + Connection stability + Overall impression + Apps
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App Store 2 of 5 stars · Excerpt „…Etliche Apps und Websiten erlauben überhaupt keinen Zugang mit einer Proton IP, die Geschwindigkeit ist regelmäßig sehr langsam. Vor allem beim Upload irgendwelcher Datei verringert sich die Geschwindigkeit gerne mal um 80%.…“ − Speed − Unblocking & censorship − Apps + Connection stability
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Trustpilot 5 of 5 stars · Excerpt „…The best VPN i have tried! I have tried them all but noone was perfect until I found Proton. Tried proton vpn free before upgrading. I have lightning speed, a lot of servers to choose from and port forward! Excellent service.…“ + Overall impression + Speed + Availability + Support
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App Store 4 of 5 stars „Slow connection Unfortunately proton doesn’t play well with iOS 27.1 , hope that will get fixed asap, I have to turn off my iPad mini , try different locations, and then it still loses the vpn connection during browsing or using apps!“ − Connection stability − Apps − Speed
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App Store 5 of 5 stars „Too many promotional emails?! Love the app/service - though more often than not receive promotional emails from the provider itself which i do not exactly appreciate tbh.“ + Overall impression
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Trustpilot 1 of 5 stars · Excerpt „…I had an issue where after paying for a subscription through Google play my acount was still locked in the free version. … I haven't heard back in 2 days after I provided them with info they requested. Currently I have still not had a resolution so ive paid for a service that hasn't been provided.“ − Account access − Support − Billing
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Trustpilot 1 of 5 stars · Excerpt „…Frequent user of the free version here, based in the UK. It's shit. Frequently fails to connect to any server, internet speeds are never more than a megabyte upload or download, most often in the bytes range, not even kilobytes, it drops connection frequently, and there is no choice of servers.…“ − Connection stability − Speed − Availability
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Trustpilot 1 of 5 stars · Excerpt „…The problem was that the speeds were atrocious on my desktop computers on Linux no matter what I did. I spent several days troubleshooting using the app and manual configs, trying servers all over the world. I also tried several other VPNs that worked just fine. Would not recommend.“ − Speed − Overall impression
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Trustpilot 1 of 5 stars · Excerpt „…30 Tage Geld zurück geht nur 1x! Wenn man also nach einer Phase wo die Gewünschten (bzw. von Proton beworbenen) Features nicht funktionieren Proton ein zweites Mal eine Chance gibt, bekommt man kein Geld mehr Retour! Bis auf das VPN sind die Dienste quasi nicht zu gebrauchen. Kein folderSync/FileSync in Android (außer Fotos).…“ − Overall impression − Billing − Apps
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Trustpilot 1 of 5 stars · Excerpt „…I subscribed expecting the advertised 30-day money-back guarantee, but unfortunately the service was not compatible with my work requirements. I have contacted Proton VPN support multiple times by email requesting help and a refund, but I have not received a proper response or resolution.…“ − Support − Billing
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App Store 5 of 5 stars „Zufrieden Sehr gute App, die ich gerne verwende. Manchmal scheint es aber Probleme zwischen 5G und 4G zu geben.“ + Apps − Connection stability
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App Store 3 of 5 stars „Behindert Zugang zum Server In Spanien hatte ich keinen Zugang zum Internet und habe erst nach langem Suchen herausgefunden, dass es am Proton VPN lag Nachdem ich die App gelöscht hatte, funktionierte es wieder“ − Connection stability − Apps
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Trustpilot 5 of 5 stars · Excerpt „…There is unlimited data and I can connect to multiple different countries. Is working perfect, it unblocked online TV access immediately after connecting.“ + Overall impression + Unblocking & censorship
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Trustpilot 1 of 5 stars „Frustrating at every stage Proton prevented me from accessing pretty much anything. I tried to cancel and was told I had. Received no refund until I followed up with Customer Service, with painfully slow turnaround on messages. Then I had to extract myself and close account, which was another several step process. Good riddance.“ − Support − Billing − Account access
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Trustpilot 3 of 5 stars · Excerpt „…I couldn't use some features of my brokerage acct without turning it off, and couldn't access my ebay acct. as well, and youtube and others were very slow with it on. … At present I have it turned off for quite a few websites. I won't renew after this year, and am looking at Nord.…“ − Unblocking & censorship − Speed
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App Store 5 of 5 stars „funziona bene a volte è un po’ lento a connettersi ai server ma penso sia per via della connessione“ − Speed ○ Connection stability
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App Store 5 of 5 stars „Veloce affidabile e gratuita Ottima vpn con minimo degrado. L’ho installata anche sul router proteggendo gli apparati più esposti Per ora molto bene“ + Connection stability + Speed + Fees
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App Store 5 of 5 stars · Excerpt „…Bereits in der kostenlosen Version ein voll funktionsfähiger VPN Klient mit (eingeschränkter) Standort und Serverwahl, funktierend auf zwei Geräten parallel.…“ + Fees + Apps
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Trustpilot 2 of 5 stars · Excerpt „…The application frequently fails to establish a stable connection on Windows startup. I often have to open Task Manager to force close the process and relaunch it manually. … Reached out to support about the startup bug, but the suggested steps didn't resolve the issue.“ − Connection stability − Apps − Support − Speed
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Google Play 5 of 5 stars · Excerpt „Die VPN-Infrastruktur ist gut und schnell und Proton VPN läuft bei mir unter Windows 11 hervorragend. … Unter Xiaomi HyperOS auf einem Xiaomi Redmi 15c hatte ich mehrfach stündlich Abbrüche und auch der Customer Service konnte mir nicht weiterhelfen. Das hat sich nach der letzten Aktualisierung des Betriebssystems leicht gebessert.…“ + Speed − Support + Apps − Connection stability
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Google Play 5 of 5 stars · Excerpt „Für die Kostenlose Nutzung ist dieser VPN richtig gut, man kriegt eine stabile Verbindung und es funktioniert einwandfrei.…“ + Connection stability + Fees + Apps + Speed
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Google Play 4 of 5 stars · Excerpt „…on the free plan, it sometimes fails to connect to any server or gives 0 KB/s download speeds. However, most of the time it reliably connects to at least 2 or 3 servers with decent to high speeds and zero disconnects.…“ + Overall impression − Speed + Connection stability
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Google Play 4 of 5 stars · Excerpt „…Auto connection is flaky, especially after a phone update/restart. Otherwise it's a rock solid VPN.“ − Apps + Connection stability
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Google Play 5 of 5 stars · Excerpt „…Super easy to install and operate for a non-techy person who barely knows what a VPN is. Learned the hard way that it needs to be turned off when logged in to certain sites (banking, some shopping, etc.).…“ + Apps + Overall impression − Connection stability
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Google Play 4 of 5 stars · Excerpt „…The widget is pretty useless, as it only allows fastest country. would be useful to make country widgets.…“ − Apps + Connection stability
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Google Play 4 of 5 stars · Excerpt „A straightforward app which allows you to access restricted sites, whilst making sites believe you are in a different part of the world. … You can use it with YouTube, yet there is no perceptible slow down.…“ + Apps + Unblocking & censorship + Overall impression + Speed
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Google Play 3 of 5 stars · Excerpt „…I was still getting the "maintenance" message after today's global outage, and I had to clear app storage to restore any connection; clearing cache didn't work. I lost all my split tunnel app exclusions, especially the weird ones that make Android Auto work with always-on VPN.…“ − Apps − Connection stability + Overall impression
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Google Play 2 of 5 stars · Excerpt „…Die App schließt fast täglich ohne Grund und die VPN Verbindung wird ohne Nachricht beendet. … Allerdings hatte Mullvad nie diese Probleme :( Also doch ein Protonproblem.“ − Connection stability − Apps + Speed − Support
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App Store 5 of 5 stars · Excerpt „…Ho provato la versione base che per me è sufficiente coi suoi limiti di operatività. Immagino che la versione plus sia proporzionalmente più valida. Comunque al momento la consiglio“ + Overall impression
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Google Play 5 of 5 stars · Excerpt „…They were very considerate and helpful with my issue. I requested help through their support form late night of Thursday and received a response the next morning. … And they did not disappoint: I received their reply last Monday and my issue was resolved.…“ + Support
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Google Play 5 of 5 stars „Bin seit 2025 immer noch von der Gratisversion begeistert. Ich würde sofort für die Premium App bezahlen, aber nicht als Abo. Einmal jährliche Gebühr und nach 11 Monaten Erinnerung. Abo ist für viele in Europa ein Dorn im Auge. Denkt mal drüber nach, Kein Abo, jährlich zahlen, verlängert man nicht, ist man automatisch wieder in der kostenlosen Version.“ + Overall impression − Billing
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Google Play 4 of 5 stars · Excerpt „…sometimes it might stay on for weeks and for no reason I can think of it will turn off without me knowing. I have to manually reconnect because it won't on its own. it will do that few times a day until it eventually stops again“ − Connection stability
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Google Play 5 of 5 stars · Excerpt „…Die Verbindungen halten stunden- und tagelang !!! 😘 Super!!! Bei anderen kommerziellen Anbietern,(Avast, AVG, Norton) hatte ich oft Probleme 🤔 mit Abbrüchen und Neuverbindungen !!! Dies habe ich hier, bisher noch nicht erlebt !!!…“ + Connection stability + Speed
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Google Play 5 of 5 stars · Excerpt „…Komplett kostenloser VPN (kostenlos: mehrere Server in Japan, USA, Niederlande) und die Geschwindigkeit reicht bei diesen kostenlosen Servern für Video-Streaming vollkommen aus. … Nie Probleme bei der Verbindung mit den Servern.…“ + Overall impression + Connection stability + Speed
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Google Play 1 of 5 stars „I paid for 1 year and it does not work with Netflix (paid version with no ads, highest tier). … I tried multiple servers and refreshing app cache etc. but no luck. it works maybe 1 out of 15 attempts. that's pretty poor for a paid service.“ − Unblocking & censorship − Overall impression
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Google Play 5 of 5 stars · Excerpt „…In der gratis Version hat man die Auswahl zwischen 3 Servern unter denen USA und Japan sind. Streaming Dienste klappen“ + Apps + Overall impression + Unblocking & censorship
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Google Play 5 of 5 stars · Excerpt „…There are a few websites that don't fully function or that you can't go directly to from Google, but I just use alternate routes or turn off for a few moments. It's a small price to pay!…“ + Speed + Apps + Overall impression − Unblocking & censorship
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- Google Play: ratio as the stars there (92 % positive)
- App Store: ratio as the stars there (91 % positive)
- Trustpilot: ratio as the stars there (29 % positive)