VPN Hotspot Shield: Secure VPN

Name: VPN Hotspot Shield: Secure VPN
Rating: 4.6 (359149 reviews)
Author: AnchorFree Inc.

Secure VPN for private internet access

by AnchorFree Inc.

iPhone · iPad

Active Last checked 30 Aug 2026

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Quick verdict

What it is: Hotspot Shield VPN is a fast and unlimited privacy VPN that protects online activity with industry-leading encryption and shields IP addresses.
Best for: someone who needs secure internet access
users who want to protect their online activity
At a glance: From $12.99/mo
Free to download
In-app purchases

Categories and search queries

Official categories

Productivity
Utilities

AppCorpus categories

Key functions

Function	Availability	Access	Scope	Evidence
Free app	Yes	Free	—	Store published
In-app purchases	Yes	Limited free	—	Store published

Screens

App Store

27 store screenshots

Pricing & paywalls

App Store

1 month VPN subscription — $9.99/month
1 month VPN subscription — $12.99/month
1 month VPN subscription — $95.99/year ($7.99/mo)
Hotspot Shield Premium — $9.99
Hotspot Shield Premium — $79.99
Hotspot Shield VPN with Pango — $12.99

Last verified 30 Aug 2026

Ratings & reviews

App Store

4.6 359149 ratings · App Store

5/5honest review ive been a member for about 7 months
If u scroll down you can see my new review 2024/ to be honest i don’t got a lot to say i think this app it’s probably one of the best ones i’ve had to watch an ad it used to be an hour per ad but as it got bigged they shortened it to 30 then to 15 then back to 30 what i liked but then back to 15 minutes i just wished that y’all would move it back up to 30 minutes like i understand theirs a crap ton of people using this app but at the time y’all can go back to 30 min per ad not just that i’d like to say with the new ads y’all made what advertises ur stuff it barley ever counts for me to have watch it pls fix that n good job to whoever have a made a good app/ hello 2024 it is currently january 9th i only got one problem anytime i try to get 30 minutes or 15 whatever it is it goes to a black screen everytime i once thought to myself “i’ll wait the 30 seconds” still didn’t pop up a X sometimes that used to happen to me when your own ad you guys made would come up but idk if it’s a bug or if my app is just messed up pls fix it thanks for everything y’all have done keep up the good work

Slug stocks are expected · 30 Aug 2026
5/5Works phenomenally, Literally the BEST VPN!!
I’ve been using this VPN since 2017 & I am very satisfied with this products featured services. After a handful of occasions of forgetting to pay my subscription or simply not working it into my budget for the month & suffering the paranoia of unshielded online activity, I decided to pony up the annual fee. There was a bit of a learning curve as I presume is common with all VPN’s but once I figured out how, when & where to use it… let’s just say that I’ve provided some very luxurious services for myself & the group that I was traveling with making undesirable circumstances better than than they were. All in all the app works about 95% of the time for me unless I’m having cellular connection issues. I like the fact that I can have up to five devices covered on my premium acct. switching seamlessly from my cell, PC, tablet or laptop is never an issue. If you’re looking for a fully customizable, versatile VPN that’s reliable & secure… HotspotShield is the way to go in my personal opinion.

ANTDAN19 · 30 Aug 2026
5/5The BEST hotspot
I’m more than happy that I have downloaded this app, and for the free features it has a lot to offer! It’s accurate and doesn’t have any major flaws, practically FLAWLESS. It stays connected and I haven’t had any issues with it. I’m in highschool and as many know it my school blocks data use which forces us to use the school WiFi for even the most basic actions we make on our phones, and of course the WiFi blocks social media or (mostly) anything else that may be a possible distraction in class. I needed social media to keep in contact day to day for more serious situations other than just texting people to text. I needed school information or other important things outside of school and I was desperate for a decent vpn which I went through so many before I found this one and I am nothing other than pleased. If I had the money on pocket all the time I would for sure get premium. One big thumbs up on this one. It’s a keeper👍

hotbisquiete · 30 Aug 2026
5/5Free VPN: what more could you want
This is assuming you are only going to use the free version. I’m sure the premium one is great too, but I only have the free one so that’s what I’m talking about. Okay so basically the free one will give you an ad you can close in five seconds every once in a while when you turn it on, and you can only connect to an American (or maybe just your nation?) server. Otherwise it works like a normal vpn. I use it to bypass my school’s WiFi restrictions, and it ha worked pretty well. In case you don’t have experience with vpn’s, this will never give you an ad while you are in another app or anything; that would make it malware, and it wouldn’t be on the App Store. But yeah, unless you just want to use a VPN to bypass region-locked content, this is a great vpn. Oh and premium let’s you connect to other regions’ servers.

disssapointment · 30 Aug 2026
3/5Used it for a long time but it got bad 👹
I have used this vpn since 8th grade to be able to use my phone on the schools wifi. I’m a senior now and I have just deleted it and am looking for something different. It was so good when I would just push the on button for it and be good. But today I opened it to turn it on and it said I could only use it for 15 minutes. So I was like.. ok I guess I can deal with that. Then, I tried to push it and a page that told me to buy premium kept popping up about a million times no matter how many times it tried closing it. So I tried to go to my account to see if it was just a glitch. It kept happening and I got so annoyed I tried to close the app and re open. I still couldnt do anything in the app except watch the next premium page pop up and close it. So I deleted the app because it was just not working and I don’t want to deal with it. It was great before all that when you could just turn it on and go about your day.

kneepimper · 30 Aug 2026

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Privacy

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Versions

App Store

8.36.1
Thank you for choosing Hotspot Shield VPN on your iPhone! This update improves stability to boost your connection performance online. Enjoy safer browsing with our Free version, and upgrade to Premium for the fastest VPN experience.
8.36.2
Thank you for choosing Hotspot Shield VPN on your iPhone! This update improves stability to boost your connection performance online. Enjoy safer browsing with our Free version, and upgrade to Premium for the fastest VPN experience.
8.36.3
Protect your privacy with the latest Hotspot Shield VPN update! We’ve improved stability and security to keep your data safe and your connection strong. Stream, browse, and shop online with confidence — or upgrade to Premium for advanced protection and speed.
8.37.0
Protect your privacy with the latest Hotspot Shield VPN update! We’ve improved stability and security to keep your data safe and your connection strong. Stream, browse, and shop online with confidence — or upgrade to Premium for advanced protection and speed.
8.38.0
Protect your privacy with the latest Hotspot Shield VPN update! We’ve improved stability and security to keep your data safe and your connection strong. Stream, browse, and shop online with confidence — or upgrade to Premium for advanced protection and speed.
8.38.1
Protect your privacy with the latest Hotspot Shield VPN update! We’ve improved stability and security to keep your data safe and your connection strong. Stream, browse, and shop online with confidence — or upgrade to Premium for advanced protection and speed.
8.38.2
Protect your privacy with the latest Hotspot Shield VPN update! We’ve improved stability and security to keep your data safe and your connection strong. Stream, browse, and shop online with confidence — or upgrade to Premium for advanced protection and speed.
8.39.0
Protect your privacy with the latest Hotspot Shield VPN update! We’ve improved stability and security to keep your data safe and your connection strong. Stream, browse, and shop online with confidence — or upgrade to Premium for advanced protection and speed.
8.39.1
Protect your privacy with the latest Hotspot Shield VPN update! We’ve improved stability and security to keep your data safe and your connection strong. Stream, browse, and shop online with confidence — or upgrade to Premium for advanced protection and speed.
8.39.2
Protect your privacy with the latest Hotspot Shield VPN update! We’ve improved stability and security to keep your data safe and your connection strong. Stream, browse, and shop online with confidence — or upgrade to Premium for advanced protection and speed.
8.39.3
Protect your privacy with the latest Hotspot Shield VPN update! We’ve improved stability and security to keep your data safe and your connection strong. Stream, browse, and shop online with confidence — or upgrade to Premium for advanced protection and speed.
8.39.4
Protect your privacy with the latest Hotspot Shield VPN update! We’ve improved stability and security to keep your data safe and your connection strong. Stream, browse, and shop online with confidence — or upgrade to Premium for advanced protection and speed.
8.40.0
Protect your privacy with the latest Hotspot Shield VPN update! We’ve improved stability and security to keep your data safe and your connection strong. Stream, browse, and shop online with confidence — or upgrade to Premium for advanced protection and speed.
8.40.1
Protect your privacy with the latest Hotspot Shield VPN update! We’ve improved stability and security to keep your data safe and your connection strong. Stream, browse, and shop online with confidence — or upgrade to Premium for advanced protection and speed.
8.40.2
Protect your privacy with the latest Hotspot Shield VPN update! We’ve improved stability and security to keep your data safe and your connection strong. Stream, browse, and shop online with confidence — or upgrade to Premium for advanced protection and speed.
8.41.0
Protect your privacy with the latest Hotspot Shield VPN update! We’ve improved stability and security to keep your data safe and your connection strong. Stream, browse, and shop online with confidence — or upgrade to Premium for advanced protection and speed.
8.41.1
Protect your privacy with the latest Hotspot Shield VPN update! We’ve improved stability and security to keep your data safe and your connection strong. Stream, browse, and shop online with confidence — or upgrade to Premium for advanced protection and speed.
8.41.2
Protect your privacy with the latest Hotspot Shield VPN update! We’ve improved stability and security to keep your data safe and your connection strong. Stream, browse, and shop online with confidence — or upgrade to Premium for advanced protection and speed.
8.42.0
Protect your privacy with the latest Hotspot Shield VPN update! We’ve improved stability and security to keep your data safe and your connection strong. Stream, browse, and shop online with confidence — or upgrade to Premium for advanced protection and speed.
8.43.0
Protect your privacy with the latest Hotspot Shield VPN update! We’ve improved stability and security to keep your data safe and your connection strong. Stream, browse, and shop online with confidence — or upgrade to Premium for advanced protection and speed.
8.43.1
Protect your privacy with the latest Hotspot Shield VPN update! We’ve improved stability and security to keep your data safe and your connection strong. Stream, browse, and shop online with confidence — or upgrade to Premium for advanced protection and speed.
8.44.0
Protect your privacy with the latest Hotspot Shield VPN update! We’ve improved stability and security to keep your data safe and your connection strong. Stream, browse, and shop online with confidence — or upgrade to Premium for advanced protection and speed.
8.44.1
Protect your privacy with the latest Hotspot Shield VPN update! We’ve improved stability and security to keep your data safe and your connection strong. Stream, browse, and shop online with confidence — or upgrade to Premium for advanced protection and speed.
8.44.2
Protect your privacy with the latest Hotspot Shield VPN update! We’ve improved stability and security to keep your data safe and your connection strong. Stream, browse, and shop online with confidence — or upgrade to Premium for advanced protection and speed.
8.45.0 · 29 Jun 2026
Protect your privacy with the latest Hotspot Shield VPN update! We’ve improved stability and security to keep your data safe and your connection strong. Stream, browse, and shop online with confidence — or upgrade to Premium for advanced protection and speed.
8.45.1
Protect your privacy with the latest Hotspot Shield VPN update! We’ve improved stability and security to keep your data safe and your connection strong. Stream, browse, and shop online with confidence — or upgrade to Premium for advanced protection and speed.
8.46.0
Protect your privacy with the latest Hotspot Shield VPN update! We’ve improved stability and security to keep your data safe and your connection strong. Stream, browse, and shop online with confidence — or upgrade to Premium for advanced protection and speed.
8.46.1
Protect your privacy with the latest Hotspot Shield VPN update! We’ve improved stability and security to keep your data safe and your connection strong. Stream, browse, and shop online with confidence — or upgrade to Premium for advanced protection and speed.
8.46.2 · 28 Aug 2026
Protect your privacy with the latest Hotspot Shield VPN update! We’ve improved stability and security to keep your data safe and your connection strong. Stream, browse, and shop online with confidence — or upgrade to Premium for advanced protection and speed.

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Last verified: 30 Aug 2026
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          "body": "If u scroll down you can see my new review 2024/ to be honest i don’t got a lot to say i think this app it’s probably one of the best ones i’ve had to watch an ad it used to be an hour per ad but as it got bigged they shortened it to 30 then to 15 then back to 30 what i liked but then back to 15 minutes i just wished that y’all would move it back up to 30 minutes like i understand theirs a crap ton of people using this app but at the time y’all can go back to 30 min per ad not just that i’d like to say with the new ads y’all made what advertises ur stuff it barley ever counts for me to have watch it pls fix that n good job to whoever have a made a good app/ hello 2024 it is currently january 9th i only got one problem anytime i try to get 30 minutes or 15 whatever it is it goes to a black screen everytime i once thought to myself “i’ll wait the 30 seconds” still didn’t pop up a X sometimes that used to happen to me when your own ad you guys made would come up but idk if it’s a bug or if my app is just messed up pls fix it thanks for everything y’all have done keep up the good work",
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