Hide Expert VPN review: score, privacy and prices
2.43
out of 10#195 of 377 in the main ranking
Free / mobile app median 2.3
- Free / mobile app
- Jurisdiction:USA, 5 Eyes
- Data completeness80%
- Checked2026-10-15
- No email to sign up
- VLESS / Reality
- Trial without a card
- Free plan
In 10 seconds
Strongest against its segment
- Censorship bypass3.3 vs 0.5
- Security and protocols2.5 vs 1.2
- Platforms and support2.8 vs 2.8
Weakest against its segment
- Network and streaming0.0 vs 1.7
- Privacy and jurisdiction2.3 vs 2.7
- Price and fair terms3.0 vs 3.4
- Jurisdiction in the 5 Eyes alliance
Compare Hide Expert VPN (4K-SOFT) side by side with other VPNs
How the score adds up
Six sub-scores, each against the median of Free / mobile app services in the main ranking (80 services). Open a line to see which published facts earned points and which were missing or not disclosed.
Hide Expert VPN (4K-SOFT)segment median
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Privacy and jurisdiction30% of the score · segment median 2.72.3
What earned points
- No-logs policy +2
- Independent no-logs audit +3
- No-logs confirmed in court +1
- Warrant canary +1
- Transparency report +1
- Sign-up without email +1.5
- Account number sign-up +0.5
- Stores connection IP (penalty) −3
- Public incident (penalty) −2
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Security and protocols20% of the score · segment median 1.22.5
What earned points
- Kill switch +2
- DNS leak protection +1.5
- RAM-only servers +1
- Post-quantum encryption +1
- Perfect forward secrecy +0.5
- Security audit +2
- Open-source clients +1.5
- 2FA +1
- Multi-hop +1
- Bug bounty +1
- Only PPTP / L2TP (penalty) −2
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Price and fair terms15% of the score · segment median 3.43.0
What earned points
- Free plan +1.5
- Free trial +1
- Trial without a card +1
- Crypto payments +1
- Cash payments +0.5
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Censorship bypass15% of the score · segment median 0.53.3
What earned points
- Stealth / obfuscation +2
- VLESS / Reality +1.5
- Trojan +1
- Hysteria2 +1
- Shadowsocks +1
- AmneziaWG +1
- obfs4 +0.5
- TUIC +0.5
- NaiveProxy +0.5
- Mirrors or Telegram channel +0.5
- VoIP in the UAE (claimed) +0.5
- Manual configs +0.5
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Network and streaming10% of the score · segment median 1.70.0
What earned points
- 10 Gbps servers +1
- Dedicated IP +0.5
- Port forwarding +0.5
- MENA locations +0.5
- Torrenting allowed +1
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Platforms and support10% of the score · segment median 2.82.8
What earned points
- Routers +1
- Browser extensions +0.5
- Split tunneling +1
- Ad / tracker blocker +1
- 24/7 live chat +2
- live chat +0.5
- Support on Telegram +0.5
- Status page +0.5
Hide Expert VPN (4K-SOFT) pricing
The cheapest way in is €3.44 a month, paid upfront for the longest term. After that term, Hide Expert VPN (4K-SOFT) renews at its standard price. Market median across the main ranking: €3.13 a month.
Real cost over 1, 2 and 3 years
What you pay to keep Hide Expert VPN (4K-SOFT) running: the first term, then renewals at the published renewal price. Where no renewal price is published, plans shorter than a year are counted as repeat payments at the current price; longer plans show a dash after their term. Converted to euros at the rates used in our data (1 USD = €0.86). The lowest cost for each period is marked.
| Plan and first term | First payment | 1 year | 2 years | 3 years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 month, 1 mo | €6.87 | €82.46at the current price | €164.91at the current price | €247.37at the current price |
| 6 months, 6 mo | €25.79 | €51.58at the current price | €103.17at the current price | €154.75at the current price |
| 12 months, 12 mo | €41.27 | €41.27 | — | — |
Compare Hide Expert VPN (4K-SOFT)’s full cost with other VPNs, for any number of devices
All plans as published
| Plan | Term | Price for term | Per month | € / month |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 month | 1 mo | $7.99 | $7.99 | €6.87 |
| 6 months | 6 mo | $29.99 | $5.00 | €4.30 |
| 12 months | 12 mo | $47.99 | $4.00 | €3.44 |
Refunds, trial and payment
- Refund window
- 3 days
- Refund conditions
- Play description: refund if cancelled within 3 days
- Free trial
- Not stated
- Card needed for trial
- No free access without registration; try for free via app download
- Auto-renewal
- Not stated
- Payment methods
- App Store/Google Play IAP; site one-time purchase via unnamed processor
Everything Hide Expert VPN (4K-SOFT) publishes
Every fact we collected about Hide Expert VPN (4K-SOFT), as the provider and reviewers state it. Empty fields are left out; key fields we could not find say “Not stated”. “Partial”: only on some platforms, servers or plans.
Company
- Legal entity
- 4K-SOFT LTD
- Registered in
- US (Nevada)
- Address
- 628 Valley View Dr, Mesquite, NV 89027, USA
- Surveillance alliance (5/9/14 Eyes)
- 5
- Website languages
- EN
- UA
- RU
- Currencies on the site
- USD
Plans, prices and add-ons
- Plans
- single plan (1/6/12 months)
- Billing terms
- 1m
- 6m
- 12m
- Cheapest price a month
- $4.00
- Monthly plan
- $7.99
- 1-year plan, total
- $47.99
- 1-year plan, a month
- $4.00
- Lifetime plan
- Not stated
- Family plan
- Not stated
- Prices seen from other countries
- 1m $7.99
- 6m $5/mo ($29.99)
- 12m $4/mo ($47.99) - USD shown, same as existing
Discounts and programmes
- Discount shown
- 37% (6m); 49% (12m)
- Discount compared with
- monthly price
- Student discount
- Not stated
Limits and restrictions
- Devices at once
- Not stated
- Prohibited by the terms
- no sharing of subscription; spam, attacks, hacking, viruses, fraud, phishing, illegal conduct prohibited
Free plan
- Free plan
- Yes
- Free data
- Not stated
- Ads in the free plan
- Not stated
Payment and subscription
- Payment methods
- App Store/Google Play IAP; site one-time purchase via unnamed processor
- Bank card
- Yes via Google Play
- PayPal
- Yes via Google Play
- Apple Pay / Google Pay
- Yes store IAP
- Cryptocurrency
- No
- Cash
- No
- Gift cards
- Not stated
- Auto-renewal by default
- Not stated
- Email needed to sign up
- No email only for site purchase
- Phone needed to sign up
- No optional for free access
- Account-number login
- Not stated
- Identity check (KYC)
- No
- Money-back guarantee, days
- 3
- Refund conditions
- Play description: refund if cancelled within 3 days
Free trial terms
- Trial length
- Not stated
- Card needed for the trial
- No free access without registration; try for free via app download
Server locations
- Countries
- Not stated
- Servers
- Not stated
- Server countries
- Not stated
- Middle East and North Africa
- Not stated
- Virtual locations
- Not stated
- P2P servers
- Not stated
- Obfuscated servers
- Not stated
Network features
- RAM-only servers
- Not stated
- IPv6
- Not stated
- Dedicated IP
- Not stated
- Static IP
- Not stated
- Residential IP
- Not stated
- Double VPN / multi-hop
- Not stated
- Tor over VPN
- Not stated
- SOCKS5 proxy
- Not stated
- Smart DNS
- Not stated
Protocols and encryption
- WireGuard✓ Yes
- OpenVPN✓ Yes
- IKEv2✓ Yes
- L2TP/IPsecNot stated
- SSTPNot stated
- SoftEtherNot stated
- Own protocolNot stated
- VLESS / Realitycustomized, Xray✓ Yes
- VMessNot stated
- TrojanNot stated
- ShadowsocksNot stated
- Hysteria2Not stated
- TUICNot stated
- NaiveProxyNot stated
- obfs4Not stated
- AmneziaWGNot stated
- PPTPtag only✕ Yes
- Other protocols
- VLESS; IPsec
- Perfect forward secrecy
- Not stated
- Post-quantum encryption
- Not stated
- Manual configuration files
- Not stated
- Open-source apps
- Not stated
Censorship and blocking
- Obfuscation (stealth mode)
- Yes customized VLESS Reality / X-Ray to unblock sites blocked by authorities/ISP
- Countries it claims to work in
- Not stated
- Mirror sites or Telegram channel
- Not stated
- Calls in the UAE
- Not stated
Security
- Kill switch
- Yes claim: IP stays hidden on accidental disconnect / network switch
- DNS leak protection
- Not stated
- Split tunnelling
- Not stated
- Ad and malware blocker
- Not stated
- Two-factor sign-in
- Not stated
- Security audits
- Not stated
- Bug bounty
- Not stated
Privacy
- No-logs policy
- Yes no traffic/content logs, no browsing history
- Independent no-logs audit
- No
- Shared with third parties
- Google, Facebook, Apple/Google stores, payment processor, MailerSend
- Trackers on the website
- Google Analytics; Facebook pixel
- Transparency report
- Not stated
- Warrant canary
- Not stated
- Law enforcement requests
- claims no VPN server data to share
- Anonymous sign-up
- Not stated
- Privacy policy updated
- 2026-05-24
What the privacy policy says is collected
Yes: collected. No: not collected. Partial: kept briefly or only in part. Not stated: the policy does not say.
- Emailsite purchases only (to processor/MailerSend)✕ Yes
- Connection IPNot stated
- Session timesNot stated
- Bandwidth✓ No
- App analyticsFirebase Analytics✕ Yes
- Crash reportsFirebase Crashlytics✕ Yes
Apps and devices
- WindowsMS Store✓ Yes
- macOS✓ Yes
- Linuxdownload links: App Store, Mac App Store, Google Play, AppGallery, Microsoft Store, Chrome only✕ No
- iOS✓ Yes
- Android✓ Yes
- Android TVNot stated
- Fire TVNot stated
- Apple TVNot stated
- ChromebookNot stated
- Smart TVNot stated
- RoutersNot stated
- NASNot stated
- Raspberry PiNot stated
- Game consolesNot stated
- Browser extensions
- Chrome
- App Store rating
- 4.8 (110 ratings, US; v1.6.4 2026-07-02; iPhone + Mac)
- Google Play rating
- 2.3
- Google Play installs
- 100K+
- Last app update
- 2026-07-02
Speed, streaming and gaming
- 10 Gbps servers
- Not stated
- Netflix
- Not stated
- BBC iPlayer
- Not stated
- Disney+
- Not stated
- Prime Video
- Not stated
- Gaming features
- Not stated
- Torrenting
- Not stated
Support
- Live chat
- No contact form on site; no chat found
- Live chat 24/7
- Not stated
- Email / tickets
- Yes contact form
- Phone
- Not stated
- Telegram
- Not stated
- Not stated
- Support languages
- EN
- UA
- RU (site language switcher; contact form)
- Server status page
- Not stated
For teams and business
- SSO / SAML
- Not stated
- Admin panel
- Not stated
- Zero-trust access (ZTNA)
- Not stated
What users say
Reviews never change our score. Ratings are smoothed: a source’s average across all VPNs counts as 50 extra reviews, so a few five-star reviews cannot outrank thousands.
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App Store
3.94 of 5, smoothed
From 23 collected reviews (raw average 4.83; all VPNs 3.54).
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Google Play
3.63 of 5, smoothed
From 34 collected reviews (raw average 3.24; all VPNs 3.90). Last 90 days: 2.50 from 2.
The company replied to 0 of 14 negative reviews (1–2 stars).
Ratings shown on the platforms themselves: App Store (US) 4.80 (110 ratings); Google Play 3.5 (516 ratings).
Reviews per month, last 12 months
29 Reddit and forum threads mention Hide Expert VPN (4K-SOFT) (titles and search snippets only).
Latest reviews and related rankings
Latest reviews
Short excerpts with a link to the original. We do not reproduce reviews in full.
App Store · 1★ · 02 Apr 2026 · US
Garbage
App Store · 5★ · 03 Mar 2026 · US
VPN
App Store · 5★ · 09 Dec 2024 · US
Super Fast
Google Play · 4★ · 08 Sep 2026
SERIOUSLY-Hide Expert VPN is Good But You have To Be Real Good Best Please Start Beta Testing Program Updates Regularly improve Free Features Provide -(…
Google Play · 1★ · 08 Aug 2026
Hollow >0
Google Play · 5★ · 17 Oct 2025
تم
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Questions about Hide Expert VPN (4K-SOFT)
Answers built from what Hide Expert VPN (4K-SOFT) publishes. Open a question to read the details.
Is Hide Expert VPN safe? Logging policy, audits and jurisdiction
Privacy and jurisdiction 2.3/10 and security 2.5/10 (segment medians 2.7 and 1.2). No red flag in our data. Independent no-logs audit: ✕ No.
In 10 seconds
- Kill switch
- Jurisdiction in 5 Eyes
Privacy
- Jurisdiction
- USA, 5 Eyes
- Legal entity
- 4K-SOFT LTD
- No-logs policy
- Yes no traffic/content logs, no browsing history
- Shared with third parties
- Google, Facebook, Apple/Google stores, payment processor, MailerSend
- Trackers on the website
- Google Analytics; Facebook pixel
Security
- Kill switch
- Yes yes claim: IP stays hidden on accidental disconnect /…
- DNS leak protection
- Not stated
- Two-factor sign-in
- Not stated
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Hide Expert VPN not working? Common causes and what to check
5 things to check, built from what Hide Expert VPN (4K-SOFT) publishes about its apps, protocols and support. We do not test connections ourselves.
What to check
Switch protocol in the app: Hide Expert VPN (4K-SOFT) lists WireGuard, OpenVPN, IKEv2, VLESS / Reality.
If the network blocks VPNs, turn on obfuscation (customized VLESS Reality / X-Ray to unblock sites blocked by authorities/ISP).
Update the app: the last update we saw is dated 2026-07-02.
Contact support: email.
If the website is blocked too, use the mirror or channel (Telegram & Viber sticker packs only (no support channel found)).
Support when the VPN is blocked
- Live chat
- No contact form on site; no chat found
- Mirrors or channel
- Telegram & Viber sticker packs only (no support channel found)
- contact form
If it is blocked where you are
Troubleshooting of similar VPNs
Hide Expert VPN refund policy: how to ask for your money back
Hide Expert VPN (4K-SOFT) refund window: 3 days. Conditions: Play description: refund if cancelled within 3 days
Refund terms
- Refund window
- 3
- Refund on monthly plans
- Not stated
- Refund for App Store / Google Play purchases
- Not stated
- Refund for unused time
- Not stated
Try before paying
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Who owns Hide Expert VPN? Company, jurisdiction and related brands
Hide Expert VPN (4K-SOFT) is run by 4K-SOFT LTD, registered in US (Nevada).
Company
- Registered in
- US (Nevada)
- Address
- 628 Valley View Dr, Mesquite, NV 89027, USA
Jurisdiction
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In our rankings
Hide Expert VPN (4K-SOFT) appears on 155 topic pages. Its place on each:
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- UAE VPN trials, no card#19 of 30
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- OpenVPN trials, no card#22 of 33
- Obfuscated VPN trials, no card#22 of 28
- WireGuard + VLESS/Reality#22 of 23
- Free VPNs, trial without a card#23 of 31
- VLESS VPNs for Android#24 of 30
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- No-logs VPNs with VLESS/Reality support#25 of 29
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- Free trial, no card#40 of 66
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- IKEv2#44 of 133
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Owner and jurisdiction
Sources and changes
Collected 2026-10-15. No changes recorded since the first import.
- Website
- https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.fourksoft.hideexpert
- Pages checked
- https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.fourksoft.hideexpert; https://hide.expert; https://hide.expert/en/docs/privacy
- Other sources used
- site_languages, kill_switch, claims_works_in, stealth_mode, mirrors_or_telegram: https://hide.expert/en/; tos_prohibitions: https://hide.expert/en/docs/offer; privacy re-read: https://hide.expert/en/docs/privacy; appstore_rating, IKEv2/kill-switch text, related app: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/hide-expert-vpn/id1616168170; platforms, contact, languages, protocols (IKEv2, O...): https://hide.expert/en; cross-device QR authorization: SERP snippet https://hide.expert/en/docs/privacy
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