Hotspot VPN review: score, privacy and prices
out of 10#215 of 377 in the main ranking
Free / mobile app median 2.3
- Free / mobile app
- Jurisdiction:Panama, alliance not disclosed
- Data completeness73%
- Checked2026-10-15
- No email to sign up
- Free plan
In 10 seconds
Strongest against its segment
- Network and streaming4.3 vs 1.7
- Price and fair terms4.8 vs 3.4
- Security and protocols1.1 vs 1.2
Weakest against its segment
- Platforms and support1.7 vs 2.8
- Censorship bypass0.0 vs 0.5
- Privacy and jurisdiction2.3 vs 2.7
- Ads in the free plan
- Auto-renewal on by default
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.
Hotspot VPNsegment 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 1.21.1
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 3.44.8
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 0.50.0
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 1.74.3
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 2.81.7
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
Hotspot VPN pricing
The cheapest way in is €4.01 a month, paid upfront for the longest term. After that term, Hotspot VPN renews at its standard price. Market median across the main ranking: €3.13 a month.
All plans as published
| Plan | Term | Per month | € / month |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 month | 1 mo | $9.99 | €8.59 |
| 6 months | 6 mo | $6.66 | €5.73 |
| 1 year | 12 mo | $4.66 | €4.01 |
| lifetime | Lifetime | — | — |
Refunds, trial and payment
- Refund window
- 30 days
- Free trial
- 3 days, iOS (Premium features free for 3 days)
- Auto-renewal
- Yes App Store auto-renewable
- How to cancel
- via Apple ID account settings; no cancellation during active period
- Payment methods
- credit card
Everything Hotspot VPN publishes
Every fact we collected about Hotspot VPN, 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
- Hotspot VPN, Inc. (App Store seller)
- Registered in
- Panama (US
- Surveillance alliance (5/9/14 Eyes)
- Not stated
- Website languages
- EN
- Currencies on the site
- USD
Plans, prices and add-ons
- Billing terms
- 1m
- 6m
- 12m
- lifetime
- Cheapest price a month
- $4.66
- Monthly plan
- $9.99
- 1-year plan, a month
- $4.66
- Lifetime plan
- Not stated
- Family plan
- Not stated
- Prices seen from other countries
- App Store US IAP: 1m $9.99
- 6m $39.99 (~$6.66/mo)
- vpnMentor (review): 12m $4.66/mo, lifetime plan exists
Discounts and programmes
- Student discount
- Not stated
Limits and restrictions
- Devices at once
- 5
Free plan
- Free plan
- Yes free forever with ads, no registration
- Free data
- Not stated
- Ads in the free plan
- Yes
Payment and subscription
- Payment methods
- credit card
- Bank card
- Yes
- PayPal
- Not stated
- Cryptocurrency
- Not stated
- Cash
- Not stated
- Gift cards
- Not stated
- Auto-renewal by default
- Yes App Store auto-renewable
- How to cancel
- via Apple ID account settings; no cancellation during active period
- Email needed to sign up
- No no registration/login
- Account-number login
- Not stated
- Money-back guarantee, days
- 30
Free trial terms
- Trial length
- 3 days
- Where the trial is offered
- iOS (Premium features free for 3 days)
- Card needed for the trial
- Not stated
Server locations
- Countries
- 20
- Servers
- 12000+ (claim)
- Server countries
- Not stated
- Middle East and North Africa
- Not stated
- Virtual locations
- Not stated
- Own servers
- Yes claims fully owned VPN servers
- P2P servers
- Not stated
- Streaming servers
- Yes claims dedicated stream servers
- 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
- WireGuardNot stated
- OpenVPNNot stated
- IKEv2Not stated
- L2TP/IPsecNot stated
- SSTPNot stated
- SoftEtherNot stated
- Own protocolNot stated
- VLESS / RealityNot stated
- VMessNot stated
- TrojanNot stated
- ShadowsocksNot stated
- Hysteria2Not stated
- TUICNot stated
- NaiveProxyNot stated
- obfs4Not stated
- AmneziaWGNot stated
- 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)
- Not stated
- Countries it claims to work in
- China
- Mirror sites or Telegram channel
- Not stated
- Calls in the UAE
- Not stated
Security
- Kill switch
- No
- DNS leak protection
- Yes leaks in test
- 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 timestamps/IP/bandwidth/traffic); keeps cookies, server load, billing, support records
- Independent no-logs audit
- Not stated
- Transparency report
- Not stated
- Warrant canary
- Not stated
- Anonymous sign-up
- Yes no account
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.
- Connection IPNot stated
- Session timesNot stated
- App analyticsApp Store privacy label: Data Not Collected✓ No
Apps and devices
- Windows✕ No
- macOS✓ Yes
- LinuxNot stated
- iOS✓ Yes
- Android✓ Yes
- Android TVNot stated
- Fire TVNot stated
- Apple TVNot stated
- ChromebookNot stated
- Smart TVNot stated
- Routers✕ No
- NASNot stated
- Raspberry PiNot stated
- Game consoles✕ No
- Browser extensions
- Not stated
- App Store rating
- 4.7 (9K ratings, US)
- App languages
- EN
Speed, streaming and gaming
- 10 Gbps servers
- Not stated
- Netflix
- US
- UK
- SG
- BBC iPlayer
- No
- Disney+
- Yes
- Prime Video
- No
- Gaming features
- Not stated
- Torrenting
- Not stated
Support
- Live chat
- No
- Live chat 24/7
- Not stated
- Email / tickets
- Yes ~3h reply
- Phone
- Not stated
- Telegram
- Not stated
- Not stated
- 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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Trustpilot
3.88 of 5, smoothed
From 200 collected reviews (raw average 3.94; all VPNs 3.66). Last 90 days: 2.67 from 3.
The company replied to 43 of 49 negative reviews (1–2 stars).
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App Store
4.41 of 5, smoothed
From 468 collected reviews (raw average 4.51; all VPNs 3.54).
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Google Play
4.01 of 5, smoothed
From 8 collected reviews (raw average 4.75; all VPNs 3.90). Last 90 days: 4.67 from 3.
Ratings shown on the platforms themselves: Trustpilot TrustScore 3.4 (768 reviews); Google Play 4.8 (144 ratings).
Reviews per month, last 12 months
49 Reddit and forum threads mention Hotspot VPN (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 · 5★ · 16 Jul 2026 · GB
Excellent VPN
App Store · 5★ · 02 May 2026 · US
good
App Store · 5★ · 23 Oct 2025 · US
Cross GFW
Google Play · 4★ · 22 Aug 2026
About to expirence
Google Play · 5★ · 18 Aug 2026
very very nice
Google Play · 5★ · 08 Aug 2026
Believe should workout well.
Trustpilot · 5★ · 16 Aug 2026 · US
I bought a t mobile full sized internet…
Original reviewTrustpilot · 2★ · 08 Aug 2026 · PH
Got the premium version but decided not to use it anyway
Original reviewTrustpilot · 1★ · 05 Aug 2026 · US
I despise when companies remove…
Original review
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Questions about Hotspot VPN
Answers built from what Hotspot VPN publishes. Open a question to read the details.
Is Hotspot VPN safe? Logging policy, audits and jurisdiction
Privacy and jurisdiction 2.3/10 and security 1.1/10 (segment medians 2.7 and 1.2). No red flag in our data. Independent no-logs audit: Not stated.
Privacy
- Jurisdiction
- Panama, alliance not disclosed
- Legal entity
- Hotspot VPN, Inc. (App Store seller)
- No-logs policy
- Yes (no timestamps/IP/bandwidth/traffic); keeps cookies, server load, billing, support records
- Independent no-logs audit
- Not stated
Security
- Kill switch
- No
- DNS leak protection
- No
- Two-factor sign-in
- Not stated
Related rankings
Hotspot VPN not working? Common causes and what to check
1 things to check, built from what Hotspot VPN publishes about its apps, protocols and support. We do not test connections ourselves.
What to check
Contact support: email.
Support when the VPN is blocked
- Live chat
- No
- Yes ~3h reply
If it is blocked where you are
Hotspot VPN refund policy: how to ask for your money back
Hotspot VPN refund window: 30 days.
Refund terms
- Refund window
- 30
- Conditions
- Not stated
- Refund on monthly plans
- Not stated
- Refund for App Store / Google Play purchases
- Not stated
- Refund for unused time
- Not stated
- Free trial
- 3
Try before paying
How to cancel Hotspot VPN and turn off auto-renewal
How Hotspot VPN says you cancel: via Apple ID account settings; no cancellation during active period. Auto-renewal by default: yes (App Store auto-renewable).
Cancellation and renewal
- Reminder before renewal
- Not stated
- Bought in App Store or Google Play
- cancel in the store’s subscription settings
Without auto-renewal or price hikes
Hotspot VPN free trial: length, terms and payment details
Hotspot VPN free trial: 3, iOS (Premium features free for 3 days).
Trial terms
- Length
- 3
- Card needed
- Not stated
- Refund window
- 30
- Free plan
- Yes free forever with ads, no registration
Trials elsewhere
Who owns Hotspot VPN? Company, jurisdiction and related brands
Hotspot VPN is run by Hotspot VPN, Inc. (App Store seller), registered in Panama (US.
Company
- Registered in
- Panama (US
Jurisdiction
In our rankings
Hotspot VPN appears on 52 topic pages. Its place on each:
- Panama VPNs#9 of 9
- VPNs for UK Netflix#10 of 16
- Netflix VPNs, no email#10 of 13
- VPNs for US Netflix#13 of 38
- Free VPNs for Netflix#21 of 35
- Trial VPNs without email#23 of 46
- VPNs for Disney+#24 of 35
- Trial VPNs for Netflix#27 of 44
- No-email VPNs with money-back#32 of 36
- Netflix claims + money-back guarantee#34 of 50
- Free VPNs without email#37 of 142
- Free VPNs with a premium trial#39 of 77
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- VPNs for Netflix#50 of 97
- Free VPNs with money back#52 of 64
- No-logs VPNs that claim Netflix support#53 of 78
- Trial VPNs with money back#54 of 82
- Mobile VPN apps#58 of 178
- No-logs VPNs with a trial#69 of 144
- iPhone VPNs for Netflix#70 of 85
- Mac VPNs for Netflix#71 of 83
- Mac VPNs without email#75 of 93
- VPN free trials#76 of 190
- Free no-logs VPNs#79 of 203
- iPhone VPNs without email#82 of 115
- Free VPNs#84 of 282
- Android VPNs without email#87 of 143
- No-logs VPNs, no email#97 of 132
- No sign-up VPNs#100 of 179
- Free VPNs for Mac#103 of 141
- DNS leak protection#106 of 124
- Free VPNs for China#106 of 114
- 30-day money-back guarantee#107 of 174
- Free VPNs for iPhone#114 of 178
- Mac VPN trials#116 of 144
- Android VPN free trials#123 of 160
- Free VPNs for Android#123 of 225
- Mac VPNs with refunds#132 of 149
- VPNs under €5#138 of 280
- iPhone VPNs for China#151 of 166
- Android VPNs for China#170 of 186
- VPNs for travel to China#188 of 209
- No-logs VPNs for Mac#234 of 280
- No-logs VPNs#237 of 389
- No-logs VPNs for iPhone#242 of 314
- No-logs VPNs for Android#253 of 328
- VPNs for Mac#276 of 361
- VPNs for iPhone#287 of 411
- VPNs for Android#298 of 451
- Top VPNs on the App Store543 listed
- Top VPNs on Google Play543 listed
- Top VPNs on Trustpilot543 listed
- Worst VPNs543 listed
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Owner and jurisdiction
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Sources and changes
Collected 2026-10-15. No changes recorded since the first import.
- Website
- https://www.vpnmentor.com/reviews/hotspot-vpn/
- Pages checked
- https://www.vpnmentor.com/reviews/hotspot-vpn/; https://hotspotvpn.co
- Other sources used
- legal_entity, free_tier, free_tier_ads, trial_days, trial_where, own_servers, streaming_servers, collects_app_analytics, app_languages, appstore_rating, autorenew_default, cancel_method, signup_email_required, anonymous_signup, tos_url, privacy_url: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/hotspot-vpn-secure-proxy/id1323486315 (linked from https://hotspotvpn.co); privacy 404 checked in browser; checked: https://apps.apple.com/us/developer/hotspot-vpn-inc/id1323486314 (SERP); Softonic snippets mention Android app Hotspot VPN - Unlimited Proxy by Hotspot VPN Inc.
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