ShadowSwitch VPN review: score, privacy and prices
2.36
out of 10#200 of 377 in the main ranking
Free / mobile app median 2.3
- Free / mobile app
- Jurisdiction:not stated, outside 5/9/14 Eyes
- Data completeness67%
- Checked2026-10-15
- No email to sign up
- Free plan
In 10 seconds
Strongest against its segment
- Privacy and jurisdiction5.3 vs 2.7
- Censorship bypass0.5 vs 0.5
- Network and streaming1.4 vs 1.7
Weakest against its segment
- Security and protocols0.0 vs 1.2
- Price and fair terms2.4 vs 3.4
- Platforms and support2.0 vs 2.8
- 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.
ShadowSwitch VPNsegment median
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Privacy and jurisdiction30% of the score · segment median 2.75.3
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 1.20.0
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 3.42.4
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 0.50.5
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 1.71.4
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 2.82.0
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
ShadowSwitch VPN pricing
ShadowSwitch VPN does not publish a paid price we could read. Free plan: Yes ad-supported. Market median across the main ranking: €3.13 a month.
Refunds, trial and payment
- Refund window
- 7 days
- Refund conditions
- full refund within 7 days; later pro-rated for service outages
- Free trial
- No free ad-supported use instead
- Auto-renewal
- Yes
- How to cancel
- Google Play subscriptions
- Payment methods
- Google Play billing
Everything ShadowSwitch VPN publishes
Every fact we collected about ShadowSwitch 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
- Millionware Inc. ((주)밀리언웨어)
- Registered in
- South Korea
- Address
- Jeongja-ro 2, Bundang-gu, Seongnam-si, Gyeonggi-do 13560, South Korea
- Surveillance alliance (5/9/14 Eyes)
- none
- Website languages
- Not stated
Plans, prices and add-ons
- Plans
- Premium subscription
- Cheapest price a month
- Not stated
- Monthly plan
- Not stated
- Lifetime plan
- Not stated
- Family plan
- Not stated
Discounts and programmes
- Student discount
- Not stated
Limits and restrictions
- Devices at once
- Not stated
- Country restrictions
- user responsible for local law and export-control compliance (ToS)
- Prohibited by the terms
- 18+ only; misuse violating ToS or laws
Free plan
- Free plan
- Yes ad-supported
- Free data
- Not stated
- Ads in the free plan
- Yes rewarded ads: +30 min per ad
- Other free plan terms
- free usage capped ~2 h/day
Payment and subscription
- Payment methods
- Google Play billing
- PayPal
- Not stated
- Apple Pay / Google Pay
- Yes Google Play
- Cryptocurrency
- No Google Play billing only
- Cash
- Not stated
- Gift cards
- Not stated
- Auto-renewal by default
- Yes
- How to cancel
- Google Play subscriptions
- Email needed to sign up
- No Play listing: no login required
- Account-number login
- Not stated
- Money-back guarantee, days
- 7
- Refund conditions
- full refund within 7 days; later pro-rated for service outages
Free trial terms
- Trial length
- No free ad-supported use instead
- Instead of a trial
- free tier via rewarded ads (+30 min per ad)
- Card needed for the trial
- Not stated
Server locations
- Countries
- 42 locations (claimed)
- 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
- 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
- Other protocols
- Xray (TLS; TCP/WebSocket/HTTP/2 transports)
- Encryption
- TLS
- 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
- Not stated
- Mirror sites or Telegram channel
- Yes Telegram t.me/ShadowSwitchVPN
- Calls in the UAE
- Not stated
Security
- Kill switch
- Not stated
- DNS leak protection
- Not stated
- Split tunnelling
- Not stated
- Ad and malware blocker
- Yes custom rules
- Two-factor sign-in
- Not stated
- Security audits
- Not stated
- Bug bounty
- Not stated
Privacy
- No-logs policy
- Yes no traffic/connection/IP logs
- Independent no-logs audit
- Not stated
- Data retention
- security/management metadata deleted or anonymized immediately (claimed)
- Shared with third parties
- none declared
- Transparency report
- Not stated
- Warrant canary
- Not stated
- Anonymous sign-up
- Yes no login required
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.
- IP at sign-upToS: real IPs not logged, claimed✓ No
- Connection IPclaimed✓ No
- Session timesclaimed✓ No
- BandwidthToS: traffic not logged, claimed✓ No
- Device infoToS: connected devices not logged, claimed✓ No
- App analyticsnone declared (Data safety)✓ No
Apps and devices
- WindowsPlay listing only✕ No
- macOSNot stated
- LinuxNot stated
- iOSAndroid only listing✕ No
- 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
- Not stated
- Google Play rating
- 3.1 (1.51K reviews)
- Google Play installs
- 100K+
- Last app update
- 2025-02-26
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
- Yes region switching for games (e.g. BGMI)
- Torrenting
- Not stated
Support
- Live chat
- No email + Telegram notices only
- Live chat 24/7
- Not stated
- Email / tickets
- Yes gmail
- Phone
- Not stated
- Telegram
- Yes notice channel
- 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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Google Play
3.26 of 5, smoothed
From 400 collected reviews (raw average 3.19; all VPNs 3.90). Last 90 days: 1.00 from 2.
The company replied to 125 of 161 negative reviews (1–2 stars).
Ratings shown on the platforms themselves: Google Play 3.1 (1.51K ratings).
Reviews per month, last 12 months
17 Reddit and forum threads mention ShadowSwitch 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.
Google Play · 1★ · 29 Jul 2026
not free
Google Play · 1★ · 29 Jul 2026
can't update my payment method
Google Play · 4★ · 22 Jun 2026
you are the one of the best VPN for bgmi outside India. But since the last bgmi update, they have changed their servers. now your VPN is not working. pls do…
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Questions about ShadowSwitch VPN
Answers built from what ShadowSwitch VPN publishes. Open a question to read the details.
Is ShadowSwitch VPN safe? Logging policy, audits and jurisdiction
Privacy and jurisdiction 5.3/10 and security 0.0/10 (segment medians 2.7 and 1.2). No red flag in our data. Independent no-logs audit: Not stated.
Privacy
- Jurisdiction
- Not stated
- Legal entity
- Millionware Inc. ((주)밀리언웨어)
- No-logs policy
- Yes no traffic/connection/IP logs
- Independent no-logs audit
- Not stated
- Data retention
- security/management metadata deleted or anonymized immediately (claimed)
- Shared with third parties
- none declared
Security
- Kill switch
- Not stated
- DNS leak protection
- Not stated
- Encryption
- TLS
- Two-factor sign-in
- Not stated
Related rankings
ShadowSwitch VPN not working? Common causes and what to check
3 things to check, built from what ShadowSwitch VPN publishes about its apps, protocols and support. We do not test connections ourselves.
What to check
Update the app: the last update we saw is dated 2025-02-26.
Contact support: Telegram, email.
If the website is blocked too, use the mirror or channel (Telegram t.me/ShadowSwitchVPN).
Support when the VPN is blocked
- Live chat
- No email + Telegram notices only
- Telegram
- Yes notice channel
- Mirrors or channel
- Telegram t.me/ShadowSwitchVPN
- Yes gmail
If it is blocked where you are
ShadowSwitch VPN refund policy: how to ask for your money back
ShadowSwitch VPN refund window: 7 days. Conditions: full refund within 7 days; later pro-rated for service outages
Refund terms
- Refund window
- 7
- Refund on monthly plans
- Not stated
- Refund for App Store / Google Play purchases
- Not stated
- Refund for unused time
- Yes
- Free trial
- No free ad-supported use instead
Try before paying
How to cancel ShadowSwitch VPN and turn off auto-renewal
How ShadowSwitch VPN says you cancel: Google Play subscriptions. Auto-renewal by default: yes.
Cancellation and renewal
- Auto-renewal by default
- Yes
- 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
Who owns ShadowSwitch VPN? Company, jurisdiction and related brands
ShadowSwitch VPN is run by Millionware Inc. ((주)밀리언웨어), registered in South Korea.
Company
- Address
- Jeongja-ro 2, Bundang-gu, Seongnam-si, Gyeonggi-do 13560, South Korea
In our rankings
ShadowSwitch VPN appears on 33 topic pages. Its place on each:
- VPNs outside 14 Eyes with Telegram support#21 of 33
- No-email VPNs with Telegram support#23 of 38
- No-email VPNs with an ad and tracker blocker#25 of 42
- Telegram support + ad blocker#26 of 29
- Non-14 Eyes VPNs with an ad blocker#27 of 44
- Non-14 Eyes VPNs, no email#32 of 74
- Free VPNs with Telegram support#34 of 47
- No-logs VPNs with Telegram support#38 of 63
- Free VPNs with ad blocking#42 of 58
- Mobile VPN apps#49 of 178
- Free VPNs outside 14 Eyes#54 of 123
- No-logs VPNs with an ad and tracker blocker#58 of 103
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- Free VPNs without email#59 of 142
- No sign-up VPNs#61 of 179
- No-logs VPNs, no email#61 of 132
- Gaming VPNs#62 of 106
- No-logs VPNs outside 14 Eyes#65 of 143
- Outside 14 Eyes#66 of 204
- VPNs with Telegram support#66 of 84
- Outside 5 Eyes#74 of 237
- Android VPNs without email#79 of 143
- Ad blocker#96 of 129
- No IP logs#104 of 191
- Free VPNs for Android#111 of 225
- Free no-logs VPNs#112 of 203
- Free VPNs#125 of 282
- No-logs VPNs#129 of 389
- No-logs VPNs for Android#233 of 328
- VPNs for Android#271 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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Sources and changes
Collected 2026-10-15. No changes recorded since the first import.
- Website
- https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.goodbyeblock.xray
- Pages checked
- ["https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.goodbyeblock.xray&hl=en&gl=US", "https://service.goodbyeblock.com/"]
- Other sources used
- signup_email_required, anonymous_signup, trial_alternative, plan_names, crypto, live_chat: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.goodbyeblock.xray&hl=en&gl=US; collects_*, data_retention, country_restrictions, tos_prohibitions: https://service.goodbyeblock.com/
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