DotVPN review

Supported Devices

Interestingly, there is no desktop client. However, their site states there will Mac and PC versions in the future.

Until then, you can use DotVPN on Android and iOS and there are browser extensions for Chrome, Firefox, and Opera.

Ease of Use

If you’ve used a VPN before then you’ll be right at home with DotVPN’s interface. It is super simple to use. You can find everything you need with just a couple of taps.

The main screen gives you information on your connection status and time, server location, and malicious activities.

The UI also changes color when you’re connected or disconnected giving you immediate visual feedback on whether the VPN is active.

Simultaneous Connections

If you pay for the premium tier, you can get up to five simultaneous connections -- an average amount for the current VPN market.

However, the free tier only supports a single connection. Don’t expect to protect every device in your home on the free plan unless you sign up for multiple accounts.

Included Features

Even with the premium version, DotVPN features are sparse. However, they offer just enough to make sure the service is easy to use and effective.

Popular features include:

• Unlimited bandwidth
• Server switching
• Auto connection to the least busy server in a chosen location
• Ad and tracker blocking
• P2P support
• OpenVPN protocol for military grade encryption
  
  

The only major omission is the lack of a killswitch. For many, this is a must-have for security.

Privacy and Logging

DotVPN touts a no logging policy and also runs their own DNS servers to avoid DNS leaks.

However, when experts inspected their privacy policy, they found that some minor information is in fact logged -- such as your IP address. Still DotVPN only stores it for 24 hours after you connect.

With that said, the company says they won’t sell or share the information with anyone unless forced to do so by a Hong Kong court.

Performance

Critics weren’t expecting too much in the performance department. And yet, they were still disappointed with the very slow speeds offered by DotVPN -- even when testing locally.

When testing servers further away, speeds dropped to the point they could not stream HD videos.

Support

Have some questions? Unfortunately, the only way you’ll get them answered is by emailing support or browsing the FAQs. And while you’ll get a response in an hour, many reviewers had trouble understanding responses because of grammar and language issues.

Also, the company has not updated its mobile apps since 2015. So if you run into any bugs, you might not see updates to fix them anytime soon.

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Summary

It might be cheap, but reviewers have a hard time recommending DotVPN -- even with its free option.

TechRadar states, “Underpowered, with broken features, dire performance and no updates for the mobile apps since 2015, DotVPN is an unprofessional mess of a service.”