Best VPNs for iPhone in the UK

iPhone and VPN: A Powerful Solution

Your iPhone can be a secure, anonymous entry point to the internet. Just install a virtual private network from our list of the UK’s 10 best.

What makes a good iPhone VPN:

• Privacy and Security
• Internet Speed
• App Design and UX
• Competitive Prices

We use our smartphones constantly these days. We rely on them for all kinds of everyday tasks. And though iPhones are less vulnerable to malware attacks than Android devices, you still need to consider your online safety.

Ever since the advent of online shopping and online banking we’ve been sharing a lot of sensitive data over the net. Installing a VPN for iPhone is the only way
to prevent personal information – think credit card numbers, user names, medical records, browsing history, passwords, stuff like that – from getting intercepted by hackers while browsing on a public network.

A VPN is essential for every iPhone user. But which VPN? That’s what this page is all about.

Our Review Methodology

With hundreds of VPN apps available in the App Store, you might find it hard to decide which provider to trust. Different companies offer various deals in terms of the number of users per subscription, encryption types, and cost of services. The details are overwhelming even to experienced users.

That’s why we have tested the market’s leading VPN service providers. Our goal is to help you identify the very best iPhone VPN solution for you.

Here are the criteria we consider crucial in a VPN for iOS:

Security and Privacy

The most important feature of a VPN is its ability to keep your online activity secure by extending a private network across the public internet. Installing a VPN application on your phone allows you to browse the internet without geo-restrictions and without anyone detecting your IP address and DNS requests.

We evaluate VPN providers on the encryption protocols they deploy and whether or not these can be adjusted by users. A kill switch is another feature we look for. A kill switch obstructs all internet connectivity when the VPN connection gets interrupted, preventing your true IP address from getting leaked. This feature is a must when downloading torrents, for example.

We also check the privacy policies of the companies behind the products to see how much user data they retain and whether their version of the omnipresent “Zero Logs Policy” holds up in the fine print hardly anyone ever reads.

Lastly, we note the locations where the companies are based, which can be a factor in the level of privacy they offer users. If a company is based in a country that falls under the jurisdiction of the “14-eyes” surveillance pact it might be bound by law to disclose data to law enforcement and government agencies, and perhaps even to corporations.

Internet Speed

Connecting to a remote server can throttle your internet speed and result in substandard service. However, some providers manage to maintain blazing-fast upload and download speeds even when connecting to servers halfway across the world.

Our testing method involves checking the speed of our internet connection on a 100 Mbps bandwidth and then comparing it to the results we got from different servers scattered around the world.

App Design and UX

User experience needs to be seamless for an app to land on our best VPN for iOS list. Apart from functioning well, we expect the app to be simple to install and use. Additional features like split-tunneling or changing the encryption algorithm and authentication key are always welcome, as well as the option to create your own list of favourite servers.

Helpful customer support also plays a role in the overall user experience, so we inspect how quickly and professionally customer support representatives reply to our queries and how useful the knowledgebase articles are. Offering a well-organized list of help articles no longer cuts it, as all the top VPN providers have raised the bar by implementing 24/7 support.

Lastly, we feel that the number of devices that are allowed to use the service per paid membership also affects the user experience, so we report it as well.

Competitive Prices

When choosing a VPN for your iPhone, your top priority should be security – but the price of the service cannot be overlooked either. That is why we analyze different companies’ pricing offers, as well as their free-trial and money back policies. We believe a good VPN service should provide for top-notch security without costing you an arm and a leg.

Our selection of the 5 best VPNs for iPhone in the UK

• NordVPN
• Keep Solid VPN Unlimited
• CyberGhost VPN
• ExpressVPN
• PIA VPN

How to pick the best VPN for iPhone for your needs

We have gathered all the relevant data on the UK’s top VPN services for iPhone. We have determined which we consider the top contenders, but since every user has different needs, your evaluation of which is the best VPN may differ. We think every user should rely on their own better judgment when choosing a VPN provider. Trusting strangers with your privacy and online safety is not a decision to be made lightly, especially if you live in a country that censors online content.

Here are a few pointers to consider when deciding which VPN provider to trust.

Choose Honest Policies

There are hundreds of VPN companies, but just a handful are truly open with users about what information they collect and retain. We believe in supporting companies that make their privacy policies easy to find and understand. And if a provider moves from words to actions, allowing independent auditors to check their no-logging policies, they earn our trust.

Choose Great Design

VPN services are accessible on many different devices. We understand that most companies focus on desktop clients. But if you plan to use VPN on your iPhone, it’s worth taking a moment to evaluate the design of the app before you download it.

Choose the right number of users

If you are a single globetrotter, the device limit of 3 won’t bother you. You’ll connect your iPhone, laptop, and tablet and be on your way to safely explore the internet. If you have a large family and strive to provide online security for everyone with just one membership, then you’ll steer clear from such deals.

Choose Excellent Support

The ins and outs of setting up a VPN protocol on different devices can leave you baffled. Hiccups can arise when servers get overloaded or when your Hulu streaming session gets interrupted for no apparent reason. Regardless of how tech-savvy you are, at some point you’ll find yourself looking for guidance. And that’s where good customer support makes a difference. We think it is wise to choose a company that provides help quickly since you will most likely need it.

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NordVPN

NordVPN is available on iOS, Mac, Windows, Android, Linux, Android TV, Chrome, and Firefox, and it has in-depth tutorials for protocol connectivity for all of them. That’s what we call starting off on the right foot.

Security

NordVPN is one of the best VPN service providers, with a huge network of servers – more than 5,200 of them – strategically placed in 62 countries around the world. This allows users to break free from their homeland’s internet censorship and access geo-restricted content while enjoying a fast internet connection. If you live in a country with heavily used internet services, NordVPN’s numerous servers will let you switch to a different region with fewer users so you can browse the internet more quickly – all while encrypting your every move.

NordVPN employs OpenVPN protocol and military-grade AES 256-bit encryption, which make its service extremely secure. In addition, you may choose to turn on the double data encryption feature and get a second layer of protection. With this option on, your data is being relayed not via one server but by two before reaching the website you want to visit. It keeps your internet activity private and known only to you.

Another factor that contributes to NordVPN’s tight security is its no-logging policy. As clearly stated on its Privacy Policy web page, NordVPN keeps no logging records and is “empowered to deny any third-party requests”. The fact they are based in Panama, outside the 14-eyes surveillance alliance, makes it possible for them to deny client data to prying third parties.

The key distinguishing feature that truly makes NordVPN the best VPN provider for iPhone in our opinion is the fact it allows for independent audits to verify the no-logging policy.

Furthermore, when testing their service for IP and DNS leaks we were pleased to find none. We checked for leaks using five different websites and got the results we wanted. No IPv4 nor IPv6 leaks, no DNS leaks – no leaks whatsoever. Preventing your private data from being shared without your knowledge is the whole point of having a VPN, so meeting this criterion is essential.

We also examined whether it is possible to stream Netflix videos and connect to peer-to-peer networks to download torrents. Torrenting worked without any issues, but Netflix put up a fight: We received a Streaming Error message when connecting to one of the US servers. The other five we tested streamed uninterrupted for hours.

Speed

After verifying that NordVPN’s service is truly secure, we went on to test the upload/download speed. With our physical location in the UK, we began by testing the baseline speed of our internet provider, without a VPN. The download speed of our internet connection was 100 Mbps. When switching to a server in nearby European countries the download speed remained pretty much the same, varying between 85 Mbps in Denmark and 95 Mbps in Germany.

When we increased the physical distance between ourselves and the servers, the speed decreased as expected. Switching to an automatically selected private VPN server in the US we got an extremely low download speed of 3.93 Mbps which we bypassed by manually selecting a less-busy server in a different location within the US. After this simple tweak, we were able to download content at 65 Mbps.

We got similar results when connecting to Canadian servers – a fairly low download speed when the server is assigned automatically and decent speeds of 30 to 60 Mbps when selecting a server manually.

User Experience

The sleek and easy-to-use VPN for iPhone app passed our user experience test with flying colours. Simple aesthetics featuring calming blue-and-white shades and a world map make the app very user-friendly.

The good news continues with the number of devices that can connect simultaneously. NordVPN lands slightly above the industry average with its six-user limit.

And those who are unfamiliar with this type of service or just hit an obstacle at some point can consult Nord’s friendly and knowledgeable customer-support representatives anytime. The team is available 24/7 via live chat and email.

Price

The price of the service completes our critique of the four most important criteria for evaluating a VPN provider. Signing up for a three-year plan will get you the best deal: $2.99 per month. In our judgment, these are extremely competitive prices for an excellent service. The downside is that there is no free trial plan. If you want a no-commitment trial you can sign up for a single month for $11.95.

The company allows refunds within 30 days of purchasing a subscription. However, if you make your purchase through the App Store you’ll need to get in touch with Apple regarding the refund.

Final Verdict

All things considered, NordVPN might be the market’s best VPN for Mac and iPhone due to its outstanding and verified security standards paired with reasonable pricing.

 

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KeepSolid VPN Unlimited Review

Security

VPN Unlimited is a product of American firm KeepSolid Inc. When doing research for this VPN review, this was our first concern. Companies based in the US need to comply with data-retention laws that might put your privacy at risk if the company finds itself legally bound to disclose client data. And VPN Unlimited collects quite a lot of data about its users, we learned.

Among the bits of personal information retained by the company are your user ID, the number of times you attempted to connect, connection types, devices you used, encryption types, the volume of data transferred during each session, and the dates of those sessions. This is a rather large amount of data and is certainly more than other VPN providers keep. KeepSolid’s privacy policy states that the data is used “strictly for technical purposes” and so far no privacy breaches have occurred.

On the plus side, the company offers users a number of protocols. They can opt for OpenVPN, IKEv2/IPSec, and KeepSolid Wise UDP and TCP. KeepSolid Wise is a protocol designed by the company to make VPN traffic appear as HTTPS traffic. It is extremely useful in countries without free internet access and in countries where VPNs are blocked.

The company’s network spreads across fewer servers than others that made our top list – only 400 – but the KeepWise protocol is reportedly excellent for overcoming censorship in countries that do their best to ban VPN use, countries like Saudi Arabia, Iran, and China. Some reviews named it the best VPN for iPhone in China but we were unable to test this first-hand.

If the primary reason for wanting a VPN app on your iPhone is to access geo-restricted Netflix series and films, then you will find VPN Unlimited an excellent service. We managed to stream Netflix while connected to 10 different servers, both in the US and the UK. Peer-to-peer sharing also works, so you will be able to safely download torrents on your iPhone and other devices.

Speed

VPN Unlimited outperformed the competition in our speed test. We uncovered no latency issues when establishing connections with 40 randomly chosen VPN servers worldwide. With our 100 Mbps UK broadband connection as our baseline, we began testing. All European servers performed well, with consistent 80 to 90 Mbps speeds, except Greece, where the 55 Mbps results were slower but still fast enough for HD video streaming and browsing.

Increasing the distance and moving into the US, the download speeds remained fast and reliable throughout both coasts 80-90 Mbps. These speed results give the competition a run for their money.

Only after moving even further away from our physical location did issues arise. Connections in Asia varied greatly from a speedy 60 Mbps in Japan to a measly 5 Mbps in Vietnam. Given the distance between us and those servers, the speed test results are understandable. They cast no shadow on the incredibly fast connections in the locations we would actually use.

User Experience

When it comes to the number of users, VPN Unlimited offers two options – five and 10 users, which can be purchased at different prices depending on the subscription plan you chose. The 10-user option is much better than the industry standard of five. With this many simultaneous users supported, it’s no wonder the service is available across a number of different operating systems like iOS, Android, Mac, and Windows.

Even though it seems great at first, the multiuser feature is flawed. Unlike other VPNs that simply limit the number of devices that use the service at any given time, VPN Unlimited requires its users to register five or 10 specific devices when setting up the app. Even if all of the registered devices are offline you would be unable to use the service you paid for if you tried to access it from an unregistered device. You can delete devices and add new ones via the company’s website but with a restriction of one device a week. This is a rather off-putting feature, not common with other providers.

The easy-to-navigate VPN app for iPhone features a map of the world. You can choose from three VPN protocols – OpenVPN, IKEv2, and KeepSolid’s own Wise UDP and TCP – and add certain servers to your list of favourites. Among the app’s useful features is an auto-connect option that activates on networks you’ve marked unsafe. However, the lack of a kill switch was unexpected and disappointing.

Price

VPN Unlimited’s one-month price falls under the industry average at $9.99 for 5 users. Choosing the yearly plan decreases the monthly charge to an affordable $5 per month. The best deal requires a three-year commitment. That gets you a charge of only $2.78 per month, which puts VPN Unlimited in the cheap VPN category.

If you go for the 10-user deal, pricing for a month of service is $14.99. The yearly charge is $7.50 per month and the three-year plan is $4.17 per month. Lifetime contracts require one-time payments of $199.99 for five users or $299.99 for 10.

Final verdict

In total, VPN Unlimited made the cut for the best VPN for iPhone list, as it offers three different protocols to choose from, it operates on a multitude of devices, it unblocks geo-locked content, and it costs less than some other providers. Nonetheless, we would like to see an improvement is the company’s privacy policy, which ought to be more straightforward and transparent about what the company does with all the user data it collects. And a kill switch should be added to the iOS app as soon as possible.

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CyberGhost review

Security

After testing CyberGhost VPN we can say there are many reasons why this provider deserves a spot on our list of top VPN services.

First we delved into the privacy policy to check what kind of information they keep on users. We were pleased with what we found – they keep no logging information. It is explicitly stated they neither monitor nor record users’ IP addresses, browsing history, traffic destination, data content, search preferences, or session duration. The company is based in Romania, which places it outside prying 14 eyes jurisdiction and further reassures us that user privacy is protected.

CyberGhost users can select from OpenVPN, IPSec, IKEv2, PPTP & L2TP protocols. However, on the iOS app, only IKEv2 encryption is supported. To ensure safe browsing at all times, the app has a kill switch that prevents your connection from accidental exposure. In case your internet connection gets interrupted while using CyberGhost VPN, instead of reconnecting with your original IP address – thus leaking it and putting your online security at danger – the app shuts off your internet connection altogether and reconnects via a VPN network.

Torrenting is allowed and the company is very upfront about it, openly recommending certain servers for that specific purpose. Unfortunately, this feature is available only for the desktop client.

In our experience, CyberGhost VPN proved to be great for unblocking Netflix. No wonder, as it has several servers employed on that task alone. You can even use the Tor browser with this VPN.

Speed

CyberGhost might not be the fastest VPN on the market but it offers decent bandwidth and would meet an average user’s needs. From our UK location and 100 Mbps broadband connection, we connected to a different UK server and got 65 to 70 Mbps throughput. Not bad, but not impressive.

Servers in Europe close to our physical location got us slightly slower results: 55 to 60 Mbps. A server in Greece got us 20 Mbps service. A UK-to-US connection with a New Jersey server was as fast as UK to Sweden, 55 to 60 Mbps. Communication with a server in California dropped to 40 to 45 Mbps.

What places CyberGhost among the best VPN services is the number of servers. The company’s constantly expanding network currently includes 3,674 servers located in 60 countries. The company would benefit from a few more in Africa and Asia, as the coverage of these two continents is skimpy.

User Experience

The CyberGhost app is easy to install on an iPhone or a desktop computer. In a few easy steps, we got the app up and running. Even though the CyberGhost VPN iPhone app features fewer options than the desktop client, you can still create your list of favourite servers and set default preferences for the networks you frequently use. Once you set this up, the VPN always encrypts your online activity when at the airport, for example, and fails to do so at work and at home.

Our experience with customer support was positive as we received prompt and helpful answers via live chat and email. The downside is that neither can be accessed directly from the app, but rather from the official website.

Currently, the company allows seven devices to use the service per account. This is a huge improvement, as the company initially had a ridiculous one-device-per-customer limit.

Price

What puts CyberGhost on our list of the best VPN providers are its competitive prices and plenitude of payment options, including credit card, PayPal, and BitCoin. You even get a seven-day free trial when you install the iOS app.

The price for one month is $12.99, which puts CyberGhost on the higher end of the spectrum. However, as you increase your commitment, the prices fall steeply. A yearly subscription brings the monthly charge to $5.99 and the most affordable, three-year plan will allow you to stay secure on the internet for only $2.75 a month.

Final Verdict

On the whole, we were satisfied with this VPN for iPhone since we could browse the internet safely knowing our kill switch would prevent any IP leak. With affordable prices, average bandwidth, and good encryption standards, the company fulfills most of our requirements.

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ExpressVPN review

After testing ExpressVPN, we were left with a remarkably long list of pros and just a couple of cons. We were impressed when evaluating the number of servers this company provides and their distribution. The British Virgin Islands-based VPN provider has more than 2,000 servers positioned in 160 location across 94 countries. In a battle between two of the industry’s best, ExpressVPN v. NordVPN, NordVPN has more servers – but ExpressVPN covers more locations, which prevents overcrowding and enables for faster connections. Express VPN wins.

Security

ExpressVPN really goes above and beyond to provide top-notch security and is very transparent about what type of data it collects about its users, what kind of security protocols it deploys, and which encryption keys it uses.

Not only can you install this excellent virtual private network on your iPhone, but you can do install it on basically every device and operating system, including your home router. This secures all the devices connected to your home network and it counts as just one user.

ExpressVPN stands out from the competition thanks to its own DNS servers, which almost eliminate the possibility of clients typing credit-card information on fake websites. Among other unexpected yet very useful features is the split-tunnelling system that gives users control over which iOS apps use the VPN and which are routed via your regular ISP. This option comes in handy when you come across an app that doesn’t function or is notably slower with a VPN app.

ExpressVPN offers its iPhone app users the option to choose from IKEv2 or OpenVPN protocol, unlike most competitors, who offer only one. And when accessing the service from a different client like Windows or Mac, users have an even broader selection of VPN protocols at their disposal: OpenVPN/TCP, OpenVPN/UDP, PPTP and L2TP – IPSec.

Having a kill switch that disables IP address leaks is a very important feature that keeps VPN users secure online and ExpressVPN is aware of this. They have a kill switch on their iOS app and across other devices too.

Reading through ExpressVPN’s privacy policy we were amazed at how little customer information the company keeps and how clearly it is explained for what purposes the information used. As stated on their website, there are no logs on the dates you use the service, your IP address, data content, traffic destination, or DNS queries.

Being one of the best VPNs out there, the company is completely upfront with users about what data it collects and explains it stores the version number of the clients installed and the total amount of data transferred each day. However, this information cannot be used to trace back an IP address with specific internet activity. Other companies surely keep the same data, but instead of disclosing it honestly as ExpressVPN does, they boast about having a “zero-log policy”.

Speed

We performed a test to see how quickly the connection with the ExpressVPN servers was established and got excellent results – we connected within five seconds, even to remote Australian servers.

With the bandwidth of 100 Mbps, our UK baseline connection operated at 95 Mbps. Using speed tests like Fast, Ookla, and Open Speed Test, the download speeds averaged around 90 Mbps in nearby countries like the Netherlands and Germany. Distant European countries were just a bit slower at 80 to 85 Mbps.

These amazing speed results were replicated even as the distance was increased. UK-to-US connections were as speedy as 85 Mbps with servers on the east coast and 78 Mbps on the west coast. VPN servers located in locations like Australia and New Zealand were a lot slower, with download speeds of 30 to 40 Mbps but still, if you’re not downloading mountains of data you would able to get things done at this pace.

Our tests were performed in a short period of time and they might not reflect your long-term user experience, but these were definitely the fastest results we got when testing VPN services.

User experience

What makes the ExpressVPN user experience so great is the number of platforms it supports, like iOS, Android, Mac, Windows, Linux, Apple TV, PlayStation, Kindle Fire, Fire TV, and Chromebooks. The company’s detailed setup instructions are first-rate.

Among numerous reasons ExpressVPN landed at the top of our best iOS VPN list is its reliable iPhone app. The interface is user-friendly and the app functions well without any bugs.

The limit of three devices per paid membership is below the industry standard of five, but the option of installing the VPN on your router and connecting as many devices as you wish makes up for this.

Price

Among the few drawbacks of this VPN service is its price. At $12.95 per month, ExpressVPN is among pricier providers. But the prices go down when you increase the length of the subscription, with $9.99 a month for the six-month deal and $8.32 monthly for the one-year plan. These prices are still higher than the competition, but they can be paid using a variety of payment options like credit cards, PayPal, BitCoin and some less widely offered payment methods like AliPay, Yandex Money, WebMoney, and more.

Final Verdict

In our opinion, ExpressVPN isn’t only the best VPN for iPhone but one of the best providers on the market regardless of the device you’re using to navigate the internet. The company’s dedication to high standards of security and performance, as well as the openness with clients is well worth the slightly above average prices the company charges.

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Private Internet Access Review

Private Internet Access VPN, or PIA for short, rounds up our list of the five best VPNs for iPhone.

Security

High security standards and customizable features make PIA one of our top recommendations. The company has a well-developed network of servers – over 3,300 in 52 locations across 32 countries.

The VPN protocol deployed by PIA on both desktop and mobile devices is a tried-and-true OpenVPN. As for the encryption key, this function is customizable. The default setting is the slightly less secure AES-128 encryption protocol with SHA1 authentication and RSA-2048 handshaking. A new user will have no need to tweak this, but advanced users will be happy to learn they can adjust the encryption algorithm to AES-256 – and even reset the authentication key and handshaking in the app settings menu.

We tested the PIA VPN for DNS and IPv6 leaks and are glad to report we found none. This means your IP address is hidden at all times when the PIA app is running and that your DNS requests stay unknown to your ISP.

Another feature setting this VPN provider apart is the fact they have opened their iOS app and Apple library to the public, making them open source. PIA’s source code can now be freely examined by developers so potential threats to users’ security can be spotted and bugs removed. We see this as a welcome effort to make their service more transparent, which will consequently contribute to its improvement.

The fact that the company is based in the US and thus falls under 5-eyes intelligence monitoring raised a serious privacy concern in our book. However, our minds were put at ease by two court cases in which the FBI requested PIA to submit logs on some of its clients’ activities and the company was unable to submit any as they do not keep logs. This certainly backed their “no logging” policy, which could be easier to find on their website and would benefit from clearer language.

Speed

We deployed our usual thorough testing methods to evaluate the speed PIA VPN servers can achieve and the results were pretty good. When connecting to its 52 locations we faced no latency issues and were able to connect within seconds.

With our physical location in the UK and a bandwidth of 100 Mbps we started off with a 97 Mbps download speed. We were able to reach PIA’s European servers with a consistent and above-average download speed of 70 to 90 Mbps. Crossing the pond and connecting to servers throughout the US got us surprisingly similar results, 70 to 90 Mbps on each and every one of the 14 servers we tested.

Only when we connected to remote servers in the UAE, Hong Kong, India, Japan, and Singapore was our bandwidth throttled to 20 to 40 Mbps. Nevertheless, our speed test showed us consistent results in Europe and the US, which we believe are more popularly accessed server locations than their counterparts in Asia.

User Experience

This iPhone VPN app provides a pleasant user experience even for complete newbies. Apart from its simplicity, the iOS app has features more proficient users will love too, like to option to select the desired security protocol (OpenVPN, IPsec, or IKEv2) and the type of connection (UDP or TCP).

Users of all levels of familiarity with VPNs will appreciate the fact that peer-to-peer protocols and streaming Netflix worked well when we tested the app, even though we came across some negative reviews of the Netflix unblock feature when doing our research.

Customer support left us wanting more. Even though one can find a decent number of helpful articles in their knowledgebase, the live chat is available only between 9 am and 6 pm.

PIA VPN scored additional points with the number of users it allows per device. As of 2019, the company raised the limit from five to 10, putting it well ahead of the competition.

Price

PIA was known as a cheap VPN provider for a long time, but it increased its prices along with the number of users supported per contract. We see this as a fair trade, since prices haven’t skyrocketed and the 10-user limit is double the industry standard.

You can sign up for a monthly membership for $9.95 or commit to a yearly plan and pay $5.99 monthly. Cut your costs even further with a two-year membership and pay $3.45 per month.

Final Verdict

PIA made our list of best VPN for iOS apps because it offers its users the option to adjust the protocol and the type of connection. To ensure safe browsing without IP leaks it deploys a kill switch, meeting the industry standard. In our experience, it works well with torrents and P2O and it has great speed across almost all of its robust network. Overall, it earned our seal of approval.

VyprVPN has the fastest speeds in the game. A test by IGN found out that VyprVPN is 3x faster than most VPNs. VyprVPN is billed at £45.91 annually while VyprVPN Premium costs £61.24 per year.

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Frequently Asked Questions

1. What is a VPN?

A virtual private network, or VPN, is a service that ensures your online activity stays safe and private by extending your private network across the public one, allowing you to share data via a public network as if your devices were connected to a secure private network. Think of it as a secure information tunnel between multiple devices on the internet.

2. Why use a VPN?

Sending and receiving data over a public network, like the one at your university, library, or shopping centre, can expose you to many dangers lurking on the web – hacker and malware attacks, identity theft, data selling, and more.

By using a VPN protocol to encrypt your data and routing your connection through a safe private network, you mask your true IP address and open yourself up to many advantages that include:

• Safely accessing public networks without the risk of your sensitive data (usernames, passwords, and credit card information) being stolen by malicious network administrators and hackers
• Unlocking geo-blocked content like Netflix, Hulu, BBC, and Amazon Prime.
• Using peer-to-peer networks and torrenting
• Bypassing censorship
• Staying anonymous and avoiding ads

3. How to get a VPN?

This mature technology has been around for quite a while, so it is available across almost all devices that can connect to the internet – mobile phones, tablets, laptop and desktop computers, routers, game consoles and so on. In order to start using a VPN, you need to install the app on one of those devices. Some companies offer free trial periods but in most cases, you’d need to choose a paid membership option varying from monthly to three-year deals.

4. What does VPN mean on my iPhone?

VPN is short for virtual private network, and it means the same across different internet-connected devices. Employing a VPN on an iPhone means you will be able to keep your anonymity when browsing, hide your IP address, unblock websites, stream without limitations, and share confidential data securely.

5. How to use a VPN?

The process consists of three simple steps. Go to the Apple Store and download the iPhone VPN app of your choice. Before completing the download you will need to pick a membership type if there is no free trial available.

After you finish this first step, open the app and complete the configuration by setting up the VPN connection and giving or denying the requested authorizations to receive important notifications and share analytical data with the app.

Once the setup is completed, all you need to do is enter the iOS app and turn it on with a single tap. Every time the app is on, you will be able to use the internet safely knowing your true IP address is hidden and that your privacy and anonymity are ensured by encryption.

6. Is VPN safe for iPhone?

Installing a VPN for iPhone is supposed to increase your online safety by encrypting the data that leaves your phone. That said, there are still a few potential threats you should keep an eye out for.

VPN companies that log your browsing data and sell it to advertising partners defeat the purpose of installing a VPN. You can protect yourself from this kind of bad practice by carefully reading the privacy policy of the provider you select – and ultimately hope the company respects it.

Also, watch out for VPN scams – free VPN apps for iPhone that promise to keep you safe online without any cost involved often turn out to be crafted by hackers whose goal is to exploit your sensitive data and potentially steal your identity. A deal that seems a little too good to be true can have dire consequences, so think twice before installing suspicious software on your iPhone.

7. Which free VPN is best for iPhone?

We would recommend refraining from using free VPN applications on your iPhone. The best VPN apps for iPhone inevitably come with a price tag. However, some companies allow for free trial periods. For instance, CyberGhost is a dependable VPN company that gives users a chance to try out their iOS app for 7 days without charge.

8. What is the best VPN app for iPhone?

Even after thoroughly testing many VPN apps for iPhone, it is hard to decide which one earns the title of the best VPN for 2019. Considering the military-grade encryption and overall service they provide, we would say NordVPN and ExpressVPN are great choices.

9. Can I put a VPN on my iPhone?

Absolutely! You can install a VPN on your iPhone and enhance your online privacy and security. There are two ways to go about this.

If you are looking for an all-purpose VPN to use for safe browsing, downloading torrents, and unblocking certain website, you can download one of the best VPNs in the UK we approved after testing them.

You also have the possibility to configure a VPN client manually. This is common if you work in a company that has its own VPN and you need to access the company network remotely. In this case, you will go to the iPhone VPN settings and input the information provided by your company like server ID, remote ID, user name, and password.

We hope that you found our VPN for iPhone reviews useful and that they helped you select the provider that best meets your particular needs.