80 ANDROID ADVISOR • ISSUE 72
TunnelBear’s app has two main buttons. At the
top is an on/off button for the connection, and at the
bottom is the location selector. The rest of the app
shows a map of your current or VPN-based location.
Dipping into TunnelBear’s settings there are options
to auto-connect on insecure Wi-Fi, as well as protect
against deep packet inspection (dubbed GhostBear),
and an Internet kill switch called VigilantBear. Finally
there’s SplitBear, a split tunnelling feature that keeps
specific apps outside of the VPN tunnel.
TunnelBear says it doesn’t log your browsing
activity, but it will log your OS version, TunnelBear
app version, whether or not you were active in a given
month and total data used in a given month.
It charges £53 per year with five simultaneous
device connections. It’s a good price, and while
it doesn’t have the same amount of features as
NordVPN, it’s a great choice for newbies.
Best for beginners, option 2
SaferVPN
Price: $65.88 (around £58) per year from
fave.co/39rFwsJ
SaferVPN has good performance with more than 400
servers in 29 countries. Its privacy policy makes the
right promises overall, but it probably won’t appeal to
the ultra privacy conscious.
Another good choice for beginners, SaferVPN
doesn’t offer a free bandwidth cap, but it does have
a six-day free trial. The Android app has a simple
global map with your location, and then a Connect/
