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ForestVPN: Hide IP, Secure VPN

LiveSWYPE2 apps · 64.6K installsProductivityFreeIn-app purchases: $7.99 - $49.99 per itemcom.forestvpn.android

No account, no card. Hide IP: 5 connections a day, up to 2 GB each.

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Total installs
63,187
exact · Play shows 50,000+
Installs / day
+110
7-day avg · last day +110
Rating
1.9★
210 ratings · 6 reviews
Released
4 Jun 2020
6.4y ago
Last update
11 Oct 2026
v4.0.21 · 2d ago
Countries
—
not checked yet

Install history

exact counter from Google Play
63.1K72.3K81.5K90.8K100K10 Oct12 Oct13 Oct
63.1K72.3K81.5K90.8K100K10 Oct12 Oct13 Oct

Installs per day · last 90 days

05010015020011 Oct12 Oct13 Oct

Change timeline

3 changesFull history
  1. Update date
    10 Oct 202611 Oct 2026
  2. Version
    4.0.20 → 4.0.21
  3. What's new
    What's new in 4.0.20: • Connection privacy improvements. • “Connect my devices” is more reliable. • Support codes are more reliable when your network changes. • Fixes for the in-app assistant on some networks. • Problem …What's new in 4.0.21: • Stronger key protection on more servers. • Network-aware routing picks the best route for your network automatically, with a switch to turn it off. • An optional three-server route on Premium. • L…

Country availability

Availability has not been checked for this app yet. “Check all countries” looks the app up in about 140 Google Play storefronts and shows where it is live, listed but not installable, or missing — plus any country-specific (custom) store listings.

Top countries

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Top chart positions

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App manifest

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Data safety

declared by the developer on Google Play
  • No data shared with third parties
  • Collects data Location, Personal info and 4 others
  • Data is encrypted in transit
  • You can ask for your data to be deleted

This is the developer's own declaration, summarised from the Play listing. The permissions below show what the app is technically able to access.

Permissions

12 in 5 groups
5 Sensitive2 Notable5 Routine

What this app can do with your phone

  • Use your camera to take photos and record videos
  • Read photos, videos, and other files saved in your phone's shared storage
  • Add, change or delete photos, videos and other files in your phone's storage
Photos/Media/FilesSensitive2

Access to photos, videos, music and other files stored on your device

  • Read photos, videos, and other files saved in your phone's shared storageread the contents of your USB storage · READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE
  • Add, change or delete photos, videos and other files in your phone's storagemodify or delete the contents of your USB storage · WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE
StorageSensitive2

Access to files, photos and media saved on your phone's storage

  • Read photos, videos, and other files saved in your phone's shared storageread the contents of your USB storage · READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE
  • Add, change or delete photos, videos and other files in your phone's storagemodify or delete the contents of your USB storage · WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE
CameraSensitive1

Access to your camera to take photos and record video

  • Use your camera to take photos and record videostake pictures and videos · CAMERA
Wi-Fi connection informationRoutine1

Access to details about Wi-Fi networks your device sees or uses

  • See whether Wi-Fi is on and details of the network you are connected toview Wi-Fi connections · ACCESS_WIFI_STATE
OtherNotable6

Access to miscellaneous device features that don't fit other categories

  • Start itself automatically as soon as your phone finishes turning onrun at startup · RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED
  • Keep your phone's processor or screen from going to sleep, which can use more batteryprevent device from sleeping · WAKE_LOCK
  • Check whether you are online and whether you use Wi-Fi or mobile dataview network connections · ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE
  • Connect to the internet to load content and send datafull network access · INTERNET
  • Make your phone vibratecontrol vibration · VIBRATE
  • Receive push messages sent from the app's servers over the internetreceive data from Internet · com.google.android.c2dm.permission.RECEIVE

Sensitive = can reach personal data, location, camera/mic or act on your behalf. Notable = changes how your device behaves. Routine = normal for almost every app. Source: Google Play's permission list for all versions of this app.

Store listing

Full description
No sign-up: no email, no password, no card. Android's VpnService sends your apps' traffic through an encrypted tunnel to a ForestVPN server, hiding your IP address from the sites you use. FREE TIER Up to 5 connections a day. A connection ends at 2 GB or after 24 hours, whichever comes first, or sooner when your data allowance runs low. It does not slow down before it ends; a notification warns you as its data runs low. The Account screen shows how many are left today. WHEN IT GOES WRONG ForestVPN reads its packet counters and reports the tunnel's state, where any fault is and how sure it is, and reconnects by itself after a move from Wi-Fi to mobile data. ONE TAP The first-screen ring connects and disconnects; so does a Quick Settings tile, which may open the app first. A searchable location list shows each location's plan and whether it is accepting connections yet. KILL SWITCH While ForestVPN runs, traffic stays in the tunnel through drops and reconnects unless a retry cannot fix the cause, which the app says. SPLIT TUNNELING On phones and tablets, pick apps that skip the VPN. On Android 13+, a printer or other local device can stay reachable. DNS CONTENT BLOCKING Pick a filtering DNS provider that screens malware or adult content, or up to three resolvers of your own. CONNECT AUTOMATICALLY ForestVPN can connect by itself on mobile data, open Wi-Fi (Android 13+), and after a restart. THE TUNNEL • Quantum, ForestVPN's own protocol: a Noise handshake using X25519, ChaCha20-Poly1305 and BLAKE2s. • Handshake and keepalive packets are padded to a varying size, except after a fallback to a standard, unpadded handshake. WHAT WE DO NOT KEEP No column anywhere for the sites you visit or the names you look up. One row ties your device, and any linked account, to each session it pays for, to meter data and cut off a revoked device; it is deleted an hour after the session settles, or up to 17 days later for an unused ticket. Which exit a session used is erased when it ends. WHAT WE DO COLLECT Per device: public key, platform, registration time, day last seen, any name you give it, any account link, data and connection counts per day (kept 31 days), and counts per month and any block with its reason (kept indefinitely). Each ticket request's country and network provider, and each connection's data use, are logged under a pseudonym for three months, to spot abuse and set limits. If you subscribe, your Google Play purchase token. ForestVPN adds no analytics or crash-reporting SDK. ACCOUNT NUMBER A 32-character account number, with no email or password, shares a subscription across linked devices. Only deleting the account unlinks a device; the app warns you before you link. PAID PLAN One paid plan, sold through Google Play, with price and billing period shown before you tap Continue. Cancel in Google Play, linked from the Account screen; you return to the free tier when the paid period ends. Terms: https://fvpn.net/legal/terms Privacy: https://fvpn.net/legal/privacy Help: https://fvpn.net/help

What's new

What's new in 4.0.21: • Stronger key protection on more servers. • Network-aware routing picks the best route for your network automatically, with a switch to turn it off. • An optional three-server route on Premium. • Locations your network can't reach are shown greyed out. • Other fixes and stability improvements.

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