Planet Free VPN ™ Super Proxy

Review by eFreeware

If you want a VPN on your phone without paying for one, Planet Free VPN is built around that idea. It is a free Android app from the developer Free VPN Planet, and the pitch is simple: no registration, no personal details, and a set of servers you can connect to at no cost. The install numbers are hard to ignore — more than 50 million downloads and a 4.6 average across roughly two million ratings — which tells you plenty of people have at least given it a try.

What you get for nothing is a small but usable network: six locations spread across five countries, namely the USA, the UK, France, the Netherlands and Germany. The developer says there are no restrictions on time, bandwidth or speed on those free servers, which is the part that matters most if you plan to leave it running through the day rather than for a few minutes at a time.

The app has been available since May 2022 and was last updated in October 2026, so it is a product that is still being worked on rather than one that has been left to sit. For someone who wants a straightforward privacy tool on a phone — something to switch on before logging into a bank app on public Wi-Fi, or to keep a connection encrypted while traveling — this is the sort of app that fits the brief.

Who this app is built for

The clearest audience here is the casual user. Someone who wants their traffic encrypted on a phone or tablet, does not want to hand over an email address to get started, and is not looking to configure anything complicated. The no-registration approach means you can install it and connect, which suits people who find account sign-ups a barrier.

The second group is travelers and people working away from home. The developer highlights connecting to work systems, banking and local resources while traveling, which is a common reason to reach for a VPN. If you are on a hotel network or a café connection and want a layer of encryption between your device and the internet, the free locations cover a handful of common destinations.

It also makes sense for anyone who wants a low-commitment way to try a VPN before deciding whether to pay for one. Because the free tier is not time-limited or bandwidth-limited according to the developer, you can use it as your everyday connection for as long as it does what you need, and only consider the paid side if your requirements grow.

Where I would temper expectations is around scale. Five countries is a narrow footprint compared with what paid services typically offer, and if your main goal is reaching a specific region outside those five, the free tier will not get you there. That is not a flaw so much as the shape of the product: it is a free service with a deliberately limited map, and the wider map sits behind the subscription.

Privacy, logging and how the connection works

The core of any VPN is what it does with your traffic, and the developer is explicit here: the app encrypts the connection between your device and the internet, which keeps your activity away from anyone watching the network. It also states a no-logs policy, meaning activity is not stored, and notes that the service operates under Romanian law. That legal detail matters to people who follow where a provider is based, and it is worth reading the terms if jurisdiction is something you care about.

Beyond encryption, the app hides your IP address, which is the mechanism behind the claim of browsing with anonymity. In practice this is what stops a website from seeing your real location and what stops your internet provider from seeing which sites you visit. The app is presented as protection from hackers, from your ISP and from surveillance, which is the standard case for a VPN and the reason most people install one.

The app supports more than one protocol, so you can pick between options rather than being locked into a single method of connecting. The developer does not go into detail about which protocols are available, but having a choice is useful if you run into a network that blocks one style of connection and you want to try another.

There is also a killswitch, which cuts your internet connection automatically if the link to the server drops. That is a meaningful safety feature: without it, a dropped tunnel can briefly expose your real connection, and with it, the app shuts things down rather than letting traffic slip out unprotected.

Free servers, premium servers and the shared account

For a free VPN that is a generous position, and it is the main reason the app has attracted the audience it has. If your needs are modest — a secure connection at home, at a café, or on a trip to one of those five countries — the free side may be all you ever touch.

The Premium subscription changes the scale of the network considerably. It opens up more than 1,260 servers in over 60 countries, which turns a five-country service into something closer to a full global one. Premium adds an ad blocker and an app filter. The app filter is the more interesting of the two, because it lets you choose which apps route their traffic through the VPN and which ones are treated as exceptions. That kind of split tunneling is handy if you want, say, a banking app protected while another app uses your normal connection.

There is also a shared account arrangement. You can create a free account and link a Premium subscription across up to ten devices, covering phones, tablets, laptops and similar hardware. That is a practical detail for a household or for one person with several devices, since it avoids paying separately for each one.

Support is available around the clock through live chat or email. For a free product, having a support channel at all is a point in its favor, particularly if you run into trouble connecting while traveling.

What it costs and what comes with it

The app itself is free to download, and it contains advertising. It also offers in-app purchases, which is how the Premium subscription is sold. Those are the three facts that shape the cost picture: no upfront price, ads in the free experience, and a paid tier available inside the app.

The free tier is not a trial in the usual sense. The developer does not put a clock on it or meter your usage, so you can treat it as a permanent free service and never spend anything. The Premium subscription is the route to the larger server network, the ad blocker and the app filter, and it is the only thing the in-app purchases appear to relate to.

Subscription prices are not laid out, so I cannot tell you what Premium costs or whether there are different terms for different periods. The free version stands on its own rather than expiring, which makes the decision to upgrade a question of whether you need more countries or the extra filtering tools.

If ads in a privacy tool feel like an odd combination, that is a fair reaction, and it is the trade-off the free tier makes. The ad blocker is a Premium feature, so the free experience and the paid one differ on that front as well.

How it compares with the alternatives

Against other free VPNs, the strongest argument for Planet Free VPN is the absence of limits on time, bandwidth and speed on the free servers. Plenty of free services in this category restrict one or more of those, so a free tier that does not is a real differentiator. The no-registration approach reinforces that, since you are not trading an email address for access.

Against paid VPN services, the comparison is less flattering in coverage but more so in cost. A paid service typically offers a much wider country list, which is exactly what the Premium tier here provides with its 60-plus countries. If your requirement is a specific region outside the free five, you are choosing between upgrading within this app and paying a dedicated VPN provider instead.

There is also the question of what you are using it for. A dedicated VPN aimed at streaming or at business use may offer features this one does not include, while a simple privacy tool for a phone is precisely what this app is. The killswitch, the protocol choice and the no-logs stance put it in the same conversation as general-purpose VPN apps rather than niche tools.

For someone who mainly wants encryption on a phone without a subscription, the free tier here is a reasonable place to start, and the upgrade path is there if the five-country limit becomes a problem. That is a sensible structure: try it at no cost, and pay only if the free map stops being enough.

Where the free tier runs out

The obvious limitation is geography. Six locations in five countries will cover a lot of casual use, but it will not cover everything, and anyone who needs to appear in a country outside that list has to look at the Premium tier. That is the single biggest reason someone would end up paying.

The second is the ad blocker and app filter, both of which are described as Premium features. If split tunneling matters to you — routing some apps through the VPN and leaving others alone — that capability sits behind the subscription rather than in the free version.

Finally, there is the advertising in the free app. It is a free product with ads, and that is the arrangement. Whether the trade is acceptable depends on how much the ads bother you and how much you value the unlimited free servers, which is the thing you are getting in return.

The case for installing it

The unlimited free servers, the killswitch, the choice of protocols and the no-logs stance add up to a credible free offering, and the 50 million-plus installs suggest it has found a wide audience.

If you need a broader network, the Premium tier with its 1,260-plus servers in more than 60 countries is the natural next step, and the ten-device shared account makes that easier to justify across a household. The ad blocker and app filter come with it.

I would install it first as a free app and see whether the five-country footprint covers your routine. If it does, you have a workable VPN at no cost. If it does not, you will know quickly, and the upgrade is waiting inside the app.