Windows/iOS/Android/Chrome/Firefox: A good VPN is a handy tool. A free, unlimited one is even better. Betternet aims to make using a VPN (as well as my wordplay) dead simple.


Betternet doesn’t have any usage limits for its service, and users aren’t required to register any personal information in order to sign up. The service doesn’t track any user information. 100% of its revenue comes from ads within some of the Betternet apps. You can see a detailed breakdown of the company’s costs, as well as its revenue source, here.

Update: To clarify how Betternet works, the service claims that it does not collect or store any personal browsing information. However, the third-party networks that provide the ads may use tracking cookies to monitor how ads perform. Per the company’s TOS:

If you use this Service, Betternet is using third party advertising services which are allowed to show you advertising contents based on their own terms and conditions and privacy policies. Advertising contents may be shown on top of the page, inserted in the contents of the page, or displayed in different positions in the page while you are using the Service. Betternet does not confirm any information, materials, products, or services contained in or accessible through Advertisements. Using or downloading materials, information, products and services offered by advertisements is totally at your own risk. If you have any difficulty or problem with the advertisements contents and materials please try to solve it through the third parties offering the advertisements.


On the one hand, this type of agreement isn’t that much broader than any other advertising services. On the other hand, this may be the exact type of thing you use a VPN to avoid. Betternet is still probably good for use on public Wi-Fi or to quickly bypass a filter, but this should be important to keep in mind if you need to do anything that requires any level of security.

Betternet via Android Police