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PryVPN
What it's for
Privacy tools
Guides
- All privacy guides
- Incognito mode vs. a VPN: what each one actually hides
- Is public Wi-Fi safe? What the network can see about you
- What your internet provider can see, and how to stop it
- How to use a VPN on Android: install, connect and check it works
- Auto-connect a VPN on Android: on untrusted Wi-Fi, at startup or always
- Ad blocker for Android: block ads in every app with a DNS filter
- How to change your country on Android: IP location, Google Play and region
- VPN vs. proxy: the difference, and which one to use on Android
- How to hide your IP address on Android: with a VPN, Tor Browser or a proxy
- Does a VPN slow down your internet? What affects speed, and how to keep it fast
Blog
Blog topics
Blog articles
- What does DNS reveal about you? A plain-English guide
- Evil twin Wi-Fi: how fake hotspots work and how to spot one
- Always-on VPN vs Block connections without VPN: what happens on Android when your VPN drops
- See what your Wi-Fi network sees: how our free privacy test works
- Why PryVPN installs only from Google Play, and why there's no APK
- Free Android VPN for censored sites and apps: what gets blocked, why, and how to get through safely
- Is your VPN leaking? How to check for DNS, IPv6 and WebRTC leaks in two minutes
- Website blocked on your network? How DNS, SNI and IP blocking work in 2026
- Do I need a VPN when traveling? Hotel Wi-Fi, banking apps and roaming
- Is a free VPN safe? 9 checks to make before you install one
- Private DNS vs VPN on Android: which one do you need, and can you use both?
- Samsung Galaxy keeps closing your VPN? The settings that stop it
- Why university and work Wi-Fi blocks VPNs, and when not to work around it
- VPN keeps disconnecting on Android? The battery settings that fix it, by brand
- What PryVPN stores, line by line, and who pays for it
- What "no logs" really means in a VPN, and how to check it
- Hotel Wi-Fi blocking your VPN? Here's why, and what works
- What can the Wi-Fi owner see? At home, at work and in a hotel, with and without a VPN
Help center
Getting started
- Getting started with PryVPN
- Why Android asks for the VPN permission
- What PryVPN protects, and what it doesn't
Connecting and locations
- How Smart Location picks a server
- Choosing a location
- Using PryVPN when you travel
- What “Busy” means on a location
- Protocol: Auto, UDP or Stealth
- What “Network”, “Server” and “Tunnel” mean
- Automatic switching to a backup server
Troubleshooting
- PryVPN won't connect: start here
- No internet, with or without PryVPN
- Wi-Fi login pages in hotels, airports and cafés
- Public Wi-Fi in cafés, hotels and airports
- PryVPN doesn't connect on mobile data
- Prepaid plans with free apps
- Networks that block VPNs: work, school and some countries
- IPv6-only networks
- Connected, but some sites or apps don't load
- Wrong date or time on your phone
- Battery settings: keep PryVPN running (Samsung, Xiaomi and others)
- Nothing connects after an Android 16 update
- Another VPN, a work profile or a blocked device
- Android Auto, Chromecast and other devices with a VPN
Protection features
- Kill Switch and Always-on VPN
- Split tunneling: choose which apps use the VPN
- Allow local network: printers, Chromecast and home devices
- Hotspot: devices you share your connection with
- DNS filters, custom DNS and Android's Private DNS
- The leak test