TunnelBear Reviews

While it has a nice user interface with cute bear animations, and has spent a lot of advertising money on YouTube, TunnelBear is not the greatest VPN out there. For the price, there are much faster VPNs with more features.

- cute interface
- user friendly and very simple
- generous free data cap (if you retweet their ads)

- very slow at times
- not a lot of choice in terms of location, and very little redundant nodes
- doesn't get around region-locked content
- expensive compared to the competition

It was really easy to sign up, and give them my payment information but it was impossible to cancel and stop them from charging me even when I did it early. You can't trust them with your payment information.

Not only is TunnelBear slow and disconnects a lot, but even when I canceled 4 days early, they charged me for another month.

My overall overview is awesome since I use TunnelBear to access websites that are locked on my IP address.

I like that TunnelBear offers free MBs for referring other users and tweeting them on Twitter.
It is affordable and offers a lot of plans.

I don't like how it has few servers and they don't offer more than one server for a single location.

TunnelBear VPN helps me to secure my personal data on internet. It adds lots of encryption and blocks trackers to get my personal information. These make it great to use as a VPN.

Easy to activate VPN, just a single click and you are good to go. Very modern user interface. Gives you a back door to access blocked sites.

It has very low data limit on free plan. You need to upgrade to connect further.

TunnelBear is a decent VPN software providing you with a secure way to browse the internet. Although streaming performance is not very good, it offers good privacy and a stable connection.

Easy to use app
Great for privacy - No logging policy
Available across most platforms and on mobile
Supports up-to 5 devices per account
Free version

Slow speed - not optimal for streaming.
Free version is very limited - only 500 mb data usage.
Limited support on Linux.

Overall, it has been remarkably great to access all the geo locked websites from anywhere with TunnelBear over the internet.

I am able to access websites that are restricted from my local IPs from anywhere with TunnelBear.
It offers free Mbs for referring and tweeting them.

Unavailability of a lot of servers is the biggest issue so far.

I looked up reviews on VPNs that are the best for the price and TunnelBear came back near the top. I used it in free version for a while when I travel overseas and found it to be good and worth the paid version. A year later, I found myself not switching it on because when I did, my throughput slowed down significantly. I have since canceled my subscription and only keep the free version installed if I need it in a pinch.

Easy interface and easy to pick which country you want to tunnel through. Free version is enough to get by if you only use it once or twice a month and is full featured minus GB limit.

They say you get free GB from doing things such as sharing, posting or referring but I never got a single increase. Emailed their customer service about it and never got any resolution.

Overall, it has been effectively easy to access websites that are prohibited in our local IPs without having to incur even a penny.

I like that TunnelBear has both mobile and PC applications.
It has a lot of servers, which they allocate at fair cost estimation.

I do not have aspects that let me down while using TunnelBear.

It's okay for basic purposes, but don't expect more than that. For what it is and its price, it's not bad and honestly, you could just stick to the free version is getting around blocks is all you need. If you want a more secure VPN or lots of region options, this isn't for you. The bears are cute though and I did enjoy watching the little animations, but they really don't add anything to the service beyond nice aesthetics and friendly atmosphere.

It's got a free version and the paid version isn't that expensive. TunnelBear puts a lot into their presentation with their cutesy bear animations and feels very modern and for more basic users just looking to get around region blocks to watch a video on YouTube or something similar. For most people, what it offers may be good enough. I used both the free and paid versions for quite a while, and never had any issues with paying or canceling when I did stop using it.

When you do use it, expect your internet speed to slow down to an absolute crawl. There aren't many regions you can switch between. After a while, I was curious how well it was actually masking my location and while I could usually get around region-locked content, doing some tests made it obvious my location wasn't completely being hidden. If you're really interested in seriously increasing privacy, something like this isn't for you.