Windscribe Test Report

Here’s the checklist sheet to Windscribe VPN’s score.

I went through the 28 testing elements on Windscribe.

The final score is 71 over 100!

Inspect Elements	Checked	Point Weight
Kill Switch	✓	4/4
Outside 14 Eyes	✗	0/4
No Logs	✓	4/4
OpenVPN Protocol	✗	0/4
AES-256	✓	4/4
Double VPN Servers Routing (MultiHop)	✓	4/4
Private DNS (Smart DNS)	✗	0/4
No Bandwidth Limit	✓	3/3
P2P Function	✓	3/3
Public Wifi Protection	✓	4/4
Own Server Farm	✗	0/4
Google Play Review	(34,772)	5/5
App Store Review	(9,899)	5/5
Download Speed Reduction	✓	1/4
Upload Speed Reduction	✓	1/4
Latency/Ping	✓	1/4
Ad-Blocker	✓	2/2
Unlimited Devices	✓	2/2
Obfuscation/Camouflage Mode	✓	3/3
DNS Leak Test	✓	4/4
WebRTC Leak Test	✓	4/4
IPV6 Leak Test	✓	4/4
Autoconnect	✓	4/4
GPS Spoofing	✓	4/4
Secure Hotspot	✓	3/3
Auto Cookies Deletion	✗	0/2
Ddos Protection	✓	2/2
Scan Downloaded File	✗	0/2

Last fact checked: 15th February, 2021

Ranked 8th from all of the best VPN tested.

Beta Distribution for Google Play and App Store Review

Playstore review of 4.4 stars rating from 34,772 individuals score is 0.88

Appstore review of 4.7 stars rating from 9,899 individuals score is 0.94

Remark:
Calculation closer to 1 is better.
1.00 < x < 0.8 – earn 5 points
0.79 < x < 0.6 – earn 4 points
0.59 < x < 0.4 – earn 3 points
0.39 < x < 0.2 – earn 2 points
0.19 < x < 0.0 – earn 1 point

Speed Test

Type	Without Windscribe	With Windscribe	Differences in %
Download	29 Mbps	11 Mbps	-62.07%
Upload	29 Mbps	18 Mbps	-37.93%

Speed Test without Windscribe — Without Windscribe (Benchmark)

Speed Test with Windscribe — With Windscribe

Remark:
We are using fast.com to run the speed test for download and upload speed.
x < 5% – earn 4 points
x < 10% – earn 3 points
x < 15% – earn 2 points
x < 20% – earn 1 point

Latency / Ping Test

Locations	Without Windscribe	With Windscribe	Differences
Washington	324 ms	303 ms	-21 ms
San Francisco	227 ms	340 ms	+113 ms
Sao Paulo	423 ms	421 ms	-2 ms
Hong Kong	67 ms	469 ms	+402 ms
Amsterdam	269 ms	451 ms	+182 ms
Moscow	306 ms	457 ms	+151 ms
Average	269 ms	407 ms	+138 ms

Ping Test without Windscribe — Without Windscribe

Ping Test with Windscribe — With Windscribe

Remark:
Greater the measure distance, higher the ping time will be . Calculation is based on the average ping time.
x < 60 ms – earn 4 points
x < 100 ms – earn 3 points
x < 150 ms – earn 2 points
x < 200 ms – earn 1 point

DNS Leak Test

Usually I would connect to the nearest country to my location. But the free version of Windscribe has limited selection of location, so I will just go with the US. All great.