#Overplay vpn review android
#Overplay vpn review windows

It gave us access to US Netflix and Disney+, but failed with Amazon Prime Video, and somehow disabled BBC iPlayer (we didn't get the 'not available in your region' error, but we weren't able to stream anything, either.) OverPlay's website unblocking performance was, well, mixed. We use a number of speed tests to determine the performance of each VPN we review (Image credit: Ookla) Performance

That might be a contributing factor to our issues: OverPlay's systems used to work, years ago, but they've not been maintained and cracks are beginning to appear. was not correctly installed' (another problem unchanged from a year ago) wasn't exactly encouraging, but we told the installer to ignore it, and this didn't seem to cause any issues.Ĭhecking the installed files, we found OverPlay's client executable was dated 2016. A warning message that 'Visual C++ Redistributable for Visual Studio 2013. We reported this in our previous review, more than a year ago, but nothing has changed, which presumably gives us an idea of how much attention OverPlay pays to its site.Įventually, we found, downloaded and launched the installer ourselves. Unfortunately, they were all broken, and gave us 'page doesn't exist' errors.

#Overplay vpn review android

Signing up for an account is easy enough, and once we'd handed over our cash (PayPal and cards are accepted), a web console seemed to offer us links to setup instructions for Windows, Mac, Android and iOS. Unfortunately the setup links provided by OverPlay did not work (Image credit: OverPlay)

Essentially this involves applying new DNS settings to your device, then using a web console to set a custom location for every supported site (Netflix, Amazon Instant, Disney Channel, Hulu, Now TV, Zattoo and more.) There's no encryption, it's just about unblocking websites, but this can be effective, it won't slow down your connection speeds, and it's around half the price of the VPN. If you're interested in site unblocking then you could try OverPlay's bundled SmartDNS system to see if it works for you.

Want to try OverPlay? Check out the website here (opens in new tab).

( NordVPN and ExpressVPN allow five, Private Internet Access supports 10, and Windscribe has no limits at all.)

#Overplay vpn review windows

70+ locations in 50+ countries isn't bad, for instance, but there are just 650+ servers, you get Windows and desktop apps only, and OverPlay supports only three simultaneous connections. That's a much higher price than most of the competition (subscribe for two or three years and even some top VPN providers charge under $3 a month), and the service specs are only average.