TunnelBear Testing Report

TunnelBear Score Card

Inspect Elements	Checked	Point Weight
Kill Switch	✓	4/4
Outside 14 Eyes	✗	0/4
No Logs	✓	4/4
OpenVPN Protocol	✓	4/4
AES-256	✓	4/4
Double VPN Servers Routing	✗	0/4
Private DNS	✓	4/4
No Bandwidth Limit	✓	3/3
P2P Function	✓	3/3
Public Wifi Protection	✓	4/4
Own Server Farm	✗	0/4
Google Play Review	291,391	5/5
App Store Review	56,063	5/5
Download Speed Reduction	✓	4/4
Upload Speed Reduction	✓	4/4
Latency/Ping	✓	4/4
Ad-Blocker	✗	0/2
Unlimited Devices	✗	0/2
Obfuscation/Camouflage Mode	✓	3/3
DNS Leak Test	✓	4/4
WebRTC Leak Test	✓	4/4
IPV6 Leak Test	✓	4/4
Auto Connect	✓	4/4
GPS Spoofing	✗	0/4
Secure Hotspot	✓	3/3
Auto Cookies Deletion	✗	0/2
Ddos Protection	✓	2/2
Scan Downloaded File	✗	0/2

Ranked 6th among all the best VPNs tested.

1. Beta Distribution for Google Play and App Store Review

Playstore review of 4.4 stars rating from 291,391 individuals score is 0.86

Appstore review of 4.7 stars rating from 56,063 individuals score is 0.92

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

2. Speed Test

Type	Without TunnelBear	With TunnelBear	Difference in %
Download	31Mbps	28Mbps	+9.67%
Upload	27Mbps	26Mbps	+3.7%

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

3. Latency / Ping Test

Locations	Without NordVPN	With NordVPN	Difference
Washington	310 ms	329 ms	+19 ms
San Francisco	–	–	–
Sao Paulo	408 ms	412 ms	+4 ms
Hong Kong	54 ms	64 ms	+10 ms
Amsterdam	199 ms	310 ms	+111 ms
Moscow	297 ms	283 ms	-14 ms
Average	254 ms	280 ms	+52 ms

Remark:
The greater the measure distance, the higher the ping time will be.

The San Francisco server is having errors when I try to connect. Thus the result from there will be omitted.

x < 60 ms – earn 4 points
x < 100 ms – earn 3 points
x < 150 ms – earn 2 points
x < 200 ms – earn 1 point

4. DNS Leak Test

Yup, TunnelBear is connecting from its Singapore server correctly.

5. WebRTC Test

Local IP is not important as it can’t be traced back to you. The Public IP is the same as the DNS leak test which is great.

6. IPV6 Leak Test

Passed.

7. Misc – Server Farm

I went over to their support and ask about their servers.

Here’s their full answer. I will take it as being rented instead of fully self-owned.

I was hoping to get a clear answer and I did ask the second time.

But they responded by saying that TunnelBear had replied to them for the first time so they’ll just copy back that response.

Below is their response to my request.

Final Word

There goes my complete TunnelBear test report.

I hope you like it and see the actual performance of TunnelBear from my testing.

Find out more at TunnelBear.com

… or read my TunnelBear review here.