Shadowsocks
Shadowsocks: a secure socks5 proxy.
Total ratings
4.38
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spammy, or outdated. Pros
- Effectively bypasses ISP limitations and corporate firewalls
- User-friendly interface with application selection for secure network
- Overall smooth performance and connection speed improvement compared to other VPNs
Cons
- Drains battery quickly and has high CPU consumption
- Instability and connectivity issues reported by multiple users
- Similar interface icon to Telegram causes confusion and annoyance
Most mentioned
- Connection and stability issues
- Requests for improved server management features
- Functionality problems after updates
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4.80
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| Date | Author | Rating | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-09-20 |  | | Drains battery fast (by my phone's oem notification - about 50 mah per 20 min). Overall good app but maybe make it more efficient by making vpn mode run only then i need it in certain app and then turning off completely when i close it. Currently it works all the time and also breaks connection of some other trafficked apps, until manually turned off even tho i supposedly excluded everything besides a few specific apps in vpn mode's settings. |
| 2024-09-13 |  | | It's just amazing. It does everything I want. I can choose applications that will be connected via secure network |
| 2024-08-21 |  | | I used this one in the beginning of 2020, this app worked well at that time. I query if this app still works in the late 2024 because I saw the last date of app update is in 2021... |
| 2024-06-28 |  | | It's good but the status icon is too much like Telegram which is annoying because now it looks like a have an unread message all the time. |
| 2023-09-23 |  | | Thanks for this application. It is great when using Internet behind corporate firewalls. However, recently the VPN mode stopped working for Internet connections. It works for local ips in the server location only. Proxy mode still works fine. So I'm using Firefox and foxyproxy. So I'm guessing it's a phone issue, not really an app issue. Phone is a Samsung s21 running android 13 |
| 2023-06-27 |  | | perhaps the app does have some minor issues on connection establishment, but as far as I can think of, the app provides client services, it does not have any server side things that relate to the servers it connected to. |
| 2023-06-12 |  | | To users who are complaining about slow speed, this app is only a CLIENT for a PROTOCOL. which means, this app DOES NOT provide services on itself !!!! so if your speed is slow or whatever, contact the person you've bought your service from instead of leaving one star reviews on an app that doesn't have ANYTHING to do with the slow servers you're using. |
| 2022-05-08 |  | | Awesome work, love it Checked some 1 star comments about app didn't function. It's bacause this is a TOOL, it doesn't provide any server information, doesn't mean you get a car for free when you got your driving license |
| 2021-10-30 |  | | there is a bug in the app that cause blocking internet access after some changes in network state.after turning off the app and turning it on again the problem is gone. I tried the other shadowsocks client with the green icon, which I think is some version behind this app and it's ok.so I guess the issue is related to recent versions of the shadowsocks app ( gray icon ) |
| 2021-09-09 |  | | Honestly, I left my expectations with shadowsocks for about the performance. Im wireguard guys before that, and my isp clearly slowing down any all premium vpn speed including express vpn or alternate vpn like wireguard. Using shadowsocks its not priority because it doesnt work like general vpn. But i was shocking about the performance. It can bypass what isp limiting speed and not implementing complex system like wireguard or openvpn do. Overall very easy to use to bypassing isp limitations |
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