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Hotspot Shield Free VPN Proxy - Unlimited VPN

Chrome extension by Pango GmbH · Make Chrome Yours · Privacy

  • Established publisher

A Chrome extension in Make Chrome Yours · Privacy with 700 000 users, a widely installed extension.

Every site you visit. This extension can read and change the content of any page you open.

What the developer says, and 5 screenshots

Loading from the Chrome Web Store. Open the listing if it does not appear.

Users
700 000
Rating
4.4 (67 948 ratings)
Users, last 2 days
+100k
Rating, last 30 days
Not watched long enough to say
Version
5.2.12
Updated in the store
2026-09-08
Published
2015-08-06
Manifest
V3
Browser access
10 permissions, 1 site pattern

How it has moved

Users
+100k since 09.09
600k-700k · 2 readings
2026-09-09: appeared in the store
  1. 2026-09-09600kappeared in the store
  2. 2026-09-10700k
Rating
unchanged since 09.09
reviewsrating 4.41 · 2 readings
2026-09-09: appeared in the store
  1. 2026-09-09reviews67.9krating4.41appeared in the store
  2. 2026-09-10reviews67.9krating4.41
Users
+100k since 09.09
600k-700k · 2 readings
2026-09-09: appeared in the store
  1. 2026-09-09600kappeared in the store
  2. 2026-09-10700k
Rating
unchanged since 09.09
reviewsrating 4.41 · 2 readings
2026-09-09: appeared in the store
  1. 2026-09-09reviews67.9krating4.41appeared in the store
  2. 2026-09-10reviews67.9krating4.41

A dot marks a day the store showed a different number. Between them the line carries the last one forward: we read every listing more than once a day and record a point only when something moves. History beyond ninety days is in the app.

What it can reach

Every site you visit. This extension can read and change the content of any page you open.

  • See, enable and disable your other extensions management
  • Change your browser's privacy settings privacy
  • Change which proxy your browser connects through proxy
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  • See the address and title of every tab you have open tabs
  • Watch the network requests your browser makes webRequest
  • Schedule work to run later alarms
  • Show you notifications notifications
  • Store data in your browser storage
  • Store data in your browser without the usual size limit unlimitedStorage
  • Declares webRequestAuthProvider

The full permission history for this extension

What changed recently

  1. Appeared in the store

The publisher

Pango GmbH publishes 2 listings we track, 700k users between them.

  1. Ultra Passwatch Pango GmbH · Productivity · Workflow · published 2026-08-31 9 users

Like this one

Listings the catalog judges closest in what they say they do.

  1. VPN Free - Betternet Unlimited VPN Proxy Describes nearly the same job, with a large installed audience 400k users ★ 4.4
  2. FreeVPN Unlimited Describes nearly the same job, smaller audience 368 users ★ 5.0
  3. Touch VPN - Secure and unlimited VPN proxy Describes nearly the same job, with a large installed audience 2.0M users ★ 4.6
  4. BelkaVPN is VPN, Proxy to Unblock any sites Describes nearly the same job, smaller audience 5k users ★ 3.3
  5. Bright VPN - Secure Private & Free VPN Proxy Describes nearly the same job, with an established audience 30k users ★ 3.6

The top 5 only. The full comparison, with why each one is close, is on the alternatives page; ranking a whole neighbourhood by your own criteria is in the app.

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