OpenVPN Connect, the “official” OpenVPN Inc. app, is designed to be more user friendly for VPN users with no technical understanding. It’s also less featured than openvpn for android which is designed for more advanced OpenVPN users.
Openvpn openvpnandroid.com/top-choices-of-best-things-in-openvpn/ for Android, a free open-source application developed by Arne Schwarzbe, allows you to connect with any VPN service that uses the OpenVPN protocol. It’s a great alternative when your device isn’t compatible with pre-configured “off the shelf” VPN apps that are available in the Google Play Store. The process is relatively simple. You’ll need to import your VPN profile files (the configuration files have an extension of.ovpn) which you can get from the website of your provider or by contacting their live chat support team.
If you’ve imported a profile, tap one of the servers listed for that server to connect to it. Once connected then your Internet traffic is sent through a secure tunnel to the server you’ve selected in the application. You can see the status of your connection and its details on the Status tab. A kill switch is enabled by default. It will also disable your Internet connections when the VPN tunnel is lost.
The application provides a per-app VPN as and an option to be always on that automatically establishes an automatic VPN connection every time the application is opened, and it will continue running even after your device has shut down or switched networks. However, the latter requires Android 7.0 or higher and can draw more power from your battery than usual.
