# Tailscale — user reviews > 281 indexed App Store user reviews of Tailscale by Tailscale Inc., rated 4.40/5 from 706 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/tailscale/id1470499037/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/tailscale/id1470499037.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 561 · 4★ 40 · 3★ 22 · 2★ 26 · 1★ 57 ## What do users think of Tailscale? Overall sentiment: neutral **Pros** - 🚀 Easy to set up and use - 🔒 Secure remote access - 👍 Convenient for accessing home network - 👍 Seamless connectivity between devices - 🚀 Powerful networking features **Cons** - 🔋 Significant battery drain - 🐛 Connectivity issues and bugs - 🐛 Unreliable performance - 🐛 Broken functionality after updates **Commonly reported bugs** - Inability to connect or authenticate - Exit node feature not working as expected - Inconsistent behavior when switching networks - App getting stuck in a loading state **Most requested features** - On-demand VPN connection - Ability to switch between multiple accounts - More granular control over exit nodes - Integration with other networking tools - Dark mode option ## Newest reviews (13 of 281) ### 4/5 — Great, except… *2026-08-24, version 1.102.3* This is a pretty good app and I appreciate it being available. Two things keep it from being great. First, the battery drain is bothersome. Fixing that would be a great leap forward. Second, the fact that all non-Tailscale network data leaks out unprotected to the Internet creates difficulty for those who cannot safely use an exit node on our Tailscale network. Thus, if I connect to my Tailscale network on a “unsafe“ Wi-Fi, I lose all the protective benefits of the VPN for the majority of my data flow. Having a setting that says that the only data that can flow to and from my device must go through Tailscale would solve this vulnerability and make this a much more useful app. ### 4/5 — Really useful! But vpn on demand does not work *2026-08-24, version 1.102.3* I have been using this app for a year now and I really appreciate the core features. It’s really nice to be able to access local services without exposing them to the World Wide Web. However, there are times when I don’t want to have the app on, and I have found that the VPN on demand using the “except on” option I will either be stuck in VPN on all the time, ignoring the on-demand setup- or stuck in VPN off all the time, again ignoring VPN on demand. Not sure what the deal is, or if there’s a certain sequence of it of events that need to be done to make the feature work, but it’s the only blemish in an otherwise great app. ### 2/5 — Gute App *2026-08-19* Die App ist gut und erfüllt ihren Zweck. Allerdings verbraucht sie viel zu viel Akku. Auch im Leerlauf ohne Benutzung des Handys hat Tailscale immer den höchsten Verbrauch. ### 2/5 — VPN on demand broken *2026-08-07, version 1.102.2* All of a sudden someone they're broke the VPN On Demand. It never Automatically connects. I have to go in and manually do it. What's more, the widget That it is disconnected. I used to believe in this product to look elsewhere. I think the developers are slacking off. ### 1/5 — 无法登录 *2026-08-07, version 1.102.2* 陷入登录引导死循环 ### 4/5 — Good app *2026-08-05, version 1.102.1* Love it very much,but why can’t I sign in on iPad ?Are there some bugs? ### 1/5 — Bad design for VPN on demand *2026-08-02, version 1.98.9* The app will forget all your WiFi network SSIDs that you allow/blacklist if you temporarily disable VPN on demand. That’s really dumb and punishes troubleshooting. ### 4/5 — Excellent app *2026-07-25* Good, love the VPN on demand function except… there should be a second option for « exit node on demand » ### 3/5 — Cannot work under cellular *2026-07-20, version 1.98.9* Tailscale works perfectly on WiFi but cannot work under cellular at all. Shows connected but can't reach any node and every request just times out. Switch from WiFi to cellular and the tunnel is completely dead. Useless when you actually need it outside the house. ### 1/5 — Login Schleife *2026-07-17* Absolute Müll-App. Möchte sich permanent alle paar Sekunden neu anmelden. Wird wieder Gelöscht der Schrott! ### 2/5 — Battery drain *2026-07-17, version 1.98.9* Love tailscale, but the battery drain is insane on iOS. Charge the phone to full at night, leave it doing nothing and less than 8 hours later it’s at half change. Disable tailscale and this doesn’t happen ### 4/5 — Love it but the battery drain is insane *2026-07-17, version 1.98.9* Super useful app/service, connect to your pc from anywhere as if you were on the same network, main issue is battery drains like crazy when it's on. Workaround is to use shortcuts, have it turn tailscale on when the apps you use with it are open, turn it off after the app is closed. Issue with that is no server monitoring widgets work, you have to have the app open. ### 3/5 — Great app, crazy battery drain *2026-07-16, version 1.98.9* My iPhone’s battery life is significantly worse when connected. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Unusable on latest iOS *2026-09-04, version 1.102.3* Creating connection crashes and lands back on onboarding home screen ### 1/5 — “Identity provider” system sucks *2026-09-02, version 1.102.3* Tailscale won’t let you simply sign up with your email address and a password. They want you to link one of your personal accounts to them. ### 1/5 — Latest version does not allow logging in *2026-08-26, version 1.102.3* Installing the newest version of the app and trying to log in puts you in an inescapable loop of being sent through initial setup. Cannot log into my account. ### 1/5 — Login issue *2026-08-26, version 1.102.3* Can’t log in ### 1/5 — Recent versions unusable *2026-08-25, version 1.102.3* Until they fix the magicsock function bug, tailscale is not usable on the iphone. Pretty poor quality to leave a critical bug around for such a long time ### 1/5 — Unusable *2026-08-23, version 1.102.3* Latest version crashes immediately on Apple TV ### 1/5 — Can’t login in computer *2026-08-22, version 1.102.3* I installed on my computer and it never came the login page. Useless app ### 1/5 — HOW DO I EVEN LOG IN?? *2026-08-20, version 1.102.2* I just cannot log in. At all. every time I try to add an account it just goes back to the welcome to tailscale intro until it infinite loops. ### 1/5 — Doesn’t work on iPad *2026-08-16* After signing in you’re stuck in a browser ### 1/5 — Terrible UI *2026-08-13, version 1.102.2* Ridiculously annoying login pop-up pops up repeatedly every three seconds as you are trying to find out how to enter an alternate coordination URL making this app infuriating to use. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Great *2026-09-04, version 1.102.3* I use it every day to connect my devices, it’s the most important app on my phone. The battery drain issue also seems to have been fixed, it uses less battery than a competing solution, and it’s free! ### 5/5 — Overcomes CG-NAT Issues *2026-09-01, version 1.102.3* I run an ftp server for my family and when I switched to an ISP who didn’t provide a unique public ip address I was forced to try using IPv6 addressing but not all my family had IPv6. Tailscale brilliantly overcomes this problem and also provides me with an endpoint so that when abroad I can connect to my server and continue to use the likes of BBC IPlayer which are location based. ### 5/5 — Easy! *2026-08-17* Super Service und wirklich einfach einzurichten! Man sollte sich vorher einlesen, wozu man tailscale nutzt. Für meinen Anwendungsfall der Vernetzung mehrerer Server an verschiedenen Locations und den Zugriff darauf ist es wirklich ideal! Selten sowas einfaches genutzt! ### 5/5 — Einen großen Dank an die Firma *2026-08-09* Einen großen Dank an die Firma, daß sie diesen Service so kostenfrei und zuverlässig zur Verfügung stellt !! ### 5/5 — Love this so much!!! *2026-07-18, version 1.98.9* This is my first ever app store review. It solved a major problem I have, I am able to use my home IP address while traveling. ### 5/5 — Хорошо *2026-07-17, version 1.98.9* На удивление работает очень даже хорошо, но на iOS сильно не хватает раздельного туннелирования трафика, которое есть на android. Очень нужно. ### 5/5 — Painless secure access *2026-07-15, version 1.98.9* Tailscale provides painless, secure, remote access to my home network. Recommended ### 5/5 — Tailscale working great on Mac, iPad and iPhone *2026-07-07, version 1.98.8* Installed this on my Mac, four iPads and iPhone and it’s working perfect. Great app and software ### 5/5 — Great for holidays *2026-07-02, version 1.98.8* Get a raspberry pi with pihole and use as a Tailscale exit node at home . Put Tailscale on your firestick . You can now watch advert free ITVX . Chan 4 . Chan 5 and U . Plus iPlayer from abroad as the apps think you are still at home in the uk . Put on phone and those public Wi-Fi are now safer as you use encrypted link to home ### 5/5 — Works for China *2026-06-27, version 1.98.5* Perfect vpn! Thank you! --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-09-08.*