NetShade vs Q
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
NetShade
This application provides a secure and private internet connection using VPN and proxy servers. It allows users to access global content, change their IP address, and protect their online activity with encryption. The service has been a trusted provider since 2004.
- VPN and proxy client
- Change IP address
- Access global content
- Online privacy protection
- Traffic encryption
- Manage proxy lists
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This app is a VPN and proxy client for the NetShade service. Fast and easy to use. Access the world's content through some of the best VPN and proxy servers available. Route your Internet connection through another server to change your IP address. Visit websites from different parts of the world, and protect your privacy online. NetShade has been a trusted service provider since 2004. Using VPN and proxy servers allows you to access overseas web content while traveling. It also helps protect your privacy and anonymity by masking your IP address from the sites you visit. Optional VPN enables strong encryption of all your network traffic, to secure your activity from prying eyes on the network. Subscribers can access all of NetShade's fast, secure proxy and VPN servers around the world. Choose to use a proxy when you need a quick, reliable proxy-backed web connection, or use VPN when you require maximum security. NetShade is a subscription service. With an account, you can use all of NetShade's dedicated proxy and VPN servers, as well as a list of public proxies. You can also manage your own lists of proxies. The NetShade app lets you quickly enable and disable your proxies and switch between them. A free 10 day subscription to the NetShade servers is provided for new users of the app.
Q
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Q-Shield Sentinel: post-quantum readiness, honestly assessed. YOUR SCORE, 0–100 Three short question screens give you a 0–100 Quantum Resilience Score across five weighted axes: algorithm vulnerability, key-length safety, migration readiness, data exposure and compliance gap. Each result shows the algorithms most at risk, a radar chart, a prioritized roadmap to the NIST post-quantum standards (ML-KEM, ML-DSA, SLH-DSA), your Q-Day estimate and harvest-now-decrypt-later (HNDL) exposure, plus the scoring-method version and the basis of its numbers (your inputs, a model estimate or a what-if scenario). Your first score needs no account: one a day per device. Until then, a result marked "Sample" shows what you will get. CHECK A DOMAIN (NEW) • On the Score tab, enter a domain you control. Q-Shield makes one TLS handshake to its port 443 and shows the protocol, cipher suite, certificate key, signature algorithm and expiry. • This is shown apart from your answers: the score from your answers, and the score with the observed input. The observed key can only lower your score or keep it the same — never raise it. • Nothing else is probed, and the certificate itself is not stored. • Sign in to use it, on any plan, including Free. Up to 10 checks a day. QUESTIONNAIRES (SENTINEL ECHO) • Paste the post-quantum questionnaire a customer sent, or import a text file. Echo sorts each question by topic, from crypto inventory to suppliers. • It drafts an answer only where your assessment or saved scans back it, citing that record, so you can check it before sending. Other questions come back blank, with the reason; pricing, contract, SLA and supplier questions are marked "only you can answer this." • Not AI: fixed rules — the same questionnaire always gives the same result. • Keys, certificates or passwords pasted by mistake are caught on your device before upload. Export the answers as a document. ADVANCED TOOLS AND SIRI (More tab) • Source freshness for NIST, the GRI threat timeline, arXiv, your domain and your last assessment. • HNDL threat map (figures: Professional and Enterprise), labelled as a model estimate, not measured traffic. • Penetration simulation (Professional and Enterprise): eight Shor attack-vector scenarios against your declared algorithms. • Siri: security health check, threat explanation, audit log — status only, never secrets. PLANS • Free: 3 assessments a month, recent history, 1 questionnaire sorted a month, and domain checks. • Professional and Enterprise add the 22-page PDF Simulation Assessment Report and higher monthly limits — Professional: 100 assessments, 20 PDF reports, 200 penetration simulations, 100 Echo drafts; Enterprise: 500, 100, 1,000 and 500. • Plans are managed by your organization's administrator. Existing subscribers keep their access and can restore it under More › Your plan. A SIMULATION, NOT A CERTIFICATION A deterministic, rule-based simulation mapped to NIST post-quantum standards — not an infrastructure audit, not a certification authority. RSA and ECDSA are not called broken today; they are exposed to data harvested now for later decryption. Q-Shield never asks for or stores your private keys, plaintext or passwords. Results are estimates, not a security certification, and do not guarantee protection against quantum attacks. Decisions based on them are your responsibility. EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Requires iOS 26 or later. Also on Mac. In 7 languages. Terms of Use: https://swiftquantum.tech/terms/ · Privacy Policy: https://swiftquantum.tech/privacy/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Q at fortnightly against NetShade's every 13 months. NetShade's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 26.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. NetShade sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and Q sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $129.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
NetShade ships an update every 13 months, Q fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | NetShade | Q |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (177 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 49.5% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 177 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 13 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Subscription | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV — better | iPhone, iPad, Mac |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 14 MB | 28 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Rayner Software LLC | EUNMIN PARK |
Bugs and requests
NetShade
Reported bugs
10 issues- VPN expired unexpectedly
- Proxy and socks not working
- Won't connect to UK
- UK server disappears
- Stability problems in new version
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- VPN connection drops frequently
- Cannot connect on mobile version
- Certificate expired error
- App doesn't work on iPhone 4s
- Cannot connect on iPhone or iPad
Requested features
4 requests- Add an Australian VPN location
- Improve iOS notifications for VPN drops
- More server choices
- Update http pro and socks
Q
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
NetShade
- Proxy 1 Year$26.99
- Proxy & VPN 1 Year$59.99
Q
- Q-Shield Pro — CISO Gold7 Days trial$129.991 Month
- Q-Shield Enterprise Monthly$499.991 Month
- Q-Shield Starter — The Analyst$499.00









