Comparison

CumulusVPN vs ShadowShuttle

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

CumulusVPN

This app provides a private and secure VPN connection without requiring any personal account information. It uses a decentralized network and modern encryption to protect your online activity from snooping and geo-restrictions.

Highlights
  • No account required
  • Zero logging policy
  • One-tap connection
  • WireGuard encryption
  • Decentralized network
  • Optional multi-hop
Features
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CumulusVPN is a decentralized VPN that respects your privacy by design — not by promise. NO ACCOUNT, EVER There is no sign-up, no email, no password, no phone number. Open the app and it generates a private key on your device. That key is your only identity, and it never leaves your phone. NO LOGS, AND WE MEAN IT We do not record the sites you visit, your DNS queries, your traffic, or your connection history. Our servers keep the minimum routing state in memory only — it is erased when the server restarts. There is no activity database to leak, sell, or hand over, because it does not exist. ONE TAP TO CONNECT Pick a country, tap connect. Modern WireGuard® encryption protects your traffic on public Wi-Fi, hotels, airports, and untrusted networks. Fast handshakes, automatic reconnection, and gateway failover keep you online. FREE TIER FOREVER Every install includes a genuinely free tier — no trial, no card, no account. RUN ON A DECENTRALIZED NETWORK CumulusVPN servers run as apps on the Flux decentralized cloud, hosted in commercial datacenters by independent operators — not on a single company's servers. It is a different, more resilient shape for a VPN. OPTIONAL MULTI-HOP FOR MAXIMUM PRIVACY Turn on multi-hop and your traffic is routed through two servers, so that no single server ever sees both who you are and where you are going. It is slower — we tell you exactly how much — and it is your choice, off by default. HONEST ABOUT WHAT A VPN CAN AND CANNOT DO CumulusVPN protects you from local-network snooping, ISP logging, and geo-restrictions. It is not anonymity software like Tor, and we say so plainly. No overselling. Built by the Flux team. Powered by Flux Cloud. Privacy that is structural, not a slogan. WireGuard is a registered trademark of Jason A. Donenfeld.

About

ShadowShuttle

Features
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Powerful VPN tool with Shadowsocks support. Manage servers, test latency, configure DNS and rules. Privacy-first, no data collection.

Screenshots

CumulusVPN4 screens
ShadowShuttle4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: CumulusVPN at 3 against ShadowShuttle's 1. On price, ads, in-app purchases and iOS requirement 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
CumulusVPN versus ShadowShuttle: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCumulusVPNShadowShuttle
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.1 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size41 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperInflux Technologies LimitedHAIXINDA TRADING LIMITED

In-app purchases

None

CumulusVPN

No in-app purchases

None

ShadowShuttle

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is CumulusVPN free?
CumulusVPN is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is ShadowShuttle free?
ShadowShuttle is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do CumulusVPN or ShadowShuttle have ads?
Neither CumulusVPN nor ShadowShuttle shows ads.

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