Comparison

hide.me VPN vs DocHive

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

Head to head
About

hide.me VPN

Protect your internet connection on Wi-Fi and mobile networks with a single tap. This app assigns you a new IP address for enhanced privacy and security. A free plan is available for all users.

Highlights
  • Secure Wi-Fi and mobile connections
  • New IP address for privacy
  • Free VPN plan available
  • Quick and easy setup
  • Multihop Double VPN
  • Auto server selection
  • WireGuard and IPv6 support
Features
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hide.me VPN helps protect your connection on Wi‑Fi and mobile networks. One tap connects to a secure server and assigns a new IP address so you can browse with more privacy. Free plan available. Get started in seconds Step 1: Download the app Step 2: Click on "Get Your Free Plan" Step 3: Click on "Enable VPN" How hide.me VPN App Is Better Than Others Free VPN We want everyone to use a free VPN. All you need to enjoy it is to download our app. Quick & Easy Setup The app is built to ensure that users who are not tech-savvy can easily enjoy their privacy and security Multihop Double VPN Tunnel your connection over multiple VPN locations. Double the shield, with maximum protection. Auto Server Selection We offer one of the fastest VPN services, and we want to make sure that you experience the magic of our speed as well. To achieve that, we have an auto server selection which connects you to the fastest server, automatically. Hand-picked, high-quality locations Unlike other VPN services that offer you lots of slow, unreliable servers, we have thousands of hand-picked the best from key locations around the world. Not only that, access to them is heavily restricted for maximum privacy. A hidden IP address When you connect to hide.me, we give you a new IP address and hide your real one. This new IP is used by lots of different people, which creates a pool of camouflaged activity. It's impossible to link anything back to you. WireGuard support hide.me supports WireGuard for modern, lightweight, and high-performance VPN connections that are designed to be fast and efficient on mobile devices. IPv6 support Our service supports IPv6 where available to improve compatibility with modern networks and reduce the chance of connection issues on IPv6-only networks. ---------------------------------- *About subscriptions: If you choose to purchase hide.me Premium, payment will be charged to your iTunes account, and your account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours before the end of the current period. Auto-renewal may be turned off at any time by going to your settings in the iTunes Store after purchase. Current hide.me Premium subscription price starts at USD 9.99/month. Prices are in U.S. dollars, may vary in countries other than the U.S. and are subject to change without notice. No cancellation of the current subscription is allowed during the active subscription period. If you don’t choose to purchase hide.me Premium, you can simply continue using hide.me for free. ---------------------------------- You can find our Terms of Service on our website. Please visit https://hide.me/legal You can find our Privacy Policy. Please visit https://hide.me/privacy

About

DocHive

Features
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Paper goes in. A named, sorted PDF comes out - on a server you own. Filing a document usually means scanning in one app, exporting, hunting for the right folder, and inventing a filename. The naming drifts, the folders drift, and eventually it just doesn't get done. DocHive is four taps: scan, pick a category, tap a few tags, done. The file lands at Category/Year/Month with a name that looks the same as every other one you have filed - so it is still findable in a year. YOUR DOCUMENTS, YOUR STORAGE There is no DocHive account and no DocHive cloud. Files go where you tell them: a folder on your iPhone or in iCloud Drive, or your own server over WebDAV. Works with Nextcloud, Synology NAS, and any standard WebDAV server. IT READS THE DOCUMENT SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO DocHive recognises the text of a scan on the device and suggests the category, the tags, and the date the document states about itself - so an invoice from last month is filed under last month, not today. It learns the senders you file, and gets better at it. Nothing is filed automatically. You confirm every one. BUILT FOR A SERVER THAT ISN'T ALWAYS THERE A home server is not reachable from a train. A scan is written to the device before any upload is attempted, and it stays there until it has genuinely arrived - uploads continue with the phone locked, and retry on their own. A scan is never lost to a failed upload. ALSO • Multi-page scanning, with reorder and delete before you file • Searchable text layer inside every PDF • Search everything you have filed, and open it again • Import PDFs and images you already have • Full English, German and Polish • Backup and restore your setup and history to a single file • No analytics, no tracking, no ads, no accounts DocHive is made in Switzerland by DataVibes.ch.

Screenshots

hide.me VPN4 screens
DocHive4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: DocHive at none against hide.me VPN's 4. hide.me VPN's advantage is device support (5 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price and ads 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. hide.me VPN sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. DocHive asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
hide.me VPN versus DocHive: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameterhide.me VPNDocHive
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (8.1K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews55.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings8.1K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac, Apple TV — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size110 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DevelopereVentureTarek Al-Selwi

Bugs and requests

hide.me VPN

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • App crashes
  • Connectivity problems
  • Billing and subscription errors

Requested features

4 requests
  • More server locations
  • Streaming support
  • Improved kill switch
  • Better multi-device management

DocHive

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

4 purchases

hide.me VPN

Subscriptions4
  • hide.me Mobile$9.991 Month
  • hide.me Premium3 Days trial$11.991 Month
  • hide.me Mobile$59.991 Year
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  • hide.me Premium3 Days trial$79.991 Year
None

DocHive

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is hide.me VPN free?
hide.me VPN is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is DocHive free?
DocHive is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do hide.me VPN or DocHive have ads?
Neither hide.me VPN nor DocHive shows ads.

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