RedHarbor VPN

RedHarbor VPN is a free OpenVPN client for Android. It connects you to public relay servers
operated by the VPN Gate academic project, with no account, no subscription, and no invented
statistics.

STRAIGHTFORWARD BY DESIGN

Most VPN apps show a green button and call it a connection. RedHarbor only reports a connection
after the tunnel is genuinely up and traffic has been verified to flow through it. If that check
fails, it says so and disconnects. You never see a fake "protected" state.

FEATURES

• Browse public relay servers by country
• Filter by TCP or UDP transport
• Search, and sort by country, provider-reported ping or reported speed
• Save favourites and filter to just those
• Split tunnelling — choose which apps bypass the tunnel
• Live download and upload counters, read from the tunnel itself
• 30-day local session history
• Option to reconnect automatically when your network changes
• Reduced-motion setting
• No account, no email address, no sign-up

BUILT ON OPENVPN

RedHarbor uses the OpenVPN 3 engine. Your connection profile is re-validated immediately before
every attempt, and the server address is pinned to the exact endpoint that was verified — the app
never hands a hostname to the tunnel.

HONEST ABOUT THE SERVERS

The relay servers are run by independent volunteers through VPN Gate, not by us. In practice that
means:

• Servers appear and disappear without notice, and speed varies by server and time of day
• Some servers will not accept a connection at all
• VPN Gate states that connection logs are retained for at least three months
• Relay operators can see connection information, and any traffic that is not separately
protected — for example by HTTPS

RedHarbor shows you all of this in a provider disclosure before your first connection, and repeats
it inside the app. You should know who is carrying your traffic before you trust them with it.

WHAT IT DOES NOT DO

• No "threat blocker" and no "security score" — we do not invent protection you do not have
• No claims about unblocking streaming services; public relays are not built for that
• No accounts, no cloud sync
• No banner ads while a tunnel is active

ADS

RedHarbor is free and supported by advertising. Banner ads are hidden whenever the VPN is
connecting or connected, so nothing is requested through the tunnel. An interstitial may appear
once a connection succeeds.

PRIVACY

Your favourites, preferences and session history are stored locally on your device. RedHarbor has
no account system and does not collect personal data itself. Advertising is provided by Google
AdMob, which is subject to its own privacy terms. See the privacy policy for details.

REQUIREMENTS

Android 6.0 and above. The app requests the VPN permission that Android requires of every VPN app,
along with the network-state permissions needed to detect connection changes.