# Datafree Connect

> The simplest way to manage mobile data for remote workforces

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/ee.datafree.connect](https://chrome-stats.com/d/ee.datafree.connect)

## Overview

- **ID:** `ee.datafree.connect`
- **Platform:** Android
- **Type:** Android app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Datafree Technologies SA (Pty) Ltd
- **Category:** TOOLS
- **Downloads:** 481,942
- **Rating:** 3.84 / 5 (1,124 ratings)
- **Version:** 2.3.12
- **Last updated:** 2026-08-19
- **First published:** 2023-05-09
- **Publisher country:** ZA
- **Size:** 8.74 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-16
- **Store listing:** [Google Play Store](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ee.datafree.connect)
- **Website:** [https://datafree.tech](https://datafree.tech/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://datafr.ee/privacy-policy/](https://datafr.ee/privacy-policy/)

## Description

**Datafree Connect** is a revolutionary Chrome extension designed to simplify mobile data management for remote workforces. By leveraging a VPN service, it allows selected apps on your phone to operate without consuming your mobile data, providing seamless access at no cost to employees. This tool is ideal for employers who wish to offer #datafree access to essential work-related apps, ensuring employees and contractors remain connected without worrying about airtime or data balances.

To get started, employees authenticate their phone numbers within a Datafree Connect Workspace created by their organization. Once set up, designated apps can be used freely on authorized networks such as MTN, Vodacom, Telkom, and Cell C in South Africa. Privacy is prioritized, with no personal data collected or stored beyond phone number verification. Simplify your workforce’s connectivity with Datafree Connect and ensure consistent, cost-free mobile app usage for your remote teams.

## Rankings

- #102,173 — Overall

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `android.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_AD_ID`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_ATTRIBUTION`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE`
- `android.permission.CAMERA`
- `android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE`
- `android.permission.INTERNET`
- `android.permission.POST_NOTIFICATIONS`
- `android.permission.QUERY_ALL_PACKAGES`
- `android.permission.RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED`
- `android.permission.WAKE_LOCK`
- `com.google.android.c2dm.permission.RECEIVE`
- `com.google.android.finsky.permission.BIND_GET_INSTALL_REFERRER_SERVICE`
- `com.google.android.gms.permission.AD_ID`
- `ee.datafree.connect.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION`

## Review summary

Reviews are mixed but lean negative due to reliability problems. The app is praised by some as good or enjoyable when functioning, yet many users report registration/verification errors (unregistered/invalid numbers), connectivity and server outages, missing country support, and overall poor quality that wastes data. Until reliability improves, sentiment remains skeptical.

### Pros

- Generally described as a good app with positive sentiment across reviews.
- Enjoyable to use when it works.
- Some reviewers describe it as excellent or the best.

### Cons

- Registration/verification failures: numbers marked as unregistered, invalid, or fake.
- Connectivity and server issues: can't connect, server not available.
- Missing country/region support leading to availability gaps.
- Poor overall quality and reliability; described as trash, poopy, or useless.
- Perceived waste of mobile data due to usage.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/ee.datafree.connect)