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app_name: "Surfshark VPN: Fast VPN App"
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## 🔴 User Sentiment (High Confidence: 49 of 49 reviews analyzed) {#user-sentiment}
- **Overall Rating:** 4.72/5
- **Platform Split:** iOS 4.7/5 (111.8K ratings)
- **Overall Sentiment:** Frustrated
- **Note:** The 4.72/5 store rating reflects cumulative history, while the Frustrated sentiment reflects recent user reviews analyzed by our AI pipeline.

### Top Praises
- **Low subscription pricing relative to other market competitors provides high value for long-term users**

### Top Complaints (Impact Areas)
- **Persistent connection failures and blocked access in China render the service unusable for local users**

### Top Requests (What Users Want)
- **Granular bypass controls for specific mobile applications to prevent connectivity conflicts**

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