NetGuard – no-root firewall v2.269 Pro For Android
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NetGuard app provides simple and advanced ways to block access to the internet – no root required.
Applications and addresses can individually be allowed or denied access to your Wi-Fi and/or mobile connection.
Blocking access to the internet can help:
• reduce your data usage
• save your battery
• increase your privacy
NetGuard Features:
• Simple to use
• No root required
• 100% open source
• No calling home
• No tracking or analytics
• No advertisements
• Actively developed and supported
• Android 5.1 and later supported
• IPv4/IPv6 TCP/UDP supported
• Tethering supported
• Optionally allow when screen on
• Optionally block when roaming
• Optionally block system applications
• Optionally notify when an application accesses the internet
• Optionally record network usage per application per address
• Material design theme with light and dark theme
PRO features:
- View traffic log – allows displaying and exporting1 a detailed outgoing IP traffic log for all applications, so you can exactly see what your device is doing at any moment
- Filter network traffic – allows selective blocking of network traffic per address per application, so you can block applications from calling home, etc while retaining internet access; enable/disable filtering mode using a settings tile (settings tiles are available from Android 7 Nougat)
- New application notifications – enables new application notifications from which you can directly block or allow an application
- Network speed graph notification – allows displaying the current network speed as a graph in a status bar notification (the top three apps are shown on Android 5 Lollipop or earlier)
- Appearance (theme, colors) – allows selecting from five additional application themes, all available in a light and dark variant
- Support development – support ongoing development, like adding new features, improving existing features, fixing bugs and adapting NetGuard to new Android versions
There is no other no-root firewall offering all these features.
If you have a question or problem, you can send an e-mail to marcel+netguard@faircode.eu
WHAT’S NEW
- Added hint about download manager
- Added setting for domain name to use to validate internet connection
- Checking for private DNS in filtering mode
- Updated translations