NetGuard - no-root firewall
NetGuard - no-root firewall Summary
NetGuard - no-root firewall is a with in-app purchases Android app in the Tools category, developed by Marcel Bokhorst, FairCode BV. First released 10 years ago(Nov 2015), the app has accumulated 10.5M+ total installs and 28.7K ratings with a 4.35★ (good) average rating.
Recent activity: 27.8K installs this week (177.7K over 4 weeks) showing above average growth , and 15 new ratings this week (143 over 4 weeks) with stable momentum. View trends →
Data tracking: SDKs and third-party integrations were last analyzed on Nov 23, 2025. The app's network data flows (API traffic to/from the app and its SDKs) were last crawled on Nov 23, 2025.
Store info: Last updated on Google Play on Oct 14, 2025 (version 2025101201).
NetGuard - no-root firewall was last scanned for SDKs 2025-11-23. Below is the overview of third party companies detected in the app. The full list of raw SDKs, app permissions and unknown SDKs is available here.
Kotlin
Bumptech
Google4.35★
Ratings: 28.7K
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App Description
A simple way to block access to the internet per application
NetGuard is an internet security app, which offers simple and advanced ways to restrict apps' access to the internet.
Applications and addresses can individually be allowed or denied access to your Wi-Fi and/or mobile connection. Root permissions are not required.
Blocking access to the internet can help:
• reduce your data usage
• save your battery
• increase your privacy
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:
• Log all outgoing traffic; search and filter access attempts; export PCAP files to analyze traffic
• Allow/block individual addresses per application
• New application notifications; configure NetGuard directly from the notification
• Display network speed graph in a status bar notification
• Select from five additional themes in both light and dark version
There is no other no-root firewall offering all these features.
If you like to test new features, you can participate in the test program: https://play.google.com/apps/testing/eu.faircode.netguard
All required permissions are described here: https://github.com/M66B/NetGuard/blob/master/FAQ.md#user-content-faq42
NetGuard uses the Android VPNService to route traffic to itself, so it can be filtered on-device instead of on a server. Only one app can use this service at the same time, which is a limitation of Android.
The full source code is available here: https://github.com/M66B/NetGuard