NetGuard - no-root firewall

4.4
28.5K reviews
1Cr+
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Content rating
USK: All ages
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About this app

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
Updated on
14 Oct 2025

Data safety

Safety starts with understanding how developers collect and share your data. Data privacy and security practices may vary based on your use, region and age. The developer provided this information and may update it over time.
No data shared with third parties
Learn more about how developers declare sharing
This app may collect these data types
App activity
Data is encrypted in transit
Data can’t be deleted

Ratings and reviews

4.4
27.5K reviews
Toxy Tronic
7 July 2022
This is a great and valuable app. I use my phone with a pre paid card and I just don't want apps to download updates via my service provider. Even though I can control mobile data through phone settings having this app gives more peace of mind. There are a lot of apps who silently get in contact with the company who developed them. Netguard blocks them right away after installation. And if a program needs internet access to work properly I don't want to have it on my phone apart from exceptions
26 people found this review helpful
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Doogle
20 October 2025
First impressions of this app were good. Having used it for a while I have noticed apps like MS teams were able to bypass the firewall even though they were set to be blocked. Having read the devs response, I realise now that I was receiving push notifications through Android. This was leading me to believe that the firewall was being bypassed, when receiving messages from blocked apps. when it was not. Would like to know if the Pro version blocks suspicious incoming traffic?
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Marcel Bokhorst, FairCode BV
20 October 2025
The pro features allow a few extra things, like blocking individual connections.
Mavendow
18 October 2025
Pretty good, been using it for years. Crashed the internet connection (Motorola edge 5g) when running two different medical telehealth apps, but they were garbage health providers anyway. I should've taken that as a sign.
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What's new

* Improved compatibility for Android 15+
* Small improvements and minor bug fixes