Based on our record, AdAway seems to be a lot more popular than App Ops. While we know about 73 links to AdAway, we've tracked only 5 mentions of App Ops. We are tracking product recommendations and mentions on various public social media platforms and blogs. They can help you identify which product is more popular and what people think of it.
AdAway can install itself as a VPN provider on your Android phone for the sole purpose of modifying traffic and blocking content. It is not actually a VPN. https://adaway.org/. - Source: Hacker News / 7 months ago
Seeing this I'm even more happy that I use AdAway. Source: 10 months ago
If filtering is done locally on the device itself (i.e. Like in AdAway, DNS66, NetGuard or personalDNSfilter) it's not. Source: 11 months ago
I switched to AdAway once the whole VPN/"reading your private connection requests" advertising came up in Blokada. Source: 11 months ago
I have installed Lineage OS 13 on my OP 6T, then added Magisk to be able to launch as root. It was initially for AdAway to run as super user. Revolut complained and refused to start. Source: 11 months ago
App Ops can grant fake permission. I am not sure if it's what you want. Source: 11 months ago
You mean for VMOS? And do you mean AppCloner, LuckyPatcher, "OR" Rikka's AppOps. Or do you mean all of them together? Source: almost 2 years ago
For the first option, you should look at https://appcloner.app/ and http://www.luckypatchers.com, and https://appops.rikka.app/. Do note that these are all proprietary, but they're the best at what they do. And they don't collect analytics, nor need internet access. Source: almost 2 years ago
AppOps, for this app alone is worth rooting your phone. The amount of permission tweaks you can do on an app, without breaking it, is mind boggling. I just wish I'd discovered it earlier than a few weeks ago. Source: over 2 years ago
App Ops to fine-tune individual app permissions (not using it right now because the setup is a little bothersome when you use it along with Shelter without rooting). Source: over 2 years ago
Blokada - The best ad blocker for Android. Free and open source.
XPrivacyLua - Really simple to use privacy manager for Android 6.0 Marshmallow and later (successor of XPrivacy).
AdGuard - Surf the Web Ad-Free and Safely. Shield up!
XPrivacy - The ultimate, yet easy to use, privacy manager (Xposed module).
uBlock Origin - Popular and efficient blocker for Chromium, Chrome, Edge, Firefox, Opera, Safari, Thunderbird.
PilferShush Jammer - Block unwanted use of onboard microphone