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AFWall+ logo AFWall+

AFWall+ (Android Firewall +) - iptables based firewall for Android

Hands Off! logo Hands Off!

Monitor your computer. Protect your privacy.
  • AFWall+ Landing page
    Landing page //
    2023-10-02
  • Hands Off! Landing page
    Landing page //
    2023-01-27

AFWall+

Categories
  • Security & Privacy
  • Monitoring Tools
  • Cyber Security
  • Network Monitoring
Website github.com
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Hands Off!

Categories
  • Monitoring Tools
  • Firewall
  • Network Monitoring
  • Cyber Security
Website sites.fastspring.com
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AFWall+ videos

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Optimize Your Android - Control app connectivity with AFWall+

Hands Off! videos

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Category Popularity

0-100% (relative to AFWall+ and Hands Off!)

AFWall+

Hands Off!

Monitoring Tools
74 74%
Monitoring Tools
26% 26
Firewall
0 0%
Firewall
100% 100
Security & Privacy
100 100%
Security & Privacy
0% 0
Network Monitoring
69 69%
Network Monitoring
31% 31

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Social recommendations and mentions

Based on our record, AFWall+ seems to be more popular. It has been mentiond 7 times since March 2021. 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.

AFWall+ mentions (7)

  • F-Droid, Keyboard Libraries, and Choosing a Browser
    I considered what many others have done: installing Gboard and using Graphene's settings to deny it network access, potentially even going the extra step of using a root firewall like AFWall (something I plan on looking into later regardless) but I was curious to see if I could do without. - Source: dev.to / 3 months ago
  • Is it possible to route all traffic through tor on LineageOS?
    AFWall+ can also do that. It needs root though. Source: over 1 year ago
  • AfWall needs new developer. Someone please fork it.
    Https://github.com/ukanth/afwall/ It is a IPtables frontend but it is not updated often, last update was on May 21, 2021. Source: about 2 years ago
  • PrivacyGuides on Afwall+ and rooting.
    "Android Firewall+ (AFWall+) is an advanced iptables editor (GUI) for Android. It provides fine-grained control over which Android apps are Allowed to access the network." https://github.com/ukanth/afwall. Source: about 2 years ago
  • How to block a (local) IP address?
    Can I block using iptables on Android (I'm rooted)? Source: over 2 years ago
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Hands Off! mentions (0)

We have not tracked any mentions of Hands Off! yet. Tracking of Hands Off! recommendations started around Mar 2021.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing AFWall+ and Hands Off!, you can also consider the following products

NetGuard - NetGuard

Little Snitch - Little Snitch is a firewall application that monitors and controls outbound internet traffic.

NoRoot Firewall - Firewall WITHOUT ROOT.

LuLu by Objective-See - LuLu is the free open-source macOS firewall that aims to block unauthorized (outgoing) network...

RethinkDNS - 2B+ Android users deserve access to a safer and open Internet.

Radio Silence - Radio Silence is a network monitor and firewall for the macOS. The software stops apps from making network connections. The firewall runs in the background and does not require an open window.

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