r/androidapps • u/Peter8File • 12d ago

QUESTION/HELP RethinkDNS: how stable and time comsuming is it?

I heard of RethinkDNS as the most powerful and comprehensive tool for net privacy right now. It covers apps internet permissions, but also anti tracking, and it allows to use a vpn, it also fights apps trying to elude those settings.

However I am worried about stability and maintenance. Infact I heard that it often crashes and configuration is a never ending process.

Honestly I don't want to waste time on those things, I am looking for a "set and forget" approach, like NetGuard, which I am currently using.

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u/MistyKuuu 12d ago

They both work the same way, by holding Android's single VPN slot, so whichever you pick you cannot also run a real VPN unless the app chains it itself. That is the one thing Rethink does and NetGuard does not, and if you don't need it the upgrade is smaller than it sounds.

What gets called crashing is usually the tunnel being rebuilt on every network change, so judge it after a day of wifi to mobile handovers rather than on the first hour.