What is the best ad blocker that i can use … For example to block in app ads?
Private DNS= dns.adguard-dns.com
I also use Firefox with Privacy Badger and uBlock origin.
This has never let me down and blocks every ad in every app I use.
Adguard dns if you are not rooted or you want to use a vpn
I use RethinkDNS with AdGuard filter.
Many people don’t seem to know this but AdAway also works without root since quite some time now.
So do the following solutions:
DNS66 was also a nice idea but it got its last update on January 2021.
personalDNSfilter is technically great but it has the worst UI by far.
Same goes for Netguard: technically good and feature-wise even amazing but it has one of the worst UI you can find.
There’s also RethinkDNS which I never tested and I didn’t check properly how it works yet. But it looks amazing from a first glimpse!
My favourite for a long time blocker was Blokada 4. A simple UI, performant, having everything locally, nice default blocklists and trivial activation of more with a single tap. Blokada 4 was the to-go recommendation for my friends and family.
But the Blokada folks got greedy so they made Blokada 5 spammy and Blokada 6 is not even a local ad blocker any more but yet another fishy VPN who’s reading your accessed web applications on their servers. So if your browser wants to resolve your favourite port site, they will know about that before you even accessed the porn site itself. Same is true for other sites as well. Many commercial ‘adblock vpn’ solutions do this.
Technically you could still get Blokada 4 at the releases page of GitHub but you won’t get any updates. Therefore I’d rather recommend something sustainable here.
TL;DR: AdAway might not be perfect but it is a good all-rounder in comparison to the others. Maybe also check RethinkDNS whether it’s something because it looks very promising.
you could use next dns
Adguard
If you’re rooted adaway
DNS.adguard.com, that’s it
Personaldnsfilter, very lousy UX but damn it works amazingly and also has very low battery drain. RethinkDNS is great as well, has more customizations and a great UI/UX, but also drains more battery from my own testing.
I’ve been using adaway on fdroid , it’s free , can be used rooted or unrooted , blocks ads on apps and if your watching peacock blocks all the ads on it to .
For AnDroid, AdGuard for Android is the best so far. AdAway needs a rooted device. UblockOrigin needs a specific browser like Firefox. Dns ad blocking still needs to be improved in many ways - customising filters, website appearance, speed, and so on.
Adguard app is much better than Adguard DNS imo. I hate the blank spaces that the DNS solution causes. The app does cosmetic filtering, just like uBlock Origin.
The best ad blocker is the adguard app but does cost a one time fee. It has a lot of features other apps do not have like cosmetic filtering and script support. If you do not want to use a fake VPN i would suggest using a DNS service like nextdns or controld. If you do not want to pay anything the best free adblocking service is probably controld, rethinkdns or mullvad
I block them with mi Pihole
Adaway. It’ll use less data and less battery than a DNS will. If you need your VPN slot then use NextDNS.
NetGuard firewall + AdGuard DNS or switch to r/fossdroid and fdroid.org for apps
ProtonVPN has built in ad, tracker and malware blocking, system-wide, on top of it just being a great VPN.
The private DNS adguard worked fine when I was using my router, but as soon as I go out and the phone switches to 4G network, it can’t or won’t connect?