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This is the answer, also shows you which trackers are getting blocked and allows you to individually unblock them in case you need it for an app to work.
Pihole or other network-based ad blockers might be able to do a lot of the same things. Or an ad-blocking DNS set in the phone's settings. But I don't know of anything else that has the same on-device VPN implementation as the DDG tool.
how is it diff from ublock?
UBlock blocks ads from the websites you acess. The tracker thing stops your whole phone's apps' trackers.
Maybe RethinkDNS
https://f-droid.org/packages/com.celzero.bravedns
Or even DNSNet if good lists are added to it
2nding RethinkDNS, since you can also use a Wireguard profile with it for system-wide VPN. Normal the app (and apps like it like TrackerControl) would replace a VPN because it runs a local VPN (using the android feature) to filter system traffic.
this post was submitted on 21 Dec 2025
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