AppDNS
Automatically switch Android's Private DNS (DNS-over-TLS) based on the app you open. No VPN, no tracking, open source.
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Details
- External ID
- 1412926643
- Source
- GITHUB
- Company
- —
- Product
- AppDNS
- Website domain
- github.com
- Launched
- Oct. 10, 2026
- Cohort
- —
- Upvotes
- 17
- Upvotes percentile
- 0.36
- Tags
- adguard-dns, adguard-dns-per-app, andoid-dns, android, android-app, android-private-dns-switcher, auto-switch-private-dns-android, cloudflare-family-dns, dns-over-tls, kotlin, modify-private-dns-settings-per-app, nextdns, no-vpn-dns-switcher, privacy, private-dns, private-dns-android, private-dns-tile, quick-settings-private-dns-tile, quick-settings-tile, remove-ads
Enrichment
- Niche
- mobile system utility apps
- Vertical
- Horizontal
- Function
- Dev tools
- Audience
- Prosumer
- AI stance
- Not AI
- Project type
- Hobby / open-source project
- Normalized one-liner
- per-app private dns switcher for android
- Manually corrected
- False
Could you build this?
Yes AppDNS can be built using standard Android APIs (AccessibilityService or UsageStatsManager to detect foreground apps, and DevicePolicyManager or Shizuku/root to adjust the system Private DNS setting).
Competitors
Other products that read as similar to this one — 151 launches clear the similarity bar, closest 8 shown.
Attention rank: #82 of 152 (itself plus its competitors, highest first — normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).
Launched 317 days after the earliest competitor.
- dns-otg · github · 2026-10-06 · 10 upvotes · similarity 0.58
- cdn-tunnel · github · 2026-09-16 · 9 upvotes · similarity 0.49
- dns-manager · github · 2026-09-18 · 10 upvotes · similarity 0.49
- ZedSecure · github · 2026-09-29 · 164 upvotes · similarity 0.48
- Greenly VPN · ph · 2026-10-13 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.46
- Which is the best VPN for UAE · ph · 2026-10-05 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.46
- Preon VPN · ph · 2026-09-11 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.43
- Pixel-Vpn · github · 2026-09-17 · 10 upvotes · similarity 0.43
Other launches for this product
- No other launches for this product.