Athena: Firewall & Adblocker

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About this app

Athena is a comprehensive security and privacy protection app for Android, designed to provide robust, system-wide protection with a modern interface and no need for root access. Below is a concise summary of its features and unique selling points:

- Advanced Real-time Protection: Blocks malware, spyware, trackers, and harmful applications with minimal system impact.
- Network Access Control: Lets users monitor and block network connections for all apps, including system apps, preventing unauthorized data transmissions.
- Privacy Shield: Blocks trackers, analytics, and digital fingerprinting to protect user privacy.
- Offline Operation: Works offline, with all security processing happening locally no external servers or remote VPNs required.
- Flexible Modes: Supports both VPN and root modes. VPN mode works without root, while root users get additional features and potential performance boosts.
- Comprehensive Customization: Users can block malicious websites, filter by content category (e.g., Gambling, Social Media), disable internet access per app, monitor packets, and block specific IPs or traffic types.

- Material Design UI: Features an intuitive, modern interface for ease of use.

Ratings and reviews

Some apps like YouTube (and most Google apps) are not even listed, probably so Google wouldn't see it as a danger to its profits, otherwise I'm not sure it would be allowed on the Play Store. As many apps use advertising via Google, it seems it doesn't actually do anything to protect you from ads, maybe from malicious ones only, at best. Some apps that won't run if they detect VPN network (Vodafone app for example), won't run while this app is "on" and can't find option to exclude single app.

For some reason on my Samsung phone, I lose network connectivity when I connect to wifi, but mobile data works fine. Besides that Athena works great on all my other devices 👍

App is crashing when I click to enable logs. This is on Poco X6 Pro. Otherwise, it is working all well.

What’s new

• Faster app startup
• New tutorial to help you get started
• Improved DNS and Firewall controls
• Fixed crashes and connection issues
• Smoother animations and faster search
• Better Premium experience and pricing
• Added translation support
• General bug fixes and improvements