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FreeProxy vs SocksTun: catalog facts
FreeProxy	SocksTun
Best for: Android users who need system-wide or per-app routing through their own SOCKS5 or HTTP CONNECT proxy	Best for: Sending all Android traffic through your own SOCKS5 proxy
Free Free and open source under Apache-2.0.	Free Free and open source under the MIT licence.
Android	Android
Routes all apps or selected apps through a proxy Supports SOCKS5 and HTTP CONNECT profiles All 3 strengths for FreeProxy Routes all apps or selected apps through a proxy Supports SOCKS5 and HTTP CONNECT profiles Shows connection activity and traffic counters	Redirects both TCP and UDP traffic Username and password authentication for the proxy All 4 strengths for SocksTun Redirects both TCP and UDP traffic Username and password authentication for the proxy Custom DNS and IPv4/IPv6 dual stack Lightweight and simple
Requires an upstream proxy supplied by the user IPv4 only	Requires a SOCKS5 proxy server you already have Not a VPN service; it does not provide servers
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: Apache-2.0	License: MIT
Not stated if an account is needed	No account needed
Needs internet	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Sources for FreeProxy github.com/xVanTuring/free-proxy Catalog checked October 8, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Sources for SocksTun github.com/heiher/sockstun f-droid.org/packages/hev.sockstun Catalog checked October 2, 2026

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