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SocksTun vs FreeProxy: catalog facts
SocksTun	FreeProxy

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

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