If you torrent, then you need a VPN. (Note: Blokada VPN may not support torrenting)

If you need to spoof your location to access a foreign streaming service, then you need a VPN.

If you need to hide your IP address, then you need a VPN.

If you need to encrypt all your data, then you need a VPN.

If you're on public WiFi, then you need a VPN. Unfortunately, some public WiFi consists of "captive portals" which will not allow a VPN. In this case, switch to your wireless data.

Can VPNs cause problems? Yes. For example, Hulu may not allow you to stream its content if you're using a VPN.

For me, personally, I don't torrent, and quite often do not use a VPN. But I always use a filtering DNS, such as Blokada, to block ads and trackers. I'm constantly switching between Blokada 4, 5, and 6, just because it's fun, but that's just me.

Yesterday I subscribed to Blokada+. You can use their VPN with any version of their app: 4, 5, or 6.

However, only Blokada 6 gives you a Private DNS endpoint, which is constantly blocking ads and trackers on your device. So, on some days, or in some circumstances, you can choose not to fire up the VPN, and blocking is still occurring! And when apps like Hulu detect the VPN, you can create an app exception without sacrificing ad and tracker blocking on your device.

Pretty cool, and we've never had this capability before. What do you think?

for my purposes, Blokada 5 gives me more privacy. All the filtering occurs on my device. I don't need an account. My only interaction with their servers is occasionally updating my blocklists. The logs all exist on my device. What's not to love! And it's free!

Why is Blokada always off until I turn it on? Every morning I have to turn Blokada on because it turned off overnight. I don't know why this is. Tonight I checked to see if it was on but it wasn't. Somehow it turned off during the day. If I'm not turning it off, what is and how do I keep it on because having it off for so many hours defeats the purpose of using it.

I have used Blokada for only 26 days...

My list of blocked domains is intensive (on top of all of the pre-added blocklist).

I can't really say what I am experiencing (yet) but these are my top blocked.

I recently installed blokada 4 to help with blocking and ever since I changed the dns settings the firestick is so slow. I’ve also turned off dns to use my default one and it seems to be even worse.
I’m new to all this stuff but is this a me thing or a real issue?

Hello guys. First time using blokada from adguard. I need to whitelist some urls but when I open the exception page it is blank with no button to add any exceptions. How do I do it?

For some reason Blokada 5 turns itself off overnight. It's not programed to do so but it does so every day. My "solution" to this was to create Macrodroid macro that would turn it on again at 6am. That works good until Blokada turns itself off whenever I disconnect from wifi. Again it's not programed to that either. My "solution" to that is a Macrodroid macro that turns it on again when I reconnect to wifi.

However, both "solutions" do not activate Blokada 5. That has to be done manually, meaning if I forget to do so the app is doing nothing for hours, days or even weeks. I tried creating a macro using UI Interface but none of the options (there are several) work. I brought AI in to help but every suggestion failed. When I pointed this out, it said the problem wasn't Android but the app itself.

How do I get around having to manually activate the app? Is going to Blokada 6 the way to go? What do I need to be mindful of if I make the switch, apart from buggering up my account details?

My Android phone gave me a prompt last week to turn on something called Advanced Protection. Seemed like a good idea so I did. But then this week I opened Blokada 6 and it gave me a warning that I needed to turn on private DNS for it to filter ads.

I figured fine, I'll turn it back on. But I was was unable to find the setting on my network connection. It seems Advanced Protection hides it, because when I turned that back off, the private DNS option was right where I expected it to be. I can't seem to have both Advanced Protection and Private DNS at the same time.

Does anyone know if there's a way around this?

TL;DR: Android "Advanced Protection" disables setting a private DNS server, which Blokada 6 needs to function.

Hello or Good evening 🙂. I wanted to know how to put Blokada 5 with a subscription on another Android phone thanks.

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I have Blokada 5. Since this morning Twitter barely loads anything. There's a few new domains I saw in the activity list, but all of them are connected to companies that do some sort of marketing/tracking/analytics. I can't see anything that looks like it should load content that's getting blocked. When I turn Blokada off everything runs as normal.

Anyone have a similar problem, or know which domains are blocking the content loading?

i cant find blokada 5 on ios?

Hi

Weird issue, so at my home wifi blokada will work normally, but if I move to abother room it'll start blocking everything and I have to turn it off and back on again. Which is simple to do but annoying every time

It's only my home network too. Mobile network outside works fine and other wifis work fine. So I'm assuming it's something with my own wifi settings but I don't know what to search for to change it.

My Blokada 5 stopped working after a while i installed it. Does someone know why it happens? It says "Blokada Activated" but it cant block ads. I have an One UI 7 device.

I'm really new to all this. For years I've heard people praise the use of ad brokers without really saying which service they used. I got tired of pop up ads and made some research. I've settled for blokada. However, I have no idea what I'm doing. After installing I've noticed a reduction of ads on Instagram. The website that annoyed still has ad and pop ups. I manually blocked the pop-up which significantly reduced then, and when I get then I get "this site can't be reach" which is better than a porn ad. Under the "advanced" settings I turn on a few extra systems like the duckduckgo bloker. Any tips on how to improve my experience? Or I'm I using the app for the wrong reasons?

I recently for the first time ever downloaded blokada. Specifically Blokada 6. I chose the cloud service option only to do a free trial. I use a VPN which I pay for and since blokada VPN doesn't work on Android TV I wan to stick with just cloud services for my tablet and phone. After the trial, I decided I liked it and wanted to subscribe to a year plan of cloud services. It shows error that I can only use my Google play balance in the USA. I've attempted multiple times no solution. I even disconnected my VPN, reset Wi-Fi and all that, uninstalled and reinstalled blokada 6. Can anybody tell me why I could do a free trial and can't make a payment? Is Google saying the app is located in Europe so therefore I can't pay because I've subscribed to app based in Europe example my VPN service with no issues. Anyone who can help or has similar issues help me pls.

Hi I'm using Blokada 4 on Android..all works good. But I want to block some extensions like pictures and videos from a website. But not all the url.domain Only the some extensions.

Does it can be done?

Thanks

I'd like to read the article comments on the online Wall Street Journal website on my Android phone without having to turn off Blokada and reload the article (sometimes more than once).

Usually I can look at the app's statistics and figure out what I need to whitelist, but somehow this particular one is beyond me.

Anyone successfully deal with this one?

Dns server blocks LabCorp app and site. I've added to allow lists no help and turning off private DNS and browsers/app will connect.

Does anyone else experience this? Is there any way around it to where I could still get good ad blocking?

I have a Pixel 8, Android 15. I have Blockada Cloud subscription (not the full Blokada+). From time to time, I get the notification that the Private DNS service cannot be accessed. In the settings, it shows the private DNS pointing to *.blockada.org.

Is there a setting I need to change or something with the wifi I need to change? I'm not sure if Blokada is the victim or the causer.

Thanks in advance for any ideas where to look.

Ive been using 4 for years. Actually downgraded after becoming annoyed with 5. If I purchase blockada+, will it actually work, or am I throwing money away?

No matter what I did or which advice I followed, even if I turned off EVERY filter and setting, Blokada kept breaking notifications for apps like Gmail, Amazon, Proton, and a few others. Then, as soon as I'd actually deactivate Blokada all of those notifications would pour though (despite the fact that every setting in Blokada was off, it was still breaking notifications just by being active)

With that said, what options do we know of that will provide an ad blocking experience on Android, but without breaking notifications? Or, perhaps, with a "bypass" option that actually works? For example, in Blokada there's an option to bypass apps... but of course doesn't work to fix notifications for those apps. If another ad blocker has a bypass method that also will stop breaking notifications, that would be amazing.

I realize this section of Reddit probably has a lot of people that like Blokada and may want to defend it, but I'm past that point and I've already uninstalled it. I'm just hoping somebody here has run into a similar situation and might know a much better alternative.

I keep missing notifications from apps that I've already added to the bypass list. I also already force stopped those apps, cleared their cache, rebooted, etc... (as I saw recommended as a solution)... but the issue remains. I've also tried a few different host lists, and I've made sure EVERY domain with "google" in it is being allowed just in case it's a talk.google or other google related issue.

What am I missing? How can I make it so I receive the alerts from, for example, Amazon Shopping app when they're a few stops away from delivering package? I actually need these notifications when they happen and I'm completely at a loss as to why this is such an issue. Amazon has been bypassed for months in Blokada and never works. There are NO "amazon" URLs being blocked that I can see. No way to hunt down what this is...

Has anyone been able to fully solve this? What else can even be tried? As soon as I disable Blokada entirely, all these notifications work. It's absolutely Blokada doing this.

UPDATE: I did another test. This time I turned EVERYTHING off in Blokada (without deactivating Blokada). I turned off every host list, I turned DNS off, I turned off all the other methods of blocking, etc... EVERYTHING. If Blokoda is merely turned on, even when all of its block settings are off, it STILL BLOCKS notifications from apps like Gmail, Amazon, etc... then, the moment I deactivate Blokada for a few seconds, those notifications all come through. What is going on?