Top 5 No Root FireWall Apps to Secure Your Android

A study was conducted by NCSA cyber security who confirmed that only 4% of the American population understands the meaning of firewall and almost a staggering 44% have no idea about it. Well, in today's world of technology and more and more dependence on internet, you can your personal information, become the potential target to a number of cyber threats, hackers, trojans, viruses, which are planted by people looking to take information from you. Shopping online, operating your bank account, all pose a threat towards identity theft and other malicious activities.

While some applications have legitimate reasons of accessing the internet, some do not. They open the door for threats and malicious activities. This is where a firewall helps as a shield and obstacle between your computer or digital device and the cyber space. The firewall filters information sent and received by following certain set of rules and criteria thereby, allowing or blocking harmful data. So, the hackers are unable to access and steal information pertaining to your bank account and passwords.

We all know about the basic windows firewall installed on PC's, however, today, in this article, we will focus on top five application firewall that controls both input, output and access, from, to or by an application or service, which is definitely a must need to protect your data and personal details.

Part 1: NoRoot Firewall

NoRoot Firewall is one of the most famous firewall apps and helps you control the internet access for the apps on your Android. Most of the apps installed these days require data connection, and usually we do not get to know who is sending or receiving the data from your device. Hence NoRoot Firewall keeps a check on the data access for all the apps on your device. As it is a NoRoot app, it does not require rooting your Android, but it creates a VPN which diverts all the traffic on your mobile. In this way, you are free to choose what to allow and what to refuse and stop.

Pros :

• Doesn't require you to root your phone.
• Allows you to set up filters, both globally and for individual apps.
• Specifies if app can access internet only on wifi, or 3G or on both
• Gives control to download only on wifi or some app on 3G.
• Great in blocking data
• Good for limiting background data.
• Its free

Cons :

• Currently does not support 4G.
• May not work on LTE as does not support IPv6.
• Some may not like the apps control over all data transfers.
• Requires Android 4.0 and up.

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Part 2: NoRoot Data Firewall

NoRoot Data Firewall is another excellent mobile and wifi data firewall app which does not require rooting in your Android device. It is based on VPN interface and helps you control the internet access permission for each and every app on both mobile and wi-fi network. Like NoRoot firewall, it supports blocking background data. It gives you reports to make you analyze the accessed websites for every app installed on your Android device.

Pros :

• You can record, analyze and sort the data usage by each app.
• It shows the history of data by even hour, day and month in a chart.
• It gives notification when a particular app has a new net connection.
• It has night mode feature.
• It startups automatically.
• You can set up temporary permission for an app for 1 hour also.
• The mobile network only mode disables firewall in wifi network automatically
• Needs permission to read, write sd card for backup and restore, hence completely safe.
• Its free

Cons :

• NoRoot Data Firewall does not have image mode.
• Some users have experienced issues with SMS app being blocked by the firewall.
• Requires Android 4.0 and up.

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So these were the top five firewall apps for NoRoot Android devices. Hope this helps you in choosing the best for yourself.