Open Source Shelter Alternatives for Android

There are many alternatives to Shelter for Android if you are looking for a replacement. The best open source Android alternative is Insular. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 10 alternatives to Shelter and six of them are open source and available for Android so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting open source Android alternatives to Shelter are Island, Hail, PhoneProfilesPlus and FreezeYou!.

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  1. Insular icon

    Insular

     18 likes

    Sandbox environment to clone selected apps and isolate them from accessing your personal data (fork of Island with closed source parts removed).

    12 Insular alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Android
    • Android Tablet
    • F-Droid
    • Global
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  2. Island icon

    Island

     20 likes

    Sandbox environment to clone selected apps and isolate them from accessing your personal data.

    22 Island alternatives

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Android
    • CN flagChina
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  4. Hail icon

    Hail

     5 likes

    Hail is a free software that allows users to freeze unnecessary Android apps to improve device performance and save power.

    17 Hail alternatives

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Android
    • F-Droid
    Hail screenshot 1
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  5. PhoneProfilesPlus icon

    PhoneProfilesPlus

     2 likes

    PhoneProfilesPlus allows automatically or with one click configuring the device for life situations (at home, at work, in your car, sleep outside…).

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Android
    • F-Droid
    • HUAWEI AppGallery
    • Samsung Apps
    • SK flagSlovakia
    • European Union flagEU
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    FreezeYou!

     4 likes

    An android application that can disable packages by default.

    Cost / License

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Android
    • F-Droid
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  8. SeekPrivacy icon

    SeekPrivacy

     2 likes

    Some apps need or force storage permission : SeekPrivacy hides what they don’t need to see. Even if you grant all-files access, your private files stay invisible, but you can still access them normally.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Android
    • F-Droid
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