GLOSSARY
Officially supported: Apps we recommend. We provide installation and troubleshooting support on these apps only. Other apps are only on a best-effort basis.
Stability: A measurement of the frequency of disconnections and speed fluctuations, as well as the likelihood of encountering various issues.
Recommendation: Netch, Clash or V2rayN for V2ray. Netch or Clash for Shadowsocks. Netch for gaming.
| v2rayN | Netch | SSR | Clash | SSTap | OpenVPN |
Officially supported | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ❌ | ✅ |
v2ray | ✅ | ✅ | ❌ | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ |
SSR | ❌ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ❌ |
Eclipse | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ |
Ease of Use | ✅ | ✅ | 🟧 | 🟧 | ✅ | 🟨 |
Speed | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | 🟨 | 🟧 |
Stability | 🟨 | 🟨 | ✅ | ✅ | 🟧 | 🟨 |
TCP | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
UDP | 🟨 | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
Netflix support | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | 🟨 | 🟧 |
Gaming | 🟧 May need separate software | ✅ | 🟨 May need separate software | ✅ | 🟨 High ping issues | 🟥 |
Recommendation: Latest ClashX version (at the very least, version 1.30.1 and up).
| ClashX | V2rayU | Tunnelblick |
Officially supported | ✅ | ❌ | ✅ |
v2ray | ✅ | ✅ | ❌ |
SSR | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ |
Eclipse | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ |
Ease of Use | ✅ | ✅ | 🟨 |
Speed | ✅ | 🟨 | 🟨🟧 |
Stability | ✅ | ✅ | 🟨 |
TCP | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
UDP | ✅ | ✅🟨 | ✅ |
Netflix support | ✅ | ✅ | 🟧 |
Gaming | 🟨 May need separate software | 🟧 May need separate software | 🟥 |
Recommendation: Shadowrocket
| Shadowrocket | Quantumult | OpenVPN |
Officially supported | ✅ | ❌ | ✅ |
v2ray | ✅ | ✅ | ❌ |
SSR | ✅ | ✅ | ❌ |
Eclipse | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ |
Ease of Use | ✅ | ✅🟨 | 🟨 |
Speed | ✅ | 🟨 | 🟨🟧 |
Stability | ✅🟨 | ✅ | 🟨 |
TCP | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
UDP | ✅ | ✅🟨 | ✅ |
Netflix support | ✅ | ✅ | 🟧 |
Gaming | 🟨 | 🟨 | 🟧 |
Recommendation: ClashR. Performance of all apps highly dependent on Phone type, Android version, and CPU.
| v2rayNG | ClashR | SSR | OpenVPN |
Officially supported | ✅ | ✅ | ❌ | ✅ |
v2ray | ✅ | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ |
SSR | ❌ | 🟨 | ✅ | ❌ |
Eclipse | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ |
Ease of Use | 🟨 | ✅ | ✅ | 🟨 |
Speed | 🟨 | ✅ | 🟨 | 🟨🟧 |
Stability | 🟨 | ✅ | 🟨 | 🟨 |
TCP | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
UDP | 🟨 | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
Netflix support | ✅ | ✅ | 🟨 | 🟧 |
Gaming | 🟧 | 🟨 | 🟨 | 🟥 |
To be done...
Recommendation: Merlin-Koolshare routers, unless you can get a OpenWRT router already setup with the V2ray-koolshare plugin.
Routers are NOT officially supported. Support provided on a best-effort basis.
If you get a OpenWRT or Padavan router, it is HIGHLY recommended to get it pre-installed. Installing it yourself is very complicated.
| Merlin | OpenWRT | Padavan |
Officially supported | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ |
v2ray | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
SSR | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
Eclipse | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
Installation | 🟧 | 🟥 | 🟨 Usually pre-installed |
Ease of Use | 🟨 | 🟨/🟧 Koolshare/Normal | 🟨 |
Speed | ✅ | ✅ | 🟨 |
Stability | ✅ | ✅ | 🟨 |
TCP | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
UDP | 🟨 | ✅ | 🟨 |
Netflix support | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
Gaming | ? | ? | ? |