Comment by AnonC

Comment by AnonC 6 days ago

Sorry to get on to a related topic, since the NextDNS team may be looking at these comments. Is there any plan at all to revive the iOS app (last updated in 2020) so that the toggle in the app actually works? I don’t like installing a NextDNS profile because it doesn’t offer the flexibility to turn it off or on as needed. The app used to work pre-2020, but doesn’t now.

On my iPhone, at any given date and time, it’s just a random occurrence of whether NextDNS (with the app) works or not. Visiting test.nextdns.io may show “unconfigured” or a NextDNS endpoint.

Various posts on the forums by several people over the years have not been responded to.

I’d like to know if the team is ever going to work on this. If not, just remove the app from the App Store so that people don’t assume that it works when it doesn’t.

maxmax_ 5 days ago

I‘m also using the iOS App and I think you need to wait a bit after using the toggle because the DNS requests might be cached by the Browser

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AnonC 4 hours ago

Late reply, but the app toggle is always on in my device. But when I visit test.nextdns.io on a browser, it may report a NextDNS endpoint or say “unconfigured”. There’s no way for me to know if it’s working or not at any point in time. It’s broken and the app is abandoned (with no updates since 2020). I don’t want a permanent VPN profile on the device since I’d like to have the flexibility to turn it off if/when needed.

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dbmnt 5 days ago

Parent might also be getting bit by Apple's iCloud Private Relay and/or the "Hide IP Address" feature of Safari.

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- AnonC 4 hours ago
  
  Late reply. I don’t have any iCloud+ subscription and thus don’t have iCloud Private Relay. The NextDNS iOS app is broken and abandoned (no updates since 2020).
  
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