DexProtector
DexProtector is a self-hosted protection and obfuscation product for Android and iOS applications and libraries.
What DexProtector is
DexProtector is a self-hosted protection and obfuscation product for Android and iOS applications and libraries. It is designed to guard against unauthorized use, tampering, reverse engineering, and cracking. Its code protections encrypt strings, classes, assets, and resources, while its InvokeDynamic engine hides sensitive API calls. Certificate checks and tamper detection help prevent apps from being re-signed or rebuilt. The Runtime Engine checks for root, jailbreak, debugging, and hooks at launch and while the app runs. It also validates server certificate chains and supports certificate and public key pinning. Mobile API Protection can create attestation tokens for backend validation before sensitive operations. Configured apps can report security signals to Alice Threat Intelligence for risk workflows and SIEM integration. Enterprise features include iOS, watchOS, and tvOS protection, native code protections, and priority support. Pricing is by quote, with a 30-day trial; the listed trial license stops protected apps when it expires. Standard includes one year of technical support and upgrades.
Good
- Protects Android and iOS apps and libraries.
- Encrypts strings, classes, assets, and resources.
- Checks runtime conditions including root and debugging.
- Supports certificate and public key pinning.
- Can provide API attestation tokens for backend validation.
Watch out
- No free plan; pricing is by quote.
- Standard is not suitable for virtualized environments.
- Trial-protected apps stop working when the 30-day license expires.
- Standard is licensed per application.
Who it suits
DexProtector suits teams protecting Android or iOS apps and SDKs, including organizations in banking, payments, wallets, and digital identity. Standard is aimed at individuals and micro or small businesses; Enterprise includes advanced features and a site license.
Verdict
DexProtector combines code obfuscation with runtime, integrity, network, and API protections for mobile software. Buyers should account for quote-based licensing and the trial expiry behavior before evaluating it.
Plans and prices
From DexProtector's own pricing page, checked 5 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Annual Support Subscription | Priced on request | One year of technical support and upgrades for DexProtector Standard · Get a quote |
| DexProtector Enterprise | Priced on request | Site license · support and advanced features · licensed per application · annual renewal · Get a quote · annual subscription |
| DexProtector Standard | Priced on request | One computer license · one year support and upgrades included · licensed per application · for individuals and micro/small businesses · not suitable for virtualized environments · Get a quote |
The facts
Each one read from DexProtector's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- API protection
- Mobile API Protection can generate an attestation token for backend validation before sensitive API operations are authorized.checked 5 Oct 2026
- Code protection
- It encrypts strings, classes, assets, and resources, and hides sensitive API calls with its InvokeDynamic engine.checked 5 Oct 2026
- Enterprise features
- The Enterprise feature list includes iOS, watchOS, and tvOS protection, Android library protection, native code protections, and priority support with unlimited requests.checked 5 Oct 2026
- HQ
- Licel lists a London, UK office at 14 East Bay Lane, The Press Centre, Here East, Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.checked 5 Oct 2026
- Integrity protection
- It injects certificate checks and tamper detection to help prevent applications from being re-signed or rebuilt.checked 5 Oct 2026
- Intended users
- Licel says DexProtector protects apps for Tier-1 banks, payment providers, wallet issuers, and national digital identity programs.checked 5 Oct 2026
- Network security
- The Runtime Engine validates server certificate chains using its own clean-room implementation and offers certificate and public key pinning.checked 5 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- DexProtector protects and obfuscates Android and iOS applications and libraries against unauthorized use, tampering, reverse engineering, and cracking.checked 5 Oct 2026
- Runtime protection
- The DexProtector Runtime Engine checks the device environment at launch and continues checking while the app runs, including for root, jailbreak, debugging, and hooks.checked 5 Oct 2026
- Support
- A new DexProtector Standard license includes one year of technical support for setup help, error-log analysis, fixes, and updates or upgrades during the term.checked 5 Oct 2026
- Threat intelligence integration
- Configured apps can report security signals to Alice Threat Intelligence, whose dashboard and Enterprise API connect those signals to risk workflows and SIEM integration supports security operations.checked 5 Oct 2026
The company
- Headquarters
- London, UKchecked 28 Sep 2026
- Maker
- Licel describes DexProtector as a product for Android and iOS apps and SDKs; its about page says the company has clients in 75 countries.checked 5 Oct 2026
Money
- Trial
- Licel offers a free trial license for a proof of concept in the customer's environment, typically around two weeks, with engineers available during the trial.checked 5 Oct 2026
- Trial limitation
- The legacy site says protected applications stop working when the fully functional 30-day trial license expires.checked 5 Oct 2026
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