NetStat
Real-time network speed in your Android status bar - beautifully designed, endlessly customizable.
At a Glance
Know your network speed without opening an app. NetStat shows live download and upload speeds right in your status bar notification, with a beautiful animated graph and full Material You theming. Designed for people who want to actually see their connection.
Features
Live Status Bar Icon
Not just a static notification - the icon dynamically updates with your actual current speed. Glance at your status bar and know instantly.
Speed History Graph
Smooth 60-second rolling graph with Bézier curves and gradient fills. Toggle download/upload lines. Watch your connection in real-time.
Material You Theming
Dynamic colors that adapt to your wallpaper (Android 12+). Light, dark, or system-follow modes. It looks like it belongs on your phone.
Endless Customization
Units, arrow styles, colors, fonts, icon modes - tweak everything until it's exactly how you want it.
Customization Options
Status Bar Icon
- • Speed units (Auto, Kbps, Mbps, KB/s, MB/s)
- • Icon style (Combined, Download only, Upload only)
- • Arrow styles (↓↑, ▼▲, DU, or none)
- • 7 text color options
- • Font size and style (Normal/Bold/Italic)
- • Show/hide unit in icon
Behavior
- • Start on boot toggle
- • Minimize notification option
- • Smart zero-threshold (no flickering)
- • Battery-efficient 750ms updates
- • Theme mode (Light/Dark/System)
Technical Highlights
- ▸ Custom Canvas Drawing - SpeedGraphView with Bézier curves, gradient fills, and smooth animation interpolators
- ▸ Foreground Service - Battery-efficient monitoring with proper notification channels
- ▸ Dynamic Icon Generation - Real-time bitmap creation for notification with configurable text rendering
- ▸ Flicker Prevention - Smart algorithm prevents display from jumping to 0 during brief pauses
- ▸ Modern Android - Kotlin 2.1, Material 3, targets Android 9-16
Requirements
- ▸ Android 9.0 (Pie) or higher
- ▸ Notification permission (Android 13+)
- ▸ No other permissions needed - privacy first
Privacy: Zero data collection, no analytics, no ads. The app only reads network statistics that Android provides to any app. Your usage data stays on your device.