A small fix for a loud app
Just the
music.
Spotify keeps adding video. You came for songs. Nerfify is a single switch that quietly turns the video off, leaving the audio exactly where it was.
Three taps. Then silence from the video side.
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Install from Google Play
When it lands, you'll find Nerfify in the Music & Audio section. One tap to install.
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Open Nerfify, tap Switch on
Android shows a connection request. Accept it — this lets Nerfify run as a local filter.
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Open Spotify and listen
Music tracks, albums, regular podcasts, and the Now Playing screen all behave as usual. Video features go quiet.
Optional: turn on Always-on VPN for Nerfify in Settings → Network & Internet → VPN, and it will start with your phone.
How it actually works.
Android requires apps that touch network traffic to register as a VPN. Nerfify does — but it never talks to a server. It runs a tiny DNS resolver on your device. For most domains it forwards your query to Cloudflare or Google, exactly like your phone already does. For a small list of Spotify video-CDN domains, it answers "no such address," and Spotify falls back to audio.
Servers
None. There isn't a Nerfify backend.
Accounts
No sign-up, no email, no telemetry.
Tracking
No analytics. No crash reporters. No SDKs.
Privacy
“Nothing leaves your device. Nerfify isn't a privacy VPN — there is no us to send anything to.” From the privacy policy
A few honest trade-offs.
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Music videos won't play
Their audio and video share one stream. Skip past them; albums and regular tracks are unaffected.
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Video podcasts won't play
Audio-only podcasts work normally.
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It uses Android's VPN slot
You can only run one VPN at a time. If you use another, you'll have to choose.