Is Forkyz Scanner safe?

Crossword-scanning companion app to Forkyz crossword app. Supports scanning puzzles from the camera, image files, or PDF. Scanning is a multi-step process: scan the grid, then the columns of clues. The scan results can be edited to make corrections. The puzzle can then be shared with other apps (e.g. Forkyz) for playing. The app is somewhat heavyweight: it includes OpenCV for image processing and…

Developer: crossword
Category: OCR
Earliest archived version: 05 Mar 2025
License: MIT (per F-Droid metadata)

02 / Release notes

Release notes from F-Droid

05 Mar 2025

Target Android 15. - Add scan puzzle notes option.

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03 / Package identity

Technical fingerprint

Application IDapp.crossword.yourealwaysbe.forkyzscanner

Latest APK SHA-2566ed0278fe0c0fb6ba34115597be2e87fbe81c6415dc181f33c111cc91721d071

Signing certificate6F:18:D0:02:4B:5B:95:44:39:3F:DB:8D:93:08:8B:8F:C6:10:5A:00:47:3C:C5:1A:43:7F:FA:4C:D8:2C:40:65

MIN ANDROID21TARGET35ARCHITECTUREarm64-v8a · armeabi-v7a · x86 · x86_64

04 / Version archive

Documented releases

1 TOTAL

VersionReleasedAndroidArchitecture

805 Mar 202521+arm64-v8a, armeabi-v7a, x86, x86_64→

05 / Safety & access

Safety verdict

Authentic — file hash matches the source indexNo ads or tracking flagged by the source

IntegritySHA-256 verified vs source

SourceOpen-source · fdroid

Permissions3 declared · 0 sensitive

Signaturepresent

Anti-featuresNo known anti-features

Sensitive accessNo sensitive permissions

Declared permissions

android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE android.permission.INTERNET app.crossword.yourealwaysbe.forkyzscanner.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION

Tracker status: Not assessed by WIKI for Android.

06 / Sources

Evidence ledger

Each entry is a captured public reference backing this record.

RepositorySource package page↗Source codeSource repository↗