Is Scratchpad Launcher safe?

Your phone as a piece of paper. Scratchpad Launcher is a minimal Android home screen split in two: the top half is a plain text box that's always there, so you can write something down without opening any app. The bottom half is a small, fixed list of your most-used apps. Nothing else. FEATURES: Persistent scratchpad: Text survives reboots, is stored locally, and is excluded from Android backups…

Developer: mstcgalis
Category: Launcher
First release: 23 Sept 2026
License: Not documented

02 / Package identity

Technical fingerprint

Application IDapp.scratchpad.launcher

Latest APK SHA-256a3bf75d8d485c02de72f10d9b9b52d3e51eacedabd5b6dc78d778808075c6c67

Signing certificateE9:0C:58:22:94:67:37:8A:AA:50:46:33:39:69:FE:9A:19:9D:77:16:B8:86:3F:D1:42:27:B6:10:64:D3:AF:7C

MIN ANDROID24TARGET35ARCHITECTURE

03 / History

Project timeline

23 Sept 2026

Package observed in source index

Metadata and versions observed from the fdroid repository index.

04 / Version archive

Documented releases

1 TOTAL

VersionReleasedAndroidArchitecture

1.1.923 Sept 202624+→

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

Permissions7 declared · 1 sensitive

Signaturepresent

Anti-featuresNo known anti-features

Sensitive accessQUERY_ALL_PACKAGES

Declared permissions

android.permission.ACCESS_HIDDEN_PROFILES android.permission.EXPAND_STATUS_BAR android.permission.PACKAGE_USAGE_STATS android.permission.QUERY_ALL_PACKAGES android.permission.REQUEST_DELETE_PACKAGES app.scratchpad.launcher.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION com.android.alarm.permission.SET_ALARM

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↗