Is BRouter safe?

Sophisticated routing engine for offline cycling directions. Works as a selectable navigation service within a mapping application like https://f-droid.org/packages/net.osmand.plus. Check out the website for a full description of features.

Developer: Dr. Arndt Brenschede
Category: Navigation
Earliest archived version: 21 Apr 2026
License: MIT (per F-Droid metadata)

02 / Package identity

Technical fingerprint

Application IDbtools.routingapp

Latest APK SHA-256ef0f40be1b947752e8441fe106ecb15e3705ab5aa52a9726c5e9a04a3a499038

Signing certificateD1:9E:79:3B:A6:9A:73:6A:A6:ED:88:0B:DC:48:C8:31:FA:0B:58:0E:ED:D9:59:D0:49:75:6D:3B:BE:58:7D:43

MIN ANDROID21TARGET36ARCHITECTURE

03 / Version archive

Documented releases

1 TOTAL

VersionReleasedAndroidArchitecture

1.7.921 Apr 202621+→

04 / 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

Permissions10 declared · 2 sensitive

Signaturepresent

Anti-featuresNo known anti-features

Sensitive accessREAD_EXTERNAL_STORAGEWRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE

Declared permissions

android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE_DATA_SYNC android.permission.INTERNET android.permission.POST_NOTIFICATIONS android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE android.permission.RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED android.permission.WAKE_LOCK android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE btools.routingapp.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION

Tracker status: Not assessed by WIKI for Android.

05 / Sources

Evidence ledger

Each entry is a captured public reference backing this record.

RepositorySource package page↗Source codeSource repository↗