Is BuzzKill safe?

BuzzKill powers your phone off when you stop using it at night, so notifications and the temptation to scroll cannot wake you up at 2am. You set a nightly kill zone (e.g. 23:00 to 07:00). Inside that window, BuzzKill watches for the screen to stay off for a configurable number of minutes, then triggers the system shutdown via an accessibility service. Outside the zone the app does nothing. To com…

Developer: Carlos Asmat
Category: System
Earliest archived version: 18 Jul 2026
License: Apache-2.0 (per F-Droid metadata)

02 / Release notes

Release notes from F-Droid

18 Jul 2026

1.0.10

Add an F-Droid feature graphic (store banner). No app behaviour changes; documentation and release-tooling updates only.

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03 / Package identity

Technical fingerprint

Application IDca.asmat.buzzkill

Latest APK SHA-256afca902bb98e0644202bedb8f477b2e0d504e1a60f8a3e09124504f8a90bc99a

Signing certificate2D:B8:6C:78:3D:4D:D4:57:F5:60:97:15:7B:08:6C:33:34:FC:2E:77:EF:CC:A3:C4:2E:1A:5F:21:71:02:F4:59

MIN ANDROID26TARGET36ARCHITECTUREarm64-v8a · armeabi-v7a · x86 · x86_64

04 / Version archive

Documented releases

1 TOTAL

VersionReleasedAndroidArchitecture

1.0.1018 Jul 202626+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

Permissions8 declared · 0 sensitive

Signaturepresent

Anti-featuresNo known anti-features

Sensitive accessNo sensitive permissions

Declared permissions

android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE_SPECIAL_USE android.permission.POST_NOTIFICATIONS android.permission.RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED android.permission.REQUEST_IGNORE_BATTERY_OPTIMIZATIONS android.permission.USE_EXACT_ALARM android.permission.WAKE_LOCK ca.asmat.buzzkill.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↗