Is Battery Monitor safe?

Battery Monitor is a simple, practical Android app for keeping an eye on your device’s battery. It gives you clear battery information at a glance, shows useful notifications, supports configurable battery alarms, and lets you review battery history over time. Main features: - persistent notification with current battery level, status, and optional details - on Android 16 and newer, the main noti…

Developer: Tomasz Świstak
Category: Battery
Earliest archived version: 03 Sept 2026
License: GPL-3.0-or-later (per F-Droid metadata)

02 / Release notes

Release notes from F-Droid

06 Oct 2026

1.7.3

Improved: - Main notification is now expandable with vital signs details.

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03 Sept 2026

1.7.2

Improved: - More reliable voltage reading. Fixed: - Notifications opening Alarms instead of Current State.

Full notes →

03 / Package identity

Technical fingerprint

Application IDcodes.swistak.batterymonitor

Latest APK SHA-256eb5d370187c3699a9d4d74d1890e8226a165ed65f66a16e6a968aa5baf19aec7

Signing certificate70:72:34:A8:AB:DA:C2:51:09:1C:A3:AA:71:DB:B8:62:10:75:DE:2E:05:4B:9F:7B:80:04:69:E5:9B:7F:DA:D2

MIN ANDROID26TARGET37ARCHITECTURE

04 / History

Archive history

2 versions in WIKI archive: earliest 1.7.2 (03 Sept 2026), latest 1.7.3 (06 Oct 2026).

No change in android.permission.* between 1.7.2 and 1.7.3.

05 / Version archive

Documented releases

2 TOTAL

VersionReleasedAndroidArchitecture

1.7.306 Oct 202626+→1.7.203 Sept 202626+→

06 / 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

Permissions9 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.POST_PROMOTED_NOTIFICATIONS android.permission.RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED android.permission.REQUEST_IGNORE_BATTERY_OPTIMIZATIONS android.permission.VIBRATE codes.swistak.batterymonitor.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION moe.shizuku.manager.permission.API_V23

Tracker status: Not assessed by WIKI for Android.

07 / Sources

Evidence ledger

Each entry is a captured public reference backing this record.

RepositorySource package page↗Source codeSource repository↗