Is Activity Trace safe?

Ever see something on your phone and then struggle to find it again? ActivityTrace creates a private, searchable memory of your Android activity. Search notifications, captured screen content, and indexed files from one place. No Internet permission. No cloud. No account. No telemetry. Your data stays encrypted on your device. Find what you saw — one searchable timeline of notifications, screen c…

Developer: David Neurieder
Category: Notification
Earliest archived version: 14 Aug 2026
License: GPL-3.0-only (per F-Droid metadata)

02 / Release notes

Release notes from F-Droid

14 Sept 2026

0.10.0

New features: - Demo mode — try ActivityTrace with curated fictional activity data - Theme selection — system default, light, dark, or OLED black - Search ranking — results ordered by relevance and recency (BM25 + FTS5) - Privacy settings screen documenting that events from blocked apps and…

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03 / Package identity

Technical fingerprint

Application IDcom.activitytrace

Latest APK SHA-256af996dac49b7ead11e64abf6f5a5983065afa4245f1550e76081fa461ebe1dc0

Signing certificateE9:A8:AA:01:71:43:0A:2C:E7:DD:4D:0D:5B:14:E8:88:0F:F5:D3:43:60:30:CA:7A:D8:35:C1:80:A4:49:DE:0D

MIN ANDROID26TARGET36ARCHITECTUREarm64-v8a

04 / History

Archive history

2 versions in WIKI archive: earliest 0.9.0 (14 Aug 2026), latest 0.10.0 (14 Sept 2026).

No change in android.permission.* between 0.9.0 and 0.10.0.

05 / Version archive

Documented releases

2 TOTAL

VersionReleasedAndroidArchitecture

0.10.014 Sept 202626+arm64-v8a→0.9.014 Aug 202626+arm64-v8a→

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

Permissions7 declared · 2 sensitive

Signaturepresent

Anti-featuresNo known anti-features

Sensitive accessREAD_EXTERNAL_STORAGEWRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE

Declared permissions

android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE android.permission.READ_MEDIA_DOCUMENTS android.permission.RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED android.permission.WAKE_LOCK android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE com.activitytrace.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION

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↗