Is PlayTube safe?

PlayTube is a fast, private, and feature-rich YouTube client for Android. Key Features: - Fluid Glass UI. - Background Play. - Picture-in-Picture (PIP). - Comments. - Subtitles. - Video Downloads. - Volume/brightness & seek gestures. - Push up & down to enable/disable fullscreen mode. - Subscription Management. PlayTube eliminates software bloat to ensure a lightweight, efficient video playback e…

Developer: arslandaim
Category: Online Media Player
Earliest archived version: 07 Sept 2026
License: GPL-3.0-or-later (per F-Droid metadata)

02 / Package identity

Technical fingerprint

Application IDcom.arslandaim.playtube

Latest APK SHA-256cdad756e1e927301f0698f176419571c45179b60727de893332a5e6cb000f2c1

Signing certificate9E:77:47:3C:DB:73:EE:61:46:BE:AE:70:04:A6:85:74:AF:FE:97:C1:37:90:C3:3F:A2:F9:47:BD:B9:93:3A:1D

MIN ANDROID24TARGET36ARCHITECTUREarm64-v8a · armeabi-v7a · x86 · x86_64

03 / History

Archive history

2 versions in WIKI archive: earliest 1.4.2 (07 Sept 2026), latest 1.4.3 (25 Sept 2026).

No change in android.permission.* between 1.4.2 and 1.4.3.

04 / Version archive

Documented releases

2 TOTAL

VersionReleasedAndroidArchitecture

1.4.325 Sept 202624+arm64-v8a, armeabi-v7a, x86, x86_64→1.4.207 Sept 202624+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

SourceBinary repo · fdroid

Permissions11 declared · 0 sensitive

Signaturepresent

Anti-featuresNonFreeNet

Sensitive accessNo sensitive permissions

Declared permissions

android.permission.ACCESS_LOCAL_NETWORK android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE_DATA_SYNC android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE_MEDIA_PLAYBACK android.permission.INTERNET android.permission.NEARBY_WIFI_DEVICES android.permission.POST_NOTIFICATIONS android.permission.RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED android.permission.WAKE_LOCK com.arslandaim.playtube.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↗