Is Freqcast safe?

Freqcast is a modern internet radio player that finds streams from station websites, so you don't have to hunt for a .mp3, .aac, or .m3u8 URL yourself. Paste a station's website link and Freqcast checks Radio Browser, then scans the site itself, discovers a playable stream, verifies that it works, and adds it to your library. Features: - Paste a station website instead of hunting for a stream URL…

Developer: z0rats
Category: Radio
Earliest archived version: 16 Oct 2026
License: GPL-3.0-only (per F-Droid metadata)

02 / Release notes

Release notes from F-Droid

16 Oct 2026

3.17.0

Installed from F-Droid, RuStore, Google Play or another app store? Freqcast no longer checks GitHub for updates on its own — the store handles that. Sideloaded APKs still get the check.

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03 / Package identity

Technical fingerprint

Application IDcom.freqcast

Latest APK SHA-256676bb695bdd3ff27c306385f58666897d69e1ff26f678e731f095f4fee9f5dcf

Signing certificate7D:22:E1:D4:1F:3A:8C:AA:58:F7:4D:0E:99:DF:F5:8C:51:15:EB:FF:33:47:67:C0:FF:AA:36:06:87:9E:94:21

MIN ANDROID29TARGET37ARCHITECTUREarm64-v8a · armeabi-v7a · x86 · x86_64

04 / Version archive

Documented releases

1 TOTAL

VersionReleasedAndroidArchitecture

3.17.016 Oct 202629+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

Permissions11 declared · 1 sensitive

Signaturepresent

Anti-featuresNo known anti-features

Sensitive accessACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION

Declared permissions

android.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE_MEDIA_PLAYBACK android.permission.INTERNET android.permission.POST_NOTIFICATIONS android.permission.RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED android.permission.REQUEST_IGNORE_BATTERY_OPTIMIZATIONS android.permission.SCHEDULE_EXACT_ALARM android.permission.WAKE_LOCK com.freqcast.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↗