Is SimpleTextEditor safe?

This is simple text editor that can help you with editing text files. This editor mostly used by me for small text notes, write down ideas while I have a break. Supports only plain text files at the moment. The code is open so can review code, send pull requests, new features, translations and so on. https://github.com/maxistar/TextPad. Any suggestions for this project are welcomed. Thank you!

Developer: Maxim Starikov
Category: Development
Earliest archived version: 19 Aug 2026
License: GPL-3.0-or-later (per F-Droid metadata)

02 / Release notes

Release notes from F-Droid

05 Oct 2026

1.31.2

scroll long lines and documents in any direction with a two-finger gesture - jump directly to a line and column from the editor menu - adds a Hindi translation and improves editor navigation reliability

Full notes →

19 Aug 2026

1.31.1

protects your edits when an open file changes outside TextPad - makes recovery of unsaved drafts more reliable - keeps the cursor visible when the keyboard is open

Full notes →

03 / Package identity

Technical fingerprint

Application IDcom.maxistar.textpad

Latest APK SHA-256322ba8b62ed791db8e2ad7b459ad4bc952992c933d30a61eb190256152d7fb2e

Signing certificate8A:91:0F:F9:7B:EF:2A:93:3A:5E:08:CE:4C:23:DD:B1:42:B8:D5:85:A7:5F:60:82:C2:04:D1:FF:06:33:27:8E

MIN ANDROID21TARGET36ARCHITECTURE

04 / History

Archive history

2 versions in WIKI archive: earliest 1.31.1 (19 Aug 2026), latest 1.31.2 (05 Oct 2026).

No change in android.permission.* between 1.31.1 and 1.31.2.

05 / Version archive

Documented releases

2 TOTAL

VersionReleasedAndroidArchitecture

1.31.205 Oct 202621+→1.31.119 Aug 202621+→

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

Permissions4 declared · 2 sensitive

Signaturepresent

Anti-featuresNo known anti-features

Sensitive accessREAD_EXTERNAL_STORAGEWRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE

Declared permissions

android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE android.permission.WAKE_LOCK android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE com.maxistar.textpad.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↗