Is PebbleRecorder safe?

PebbleRecorder turns your Pebble watch into a remote start/stop trigger for audio recording on your phone. Press a button on the watch, and this app records straight to a folder you choose - no need to touch your phone. The watch has no microphone logic of its own - it just sends a start/stop command over Pebble's AppMessage protocol (relayed through the Pebble/Core companion app) and displays wh…

Developer: BigWebstas
Category: Multimedia
Earliest archived version: 29 Sept 2026
License: GPL-3.0-only (per F-Droid metadata)

02 / Release notes

Release notes from F-Droid

12 Oct 2026

0.1.20

New live spectrogram on the main screen while recording, Material icons on the buttons, and a "Check for updates" button (GitHub builds). The watch button is now labelled "Install on Pebble".

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29 Sept 2026

0.1.18

The watch app now checks in with the phone as soon as it launches, showing a "Connected" banner on success or "Phone app not responding" if the phone side is stuck.

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03 / Package identity

Technical fingerprint

Application IDcom.pebblerecorder.app

Latest APK SHA-25641b719b9626738b97ebe180b9342cbfc0b271b1b40606115d85f75990033c567

Signing certificate3C:7B:73:8A:4B:E7:37:B5:ED:37:6E:B6:86:F9:D5:07:D4:77:9D:71:5E:6D:73:A0:30:6E:2D:7B:72:03:85:2C

MIN ANDROID26TARGET37ARCHITECTUREarm64-v8a · armeabi-v7a · x86 · x86_64

04 / History

Archive history

2 versions in WIKI archive: earliest 0.1.18 (29 Sept 2026), latest 0.1.20 (12 Oct 2026).

No change in android.permission.* between 0.1.18 and 0.1.20.

05 / Version archive

Documented releases

2 TOTAL

VersionReleasedAndroidArchitecture

0.1.2012 Oct 202626+arm64-v8a, armeabi-v7a, x86, x86_64→0.1.1829 Sept 202626+arm64-v8a, armeabi-v7a, x86, x86_64→

06 / 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 · 3 sensitive

Signaturepresent

Anti-featuresNonFreeNet

Sensitive accessACCESS_COARSE_LOCATIONACCESS_FINE_LOCATIONRECORD_AUDIO

Declared permissions

android.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE_MICROPHONE android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE_SPECIAL_USE android.permission.INTERNET android.permission.POST_NOTIFICATIONS android.permission.RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED android.permission.RECORD_AUDIO android.permission.REQUEST_IGNORE_BATTERY_OPTIMIZATIONS com.pebblerecorder.app.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↗