Is Readwide safe?

Readwide is a local-first Android reader and file browser for TXT, Markdown, PDF, EPUB, Word-family documents, HWP/HWPX, images, comic archives, and common archive workflows. It supports local reading, recent files with reading-history search, bookmarks, folder shortcuts, file search and type filtering, in-document text search (including find inside PDFs), archive browsing, archive-backed image v…

Developer: k1717
Category: Ebook Reader
First release: 19 Aug 2026
License: Not documented

02 / Package identity

Technical fingerprint

Application IDcom.readwide.manager

Latest APK SHA-2563f2b91b7dde158d85625f40ed74bcd0798bf0b7d5e0caa783f4053ca5de7122f

Signing certificate29:E8:12:40:70:89:7A:E4:B4:3C:42:28:A0:08:10:65:F3:06:5D:24:C2:D4:91:A4:27:8D:EE:BD:6A:8B:89:E7

MIN ANDROID24TARGET35ARCHITECTUREarm64-v8a · armeabi-v7a

03 / History

Project timeline

19 Aug 2026

Package observed in source index

Metadata and versions observed from the fdroid repository index.

04 / Version archive

Documented releases

1 TOTAL

VersionReleasedAndroidArchitecture

1.0.1719 Aug 202624+arm64-v8a, armeabi-v7a→

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

Permissions7 declared · 3 sensitive

Signaturepresent

Anti-featuresNo known anti-features

Sensitive accessMANAGE_EXTERNAL_STORAGEREAD_EXTERNAL_STORAGEWRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE

Declared permissions

android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE_MEDIA_PLAYBACK android.permission.MANAGE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE android.permission.POST_NOTIFICATIONS android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE com.readwide.manager.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↗