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
Earliest archived version: 19 Aug 2026
License: Apache-2.0 (per F-Droid metadata)

02 / Release notes

Release notes from F-Droid

14 Oct 2026

1.0.20

Add configurable TXT Contents, including custom patterns, and back up manual/hidden headings. Improve large-TXT page caches, partition transitions and position recovery. Improve PDF page requests, EPUB/Word/HWP previews and read-aloud. Strengthen archive-image background return and thumbnails.…

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21 Sept 2026

1.0.19

Collapsible pinned folders and smaller Home headers. Fixed theme switching, reset/import, PIN setup and theme editing. EPUB keeps reading positions and improves vertical Japanese bookmarks, search and read-aloud. PDF and image viewers improve zoom gestures, page loading and position controls. TXT…

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14 Sept 2026

1.0.18

Archive timeout and folder-aware comics; thumbnail, EPUB, PDF, search and file-operation fixes. Scoped plain single-volume RAR LZ/PPMd and solid fallback; streaming output and disk-backed RAR5/RAR7 history; broader special 7z coder chains. Fixed extraction/viewer ceilings removed; storage and…

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03 / Package identity

Technical fingerprint

Application IDcom.readwide.manager

Latest APK SHA-25655f1a991708efcdf97ed62cd6520b9da8b3b1b434504710a2abf1b7abe9f7852

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

04 / History

Archive history

4 versions in WIKI archive: earliest 1.0.17 (19 Aug 2026), latest 1.0.20 (14 Oct 2026).

No change in android.permission.* between 1.0.19 and 1.0.20.

05 / Version archive

Documented releases

4 TOTAL

VersionReleasedAndroidArchitecture

1.0.2014 Oct 202624+arm64-v8a, armeabi-v7a→1.0.1921 Sept 202624+arm64-v8a, armeabi-v7a→1.0.1814 Sept 202624+arm64-v8a, armeabi-v7a→1.0.1719 Aug 202624+arm64-v8a, armeabi-v7a→

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

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.

07 / Sources

Evidence ledger

Each entry is a captured public reference backing this record.

RepositorySource package page↗Source codeSource repository↗