Is RelayPony safe?

Send files from one phone to another, directly. RelayPony is a private, encrypted file transfer app that moves your photos, videos, documents, and any files device to device, with no servers, no account, and no cloud in between. Most file sharing apps upload your files to someone else's servers or bury you in ads. RelayPony does neither. Your files go straight to the person you're sending to, ove…

Developer: NorseHorse
Category: File Transfer
Earliest archived version: 14 Aug 2026
License: Apache-2.0 (per F-Droid metadata)

02 / Release notes

Release notes from F-Droid

02 Oct 2026

3.0.1

Send files to your paired devices over the internet, not just on the same network. • Send over the internet: RelayPony connects the two devices directly when it can, and falls back to passing the encrypted transfer through the relay when a direct link can't be made (common on mobile data) • Relay…

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03 / Package identity

Technical fingerprint

Application IDcom.relaypony.android

Latest APK SHA-25639786ce9f68a84ea0a06aff67b6da0064244020a67ae5ff400a0e10e87769ee0

Signing certificateD6:5C:D8:0D:CD:A1:D9:2B:86:92:11:B0:2A:E6:07:69:1C:CD:E9:33:51:00:7E:81:1F:7E:49:18:9A:C0:99:C9

MIN ANDROID23TARGET36ARCHITECTUREarm64-v8a · armeabi-v7a · x86 · x86_64

04 / History

Archive history

2 versions in WIKI archive: earliest 2.1 (14 Aug 2026), latest 3.0.1 (02 Oct 2026).

No change in android.permission.* between 2.1 and 3.0.1.

05 / Version archive

Documented releases

2 TOTAL

VersionReleasedAndroidArchitecture

3.0.102 Oct 202623+arm64-v8a, armeabi-v7a, x86, x86_64→2.114 Aug 202623+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

SourceOpen-source · fdroid

Permissions11 declared · 4 sensitive

Signaturepresent

Anti-featuresNo known anti-features

Sensitive accessACCESS_FINE_LOCATIONCAMERAREAD_EXTERNAL_STORAGEWRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE

Declared permissions

android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE android.permission.ACCESS_WIFI_STATE android.permission.CAMERA android.permission.CHANGE_WIFI_MULTICAST_STATE android.permission.CHANGE_WIFI_STATE android.permission.INTERNET android.permission.NEARBY_WIFI_DEVICES android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE com.relaypony.android.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↗