Is ReteClock safe?

An old Android phone in a drawer is still a perfectly good screen with a perfectly good clock in it. reteclock is for exactly that: plug the phone into a charger, put it on a stand, and it shows the time in large digits with the weekday and the date. Old phones are hard to use for much else. Signing in to a Google account stopped working on Android 2.3.7 and older in 2021, Google Play services st…

Developer: reteclock contributors
Category: Clock
Earliest archived version: 31 Aug 2026
License: MIT (per F-Droid metadata)

02 / Release notes

Release notes from F-Droid

12 Oct 2026

0.56.0

Web administration (experimental): the server can now keep running in the background, behind a notification with the address and a Stop button; with the screen off, only on the charger. The Layouts page in the browser is a real editor: the clock's screen to scale, drag to move, corners to resize…

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08 Oct 2026

0.55.0

Added: Web administration (experimental), off until you turn it on. A browser on the same Wi-Fi can change every setting and move settings, fonts, themes and sounds in and out. Login sends no password; requests are signed and single-use. Runs only while the app is on screen. Plain HTTP: use a…

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05 Oct 2026

0.54.0

Added: the phone's wallpaper behind the clock, live ones too (Pictures; issue 65). The time said on the hour (Speech settings; issue 67). Fixed: Enter and Space as timer keys; Numbers only says "14" at 14:00; a timer strip dragged to another edge now moves there.

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03 / Package identity

Technical fingerprint

Application IDcom.reteclock

Latest APK SHA-256015a617ba69afcf681938f068f355711e1edf06e3ffe6cbb54ab884075376ebc

Signing certificate90:44:6B:52:80:AA:4C:E3:4B:FE:8B:33:25:2E:F6:BE:90:2C:74:4D:4F:5A:F2:03:A5:99:5A:4B:BD:4C:64:1D

MIN ANDROID9TARGET28ARCHITECTURE

04 / History

Archive history

14 versions in WIKI archive: earliest 0.38.0 (31 Aug 2026), latest 0.56.0 (12 Oct 2026).

No change in android.permission.* between 0.55.0 and 0.56.0.

05 / Version archive

Documented releases

14 TOTAL

VersionReleasedAndroidArchitecture

0.56.012 Oct 20269+→0.55.008 Oct 20269+→0.54.005 Oct 20269+→0.53.004 Oct 20269+→0.51.026 Sept 20269+→0.50.025 Sept 20269+→0.49.023 Sept 20269+→0.48.122 Sept 20269+→0.47.021 Sept 20269+→0.45.016 Sept 20269+→0.43.015 Sept 20269+→0.40.014 Sept 20269+→0.39.012 Sept 20269+→0.38.031 Aug 20269+→

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

Permissions5 declared · 0 sensitive

Signaturepresent

Anti-featuresNo known anti-features

Sensitive accessNo sensitive permissions

Declared permissions

android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE android.permission.INTERNET android.permission.RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED android.permission.VIBRATE android.permission.WAKE_LOCK

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↗