Is FreeView safe?

FreeView is a lightweight, ad-free reader for Medium articles. Share a Medium link to FreeView (or paste it into the app) and it opens the full article through the free reader service of your choice - no browser clutter and no login. Features Multiple reader services: Read-Medium, Freedium, Archive.today, Archive.is, and a Medium parser vercel app Open a link by sharing it from any app, pasting i…

Developer: Rouf Syed
Category: Internet
First release: 16 Aug 2026
License: Not documented

02 / Package identity

Technical fingerprint

Application IDcom.rouf.freeview

Latest APK SHA-2564c3cb01dd07743e2d014fc590e8bda6ab05c4fda6e217363ce51904c856fff5f

Signing certificate12:03:52:93:DA:AB:C9:5B:BA:14:2E:0D:EE:BA:B9:EC:36:DF:CB:85:E3:0A:0F:1F:83:BD:70:05:CD:EA:41:F6

MIN ANDROID24TARGET36ARCHITECTURE

03 / History

Project timeline

16 Aug 2026

Package observed in source index

Metadata and versions observed from the fdroid repository index.

04 / Version archive

Documented releases

1 TOTAL

VersionReleasedAndroidArchitecture

1.216 Aug 202624+→

05 / 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

Permissions3 declared · 0 sensitive

Signaturepresent

Anti-featuresNonFreeNet

Sensitive accessNo sensitive permissions

Declared permissions

android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE android.permission.INTERNET com.rouf.freeview.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↗