maintained
Subtitle Blocker
com.subtitlescreenOverlay to mask hard-coded subtitles on videos and social media.
Latest documented release1.115 May 2026 · 4.6 MB→01 / Overview
Is Subtitle Blocker safe?
This super-niche application was developed purely to deal with a strong dislike of the fast-moving, distracting subtitles that are hard-coded into many social media videos and cannot be turned off. When enabled, the overlay can either be docked as a small unobtrusive tab on the side of the screen, or expanded into a resizable, moveable rectangle which can be dragged to cover the area displaying s…
- Developer
- Jonathan Heard
- Category
- Multimedia
- Earliest archived version
- 15 May 2026
- License
- GPL-3.0-only (per F-Droid metadata)
02 / Package identity
Technical fingerprint
Application ID
com.subtitlescreenLatest APK SHA-256
7a1546f0005d04a832494447031cef22ec2510cf59126560ca22775909a6b22fSigning certificate
BC:CB:C9:65:6F:F5:87:48:CF:24:83:90:2C:57:4B:32:95:EA:AB:EE:63:58:33:1C:9F:6E:A1:90:5D:6A:4F:53MIN ANDROID26TARGET35ARCHITECTURE
03 / Version archive
Documented releases
1 TOTALVersionReleasedAndroidArchitecture
1.126+→04 / 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 · 1 sensitive
Signaturepresent
Anti-featuresNo known anti-features
Sensitive accessSYSTEM_ALERT_WINDOW
Declared permissions
Tracker status: Not assessed by WIKI for Android.
05 / Sources
Evidence ledger
Each entry is a captured public reference backing this record.