Is Simple Search safe?

A very basic app designed for people who want to use a search widget with their preferred search engine. This app contains a search bar to type in a search query, which will be opened in the Internet browser. A widget for the home screen will simply start the app. You can change the search engine in the settings (Default is DuckDuckGo) or type in a custom search string. The app also saves the sea…

Developer: Tobias Bielefeld
Category: Internet
Earliest archived version: 11 Aug 2026
License: GPL-3.0-or-later (per F-Droid metadata)

02 / Release notes

Release notes from F-Droid

11 Aug 2026

2.7.0

Add option to move searchbar to bottom of screen Add Brave to list of search engines Update target Android SDK to 36

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03 / Package identity

Technical fingerprint

Application IDde.tobiasbielefeld.searchbar

Latest APK SHA-25668136bf8aba5e4902dc1e65b0971e626d4aeade5424dd68b2b86eb71f83320a1

Signing certificate5D:39:8D:0A:15:7F:6D:87:4F:54:8D:49:40:B4:4F:15:C8:45:01:86:E2:47:24:04:10:E6:D2:D6:B6:0D:7C:79

MIN ANDROID21TARGET36ARCHITECTURE

04 / Version archive

Documented releases

1 TOTAL

VersionReleasedAndroidArchitecture

2.7.011 Aug 202621+→

05 / 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

Permissions2 declared · 0 sensitive

Signaturepresent

Anti-featuresNo known anti-features

Sensitive accessNo sensitive permissions

Declared permissions

android.permission.INTERNET de.tobiasbielefeld.searchbar.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↗