Is Otoscope safe?

Otoscope is a clean, ad-free replacement for the proprietary apps shipped with cheap Wi-Fi otoscope cameras. The stock companion apps generally bundle lots of ad and analytics SDKs (AdMob, AppLovin, IronSource, MBridge, Vungle, Pangle, Mintegral, etc.) and in-app tracking. Otoscope reimplements essential connection and viewer functionalities, with nothing else. Features: • Discover the camera ove…

Developer: rubec
Category: Camera
First release: 02 Sept 2026
License: Not documented

02 / Package identity

Technical fingerprint

Application IDdev.rubec.otoscope

Latest APK SHA-256930abbc9ddadc1407b2ea48cffe3f9c74565fbe57d06b1738dff6b4ee479c5f8

Signing certificate69:4D:49:76:7B:3E:3F:1A:40:24:07:2F:9B:13:FE:FC:44:FC:04:36:28:03:C5:5F:E0:3E:30:BA:27:07:AF:A9

MIN ANDROID29TARGET35ARCHITECTUREarm64-v8a · armeabi-v7a · x86 · x86_64

03 / History

Project timeline

02 Sept 2026

Package observed in source index

Metadata and versions observed from the fdroid repository index.

04 / Version archive

Documented releases

1 TOTAL

VersionReleasedAndroidArchitecture

0.7.002 Sept 202629+arm64-v8a, armeabi-v7a, x86, x86_64→

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

Permissions13 declared · 2 sensitive

Signaturepresent

Anti-featuresNo known anti-features

Sensitive accessACCESS_COARSE_LOCATIONACCESS_FINE_LOCATION

Declared permissions

android.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE android.permission.ACCESS_WIFI_STATE android.permission.BLUETOOTH android.permission.BLUETOOTH_ADMIN android.permission.BLUETOOTH_CONNECT android.permission.BLUETOOTH_SCAN android.permission.CHANGE_NETWORK_STATE android.permission.CHANGE_WIFI_STATE android.permission.INTERNET android.permission.NEARBY_WIFI_DEVICES dev.rubec.otoscope.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↗