Is ActivityWatch safe?

ActivityWatch is an open-source cross-platform application that tracks how you spend time on your devices, and keeps you in control of your data. It is the same ActivityWatch you know and love, but for Android! It builds on the same core as the desktop version, enabling us to offer the same features whichever platform you are on. Note about accessibility permission: the app allows users to option…

Developer: ActivityWatch
Category: Time Tracker
Earliest archived version: 16 Sept 2024
License: MPL-2.0 (per F-Droid metadata)

02 / Release notes

Release notes from F-Droid

14 Oct 2026

0.14.3

fix(startup): rewrite bucket hostnames before anything opens the datastore - fix(server): make startServerTask() single-instance guard atomic - feat(sync): surface per-peer hostnames in sync report UI - fix(sync): stop syncing twice per interval - fix(web-watcher): write browser events off the…

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26 Sept 2026

0.14.2

fix(onboarding): relaunch MainActivity after onboarding finishes - fix(sync): suppress desktop 'zero peers' warning in Sync Settings; show push-only note - fix(widget): read category colors from aw-webui settings - feat(sync): show next scheduled sync time in Sync Settings - fix(android): migrate…

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16 Sept 2026

0.14.1

ci(release): publish GitHub releases instead of leaving them as drafts - fix(android): inset native windows below system bars - fix(android): handle rejected foreground service starts

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03 / Package identity

Technical fingerprint

Application IDnet.activitywatch.android

Latest APK SHA-256375c2a21ffdbe6f59f78fcc2f371b0f42f6502965b7bc52ec1feff85e746a97f

Signing certificate9B:95:8F:59:EE:D1:5E:24:55:49:50:D6:EE:8D:79:2B:19:48:1D:C6:29:F2:9C:26:3C:81:4B:EC:C0:43:48:44

MIN ANDROID24TARGET32ARCHITECTUREarm64-v8a · armeabi-v7a · x86 · x86_64

04 / History

Archive history

4 versions in WIKI archive: earliest 0.12.1 (16 Sept 2024), latest 0.14.3 (14 Oct 2026).

No change in android.permission.* between 0.14.2 and 0.14.3.

05 / Version archive

Documented releases

4 TOTAL

VersionReleasedAndroidArchitecture

0.14.314 Oct 202626+arm64-v8a, armeabi-v7a, x86, x86_64→0.14.226 Sept 202626+arm64-v8a, armeabi-v7a, x86, x86_64→0.14.116 Sept 202626+arm64-v8a, armeabi-v7a, x86, x86_64→0.12.116 Sept 202424+arm64-v8a, armeabi-v7a, x86, x86_64→

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

Permissions11 declared · 1 sensitive

Signaturepresent

Anti-featuresNo known anti-features

Sensitive accessQUERY_ALL_PACKAGES

Declared permissions

android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE_SPECIAL_USE android.permission.INTERNET android.permission.PACKAGE_USAGE_STATS android.permission.POST_NOTIFICATIONS android.permission.QUERY_ALL_PACKAGES android.permission.RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED android.permission.SCHEDULE_EXACT_ALARM android.permission.WAKE_LOCK net.activitywatch.android.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION

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↗