Is INSTEAD safe?

Collection of text quests on the engine INSTEAD. Most of the games are in Russian, but there are games in English, Spanish and French: in English: - The Returning of the Quantum Cat - I.A.G. Alpha - Constellation - Mainland - Return of Red Hood - Crash Dive! - Semyon The Hamster 1 - Am I a monster? - Kingdom of Grain - Mirror - Kayleth - Dark Crystal - The Archive in Spanish: - Mansion - Leñador…

Developer: Boris Timofeev
Category: Visual Novel
Earliest archived version: 16 Nov 2024
License: MIT (per F-Droid metadata)

02 / Release notes

Release notes from F-Droid

01 Oct 2026

0.10

Added the ability to download several games at once, with the option to cancel a download - Added dynamic colors on Android 12+ - Added a monochrome launcher icon - INSTEAD updated to version 3.6.0 - SDL updated to version 3.4.10 - Lua replaced with LuaJIT — games should run faster - Android…

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03 / Package identity

Technical fingerprint

Application IDorg.emunix.insteadlauncher

Latest APK SHA-25693b93d89991049882de728c295ff5ce14aa4d6580f7873169e6ba5467932ab50

Signing certificateC9:76:6A:69:21:CC:4A:56:54:E4:E8:77:51:39:D8:FA:95:30:CF:01:DC:BE:3D:1E:63:E4:13:1D:0F:C2:E7:55

MIN ANDROID25TARGET34ARCHITECTUREarm64-v8a · armeabi-v7a · x86 · x86_64

04 / History

Archive history

2 versions in WIKI archive: earliest 0.9.2 (16 Nov 2024), latest 0.10 (01 Oct 2026).

No change in android.permission.* between 0.9.2 and 0.10.

05 / Version archive

Documented releases

2 TOTAL

VersionReleasedAndroidArchitecture

0.1001 Oct 202625+arm64-v8a, armeabi-v7a, x86, x86_64→0.9.216 Nov 202425+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

Permissions10 declared · 0 sensitive

Signaturepresent

Anti-featuresNo known anti-features

Sensitive accessNo sensitive permissions

Declared permissions

android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE android.permission.BLUETOOTH android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE_DATA_SYNC android.permission.INTERNET android.permission.POST_NOTIFICATIONS android.permission.RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED android.permission.VIBRATE android.permission.WAKE_LOCK org.emunix.insteadlauncher.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↗