Is Escapepod - Podcast Player safe?

Escapepod is a straightforward and lightweight app that takes a minimalistic approach to podcast listening, which may not appeal to everyone. The app consists of only two screens: a list of all podcasts and a list of episodes for a single podcast. Escapepod lacks a podcast discovery feature, offering only a simple search option. Additionally, it opens RSS podcast links when tapped in a web browse…

Developer: y20k
Category: Multimedia
Earliest archived version: 03 Aug 2026
License: MIT (per F-Droid metadata)

02 / Release notes

Release notes from F-Droid

16 Oct 2026

1.6.8

Es ist einfach Rockmusik 2026-10-14 - third-party widgets can control playback again - the media notification shows the seek buttons instead of previous and next - fixed an update indicator that could run forever or flicker during an update - fixed two crashes (failed OPML backup, tapping a podcast…

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20 Sept 2026

1.6.7

Es ist einfach Rockmusik 2026-09-18 - requests now identify Escapepod rather than disclosing the Android version, the device model and the build id - fixed a malformed user agent sent to podcastindex.org and gpodder.net - updated translations - updated software libraries - modernised the build setup

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03 Aug 2026

1.6.6

Es ist einfach Rockmusik 2026-07-29 - hardened feed parsing, downloads, and playback against malformed or hostile data - playback and storage errors now surface a message instead of failing silently - updated translations

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03 / Package identity

Technical fingerprint

Application IDorg.y20k.escapepod

Latest APK SHA-25642f729ea1f48639633259638f9901a2cb60cf7613acd7ffcd65024af3004c8f8

Signing certificateF5:BA:11:D9:4B:C5:03:B4:E3:9A:9E:82:3A:A0:26:91:EB:EC:A0:A2:B9:17:E1:FB:97:20:F0:60:21:08:1E:9D

MIN ANDROID25TARGET37ARCHITECTURE

04 / History

Archive history

3 versions in WIKI archive: earliest 1.6.6 (03 Aug 2026), latest 1.6.8 (16 Oct 2026).

No change in android.permission.* between 1.6.7 and 1.6.8.

05 / Version archive

Documented releases

3 TOTAL

VersionReleasedAndroidArchitecture

1.6.816 Oct 202625+→1.6.720 Sept 202625+→1.6.603 Aug 202625+→

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

Permissions8 declared · 0 sensitive

Signaturepresent

Anti-featuresTetheredNet

Sensitive accessNo sensitive permissions

Declared permissions

android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE android.permission.ACCESS_WIFI_STATE android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE_MEDIA_PLAYBACK android.permission.INTERNET android.permission.RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED android.permission.WAKE_LOCK org.y20k.escapepod.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↗