{
  "slug": "app-manager",
  "category": "mobile-security-apps",
  "name": "App Manager",
  "description": "Open source Android package manager that shows app components, permissions, trackers and signatures, and can block trackers, freeze apps and change permissions, with more control on rooted devices or through ADB.",
  "website": "https://muntashir.dev/AppManager/",
  "source": "https://github.com/MuntashirAkon/AppManager",
  "license": null,
  "platforms": [
    "android"
  ],
  "jurisdiction": null,
  "pick": false,
  "pick_reason": null,
  "disclosure": null,
  "grade": "B",
  "score": 80,
  "coverage": 100,
  "summary": "App Manager scores 80 out of 100 (grade B) on the mobile security apps criteria. It meets 3 of 4 criteria: open source, no trackers or telemetry and no ads or data sales. It does not meet independent audit.",
  "url": "https://privacyratings.com/mobile-security-apps/app-manager/",
  "markdown": "https://privacyratings.com/mobile-security-apps/app-manager/index.md",
  "answers": {
    "open_source": {
      "title": "Open source",
      "weight": 3,
      "answer": "yes",
      "evidence": "https://github.com/MuntashirAkon/AppManager/blob/master/COPYING",
      "note": "GPL-3.0-or-later."
    },
    "no_trackers": {
      "title": "No trackers or telemetry",
      "weight": 3,
      "answer": "yes",
      "evidence": "https://reports.exodus-privacy.eu.org/en/reports/io.github.muntashirakon.AppManager/latest/",
      "note": "The Exodus report finds no trackers, and the website uses only a language-preference cookie."
    },
    "no_ads": {
      "title": "No ads or data sales",
      "weight": 2,
      "answer": "yes",
      "evidence": "https://github.com/MuntashirAkon/AppManager",
      "note": "Free volunteer project distributed through F-Droid and GitHub, with no ads or paid tiers."
    },
    "independent_audit": {
      "title": "Independent audit",
      "weight": 2,
      "answer": "no",
      "evidence": null,
      "note": "No independent audit is published."
    },
    "transparency_report": {
      "title": "Transparency report",
      "weight": 2,
      "answer": "n/a",
      "evidence": null,
      "note": "Only applies to hosted services with a website to test."
    },
    "user_notice": {
      "title": "Tells users about requests",
      "weight": 1,
      "answer": "n/a",
      "evidence": null,
      "note": "Only applies to hosted services with a website to test."
    },
    "tls": {
      "title": "TLS configuration",
      "weight": 2,
      "answer": "n/a",
      "evidence": null,
      "note": "Only applies to hosted services with a website to test."
    },
    "security_headers": {
      "title": "Security headers",
      "weight": 1,
      "answer": "n/a",
      "evidence": null,
      "note": "Only applies to hosted services with a website to test."
    },
    "web_standards": {
      "title": "Modern web standards",
      "weight": 1,
      "answer": "n/a",
      "evidence": null,
      "note": "Only applies to hosted services with a website to test."
    }
  },
  "tests": {
    "ssllabs": null,
    "observatory": null,
    "internetnl_web": null,
    "internetnl_mail": null,
    "trackers": [],
    "tested_at": "2026-10-01T06:38:20.177Z"
  },
  "last_modified": "2026-10-01T06:56:31Z"
}