No permissions required to run, protecting user privacy
Deep dive into manifests, permissions, and components
Filter and sort installed apps for targeted analysis
Compact footprint with ongoing Pro features under development
Does not offer APK extraction or system-wide data access (areas where some competitors offer more).
Limited to on-device installed apps; lacks sharing/export of detailed data across platforms
About App Detective
App Detective was a tools app developed by zmarties. It was removed from Google Play Feb 18, 2024 and is no longer available for download.
Download Statistics
App Detective had been downloaded 250 thousand times before it became unavailable.
User Ratings
App Detective was rated 3.98 out of 5 stars, based on 650 ratings.
App Information
App Detective was free to download. The APK download size was 749.66 kB. The last available version was 1.5 alpha 2. The last update was on January 20, 2021.
Technical Requirements
App Detective required Android 1.6+ or higher. The app had a content rating of Everyone. The app had been available on Google Play January 2013.
Description
App Detective allows you to take a really deep look inside the apps that you have installed on your device.
Starting from the list of installed apps, which you can filter and sort in many ways, you can dive in to look at the innermost details of specific apps.
Details shown include - version information - full Android manifest file viewer (with syntax coloring) - signatures - permissions - activities, receivers, services etc - resources - libraries - installation dates - file sizes - code packages and much more.
More Pro features, which will tell you even more about your installed apps, are under development.
This app requires no specific permissions to run.
You will find App Detective especially useful and interesting if you are an app developer, or currently use any of AppXplore, App Inspector, AppBrain Ad Detector, Apk Manager Plus, ManifestViewer or any other app that offers app management or app inspection features.
Recent changes: Updated to know about later versions of Android, and to speed up some operations.
The app still needs no permissions to tell you about your apps, and in particular accomplishes all its investigation without Internet access. You can use the app itself to see how rare that is!
Current Play Store policies have forced a rebuild of the app targetting a later version of Android, which has caused the size to increase, but it still manages to pack a lot of features into a comparatively small app size.
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★★★★★
Thanks to this app I can trace back all the apps I've downloaded from the first time I activated this phone
★★★★★
Ha! So many years, and still the simple genius of your app strips all that is in a phone down to the marrow! Hats off to you, and will gladly pay for a pro version when available.
★★★★★
This app is just what I was looking for, just downloaded it and found what I needed. I will update review again as time goes by. Well done
★★☆☆☆
App closes by itself around 5 seconds of using. Please update to fix the issue. Could've been a great app to use
★★☆☆☆
It constantly freezes. Cannot scroll down half of the list of apps.
★★☆☆☆
On my Motorola with android 7.0 it shows 159 apps and gets immediately very slow and unusable. But great idea.
★★☆☆☆
Initially very good. However, now when I open it does not respond it opens and shuts off. Now it opens alphabetically but when I try to open as per install date it shuts immediately. Please address this issue
Technologies used by App Detective
App Detective is requesting 0 permissions and is using 1 libraries.
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