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Summary

OpenKeychain: Easy PGP delivers OpenPGP-based key management and encryption for Android, enabling secure messaging across devices. It integrates with popular apps like K-9 Mail and Conversations, and is open source with an independent Cure53 security audit.

Pros & Cons

Open-source and auditable codebase
OpenPGP-standard compatibility enabling cross-device interoperability
Independent Cure53 security audit enhances trust
Strong app integrations with popular email clients and messaging apps

Does not advertise built-in email client or cloud storage features that some competitors offer
Lacks in-app password management or notes features
May require users to manage keys and configurations themselves, which can be a steeper learning curve

About OpenKeychain: Easy PGP

OpenKeychain: Easy PGP is a communication app developed by OpenKeychain.

Install Statistics

OpenKeychain: Easy PGP has been installed 910 thousand times. In the last 30 days, the app was installed 2.3 thousand times.

User Ratings

OpenKeychain: Easy PGP is rated 3.97 out of 5 stars. The rating is based on 4.2 thousand ratings.

App Information

OpenKeychain: Easy PGP is freely available from Google Play. The app size is 7.52 MB. The latest version available is 6.0.4. The last update was on February 29, 2024.

Technical Requirements

The app has a content rating of Everyone. The app has been available on Google Play since January 2013.

Description by OpenKeychain (from Google Play)

OpenKeychain helps you communicate more privately and securely.

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Installs over time

OpenKeychain: Easy PGP has been installed 910 thousand times. Over the past 30 days, it averaged 76 installs per day.

Changelog of OpenKeychain: Easy PGP

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Comments on OpenKeychain: Easy PGP for Android

★★★★★ महाराजा of भारतं रोबिन मात्यू राजन · Jan 12, 2026

I use OpenKeychain daily to send e-mails. OpenKeychain is a very good tool. OpenKeychain developers should resume the development of OpenKeychain.

★★★★★ David Swanson · Oct 25, 2025

I have been using this app for over a decade now. Not sure why it has a score of 3.9. It deserves a score of 5. Dealing with customers all day, I'm guessing individuals download the app thinking it's something else, having no idea what PGP is, how to use PGP keys, how to encrypt/decrypt files. How it works with Airmail (the best Android email client) is fantastic. Like I said, it's easy to use. It's not buggy. It just works. It deserves 5 STARS!!!

★★★★★ Keith · Feb 7, 2025

This is a simple and straightforward way to create, and import, PGP keys. You can then use the app to encrypt, decrypt, and verify text and files. It also integrates with other apps to do email encryption. The web of trust model is outdated, however, so I disabled the key synchronization features. I primarily use this app to encrypt and decrypt text and files for chat messages that don't support E2EE. My keys do not include my real life name nor my real life email address.

★☆☆☆☆ Roland Fehér · Sep 29, 2025

Fails to import authentication subway from pgp card

★☆☆☆☆ Nasreen Akter Kushum · Nov 18, 2024

HONEST REVIEW: This app is seriously unreliable. Sometimes decrying doe snot works, sometimes importing keys from files or from clipboard doesn't works. Yesterday, I tried in every possible way to decrypt my file but nothing worked. But today, everything is working perfectly. Even clipboard issue also gone. It happens every week. The App has serious amount of bugs. If you encrypt ur file somehow, There is completely no guarantee that you will decrypt them ever again even if your keys r correct.

★☆☆☆☆ Daniel “Danimal” Hlawacz · Jan 25, 2025

It used to work fine. Until I got a new phone with Android 10, and now it won't import from my clipboard no matter what l. ***UPDATE***I last used this app about a year ago because it just doesn't work. When trying to import a key via copy and paste? It sees it on the gd clipboard but WHEN YOU GO TO OPEN/IMPORT SAID TEXT?? IT JUST SAYS 'CLIPBOARD EMPTY'...not all the time, JUST WHEN ITS VERY IMPORTANT AND YOU NEED IT. 2☆1☆ I would give negative ☆ if I could. Y'all were the best. Now you are trash.

★☆☆☆☆ Spencer Widener · Aug 8, 2026

Not that easy to use. I can't import keys from my clipboard. When trying it says it's found a key in the clipboard. When I click view it says click board is empty

Google Play Rankings for OpenKeychain: Easy PGP

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Technologies used by OpenKeychain: Easy PGP

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Trust & Safety: OpenKeychain is open-source with publicly available source code and has undergone an independent Cure53 security audit, enhancing trust. It requests a range of permissions (network state, internet, camera for QR scanning, storage for key import/export, NFC for YubiKey use, etc.) that are tied to the app’s key-management features. Starting with Android 6, permissions are requested in-app when required, and the data notes that permissions are used only for listed features.

Frequently asked questions about OpenKeychain: Easy PGP

Is OpenKeychain: Easy PGP free?

Yes. OpenKeychain: Easy PGP is free on Google Play.

Is OpenKeychain: Easy PGP still available?

Yes. OpenKeychain: Easy PGP is on Google Play, and the last update we saw was on February 29, 2024.

Does OpenKeychain: Easy PGP contain ads?

No. Google Play does not list OpenKeychain: Easy PGP as containing ads.

How large is OpenKeychain: Easy PGP?

OpenKeychain: Easy PGP is 7.52 MB.

Is OpenKeychain: Easy PGP suitable for children?

Google Play rates the content of OpenKeychain: Easy PGP as suitable for everyone.

How many times has OpenKeychain: Easy PGP been installed?

Google Play lists 500,000+ installs for OpenKeychain: Easy PGP.

How do people rate OpenKeychain: Easy PGP?

OpenKeychain: Easy PGP scores 3.97 out of 5 stars, from 4,195 ratings on Google Play.

Who made OpenKeychain: Easy PGP?

OpenKeychain: Easy PGP was developed by OpenKeychain. It is listed in the communication category on Google Play.

What are the best alternatives to OpenKeychain: Easy PGP?

People looking at OpenKeychain: Easy PGP also look at these communication apps: PGPony: PGP & GPG Encryption, Conversations (Jabber / XMPP), Mailfence secure private email, Encrypt Decrypt Text, Encryption and decryption tool.

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