AppBrain Ad Detector

Find out which of your apps have ads and spyware

AppBrain Ad Detector - Spyware & Ad Finder

"AppBrain Ad Detector" is a powerful tool that detects spyware and adware in your installed apps, helping you reclaim privacy by removing unwanted notifications, permissions, and ad networks. It identifies over 70 aspects, including push notifications, social SDKs, and developer tools, enabling you to better understand which apps may infringe on your privacy and serve unwanted ads.

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By: AppTornado

Users: 3,388,997

1.97K

Rating: 3.40

(11,133)

1 ratings

Version: 2.71 (Last updated: 2024-01-04)

Creation date: 2012-03-28

Email: de*****@apptornado.com

URLs: Website ,Privacy policy

Permissions

Other:

view network connections
full network access
run at startup
draw over other apps
prevent device from sleeping

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App summary

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Free your phone from potential spyware and ads! This app detects all annoyances of apps installed on your phone, such as Push Notifications, Desktop icon spam ads and apps with privacy concerns or spyware. It identifies the adware and allows you to then remove the apps that violate your privacy.

- Helps you to get rid of annoying ad notifications and bookmarks on your desktop.
- Become aware of what apps have permissions to access your messages or accounts and could thus invade your privacy, or can use services which could cost you money, and helps you with their removal.

This app detects over 70 different aspects of apps, including:

- Concerns such as Push Notifications (both ads and non-ads), putting spam icons on your desktop, and privacy related concerns such as the ability to access your location, contacts, messages or accounts.

- Android Ad Networks; this app tells you which ad networks are embedded in apps, such as Admob, Millennial Media, ChartBoost, TapJoy and many smaller ones. Indicates which ones may have push ads.

- Social SDKs; detect whether apps have SDKs like Facebook, VKontakte, Twitter, and more.

- Developer Tools; detect libraries like Google Analytics, Flurry Analytics, Google Play in-app billing, Android support library, ACRA, Phonegap, and many more.

User reviews

These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. Google Play Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.

Pros

Effectively identifies and removes intrusive ads.
User-friendly interface and responsive design.
Provides detailed information about app permissions and ad networks.
Helps locate hidden or unwanted apps causing ads.
Users report relief from persistent pop-up ads.

Cons

Inaccurate reporting of app permissions in some cases.
Limited detection capabilities for certain ad frameworks.
Presence of ads in the app can be off-putting for some users.
Occasional issues with notification clearing not functioning correctly.

Most mentioned

The app successfully identifies and allows users to uninstall problematic apps.
Users appreciate the detailed information about ad networks used by installed apps.
Many users experienced a reduction or elimination of annoying pop-up ads.

User reviews

Half done sloppy work, cant detect flutter frameworks or other ads / frameworks which some Chinese / Japanese/ Korean apps used at all, only entire empty fields, if u are a dev planning to look or dissect Asian apps, u will be sorely disappointed There should also be a function to access, view, copy, & delete ads which cannot be normally found even while using those good file explorers manually w/o root. Some ads are so offensive but no way to make a copy as proof in order to submit a complaint

C S, 2024-10-02

An excellent app that gives you a lot of normally-ignored information about apps, the Ad networks they implement, and the developer told they use. It also provides easy ways to manage and uninstall apps that you no longer want because you don't like the trackers or tools that they use. Amazingly, it showed me no Ads while I was using it.

Samuel Rogers, 2023-02-26

Oh dear God thank you. I hate to admit that I went looking for trouble and tried getting a mod apk of this other app and it didn't have a name or icon. I knew it was going to be malware but for whatever reason I continued to download it. Only this app was able to display the blank app and I was able to delete it. Life saver.