Cwtch

LiveOpen Privacy Research Society1 app · 7.9K installsCommunicationFreeim.cwtch.flwtch

Metadata resistant privacy platform designed to help you resist surveillance

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Total installs
7,890
exact · Play shows 5,000+
Installs / day
0
7-day avg · last day 0
Rating
4.3★
47 ratings · 3 reviews
Released
22 Apr 2022
4.5y ago
Last update
2 Oct 2026
v1.17.2 · 11d ago
Countries
—
not checked yet

Installs per day

gain of the exact counter

No change in the counterOur first day-to-day reading of the counter. The line starts with the next one.

Daily tracking since 10 Oct 2026 · history grows every day

Install history

exact counter from Google Play
7,8897,8907,89110 Oct11 Oct
02K4K6K8K10K22 Apr 202210 Oct 202611 Oct 2026

Dashed: estimate from the release date (no daily data before 10 Oct 2026) · time axis compressed before that day

Daily tracking since 10 Oct 2026 · history grows every day

Change timeline

Full history

No changes recorded yet. We compare every crawl with the previous one and list title, icon, screenshots, description, version, price and availability changes here.

Country availability

Availability has not been checked for this app yet. “Check all countries” looks the app up in about 140 Google Play storefronts and shows where it is live, listed but not installable, or missing — plus any country-specific (custom) store listings.

Top countries

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We estimate where downloads come from using the app’s position in Google Play’s top charts in about 140 countries. This app is not in any chart we have collected yet; the estimate appears as soon as it is.

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App manifest

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Data safety

declared by the developer on Google Play
  • No data shared with third parties
  • No data collected

This is the developer's own declaration, summarised from the Play listing. The permissions below show what the app is technically able to access.

Permissions

6 in 2 groups
0 Sensitive3 Notable3 Routine
Device & app historyNotable1

Access to which apps you run, system logs, and your web browsing history

  • See which apps are running or were recently used on your deviceretrieve running apps · GET_TASKS
OtherNotable5

Access to miscellaneous device features that don't fit other categories

  • Start itself automatically as soon as your phone finishes turning onrun at startup · RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED
  • Keep your phone's processor or screen from going to sleep, which can use more batteryprevent device from sleeping · WAKE_LOCK
  • Check whether you are online and whether you use Wi-Fi or mobile dataview network connections · ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE
  • Connect to the internet to load content and send datafull network access · INTERNET
  • Make your phone vibratecontrol vibration · VIBRATE

Sensitive = can reach personal data, location, camera/mic or act on your behalf. Notable = changes how your device behaves. Routine = normal for almost every app. Source: Google Play's permission list for all versions of this app.

Store listing

Full description
Cwtch (/kʊtʃ/ - a Welsh word roughly translating to “a hug that creates a safe place”) is a decentralized, privacy-preserving, multi-party messaging protocol that can be used to build metadata resistant applications. - Decentralized and Open: There is no “Cwtch service” or “Cwtch network”. Participants in Cwtch can host their own safe spaces, or lend their infrastructure to others seeking a safe space. The Cwtch protocol is open, and anyone is free to build bots, services and user interfaces and integrate and interact with Cwtch. - Privacy Preserving: All communication in Cwtch is end-to-end encrypted and takes place over Tor v3 onion services. - Metadata Resistant: Cwtch has been designed such that no information is exchanged or available to anyone without their explicit consent, including on-the-wire messages and protocol metadata. For more information on how Cwtch works and a guide to metadata resistant communication please checkout the Cwtch Handbook: https://docs.cwtch.im/

What's new

This release contains fixes for a number of moderate security issues, in addition to stability improvements related to connection handling and the new hybrid group experiment.

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