Once installed, index your entire archive: apktag index ~/Downloads/APKs/ --recursive --db android_archive.db
The Android reverse engineering community has long solved the problem of decompiling code (thanks, apktool and jadx ). But until recently, no one seriously solved the problem of it. apktag
Furthermore, the tool relies on the user to build good tagging habits. "Com.socialmedia" is a useless tag. "Uses_WebView_Remote_Content" is a useful one. The tool provides the mechanical shovel; you still have to dig. The Android ecosystem is drowning in garbage. Google Play sees over 1.5 million apps a year. Third-party stores see ten times that, mostly repackaged adware. Analysts cannot keep up. Once installed, index your entire archive: apktag index
Or grab the prebuilt binaries for Linux, macOS, and Windows from the GitHub releases page . The Android ecosystem is drowning in garbage
APKTag solves this with . It doesn't just store the signature hash; it computes the signature_block_hash (the hash of the entire signing block). Two APKs with different package names but the same signature block hash are 100% signed by the same developer key.