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About this tool
Spot over-permissioned flashlight, cleaner and battery-saver apps by scoring what they ask for against what they do.
The Utility App Permission Audit scores flashlight, junk-cleaner and battery-saver apps against the job they advertise, and returns a 0-100 privacy score plus a ranked revoke list. It is the app class with the widest gap between function and permissions: Android's torch API (CameraManager.setTorchMode) needs no permission at all, yet flashlight apps routinely hold Camera, Location and Contacts. Special app access grants — All files access, usage access, overlays and accessibility — carry the heaviest weight because Google Play requires a core-functionality declaration for each.
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The baseline is what a torch or cleaner actually needs, so anything extra shows up immediately.
Overlays, usage access and accessibility are scored as the highest tier, not lumped in with ordinary permissions.
Each recommendation names the Settings path, including the Special app access screens most people never open.
No. Since Android 6 an app can switch the LED on with CameraManager.setTorchMode without holding the CAMERA permission at all. A torch app asking for Camera is asking for something the torch does not use — and the built-in Quick Settings torch tile needs no app.
Most are unnecessary — Android has managed background processes and cached files automatically since version 8 — and they are a common vehicle for aggressive ad SDKs. Judge one by what it asks for: All files access, overlay permission or accessibility in a cleaner is a reason to uninstall rather than to tune.
SYSTEM_ALERT_WINDOW lets an app draw on top of every other app, which is how full-screen ads appear outside the app that served them and how tapjacking overlays hide what button you are really pressing. Turn it off under Settings > Apps > Special app access.
MANAGE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE gives an app read and write access to shared storage — documents, downloads, other apps' media. Google Play permits it only for a narrow set of uses such as file managers, backup and anti-virus, so a torch, cleaner or battery saver holding it is outside the policy.