Mobile App Security Audit
Run a static, OWASP-style security review of your APK: insecure settings, exposed components, and best-practice gaps.
Drop your file here
or click to choose from your device
About Mobile App Security Audit
Run a static, OWASP-style security review of your APK: insecure settings, exposed components, and best-practice gaps.
Mobile App Security Audit is part of APKLint’s security & malware toolkit — Find risky behavior, trackers, and suspicious patterns. It’s free to use and needs no account.
Your privacy is the default: files you upload are processed on our servers over an encrypted connection and permanently deleted by a scheduled hourly cleanup after analysis finishes, and never shared.
What Mobile App Security Audit checks
- An OWASP-MASVS-style static review of the APK
- Network security: cleartext and trust configuration
- Component exposure and permission risks
- Secrets and risky code patterns
Good to know: Maps to common MASVS themes statically; it isn't a full MASVS assessment or a penetration test.
When to use Mobile App Security Audit
- Best for
- A structured, OWASP MASVS-style review of an APK when you want findings organized the way a mobile security checklist would group them.
- Not the right tool for
- Not a human penetration test and not a malware signature scan, despite covering similar ground.
- What you get back
- Static findings mapped to MASVS-style themes (storage, transport, platform interaction, code quality) rather than a flat list.
- How it differs from related APKLint tools
- Same underlying static checks as the Security Scanner, but presented in OWASP review language; the OWASP MASVS Checklist tool is the manual companion to this automated pass.
- Limitations
- Automated and static: it informs a MASVS review, it does not replace a tester working through the app.
How to use Mobile App Security Audit
- Choose your APK file — Drop an .apk file onto the page, or click to select it from your device.
- Send securely — The file is uploaded over an encrypted connection to our analysis servers.
- Read your report — APKLint unpacks and inspects the package and lays out the results on screen.
- Your file is removed — It's deleted by an hourly cleanup job after analysis finishes.
Why use APKLint
Every tool is free with no login and no paywall. Reasonable file and input limits keep the free service stable.
A clean, focused interface with no third-party ad banners cluttering your results.
Files you upload are deleted by a scheduled hourly cleanup after analysis finishes, and never shared.
Uses androguard manifest and DEX analysis plus YARA heuristic indicators.
Start immediately — no account, login, or email required.
Runs in any modern browser, on desktop or mobile.
Frequently asked questions
What does Mobile App Security Audit do?
Run a static, OWASP-style security review of your APK: insecure settings, exposed components, and best-practice gaps.
Is this a full MASVS audit?
No. It's a static, MASVS-themed review of common issues. A full MASVS assessment includes dynamic and manual testing.
Is it free to use?
Yes. Every tool on APKLint is completely free, with no sign-up and no account.
How is my data handled?
Your uploaded file and its result are processed on our servers over an encrypted connection, then removed by the next hourly cleanup after analysis finishes. We never share them.
What files can I send?
An Android APK — a .apk file — up to 1 GB.