TraceCheck

TraceCheck helps you check an Android phone for known stalkerware clues and high-risk surveillance patterns — privately, on the device itself.

Hidden tracking apps can be hard to notice. Some may not show a normal home-screen icon, and some pretend to be system software. TraceCheck compares what’s on your phone with a local list of known stalkerware indicators and also looks for common warning signs, such as risky combinations of permissions an app has actually been granted, Accessibility abuse, Device Admin access, notification access, or apps that hide their icons.

What TraceCheck checks

• Apps that can monitor a phone: matched by app ID and developer signature against a public research list. Many are sold for anti-theft, parental control, or family location sharing, so results explain what each app can access and what you can do

• Hidden apps: an app on that list that is also hiding or disguising itself on your phone is marked High risk

• Warning signs: Accessibility, Device Admin, notification access, hidden icons, apps posing as system software, and apps installed from outside an app store

• Phone settings: no screen lock, USB or wireless debugging turned on, a managed device or work profile, signs of rooting, another VPN running, and apps allowed to install other apps — most with a shortcut to the right settings screen

Optional Network check

Some tracking apps are renamed or brand new, so the app scan may not recognize them. The optional Network check can run for 1 hour, 24 hours, or 3 days. It uses a local VPN on your phone to compare the server names apps look up with servers used by apps that can monitor a phone. It sees only those lookups, not the content of your traffic. Lookups are checked on your phone and then passed to your usual DNS provider unchanged, and only matches and a count of lookups checked are saved, on your phone. Android shows a VPN icon while the check runs, so TraceCheck explains this and asks you to confirm before starting.

How it works

1. Open TraceCheck

2. Start a scan

3. TraceCheck reviews installed apps, built-in system software, and key phone settings on that Android device

4. It compares them with a bundled indicator list and risk patterns

5. Review the results as information to help your own decision-making

6. Optionally, run the Network check for a deeper look

Built to protect privacy — not to target people

TraceCheck is meant to help you better protect your own privacy. It is not intended to target, investigate, accuse, or monitor another person. It is a personal awareness tool, not a law-enforcement product and not a way to prove wrongdoing about someone else.

Important: results are for information only

TraceCheck does not guarantee it will find every malicious, harmful, or unwanted app. A clean result does not mean the phone is guaranteed safe. A flagged result does not automatically prove that someone is being tracked. Stay vigilant, review suspicious app behavior, and use the Guide for manual checks.

Works on Android 8.0 and later

TraceCheck works on phones from any manufacturer running Android 8.0 or later. There is no iPhone or iPad version, because Apple’s App Store and iOS privacy rules do not allow this kind of installed-app scan.

Privacy-minded by design

• Scans and the Network check run on your device

• No account required

• Your installed-app list and results are not uploaded to Kacci Lab

• No ads, no analytics or tracking SDKs

Safety note

If you may be in an unsafe or abusive situation, scanning or removing software on a shared phone can create risk, and the Network check shows a visible VPN icon. When possible, check from a safer device and consider trusted local support resources before taking action.

By Kacci Lab Inc.

Learn more: https://kaccilab.com/tracecheck-android-mobile-app/

Privacy Policy: https://kaccilab.com/tracecheck-android-app-privacy-policy/

Terms: https://kaccilab.com/tracecheck-android-app-terms-and-conditions/