monocles social is an open-source (GPL-3.0-only) Android app by Arne-Brün Vogelsang. The APK we host is 1.6 MB, it needs Android 5.0 or newer, and it declares 4 permissions.
The file on this page is monocles social 1.2, 1.57 MB, and it installs on Android 5.0 and newer.
We compared the signing certificate of this build with the certificate recorded the first time de.monocles.social entered the site, and published both the file's SHA-256 and the certificate's fingerprint above so you can check the download yourself. That comparison says the file was not repackaged by someone else; it is not a review of what the app does.
The manifest inside the APK declares 4 permissions, including access to the camera and the microphone. Android asks you to approve those the first time the app needs them.
Its licence is GPL-3.0-only. We took this build from F-Droid, and the source for this exact version is linked below.
The most recent release upstream is from Jul 17, 2022, over 4 years ago. It still installs; it is simply not being updated.
We do not show a star rating or an install count for this page: we have no measured figure for either, and a number we cannot source is worth less than an empty field.
- Version
- 1.2
- Size
- 1.57 MB
- Requires Android
- API 21
- Package
- de.monocles.social
- Signature checked on
- Sep 21, 2026
- Where this file came from
- F-Droid
- Licence
- GPL-3.0-only
- Source code
- Source for this version
File SHA-256: 4d4daf45ea2a2d710115b36b0c1bc34399f9e677b263fd52aa52b24334cc8823
Signing certificate (SHA-256): a7d3afaa18f1d8c3edd2d661fc0e668f3c8358facbdf2043c557c113f040e899
We check that this file carries the same signing certificate as earlier releases of the same package. That shows the APK was not repackaged by someone else — it is not a security review of the app.
Declared permissions
- INTERNET
- CAMERA
- RECORD_AUDIO
- MODIFY_AUDIO_SETTINGS
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