# AppBrain Ad Detector

> Find out which of your apps have ads and spyware

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.appspot.swisscodemonkeys.detector](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.appspot.swisscodemonkeys.detector)

## Overview

- **ID:** `com.appspot.swisscodemonkeys.detector`
- **Platform:** Android
- **Type:** Android app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** AppTornado
- **Category:** TOOLS
- **Downloads:** 3,568,678
- **Rating:** 3.73 / 5 (11,154 ratings)
- **Version:** 3.0.5
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-16
- **First published:** 2012-03-28
- **Publisher country:** CH
- **Size:** 9.07 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-12
- **Store listing:** [Google Play Store](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.appspot.swisscodemonkeys.detector)
- **Website:** [https://ad-detector.appbrain.com/](https://ad-detector.appbrain.com/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://www.appbrain.com/info/detector-tos](https://www.appbrain.com/info/detector-tos)

## Description

AppBrain Ad Detector is a powerful tool designed to help you identify and eliminate apps on your phone that display ads, push notifications, or have spyware and privacy concerns. It scans over 70 aspects of your installed apps, detecting ad networks like Admob and TapJoy, social SDKs including Facebook and Twitter, and developer tools such as Google Analytics and Flurry Analytics.

With AppBrain Ad Detector, you can stop annoying ad notifications, clear desktop spam icons, and become fully aware of apps accessing sensitive permissions like your messages or location. This extension empowers you to protect your privacy by pinpointing intrusive apps and facilitating their removal, ensuring a cleaner, safer phone experience.

## Rankings

- #30,801 — Overall

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE`
- `android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE`
- `android.permission.INTERNET`
- `android.permission.RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED`
- `android.permission.REQUEST_DELETE_PACKAGES`
- `android.permission.WAKE_LOCK`
- `com.appspot.swisscodemonkeys.detector.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION`

## Review summary

Users largely praise the app for being easy to use and fast, and for revealing ad networks and permissions, plus helping manage/uninstall apps and remove spammy software. The main recurring drawbacks are intermittent non-functionality (crashes/closures) and occasional design/quality concerns with settings, which affect consistency and reliability.

### Pros

- Easy to use with a simple, fast interface.
- Detects ad networks and permissions used by apps.
- Helps manage and uninstall apps, including those with trackers.
- Useful for identifying and removing spam or malware apps.

### Cons

- App sometimes doesn’t work or closes unexpectedly (reported by multiple users).
- Some users report design/quality issues and settings mismatches, indicating reliability problems in certain cases.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.appspot.swisscodemonkeys.detector)