(SECUSO) Privacy friendly Minesweeper without ads or permissions
About this app
Privacy Friendly Minesweeper is a moblie version of the classic game Minesweeper. The goal of the game is to find and mark every mine without triggering one of them.
You reveal a field by clicking on it. If that field contains a mine it is triggered and the game is lost. Otherwise the field will show a number. That number will tell you the amount of mines in the surreounding 8 fields. With that information and logical thinking the mines can be located and marked.
The first field you click each game will not ba a mine. Each game will have a new playing field with randomzed poisitioning of mines, so each game will be a new experience. While the mines are mostly positioned randomly the first field clicked each game will not have a mine, and four or more mines in adjacent fields will be avoided, since such clusters increase the chance of situations that must me solved by guessing.
There are three different gamemodes represinting three difficulties. They differ in playing field size and the amount of mines:
- 6x10 Playing Field with 7 Mines - 10x16 Playing Field with 24 Mines - 12x19 Playing Field with 46 Mines In addition there is the option to create your own gamemode where the size of the playing field (amount of rows and columns) and the proportion of mines (easy / medium / hard).
Up to 10 games can be saved and later continued. Your Performance for the three basic gamemodes is collected and analyzed and can be viewed at the statistic page. There you can check the number of games played, the ratio of won games, the average time of winning mgaes, the number of revealed fields and the 10 best times for each gamemode.
The help page contains information about the app and the rules of the game.
How does Privacy Friendly Notes differ from other similar apps?
1. No Permissions No permissions are requested by the app. The only permissions granted are those, which Android grants per default.
2. No advertisement Moreover, Privacy Friendly Notes distinguishes from many other applications in the way that it completely relinquishes advertisements. Advertisement might track a user's actions. It could also shorten battery life or use mobile data.
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What's New in v1.2.3
Imported from the F-Droid repository index.
Version history
Sep 23, 2025 · 5.9 MB · Android API 21–34 · code 100
Imported from the F-Droid repository index.
SHA-256 cfd5aa57b5dafdf688a6ff2ef2e580b0ab636a47d71bd0e51db2ca21ce7cadff
Feb 3, 2023 · 3.9 MB · Android API 21–33 · code 3
Imported from the F-Droid repository index.
SHA-256 45be179222e81795ad28e739a33a272a9b1f0f186ab81a3eea56f0fa891805dc
Feb 3, 2019 · 1.9 MB · Android API 21–27 · code 2
Imported from the F-Droid repository index.
SHA-256 64d5b773811f114bfd02c911ce168ff751e9978f9c4829791adbf7ec773ecbb2
Will it run on your device?
73%
- Runs on a broad range of modern Android versions.
- ABI coverage is focused on newer 64-bit devices.
Installation Guide
Open Settings on your Android device
Go to Security → Unknown sources (or Install unknown apps)
Enable "Allow from this source" for your browser or file manager
Open the downloaded APK file from your Downloads folder
Tap "Install" and wait for installation to complete
Launch the app from your home screen
Make sure to re-enable Unknown Sources restrictions after installation for security.
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