APODroid

APODroid

Sets NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day as your wallpaper, every day

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Description

APODroid sets NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD) as your wallpaper. A new picture comes out every day, and the app picks it up on its own. The app is one page: today's picture with its title and date. Tap the picture to open it on NASA's website, or tap the star to save it to your gallery. Tap the frame button to choose which part of the picture becomes the wallpaper. Tap the title to read the astronomer's explanation. Settings:

  • Change wallpaper daily: checks for the new picture a few times a day, only when there is a network.
  • Where: home screen, lock screen, or both.
  • Video days: some days APOD is a video. Keep the previous wallpaper, or use a picture of your own.
  • Set as wallpaper now.
If Android would pause the app because you don't open it, a hint under the switch names the settings in App info that prevent it. Privacy: no account, no ads, no tracking. The app talks only to science.nasa.gov. Permissions: internet access, setting the wallpaper, network state and starting after a reboot (both for the daily update). Saving to the gallery needs no permission. APODroid is not made by or affiliated with NASA.

What’s new (0.3.1)

- Long-press the title to copy the link, or the explanation to copy its text
- ✓ in the frame sets the chosen part as wallpaper at once; Back leaves without setting
- Screen-reader labels for the long presses

Anti-features

Properties of this app that are worth knowing about before installing.

  • NonFreeNet

Versions

Version Date Size Requires Android Download
0.3.1 current
6292d5df6fc2e22e…
 2026-10-12 1.8 MB API 29
0.3.0
7a2f572ca524b3e8…
 2026-10-08 1.8 MB API 29
0.2.1
468242f4d80f3758…
 2026-10-07 1.7 MB API 29

Permissions

What the app asks the system for. Android only grants sensitive access after you confirm it.

  • Internet accessSend and receive data over the internet.
  • Network stateCheck whether and how the device is connected.
  • SET_WALLPAPER
  • Run at startupStart automatically after the device is switched on.
  • apodroid.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION

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