Insular

Insular

Isolate your Big Brother apps

proletarius101 App Manager Security System

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Description

Insular is a FLOSS fork of Island. With Insular, you can:

  • Isolate your Big Brother apps
  • Clone and run multiple accounts simutaniuosly
  • Freeze or archive apps and prevent any background behaviors
  • Unfreeze apps on-demand with home screen shortcuts
  • Re-freeze marked apps with one tap
  • Hide apps
  • Selectively enable (or disable) VPN for different group of apps
  • Prohibit USB access to mitigate attacks with physical access
If your device is incompatible or not encrypted, you can skip this limitation manually. Please refer to the XDA post for details. To uninstall and remove Insular completely, please first "Destroy Insular" in Settings - Setup - Click the recycle-bin icon besides Insular. If you have already uninstalled Insular app, please "Remove work profile" in your device "Settings - Accounts". PERMISSIONS
  • DEVICE-ADMIN: Device administrator privilege is required to create the Insular space (work profile), which serves as the fundamental functionality of Insular. It will be explicitly requested for your consent.
  • PACKAGE_USAGE_STATS: Required to correctly recognize the running state of apps. It will be explicitly requested for your consent.
We will never collect any data and Insular have no Internet permission. Please read our privacy policy for more details. Differences from Island
  • all blobs (gms, crashlytics, etc) are removed to comply with F-droid's policy
  • Internet access of this app is removed because we just don't need it
    • All features are preserved and will be synced upon Island's updates

Versions

Version Date Size Requires Android Download
6.4.2-d46911c9 current
d9bb15033def3e2b…
 2025-08-07 2.9 MB API 27
6.4-66cd8034
c400f8b7aaa0b972…
 2024-05-20 2.9 MB API 27
6.3-4f363088
84f4311719505fe1…
 2024-03-05 2.9 MB API 27

Permissions

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

  • launcher.permission.INSTALL_SHORTCUT
  • launcher.permission.UNINSTALL_SHORTCUT
  • NotificationsShow notifications.
  • INTERACT_ACROSS_USERS
  • Network stateCheck whether and how the device is connected.
  • WRITE_SECURE_SETTINGS
  • PACKAGE_USAGE_STATS
  • Run at startupStart automatically after the device is switched on.
Show 14 more permissions
  • REQUEST_DELETE_PACKAGES
  • Foreground serviceKeep running in the background, visible in the status bar.
  • Install appsStart the installation of other apps.
  • Display over other appsDraw content on top of other apps.
  • Installed appsSee which apps are installed.
  • permission.INSTALLER
  • Prevent sleepingKeep the device from going to sleep.
  • INTERACT_ACROSS_PROFILES
  • GET_APP_OPS_STATS
  • fdroid.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION
  • UPDATE_PACKAGES_WITHOUT_USER_ACTION
  • BiometricsUnlock with fingerprint or face.
  • FingerprintUnlock with a fingerprint.
  • permission.API_V23

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