Difference between Privacy Guides Verified Apps and AppVerifier BG?

github.com

GitHub - privacyguides/verified-apps-android: An Android app to more easily contribute to our...

An Android app to more easily contribute to our Verified Apps database

We recommend continuing to use the original AppVerifier for general-purpose signing key verification. There are also some forks such as AppVerifierBG which add additional features like a locally-stored personal database, database exports, and more.

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f-droid.org

AppVerifier BG | F-Droid - Free and Open Source Android App Repository

Verify installed apps against shared signature hashes and databases.