PACO

Paco is a mobile behavior research platform for researchers and individuals.

Paco Developers · com.pacoapp.paco

5.0 out of 5 (1 rating) 10K+ downloads v4.3.3 5.6 MB Android 8.0+ PEGI 3 · Everyone

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At a glance

Latest version: v4.3.3 (173)
Updated: May 21, 2024 (2 years ago)
APK size: 5.6 MB
Requires: Android 8.0+ (API 26)
CPU support: Any (no native code)
Category: Health & Fitness (app)
Listed since: Oct 23, 2021 (at least)
Permissions: 20 (11 sensitive)
Website: pacoapp.com
Developer contact: [email protected]
Privacy: Developer's privacy policy

About this APK

PACO is an app by Paco Developers in the Health & Fitness category, listed since at least October 2021. It has no native code, so it runs on any Android processor.

It asks for 20 permissions, 11 of them sensitive, including precise location, camera and record audio.

What's new in v4.3.3

Update Google Play Services to fix login problem.

Description

From the listing uploaded by “appupdater”.

The Personal Analytics Companion Mobile, Behavioral Research Platform Check out http://www.pacoapp.com/ to manage your experiments. This is version 4 with a completely redesigned api and a whole new way of building quantified self or behavioral science experiments. NOTE: Paco asks for a lot of permissions because it is a platform. By default, Paco only uses the Internet permission. It uses it in order to confirm your Google account and to talk to the Paco server to retrieve experiments and send responses. Each Experiment you join will show you what data it collects and ask you to consent to that collection when you are joining that experiment. To see how Paco experiments use services that require permissions, check out our website FAQ. Note also that to provide some experiments for user research triggers, this app uses Accessibility services. You will be asked to turn them on by the individual experiment you join that uses them. You can turn them off at any time.

Security & authenticity

Security rating: Trusted

Signing certificate

Certificate issued to “Unknown” Not the developer's name (“Paco Developers”). Names in certificates can't be verified, so this alone proves nothing.

Store checks and file details

Developer signature verified May 21, 2024
Signed byCN=Robert Evans, OU=Unknown, O=Unknown, L=Unknown, ST=Unknown, C=Unknown
Signing certificate (SHA-1)A2:C5:30:F8:D1:64:05:BC:59:9B:B0:74:2E:48:A0:DB:DB:E8:3A:0D
File MD5d1af2db550cc0673a3fe9c5b09634cc0
Uploaded by “appupdater” Gold tier · 117,810 followers · uploading since 2020

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Permissions (20)

PACO requests 20 permissions, 11 of them sensitive.

Approximate location Sensitive android.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION
Bind accessibility service Sensitive android.permission.BIND_ACCESSIBILITY_SERVICE
Camera Sensitive android.permission.CAMERA
Find accounts on the device Sensitive android.permission.GET_ACCOUNTS
Modify shared storage Sensitive android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE
Package usage stats Sensitive android.permission.PACKAGE_USAGE_STATS
Precise location Sensitive android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION
Read calendar Sensitive android.permission.READ_CALENDAR
Read phone status and identity Sensitive android.permission.READ_PHONE_STATE
Read shared storage Sensitive android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE
Record audio (microphone) Sensitive android.permission.RECORD_AUDIO
Control vibration android.permission.VIBRATE
Full network access android.permission.INTERNET
Get tasks android.permission.GET_TASKS
Manage accounts android.permission.MANAGE_ACCOUNTS
Prevent the device from sleeping android.permission.WAKE_LOCK
Run at startup android.permission.RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED
Run foreground services android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE
Use credentials android.permission.USE_CREDENTIALS
View network connections android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE

Required hardware & features

Basic touch input android.hardware.faketouch
Microphone android.hardware.microphone
Portrait screen android.hardware.screen.portrait

PACO APK: questions and answers

Can I install this APK over the version I already have?

Only if it is signed with the same certificate as the copy on your phone and isn't an older version. If Android says “App not installed”, the certificates differ; uninstalling your copy first works but deletes its data unless it is backed up.

Is the PACO APK safe?

No one can promise that a file is safe, but some things can be checked. The source store rates this file Trusted. After downloading, check that the file's MD5 is d1af2db550cc0673a3fe9c5b09634cc0.