The Official Black App
The Black App, your ROAD MAP to black-owned businesses.
The Black App · com.bf.appff2649
- Signature matches the Google Play version Details
At a glance
- Latest version
- v1.1.78 (101078)
- Updated
- Apr 10, 2026 (6 months ago)
- APK size
- 7.6 MB
- Requires
- Android 6.0+ (API 23)
- CPU support
- Any (no native code)
- Category
- Business (app)
- Listed since
- Apr 2, 2021 (at least)
- Permissions
- 33 (9 sensitive)
- Website
- the-black-app.myshopify.com
- Developer contact
- [email protected]
- Privacy
- Developer's privacy policy
About this APK
The Official Black App is an app by The Black App in the Business category, listed since at least April 2021. It has no native code, so it runs on any Android processor.
It asks for 33 permissions, 9 of them sensitive, including precise location, camera and record audio.
Description
From the listing uploaded by “appupdater”.
The Black App's mission is to take the momentum of black tech entrepreneurship and put every black owned business on the global market to help us prolong the life of the black dollar in our community. Help us continue to redefine our community!
- Business Owners: The Official Black App is the perfect tool to promote your business to over 40,000, and growing, customers who are searching for black owned businesses to support every single day! Listing your business on our platform is very easy. Download the app today and tap "List Your Business", then complete this business questionnaire and select which listing you would prefer and sit-back and watch the customers come to you!
- For App Users: We list black owned business in over 30 states and continue to add black owned businesses everyday. In addition to promoting black owned businesses, app users will be able to enjoy daily black history facts, quotes of the day from historical and modern black figures, a social media wall to connect with other people in our community, and play card games inside our app like Spades.
Security & authenticity
Security rating: Trusted
Signing certificate
- Signature matches the Google Play version Checked by the source store on Apr 10, 2026.
- Certificate issued to “kaleoapps” This is the certificate of the Google Play version.
Store checks and file details
- Developer signature verified Jun 9, 2024
- Validated against Google Play Apr 10, 2026
- Signed byCN=kaleoapps, OU=kaleoapps, O=kaleoapps, L=San Diego, ST=Ca, C=US
- Signing certificate (SHA-1)FF:43:3D:66:F7:AE:AE:A6:16:70:7C:75:1B:53:1C:ED:1D:50:01:66
- File MD5ce506a47bf951790455c27cd69de8aaf
- Uploaded by “appupdater” Gold tier · 117,810 followers · uploading since 2020
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Permissions (33)
The Official Black App requests 33 permissions, 9 of them sensitive.
- Approximate location Sensitive android.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION
- Camera Sensitive android.permission.CAMERA
- Modify shared storage Sensitive android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE
- 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
- Write calendar Sensitive android.permission.WRITE_CALENDAR
- Badge read (custom) com.sec.android.provider.badge.permission.READ
- Badge write (custom) com.sec.android.provider.badge.permission.WRITE
- Badger badge count read (custom) me.everything.badger.permission.BADGE_COUNT_READ
- Badger badge count write (custom) me.everything.badger.permission.BADGE_COUNT_WRITE
- Control vibration android.permission.VIBRATE
- Full network access android.permission.INTERNET
- Google Play install referrer com.google.android.finsky.permission.BIND_GET_INSTALL_REFERRER_SERVICE
- Home broadcast badge (custom) com.sonyericsson.home.permission.BROADCAST_BADGE
- Home provider insert badge (custom) com.sonymobile.home.permission.PROVIDER_INSERT_BADGE
- Launcher change badge (custom) com.huawei.android.launcher.permission.CHANGE_BADGE
- Launcher read settings (custom) com.htc.launcher.permission.READ_SETTINGS
- Launcher read settings (custom) com.huawei.android.launcher.permission.READ_SETTINGS
- Launcher read settings (custom) com.oppo.launcher.permission.READ_SETTINGS
- Launcher update badge (custom) com.majeur.launcher.permission.UPDATE_BADGE
- Launcher update count (custom) com.anddoes.launcher.permission.UPDATE_COUNT
- Launcher update shortcut (custom) com.htc.launcher.permission.UPDATE_SHORTCUT
- Launcher write settings (custom) com.huawei.android.launcher.permission.WRITE_SETTINGS
- Launcher write settings (custom) com.oppo.launcher.permission.WRITE_SETTINGS
- Modify audio settings android.permission.MODIFY_AUDIO_SETTINGS
- Prevent the device from sleeping android.permission.WAKE_LOCK
- Read app badge android.permission.READ_APP_BADGE
- Receive push notifications com.google.android.c2dm.permission.RECEIVE
- Run foreground services android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE
- View network connections android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE
Required hardware & features
- Camera android.hardware.camera
- Basic touch input android.hardware.faketouch
- Location android.hardware.location
- GPS android.hardware.location.gps
- Microphone android.hardware.microphone
- Portrait screen android.hardware.screen.portrait
The Official Black App APK: questions and answers
Can I install this APK over the version I already have?
Yes, if your installed copy is older. It is signed like the Google Play version, so Android installs it as an update and keeps your data.
Is The Official Black App APK safe?
No one can promise that a file is safe, but some things can be checked. The source store rates this file Trusted. Its signature matches the Google Play version. After downloading, check that the file's MD5 is ce506a47bf951790455c27cd69de8aaf.
