Can I trust Cast to TV+ Chromecast Roku TV?
This app did not meet two or more trust checks, has a critical issue in one, or has a red flag.
- What it means for you
- The app may include code to pass standard usage and device data to the app developer and integrated services. The breakdown below lists the data types and third parties involved.
- Main concern
- WebView attack chain: deep links + file read + JS bridge allow remote file exfiltration
- The developer's description
- Castify enables casting videos, music, and photos to Chromecast, Roku, Fire TV, and compatible smart TVs. Features include screen mirroring, in-app browser for discovering media, and AI-powered subtitle generation and translation. Pro removes ads.
- Third-party services
- 13
- Findings rated low or higher
- 12
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Full findings
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Trust checks
Secure by Design
One criterion not metSecurity gaps detected
Why this result
This check looks for security issues at high severity or above in the code of this build, and at least one was recorded. Issues of this kind include a credential or token another app on the device can reach, sensitive data stored without protection, and network paths that expose information in transit.
Data Minimization
One criterion not metTracking lacks clear disclosure
Why this result
This build contains analytics or attribution code written to send data to companies other than the developer. No consent step was found before that code runs, and the app's disclosures do not describe the collection in full. Tracking by itself is ordinary; what this check reports is the combination of collection, recipient and absent disclosure.
Manifest Mismatch
An item rated high or above is openDisclosure incomplete or contradicted
Why this result
The check compares the app's privacy disclosures against what the code does, and at least one claim did not match in this build. Mismatches of this kind include a data category collected but not disclosed, a recipient the disclosure omits, and an identifier attached to data the disclosure describes as anonymous.
User Control
StrongNo lock-in
Why this result
The check looks for a way to export the data an account has accumulated and a way to delete the account itself. In this build, either both were found, or the app has no account of its own and keeps its data on the device. For an app without an account, the developer has no server-side copy to export or delete, and deleting the app removes the data in its own storage.
The app stores playlists, browser history, and preferences on your device. No findings point to proprietary data formats that would trap your content, or to barriers that would prevent you from leaving. Removing the app clears your local data, and there is no evidence of significant server-held user content that would require a complicated export or deletion process.
Truly Local
One criterion not metContains code to send personal data off the device
Why this result
This app presents itself as working offline or on the device alone, and this build contains code written to send personal data to servers. The check covers analytics, crash reporting, advertising code and any first-party endpoint the code addresses personal data to. Code of this kind is common; what this check reports is the distance between that code and how the app describes itself.
Red flags
The app's privacy declarations do not match its code
Why this result
The privacy declarations shipped in this build, or the ones on the store listing, state less than the code does. Declarations of this kind are what a store, a regulator and a person comparing two apps rely on.
Strengths
- All primary API calls to castify.tv backend use HTTPS
- Samsung TV casting connections use certificate authority pinning (hardcoded Samsung SmartViewSDK CA)
- ADB backup disabled, preventing cloud backup extraction of app data on Android 12+
What the app contains
13 services
Third-party services the scan names in the build:
- Firebase Analytics
- Firebase Crashlytics
- Firebase Messaging (FCM)
- Google AdMob
- Google Cast SDK
- ConnectSDK
- Amazon WhisperLink/WhisperPlay
- Google Play Billing
- Google Play Install Referrer
- ExoPlayer
- OpenSubtitles API
- SugarORM
- Retrofit/OkHttp
Libraries
| Library | Version | Advisory |
|---|---|---|
| ExoPlayer / media3 | not recorded | none confirmed |
| Room | not recorded | none confirmed |
| Google Play Billing | not recorded | none confirmed |
| Datatransport | not recorded | none confirmed |
| Google Mobile Ads (AdMob) | 12451000 | none confirmed |
| Google Advertising ID client | 12451000 | none confirmed |
| Google Sign-In | 12451000 | none confirmed |
| Google Play Services | 12451000 | none confirmed |
| Google Play Services Location | 12451000 | none confirmed |
| Material Components | not recorded | none confirmed |
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Method and limits
Static analysis: the decompiled code, manifest and resources of this build, read file by file. Network traffic at run time is established by a capture of the running app.
- Files decompiled
- 18,575
- Scan date
- 18 July 2026
Corrections
No correction is published for this app.
Developer response
No response is published for this app.
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