Android apps that remain after a consistent set of checks, with the reasons for keeping each one laid out.
A long list proves very little. The Careful Filter cares about how an app got onto it: the same handful of checks applied every time, so that being here means something and the reason can be read.
Does the description match what the app does? Do the permissions it requests fit its purpose? Does the publisher name line up with the one on its official Google Play page? Is it still being looked after? An app that stumbles on any of these does not stay.
The result of every check is already written into the page before you open it, so what you read is final and nothing is being worked out behind your back.
If you believe an app was kept when it should have been dropped, or dropped when it deserved to stay, write in through the contact form. A concrete reason moves a decision faster than a general complaint.
Modified copies with features switched on that were never offered, installers rebuilt by someone else, and apps that borrow another publisher's name. These are set aside before any of the other checks even start.
The Careful Filter is run by a small group that prefers a plain checklist to a hunch, because a checklist can be repeated and explained and a hunch cannot.
The checks are repeated when an app changes in ways that matter, and an app that no longer passes is removed rather than excused.
Anyone can add things to a list. The skill is in deciding what to leave out, and saying why.
The Careful Filter is operated by Celnet Technology Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
