AirGuard - Tracking Protection1.4 - App Store

AirGuard identifies tiny-trackers, like Samsung SmartTags or Tiles, that are following you and forwarding your location to a third-party.
If a tracker is detected will get a notification.

The iPhone is able to warn you if someone uses an AirTag to track you, but there is no such protection against Samsung SmartTags or Tile trackers.
AirGuard adds this layer of protection so you can feel safe in your daily-life.

With the scan option, you can always scan your surroundings and discover hidden trackers. You can search for a specific tracker and it tells you how close you get to it. When you reach 100% you found the device.

If no one is trying to track you, the app will never bother you.

How does it work?

AirGuard uses Bluetooth scans of your iPhone to find Samsung SmartTags and Tile trackers. Every tracker that is found will be saved locally on your device.
Whenever a tracker gets detected multiple times the app will recognize this. It compares the locations where the tracker has been detected.
If a tracker is detected at least 3 times at different locations (to make sure its not your neighbour) the app sends you a notification.

All this happens locally on your device and the private information, like location, tracker ids, etc will never leave your device.

Who are we?

We are part of the Technical University of Darmstadt in Germany. This project is part of a scientific research from the Secure Mobile Networking Lab. Our goal is to protect privacy and to find out how many people are opposed to tracking.
In this app you can voluntarily participate in a research study that will share anonymized data with us.

This app will never get monetized by showing ads, in-app purchases or anything else. It's free and open-source.

Our privacy policy can be found here:
https://tpe.seemoo.tu-darmstadt.de/privacy-policy.html

This app is open-source:
https://github.com/seemoo-lab/AirGuard

Disclaimer
AirTag, FindMy and iOS are trademarks of Apple Inc.
We are not working together with Apple Inc.

Samsung SmartTag is a trademark of Samsung Electronic

Version History • You can now create a report on a tracker and export it to a PDF
• Reduced battery consumption 1.4 05/06/2025 - Added support for the Moto Tag 1.3.1 01/22/2025 • The name of unknown Google "Find My Device" trackers is now displayed
• Google "Find My Device" trackers and smartphones are now shown separately

• Owner information of unknown Google "Find My Device" trackers can now be requested
• Samsung "Find My Mobile" trackers are now supported in the high security level

• The low security level is now called "Low Power" and reduces the activity of the app in the background

• A bug has been fixed where the app sometimes stopped responding to inputs

• The app now regularly compresses the database to save memory and energy 1.3 12/18/2024 • Added support for detecting Google Find My Device trackers 1.2 07/03/2024 • It is now possible to give feedback on where a tracker has been hidden
• Trackers can now be explicitly deleted
• The tracking algorithm has been improved, including reducing false alarms for tile trackers and alarms in airplanes
• Battery consumption has been improved
• Trackers without notifications are deleted after 30 days to reduce memory consumption
• Various bug fixes and improvements to the user interface 1.1 05/15/2024 This version includes some bug fixes and imporvements
- False notifications triggered by less seen Tile trackers should not occur anymore
- Detecting AirPods more accurately, they are now distinguished with the names "left" and "right" AirPod 1.0.3 10/26/2023 • Support for Maginon Smart Tags
• Faster Precision Finding
• Smaller Bugfixes 1.0.2 06/26/2023 This version contains bug fixes and UI improvements. 1.0.1 05/05/2023 1.0 04/17/2023