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Rouse Context

Turn your phone into a secure, on-demand MCP server for AI clients
New in version 1.0.14
Fixes 1.0.13 refusing every connection.

In 1.0.13, every request from an AI client failed as soon as it reached your
phone, so integrations stopped working and authorizing a new client failed.
This release fixes that. If you're on 1.0.13, please update.
Rouse Context turns your Android phone into an on-demand MCP (Model Context Protocol) server. An AI client connects to a URL, your phone wakes up, and a direct encrypted session is established. The client asks for what it needs — health data, notifications, app usage — your phone answers, then goes back to sleep.

Your data stays on the device. The session runs end-to-end encrypted between the AI client and your phone; the relay that connects them only forwards that encrypted traffic and can't read it.

Wake-ups use UnifiedPush, so install a UnifiedPush distributor (for example ntfy) to be reached while the app is in the background.

Features:


  • On-demand — your phone is only reachable while a client is connected, then sleeps again. No always-on background service draining the battery.

  • You stay in control — you enable each integration explicitly, and every tool call an AI client makes is recorded in an on-device audit history you can review.

  • Private by design — data never leaves the device except through a live, user-approved session.

  • Certificate monitoring — the app checks public transparency logs (crt.sh, or Certspotter as backup) for certificates issued to your device's address, so a forged one doesn't go unnoticed. Runs every 12 hours by default; change the interval or turn it off in Settings.

  • Free and open source, with no analytics or tracking in the app.


Versions

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  • Version 1.0.14 (15) suggested Added on Oct 27, 2026

    arm64-v8a armeabi-v7a x86 x86_64

    This version requires Android 7.0 or newer.

    It is built and signed by the original developer, and guaranteed to correspond to this source tarball.

    Permissions
    • view network connections
      Allows the app to view information about network connections such as which networks exist and are connected.
    • access Do Not Disturb
      Allows the app to read and write Do Not Disturb configuration.
    • run foreground service
      Allows the app to make use of foreground services.
    • run foreground service with the type "dataSync"
      Allows the app to make use of foreground services with the type "dataSync"
    • run foreground service with the type "specialUse"
      Allows the app to make use of foreground services with the type "specialUse"
    • have full network access
      Allows the app to create network sockets and use custom network protocols. The browser and other applications provide means to send data to the internet, so this permission is not required to send data to the internet.
    • android.permission.PACKAGE_USAGE_STATS
    • show notifications
      Allows the app to show notifications
    • run at startup
      Allows the app to have itself started as soon as the system has finished booting. This can make it take longer to start the phone and allow the app to slow down the overall phone by always running.
    • ask to ignore battery optimizations
      Allows an app to ask for permission to ignore battery optimizations for that app.
    • This app can appear on top of other apps
      This app can appear on top of other apps or other parts of the screen. This may interfere with normal app usage and change the way that other apps appear.
    • prevent phone from sleeping
      Allows the app to prevent the phone from going to sleep.
    • android.permission.health.READ_ACTIVE_CALORIES_BURNED
    • android.permission.health.READ_BASAL_BODY_TEMPERATURE
    • android.permission.health.READ_BASAL_METABOLIC_RATE
    • android.permission.health.READ_BLOOD_GLUCOSE
    • android.permission.health.READ_BLOOD_PRESSURE
    • android.permission.health.READ_BODY_FAT
    • android.permission.health.READ_BODY_TEMPERATURE
    • android.permission.health.READ_BONE_MASS
    • android.permission.health.READ_CERVICAL_MUCUS
    • android.permission.health.READ_DISTANCE
    • android.permission.health.READ_ELEVATION_GAINED
    • android.permission.health.READ_EXERCISE
    • android.permission.health.READ_FLOORS_CLIMBED
    • android.permission.health.READ_HEALTH_DATA_HISTORY
    • android.permission.health.READ_HEART_RATE
    • android.permission.health.READ_HEART_RATE_VARIABILITY
    • android.permission.health.READ_HEIGHT
    • android.permission.health.READ_HYDRATION
    • android.permission.health.READ_INTERMENSTRUAL_BLEEDING
    • android.permission.health.READ_LEAN_BODY_MASS
    • android.permission.health.READ_MENSTRUATION
    • android.permission.health.READ_MINDFULNESS
    • android.permission.health.READ_NUTRITION
    • android.permission.health.READ_OVULATION_TEST
    • android.permission.health.READ_OXYGEN_SATURATION
    • android.permission.health.READ_POWER
    • android.permission.health.READ_RESPIRATORY_RATE
    • android.permission.health.READ_RESTING_HEART_RATE
    • android.permission.health.READ_SEXUAL_ACTIVITY
    • android.permission.health.READ_SKIN_TEMPERATURE
    • android.permission.health.READ_SLEEP
    • android.permission.health.READ_SPEED
    • android.permission.health.READ_STEPS
    • android.permission.health.READ_TOTAL_CALORIES_BURNED
    • android.permission.health.READ_VO2_MAX
    • android.permission.health.READ_WEIGHT
    • android.permission.health.READ_WHEELCHAIR_PUSHES
    • com.rousecontext.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION

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  • Version 1.0.13 (14) - Added on Oct 25, 2026

    arm64-v8a armeabi-v7a x86 x86_64

    This version requires Android 7.0 or newer.

    It is built and signed by the original developer, and guaranteed to correspond to this source tarball.

    Permissions
    • view network connections
      Allows the app to view information about network connections such as which networks exist and are connected.
    • access Do Not Disturb
      Allows the app to read and write Do Not Disturb configuration.
    • run foreground service
      Allows the app to make use of foreground services.
    • run foreground service with the type "dataSync"
      Allows the app to make use of foreground services with the type "dataSync"
    • run foreground service with the type "specialUse"
      Allows the app to make use of foreground services with the type "specialUse"
    • have full network access
      Allows the app to create network sockets and use custom network protocols. The browser and other applications provide means to send data to the internet, so this permission is not required to send data to the internet.
    • android.permission.PACKAGE_USAGE_STATS
    • show notifications
      Allows the app to show notifications
    • run at startup
      Allows the app to have itself started as soon as the system has finished booting. This can make it take longer to start the phone and allow the app to slow down the overall phone by always running.
    • ask to ignore battery optimizations
      Allows an app to ask for permission to ignore battery optimizations for that app.
    • This app can appear on top of other apps
      This app can appear on top of other apps or other parts of the screen. This may interfere with normal app usage and change the way that other apps appear.
    • prevent phone from sleeping
      Allows the app to prevent the phone from going to sleep.
    • android.permission.health.READ_ACTIVE_CALORIES_BURNED
    • android.permission.health.READ_BASAL_BODY_TEMPERATURE
    • android.permission.health.READ_BASAL_METABOLIC_RATE
    • android.permission.health.READ_BLOOD_GLUCOSE
    • android.permission.health.READ_BLOOD_PRESSURE
    • android.permission.health.READ_BODY_FAT
    • android.permission.health.READ_BODY_TEMPERATURE
    • android.permission.health.READ_BONE_MASS
    • android.permission.health.READ_CERVICAL_MUCUS
    • android.permission.health.READ_DISTANCE
    • android.permission.health.READ_ELEVATION_GAINED
    • android.permission.health.READ_EXERCISE
    • android.permission.health.READ_FLOORS_CLIMBED
    • android.permission.health.READ_HEALTH_DATA_HISTORY
    • android.permission.health.READ_HEART_RATE
    • android.permission.health.READ_HEART_RATE_VARIABILITY
    • android.permission.health.READ_HEIGHT
    • android.permission.health.READ_HYDRATION
    • android.permission.health.READ_INTERMENSTRUAL_BLEEDING
    • android.permission.health.READ_LEAN_BODY_MASS
    • android.permission.health.READ_MENSTRUATION
    • android.permission.health.READ_MINDFULNESS
    • android.permission.health.READ_NUTRITION
    • android.permission.health.READ_OVULATION_TEST
    • android.permission.health.READ_OXYGEN_SATURATION
    • android.permission.health.READ_POWER
    • android.permission.health.READ_RESPIRATORY_RATE
    • android.permission.health.READ_RESTING_HEART_RATE
    • android.permission.health.READ_SEXUAL_ACTIVITY
    • android.permission.health.READ_SKIN_TEMPERATURE
    • android.permission.health.READ_SLEEP
    • android.permission.health.READ_SPEED
    • android.permission.health.READ_STEPS
    • android.permission.health.READ_TOTAL_CALORIES_BURNED
    • android.permission.health.READ_VO2_MAX
    • android.permission.health.READ_WEIGHT
    • android.permission.health.READ_WHEELCHAIR_PUSHES
    • com.rousecontext.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION

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