Is this an official Trakt app for android or it is a fake app?

[mihaib]

Hi everyone, I received an app recommendation recently in Google Play, and it is related to this app:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.unbounds.trakt

Is this app the official app for Trakt? this looks very sketchy app in my opinion and it is trying to impersonate an official Trakt app and I didn’t see Trakt anounce something like this yet.
My only concern is the user safety since they do provided a username and password there and the app is somehow trying to appeal as an official up.

[cocodavos]

I’m not sure, but Trakt would have made an announcement. They always do.

[Kate]

No. We have not released an Android app.

[great_vc (Vassilis)]

If you used it i suggest you change your password.
Also it looks awful on the screenshots!

[lifeiscrazy (꧁『marr』)]

Just makes me wonder what https://staging.trakt.tv is (GitHub - Unbounds/trakt: Trakt android application)

@Justin

Ah, it seems like it’s some beta/test version of Trakt, as in, not the live/real Trakt… strange?
https://www.reddit.com/r/trakt/comments/g4dnh9/is_it_possible_to_use_the_api_without_commuting/

[mihaib]

No I did not. I know there is no official Trakt Android app and while I am a developer of an Trakt client myself, when an app tries to portrait itself as an “official” app, then it is clear that there is smelly.

This is the reason why I tried to report the app, I am assuming that Trakt owners should report the app and remove it(or make it change the name) from the Google Play store.

[mihaib]

That link is valid and if you are a developer of an app that uses Trakt’s API, then you can use the stagin database(a copy of the Trakt database) to test your app. Think of it as a testing environment for developers.

However my problem is with the name of the app, since it is missleading and raises the question if it is valid or not.

[cocodavos]

It is awful. Tried it a while back.