Compliance Monitor for Mobile Apps
Stay ahead of GDPR privacy rules and app store requirements with a fully automated app scanning solution.
- Uses proprietary App Explorer to simulate real user behaviour
- Identifies and highlights privacy risks
- Runs deep app code scanning for a thorough analysis of privacy risks
- Delivers a ranked issues report with guidance for development teams
Real-time scanning, simulating a user to detect risks
On the user-facing side, the App Monitor’s proprietary App Explorer crawls your app in real time on real devices, just like a user would.
- Detect “accept” and “reject” buttons in your consent flow for consent monitoring.
- Verify whether user consent is respected in all flows.
- Record which vendors and third-party SDKs are contacted after each action.
- Track SDK behavior and third-party data transfers during active use for complete data flow analysis
In-depth code analysis to find and prioritise risks
In the background, run a deep scan of the app code to find hidden privacy and compliance issues you can’t see during runtime.
- Detect all integrated SDKs and requested permissions.
- Flag misconfigurations that could violate the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) or app store rules.
- Categorize issues by severity for faster prioritisation.
- Provide your dev team guidance on how to fix issues.
How it works
① Upload your app
In your consentmanager dashboard, upload your Android (APK) or iOS build. This will start the scanning process automatically.
② Automated scanning
Our App Explorer crawls your app in real time while static analysis examines code, SDKs, and permissions.
③ Review your report
Get a clear, ranked overview of SDKs, vendors, data flows, and risks, ready in hours.
Why teams choose App Monitor
Manual privacy checks are time-consuming, prone to error and carry significant risk. Meanwhile, regulations such as the GDPR, CCPA/CPRA, PIPL and the IAB TCF, as well as EU privacy rules and other data protection laws worldwide, are constantly evolving. App stores such as the Google Play Store, and policies such as Apple’s ATT, are also subject to change. Failing to keep up with these changes can result in costly fines, app store rejection, delayed launches and lost advertising revenue. App Monitor mitigates these risks by helping teams see through the noise and offering a fully automated compliance process. Stay one step ahead and prevent fines and app store penalties before issues escalate.
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Did you know? We offer a smart Mobile App Consent Solution too
Pair the App Monitor with our mobile SDK for in-app consent:
- Show a consent layer at app launch
- Store accept/reject choices securely
- Sync with analytics and ad tools
- Comply with GDPR, CCPA, Apple ATT, and IAB TCF v2 and Google Consent Mode v2
- Works with Android, iOS, Unity, React Native, and Flutter
Scan now. Run your app with confidence!
We have already helped more than 100,000 websites comply with GDPR & ePrivacy
Our clients include some of the biggest websites and best known brands in the world.
… and many more.
frequently asked Questions
Not sure if you need a CMP?
To help you with things like GDPR, CMP and consent, we’ve rounded up the most common questions here.
A Mobile SDK, or Software Development Kit, is a collection of software tools for app developers that allows you to seamlessly integrate certain features – in this case consentmanager ‘s Cookie Mobile Consent Tools – into your app. By using the consentmanager Mobile SDK, you ensure that your app complies with data protection regulations.
Mobile apps use cookies in a similar way to websites. However, they work slightly differently. Most mobile apps use tracking technologies for analytics, personalization and advertising purposes. These may include mobile identifiers such as Apple’s IDFA (Advertiser Identifier) or Google’s Android ID, which perform similar functions to cookies.
In addition to the GDPR, the ePrivacy Directive (also known as the Cookie Policy) regulates the use of cookies and similar tracking technologies in mobile apps. This requirement requires explicit consent from users before non-essential trackers can be activated on their devices. App developers must disclose what data is collected and for what purpose to ensure transparency and user control over their personal data.
Yes, the GDPR also applies to mobile apps. Any app that processes personal data of EU residents must comply with the GDPR, regardless of where the app developer or company is based. This means that mobile apps must ensure the lawful processing of personal data. You must obtain the user’s explicit consent to collect and use personal data (including cookies and similar technologies). They must also comply with all other principles of the GDPR, such as: B. the rights of the data subject, data minimization and ensuring data security.
Your app is available on Android devices? In this case, your users must be informed about the use of “cookies” (trackers). This is where the cookie banner comes into play. A cookie banner helps Android users to find out about the use of trackers in your app and offers users of Android devices the opportunity to manage the data processing applied in the app. This also includes the ability to accept or reject cookies or adjust your own settings. In order to comply with various data protection regulations such as the GDPR or the CCPA, users of Android, iOS or other application systems must be able to give their express consent to the processing of personal data.
A cookie banner provides users with a clear and accessible way to view and change cookie settings on Android devices. To do this, the banner provides information about the type of cookies used on the Android device, their purpose and how the cookie settings can be managed in the Android or iOS application.
Please note that we cannot provide legal advice. Some points of this FAQ may also change over time or be interpreted differently by courts. That’s why you should always consult your lawyer!