# How do I install the Android app with Obtainium?

Obtainium is a free, open-source Android app that installs other apps straight from their release pages, and it is now the way we recommend installing PrivacyNotes on Android, because it is the only route that keeps itself current. Already have it? Tap the badge and it adds PrivacyNotes for you.

[![Get it on Obtainium](https://privacynotes.app/marketing/badge-obtainium.webp)](https://apps.obtainium.imranr.dev/redirect?r=obtainium://app/%7B%22id%22%3A%22app.privacynotes%22%2C%22url%22%3A%22https%3A%2F%2Fgithub.com%2FLifetimeLabsDev%2FPrivacyNotes.app%22%2C%22author%22%3A%22LifetimeLabsDev%22%2C%22name%22%3A%22PrivacyNotes%22%7D)

New to it? Install [Obtainium](https://obtainium.imranr.dev/) first, then add an app and paste this in:

`https://github.com/LifetimeLabsDev/PrivacyNotes.app`

Obtainium reads our releases, picks the APK, and installs every new version as it ships. No Google account is involved at any point.

Obtainium is not our app, and Android still asks you to confirm each install, so an update arrives as a notification and one tap, not silently. The APK is the same build our download page serves, signed with the same key, so Obtainium adopts an app you already sideloaded: nothing to uninstall, nothing to sign in to again. Without it, the app can only [tell you in-app](https://privacynotes.app/help/android-updates/) that a version is ready.

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Source: https://privacynotes.app/help/obtainium