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Alibi vs good-echo: catalog facts
Alibi	good-echo
Best for: Using an Android phone as a dashcam or rolling audio recorder	Best for: Capturing spoken information or moments you did not expect to need
Free Free and open source under the GPL-3.0 licence.	Free Free and open source under the GPL v3.
Android	Android
Rolling background recording saves only what you need Records audio or video All 4 strengths for Alibi Rolling background recording saves only what you need Records audio or video Works fully offline Highly configurable	Saves audio from moments that already happened Unsaved recordings are discarded automatically All 3 strengths for good-echo Saves audio from moments that already happened Unsaved recordings are discarded automatically Opus encoding keeps the history compact
Android only Continuous background recording uses battery	Constant background recording may affect battery life Recording people without consent is illegal in some places All 3 limitations for good-echo Constant background recording may affect battery life Recording people without consent is illegal in some places Small project with a single maintainer
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: GPL-3.0	License: GPL-3.0
No account needed	No account needed
Offline features available	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Sources for Alibi github.com/Myzel394/Alibi f-droid.org/packages/app.myzel394.alibi Catalog checked October 2, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Sources for good-echo github.com/shkarlsson/good-echo f-droid.org/packages/com.goodecho.app Catalog checked October 2, 2026

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