There is an easy way to check this: compare APKs from apkpure with APKs from Google Play Store.
Method:
1- download the package from Apkpure
2- download exact same version package from Google Play (there are tools for this), and same architecture
3- unzip the packages in two directories (normal APK are ZIP files actually), like in dir1/ and dir2/
4- diff -r dir1 diff2
If you see no difference, the packages are the same.
I did the test with magic-earth-navigation-maps_7.1.20.16.1A44191D.892EDFD5 armeabi_v7a and the diff shows no difference.
Apkpure is generally considered safe, as they don’t modify packages like some other APK repositories sometimes do.
So, the Magic Earth APK that we have in our prebuilt apk repository comres form apkpure.
However, I see that:
1- the package has not been updated recently, so we have to check this issue
2- I agree it would be safer to use the package directly from the initial source, so we are going to change this in next builds.
We will discuss this with the team on Monday.
Also, I’ll see with General Magic if they can provide latest builds directly to us.
And regarding Magic Earth in particular, expect some good news in the coming months.
Thanks for having raised this concern and stay tuned.