Ear Spy is an Android app developed by Overpass Apps : Super-Human Apps and Games (Overpass Ltd 5a Grove Street Suite 4 Wantage OXON OX12 7AB).

Ear Spy first became available on 17 Sep 2012. It is estimated that Ear Spy has been downloaded between 5000000 and 10000000 times from the Play Store.

Ear Spy 1.4.7 requires the following permissions:

Allows applications to access information about networks.

Allows applications to open network sockets.

Allows an application to modify global audio settings.

Allows an application to read from external storage.

Allows read only access to phone state, including the phone number of the device, current cellular network information, the status of any ongoing calls, and a list of any PhoneAccounts registered on the device.

Allows an application to record audio.

Allows using PowerManager WakeLocks to keep processor from sleeping or screen from dimming.

Allows an application to write to external storage.