Parallel Space - app cloning

Parallel Space Review: Two Free Accounts, Paid For in Ads and Permissions

Two accounts free, ads before launches, upgrades from $0.99 to $9.99

The free plan keeps two accounts of the same app online at the same time; running more than two at once is reserved for Pro. The listing carries the Contains ads badge, and ads that play before a cloned app opens, some opening browser pages when closed, lead the complaints in September 2026 Play reviews. LBE Tech's replies point to a subscription that removes them. Google Play lists in-app items from $0.99 to $9.99 in the U.S.; check the current price in the app, as it varies by region. A separate listing, Parallel Space Pro, shows no ads badge but is built for two accounts. Paying users writing in English, Spanish, Portuguese and Indonesian in August and September 2026 say the app stopped recognizing their Pro purchase and showed ads again.

multiDroid cloning and the REQUIRE_SECURE_ENV wall

A cloned app is not reinstalled: the developer says the copy runs and is stored inside multiDroid, its own app-virtualization engine, which also bundles code from the open-source microG project. That design has limits. Google lets any developer add the REQUIRE_SECURE_ENV manifest flag to opt out of on-device containers, Play policy bars container apps from loading such apps, and the current release dropped cloning for them. Apps built only for 32-bit processors need a separate add-on, Parallel Space - 32bit Support. Cloned messengers can miss notifications unless you exclude the cloner from battery boosters, and some social apps require a different phone number for each account. In August and September 2026 reviews, Pokémon TCG Pocket players reported crashes right after login following a summer update.

172 permissions, 20 tracker SDKs and 14 data categories

Whatever a cloned app might need has to be granted to the host first, so the cloner requests nearly everything up front. The εxodus Privacy scan of version 4.0.9614 from August 2026 lists 172 declared permissions, including precise location, contacts, microphone and camera, plus code from 20 tracker SDKs such as AdMob, AppLovin and Pangle; static analysis shows that code is present, not that it runs. The Data safety form marks 14 categories, from messages to health and financial info, as collected and shared, with advertising among the purposes, and offers no deletion request. The privacy policy instead says no personal data is collected, uses location also for research and development, and handles deletion by email. A 2020 ACM SACMAT study that included this package found that guest apps share the host's Linux user ID and permissions.

Parallel Space vs Multiple Accounts, Island and Android 15 Private space

Multiple Accounts: Dual Space from MA Team uses the same container approach and also shows ads; its εxodus report counts 29 tracker SDKs and 258 permissions, and its release notes claim Android 16 support, while LBE's notes stop at Android 15. Island from Oasis Feng clones apps into Android's own work profile instead, needs device administrator rights to create it, declares no data shared with third parties and shows 3 trackers and 22 permissions, but its last update dates to April 2025. On Android 15 and later, the built-in Private space installs a separate copy of an app behind a lock. Locked apps stop entirely and show no notifications, which suits hidden apps better than a second chat account that must stay online.