App Microscope

App Microscope is a tool to display the Internet Safety Labs safety label (ISL Safety Label) for mobile applications. The information in the ISL Safety Label is designed to highlight safety risks found in the app when using it as it was designed to be used. ISL calls these inherent risks “programmatic harms”.

Most of the labels in App Microscope are from the more than 1,722 apps studied in the ISL 2022 K-12 EdTech safety benchmark. New labels are being added all the time. App Microscope is designed for app developers, technology decision-makers, journalists, privacy advocates and regulators, but can be used by everyone to better understand the hidden risks of mobile apps.

App Microscope, a project by Internet Safety Labs (ISL), is a free public service funded in part by a generous grant from the Internet Society Foundation. ISL is a US-based 501(c)(3) non-profit organization.