Drudge Reader is an Android app developed by Matt Hamann (4205 S. Miami Blvd. B503 / 02-E210 Durham, NC 27703).

Drudge Reader first became available on 13 Feb 2012. It is estimated that Drudge Reader has been downloaded between 10000 and 50000 times from the Play Store.

Drudge Reader 2.2.0 requires the following permissions:

Allows applications to access information about networks.

Allows applications to open network sockets.

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

Allows an application to write to external storage.