Best App Lock App for Android

Ethan Leung
3 min readFeb 22, 2017

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Android is the most popular and loved operating system for smartphones. It comes with many great features and it can be customized according to users’ needs. Though Android is considered as a very much secured OS, it lags behind in a few aspects. The latest Android smartphone are coming with great security features like fingerprint scanner or password to lock or unlock the phone but it’s not possible to lock individual apps installed on Android device. Few smartphone companies with custom UI now offer app lock option and allow users to lock apps with passcode. But most of the smartphone.

A person would want to lock his apps for various reasons. Few people don’t lock their phone entirely because they think it can be a life savior for someone in an emergency. Nevertheless, they want to protect some apps which contain private information. Whatever the reason is, there must a solution to it. Now we don’t have to worry about this problem anymore because they are many third-party app locking applications available on Google Play store protecting individual apps and phone privacy away from snoopers which you can download and use very easily.

Here is one of the most secured and safest app locking application AppLock created by IVYMOBILE, which either lock apps behind a PIN or a passcode and users can won’t notice anything different until they actually go ahead and try to launch one of the locked apps, giving you a peace of mind you are after.

This popular AppLock can lock apps, photos, videos and other private data with password lock or pattern lock. Moreover you can customize app lock settings as you wish, more secure and smart to lock all privacy in one small AppLock. The app can also lock all Android apps, including Social apps. So it can lock Facebook, WhatsApp, Messenger, Vine, Twitter, Instagram, Snapchat, and WeChat and so on. It is confirmed that no one can peep at your private chat any more.

The app also able to contacts, SMS, Gallery, Videos, Email and so on. So there is no one can mess up your settings for system apps. In addition this AppLock can lock Android Pay, Samsung Pay, and PayPal and so on. Ultimately no one could use your wallet to purchase any item.

But without enabling the Advanced Protection, your phone privacy will be still at risks. Advanced Protection add a layer of security protection. Enable the permission can better protect your phone privacy away from intruders. So what are these permissions used for? Let’s take look at theme………

For Camera Usage, it allows you to better use Intruder Selfie to capture the intruders.

For Stable Operation, it allows the AppLock to keep individual apps locked with PIN or Password, otherwise snoopers can unlock your locked apps without password.

For Power Saving, it allows you to reduce battery consumption and prolong phone standby time up to 50%

For Popup, it allows you to enable the permissions with the following steps, which can enable applock run normally and protect phone privacy perfectly.

AppLock does not only lock down your privacy, but the in-app exclusive applock theme can beautify your Android device. AppLock theme will let you choose your favorite themes and HD wallpaper from thousands of beautiful HD images. It provides high-quality pictures to compliment your screen with the beauty and clarity that can be browsed from various different categories raging as Abstract, Cartoon, Sci-Fi, Animals, Sports, Holidays, Minimal etc.

Play Store:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ivymobi.applock.free&referrer=utmsource%3Dforumseo

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