Lock My Phone (Zen Mode)

Thomas Kahn

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About this app

❓ Uninstalling works like this: 😱 https://youtu.be/gQVzznHp_84?t=62

❕ This app needs Device Administrator permission. Otherwise it can't lock your phone.

⏩ What's the purpose of this app?

It's not exactly controversial that YOU NEED A ROUTINE. But it's hard to stick to your schedule when the endless entertainment of the internet is available at your fingertips. Lock my Phone kills that lure so you can concentrate on what's actually important.

While your device is locked you can still access the apps on your lockscreen, take phone calls and call emergency numbers (911 etc.) and emergency contacts (see below). If you unlock it during a lock period it will be locked again right away.

☝ Learn how to set one or more of your contacts as emergency contacts with Android's ICE-feature: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dE_bbD5vXDU

⏩ Three Main Features:

1. Recurring lock periods, for example to lock your phone every evening during the week after 10 pm.

2. One time lock periods for when you just want to concentrate for 45 minutes while studying.

3. Geocheck-Feature: Only lock your device if you are in a certain area. Helpful so your phone isn't locked while you're out with friends.

⏩ What's the difference between the free and the premium version?

You can only have one lock period in total on the free version, so you can either have 1 one time lock or 1 recurring lock period. You can have unlimited lock periods (of each type) in the premium version.

There are no ads in either version.

Ratings and reviews

Does what it says. Fully locks your phone without a "15 more min" option. When you try to unlock it the screen goes black again and it's a repeated cycle of that. It's been very helpful. The uninstall process is weird though. A great idea would be to allow the option to lock individual apps with the same manner. That way a person that uses there phone to work but has trouble staying off a certain app or something, they can lock that app and continue to use their phone in other aspects.

This is a fantastic app, having spared me from numerous instances where I would've compulsively scrolled my phone for hours rather than worked on a task or gone to sleep. I'd love to see a version which produces the same lock effect (with custom timer and paywall) when the user attempts to access a blacklisted app, as the current "App Lock" apps are too easily bypassed, unlike this lock effect. Thank you for this life-changing app!

Granted I've only been using this for a day but this app is great- super simple it does exactly what I want it to do- block me out of my phone for a set period of time. That's it, no fancy screen time analytics or whatever. It just simply helps you to he more productive. 2 small suggestions- make it an option to have a noise when the time is up and also have an option to add the me from the lock screen in case you want to remain locked out longer than you originally chose.

What's new

Fix lock bypass by enable/disable taking breaks option when there is an active lock.
The app will now automatically restart after an update, especially if you have active locks.
Fixed a bug in the lock mechanism that occurred when the internet connection was not available.
Resolved a bug related to unlocking safety.
Fixed an issue with the unlock early slider.
Enhanced the option to choose the amount for unlocking early.
Addressed bugs affecting map functionality.
fixing crashes.