It’s impossible to leave your phone unattended for second without some curious friend looking through your personal stuff. Pictures, videos, texts, calls – all of these things are private and should be kept that way. This is where App Protector Pro comes in.
App Protector Pro keeps your apps safe by making you enter in a PIN or use an unlock pattern. You can change the preset 8888 PIN to any combination you like. You can adjust the unlock pattern in the app’s settings. The functions of the app are similar to your Android phone’s regular screen locker. Here you can also protect your messages and calendar from unauthorized access.
The drawback of these kinds of apps is clear: many of them can just get uninstalled, which makes all the protection totally worthless. App Protector Pro solves this problem pretty well. Upon installation, the app automatically blocks the market, package installer and system settings. Apps can only be installed/uninstalled with your personal PIN or unlock pattern.
It’s easy to add individual apps to your protection list. Things get a bit more complicated when you need to add a large amount of different apps. Search feature? Simply not there! When you are editing your protection list, you can filter your apps to include all apps or just the executable ones. Another problem: some of the apps are displayed in double! The camera and HTC Setup are displayed twice in a row. Confusing? Heck yeah!
App Protector Pro apparently doesn’t work 100% with the Android photo gallery application, although I didn’t experience any problems myself. If you feel like your pictures are completely protected, the developers recommend that you block the camera and your media memory.
It’s annoying to have to unblock an app every time you need to use it. App Protector Pro has a clever solution in the form of a widget for your homescreen. With one tap, you unblock all apps that are on your block list. After you’re done working with them, you can secure them again with another tap. Useful and effective!
Even more practical is the No-Always-Lock mode. Here you don’t have to unlock apps each time you use them. Just enter in the PIN or unlock pattern to secure your apps when the screen is inactive, the lock timer runs out or you try to access the icon in your status bar. This is more effective and saves you a lot of time.
Pros
- Protected your apps from unauthorized access
- A Widget for quick lock activation/deactivation
- Customized PIN or unlock pattern
Cons
- Cumbersome selection of apps for the block list
- No search feature
- Gallery app not supported on some models
Bottom Line:
A bit complicated is my summary for this app. The app would benefit tremendously if you could secure your text messages and have the app figure out on its own which apps have access to my messages. The same should go for photos, videos and everything else. Therefore App Protector Pro doesn’t really stand, but has a lot of potential.
James
May 31, 2012 7:42:22 AM
Galaxy Nexus Works great. Too many nosy people around me who wants to checkout my phone. Now I can at least limit their curiosity.
Olando
May 27, 2012 5:49:39 AM
Second Try on Locked Apps Opened the Apps :( Please fix this Bug... on ICS ROM
David
May 26, 2012 3:37:24 AM
Does what is says Keeps things secure in simple and easy to use interface
Albert
May 26, 2012 12:20:47 AM
Excellent In case of theft will protect your data
Jacob
May 23, 2012 12:45:21 AM
Excellect App I love it. Exactly what I needed.
Heather
May 21, 2012 9:35:55 AM
Love it LIKE FORT KNOX BABY
Jay
May 20, 2012 2:45:11 PM
Perfect Works like a charm
*s-z*
May 20, 2012 8:16:34 AM
Best of its kind! Only app lock I've tried that does everything it claims. Unequaled.
D Mobile
May 17, 2012 4:27:39 AM
A must have app!!!!! This is such a must have app. It gives you that added level of security that we all need on our phone.
Nathan
May 16, 2012 8:44:26 AM
This is rubbish This is rubbish