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Lock down your device's apps and ensure that nobody else can access your accounts 

Lock down your device's apps and ensure that nobody else can access your accounts 

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Program license: Free

Developer: SpSoft

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Program license

(1 votes)

Free

Developer

SpSoft

Pros

  • Privacy lock
  • App lock and more
  • Incident alerts

Cons

  • Ads

Smart AppLock helps safeguard all of the sensitive information on your Android device.

Smart AppLock is a privacy toolkit. The version reviewed here is for Android devices, but the app is available across other platforms as well. The goal of this app is to prevent unauthorized access of your phone, which is how many people succumb to identity theft. With Smart AppLock, both thieves and snoopers will be unable to access your data that’s been walled off.

App locking is the main selling point of the program. Any app that you choose to lock will now require a password not just to execute but even to uninstall. You can also set the device so that new apps can’t be installed without the proper password. This feature is particularly important for blocking access to those apps that provide a path to your sensitive data. This can include your banking apps as well as social media accounts like Facebook and LinkedIn.

Smart AppLock doesn’t just block app usage but blocks access to the images, videos, SMS, call logs and other private data that they create and manipulate. You can even use the app to lock your phone at a basic level. A single tap before walking away from your phone can prevent incoming calls from being answered as well as block Wi-Fi and Bluetooth access. Users can block access to Google Play as well as all app stores, and you can lock system settings so that they’re unchangeable without permission.

Blocking uninstalls is important because without it, someone could just uninstall Smart AppLock in order to remove the protection. In the event that someone does snoop or attempts to steal your information, Smart AppLock will take photos of the interloper and can send them as a break-in alert to an email address that you can access from another device.

The protection that Smart AppLock provides starts at the lock screen. You can disguise lock screens so that it’s unclear how to access them. The app supports fingerprint scans as well as password protection, gesture locking, PIN input and more. You can also add multiple layers of locks to make it very difficult, and the app also offers customization options so that your lock screens look nice as well.

Smart AppLock is a great app that has a place in almost every Android user’s toolbox. The feature set, much of which we didn’t cover in this review, is extensive. The program is updated regularly, and it’s well-optimized so that it runs well even on low-spec devices. It’s also free to use. It is ad-supported. The ads are small and won’t bog down your phone, but if we have one gripe it’s that there’s no pay option to eliminate the ads outright.

Pros

  • Privacy lock
  • App lock and more
  • Incident alerts

Cons

  • Ads