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App-Locker
Sometimes it's necessary to "lock" certain apps. E.g. when giving your smartphone to someone else for a call or something else, you probably don't want that person to have full access to everything. For this, the following apps come in handy:
Child protection
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- Parental Control - Kroha (4.5@32,499) Ǥ 25
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- App Kids: Your Child's First Digital Space (4.3@1,776) Ǥ 18
1 LastUpdate: 2024-02-27 - Kids Place: Parental Controls (3.9@47,540) Ǥ 27 5
- Kids Zone - Parental Controls & Child Lock (3.6@8,765) Ǥ 12 2 LastUpdate: 2018-08-12
Other App-Lockers
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- Super AppLock (App Protector) (5@14) 16 1 LastUpdate: 2013-07-24
- AppLock (4.7@132) Ǥ 35 6 LastUpdate: 2020-08-18 many themes available
- Norton App Lock (4.7@15) 17 2 LastUpdate: 2021-11-16
- Applock (4.6@198,210) Ǥ 31 5
- AppLock - Lock apps & Pin lock (4.5@1,121,946) Ǥ 20 9 many themes available
- App Lock (4.5@359,171) 10 3
- AppLock - Fingerprint (4.4@962,947) Ǥ 40 4
- AppLock (4.4@50,346) Ǥ 19 4 LastUpdate: 2022-01-03
- App Lock: Fingerprint, Pattern (4.3@225,843) Ǥ 29 34
- Smart AppLock: Privacy Protect (4.3@189,079) Ǥ 39 16 / Smart AppLock Pro (4.3@24; ~EUR 3.25) Ǥ 24 7 LastUpdate: 2018-12-04
- App Lock: Locker w/ fingerprint, Parental Control (4@45,942) Ǥ 20 26 LastUpdate: 2022-03-24
- Perfect AppLock(App Protector) (3.8@274,016) Ǥ 28 12 LastUpdate: 2024-02-26 / Perfect App Lock Pro (3.5@9,228; ~EUR 3.00) Ǥ 22 7 LastUpdate: 2024-02-25
- AppDefender (App Lock) (2.2@7,579) 10 1 LastUpdate: 2021-08-20
- Amarok (0@0) 15
Github; hide apps & files - App Lock (0@0) 14 Github
- LockLock (0@0) 2 Github
For a web search, a good term is "kiosk mode" (e.g. android +"kiosk mode"), to be used with the search engine you trust. The result list will a.o. yield the following interesting pages:
But also to how-tos explaining to achieve kiosk-mode with functionality built-in to Android, such as „App Pinning”.
Further Readings:
- Child Protection:
- Category Child Protection
- App-Locker in general:
- How to Hide Apps on Your Android Device (9/2020)
- Best App Lock Apps for Android (4/2019 - 6/2023)
- Here’s how to lock files and apps with your fingerprint (2/2019 - 5/2023)
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