DontKillMyApp: Make apps work

4.3
9.04K reviews
500K+
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PEGI 3
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About this app

The official DontKillMyApp app is here - make apps finally work properly even if you do not own a Pixel.

Helps you set up your phone background tasks so that your apps can finally work for YOU even when not looking at the screen right now.

See how is your phone doing and test different settings with DontKillMyApp benchmark.

Features:
• DKMA benchmark: Measure how aggressively is your phone killing background apps
• Guides: Get actionable steps to overcome most background process restrictions
• Make a change:️ Help smartphones stay smart by sharing your benchmark report to dontkillmyapp.com

DontKillMyApp is a benchmark tool to see how well does your phone support background processing. You can measure before setting up your phone, then go through the setup guides and benchmark again to see how much has your phone been slacking in the background.

You can share your report through the app to the maintainers of the dontkillmyapp.com website who compile it and base the overall negative score on it.

How does the benchmark work? (Technical!)

The app starts a foreground service with a wake lock and schedules repetitive task on the main thread, a custom thread executor and schedules regular alarms (AlarmManager.setExactAndAllowWhileIdle). Then it calculates executed vs. expected. That's it!

For more details check the code. The app is open source available at https://github.com/urbandroid-team/dontkillmy-app

This app is open source and this project is maintained by volunteers who care about the Android ecosystem, feel the current pain and want to make it better.

Special thanks to Doki (github.com/doubledotlabs/doki).
Updated on
Sep 7, 2023

Data safety

Safety starts with understanding how developers collect and share your data. Data privacy and security practices may vary based on your use, region, and age. The developer provided this information and may update it over time.
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Ratings and reviews

4.3
8.82K reviews
Mr. C.
October 18, 2021
I checked two Nexus 5 phones each running Android 6.0.1. They both returned a result of 100%. But, that's how I had previously set them up - not necessarily how they had been supplied (i.e. out of the box). Thanks for developing this app. To the best of my knowledge, it's unique. And, according to Exodus, DKMA has zero embedded trackers.
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Petr Nálevka (Urbandroid)
October 19, 2021
Hello, big thanks for your feedback, very much appreciated. Should you have any questions on the app or something that is not working as expected, please contact support@urbandroid.org. If there is something we can do in the app to improve your rating, please let us know.
Erik Tedja
January 26, 2024
The app is quite good, provide a clear instructions. BUT the app does not cache screenshot image at all, every time we switch back and forth between the app and settings, the app will reload all the screenshot images, causing a delay in following instructions. I would suggest adding a counter if app enter background mode, if the time passes is below 10 minutes, then keep using the cached images.
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Keith Pears
February 27, 2024
I admit I'm still running a Nokia/HMD 8 with PIE, itself a benchmark of bloatlessness... But, this little app works great (I'm running 200+ apps, almost ALL from the play store 😉 with their fondness for resetting permissions whenever they update... LIKE THE PLAY STORE DOES!!!) This lil killer gave me 100%, even with the additional burden of the phone nearly freezing in -20c weather while the test was ongoing. I'll change the score to 5 stars if you rename the app 'GOOGLE, STOP TOUCHING THINGS'.
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Petr Nálevka (Urbandroid)
February 28, 2024
Hello Keith, I am afraid such a name would not pass the Play Store review process :D But that would be hilarious!

What's new

Android 13 target SDK, Material 3 redesign, Dynamic colors, Post norification and exact alarm scheduling permission handling