AppLock Pro - App Lock & Guard

this app works. yes, it locks apps (shocker), but sometimes it doesnt bring up the password screen and it forces you to watch ads, so if you press home while the app is showing you an ad, it just goes back to the ad instantly some ads switch you to the app store forcefully after a certain point, and so i got stuck on the ad and had to restart my phone. it has happened more than once. and yes, i understand you need to make money somehow from non-paying users, but its annoying.

The app started automatically popping up ads on top of my screen that can't be closed, rendering the phone unusable until the ad finishes. If you try to bypass it, it just pops back up, restartingthe add from the beginning. i did not pay for the upgraded version which i'm guessing is what this tactic is pushing you to get. The ability to close the ads used to be a good trade off. Very irritating now. I have since removed this app.

This app is super buggy. Do not download. I opened it to setup, granted permissions, then it immediately locked ALL my apps, I didn't even setup a password, so I couldn't unlock them or undownload the app. It couldn't get to my phone, Google Play store, settings, ANYTHING without a password I NEVER set. Then an ad took over my WHOLE screen. I had to restart my phone, immediately turn the permission off so it can't display over other apps. I'm leaving the review as a warning. DO. NOT. USE.

The app was great at first. A gaming app ad would appear every so often. It was annoying, but I was able to click or swipe out of it. After about a month using Applock Pro, the gaming app ad now pops up constantly, and I can't get rid of it. I have to shut my phone down every time and restart. I'm uninstalling the app now. It got too frustrating... but, while it worked, it was great.

Scratch my first review which was at first positive. This thing now has ads that require waiting for clocks and some are three screens long before you can close them! It totally has destroyed some videos I wanted to shoot and photos I want to take of my little guy that were irreplaceable. I don't mind ads as it's free and every comes with a "cost" - but they could just be on the unlock screen. next.