DontKillMyApp: Make apps work

DontKillMyApp: Make apps work

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Description

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).

Developer

Petr Nálevka (Urbandroid)

Developer ID: 9219179332656617922

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Ratings & Reviews

4.5

14,202 ratings

1,000,000+ downloads

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80%
4★
7%
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5%
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7%

Recent Reviews

Md Masum

v2.11

good

14 Aug 2026

Salar Choopan

ok dears

6 Aug 2026

TURA RODOLPHE

v2.11

The best

3 Aug 2026

Jonathon Fauser

v2.11

GARBAGE

Developer Response

Hello, why are you dissatisfied with the app? The app is a benchmark tool to see if your phone handles apps properly as defined in AOSP or if your OEM sets any non-standard battery optimizations on top, which usually break apps. Did the app not finish the test? What has happened during the test? Our contact is support@urbandroid.org. Thank you.

1 Aug 2026

1 Aug 2026

Nina Mularski

v2.11

I guess the app does what it's supposed to do. I run the scan and it took like 3 1/2 hrs but it finally said 100%. I don't really know what it did or what it's supposed to do. any feedback would be helpful. thank you

Developer Response

Hello, the app schedules a series of background tasks and alarms, and then evaluates the expected vs. executed. 100% means the phone executed all tasks; a lower percentage means some form of restrictions. You can read more in (⁝) → How it works, or at https://dontkillmyapp.com/, where you also find guides on how to fix it on your phone.

28 Jul 2026

28 Jul 2026

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