DontKillMyApp: Make apps work
DontKillMyApp: Make apps work is made and published by Petr Nálevka (Urbandroid). AppBrain is an independent app data site and isn't affiliated with Petr Nálevka (Urbandroid). The app name, icon, screenshots and description belong to Petr Nálevka (Urbandroid) and are shown as published on Google Play.
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Benchmark & fix reliability of background tasks on your phone to make apps work
AppBrain's verdict
EstablishedPopularLoved by users- Rating on Google Play
- 4.73
- 14,198 ratings
- Installs
- 1.1 million
- Last updated
- January 28, 2026
- Ads
- No ads
- Size
- 3.66 MB
DontKillMyApp: Make apps work is popular, with 1.1 million installs. Users love it: 4.7 stars from 14,198 ratings.
Pros & Cons
- Open-source and community-maintained
- High user rating (4.696) from 13,799 users
- Free to use and transparent with actionable benchmarks
- DKMA benchmark provides direct measurement of background app behavior
- Not ranked in any top lists
- Focus is on background task reliability rather than broader battery or device performance metrics that some competitors emphasize
User feedback
Ratings and reviews on Google PlayComments on DontKillMyApp: Make apps work for Android
Google Play Rating history and histogram
Store listing
By Petr Nálevka (Urbandroid), from Google PlayDescription by Petr Nálevka (Urbandroid) Written by the developer, not by AppBrain. Click to read.
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).
Recent changes:
Android 16 target SDK, Material Expressive 3 redesign, exact alarm scheduling permission handling, better running benchmark handling
Safety and technology
Found in the app by AppBrain- Ads
- No ads
- Price
- Free
- Libraries
- 27
- App size
- 3.66 MB
- Needs Android
- 7.0+
- Content rating
- Everyone
Technologies used by DontKillMyApp: Make apps work
Releases
Updates seen on Google Play- Version
- 2.11
- Launched
- July 2020
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Installs
Tracked by AppBrain- Last 30 days
- 9.2 thousand
- Per day
- 310
- 30-day average
- Play install range
- 1+ million
- Launched
- July 2020
Installs over time
DontKillMyApp: Make apps work has been installed 1.1 million times. Over the past 30 days, it averaged 310 installs per day.
Rankings
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About the app and developer
About DontKillMyApp: Make apps work
DontKillMyApp: Make apps work is a tools app developed by Petr Nálevka (Urbandroid).
Install Statistics
DontKillMyApp: Make apps work has been downloaded 1.1 million times. In the last 30 days, the app was downloaded 9.2 thousand times.
User Ratings
DontKillMyApp: Make apps work is rated 4.73 out of 5 stars. The rating is based on 14 thousand ratings.
App Information
DontKillMyApp: Make apps work is freely available from Google Play. The APK size is 3.66 MB. The latest APK version available is 2.11. The last update was on January 28, 2026.
Technical Requirements
DontKillMyApp: Make apps work requires Android 7.0+ or higher. The app has a content rating of Everyone. The app has been available on Google Play since July 2020.
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