Benchmark & fix reliability of background tasks on your phone to make apps work
About DontKillMyApp: Make apps work
DontKillMyApp: Make apps work is a tools app developed by Petr Nálevka (Urbandroid).
Download Statistics
DontKillMyApp: Make apps work has been downloaded 1 million times. In the last 30 days, the app was downloaded 7 thousand times.
User Ratings
DontKillMyApp: Make apps work is rated 4.70 out of 5 stars. The rating is based on 14 thousand ratings.
App Information
DontKillMyApp: Make apps work is FREE to download. The APK download size is 3.66 MB. The latest 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 July 2020.
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).
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Comments on DontKillMyApp: Make apps work for Android
★★★★★Darkest Love· Apr 19, 2026
These people are trying to help us keep Android the way it should be. Support that. Support the mission to keep Android ours, modifiable to operate the way that we, the user, who purchased their $1200+ phone, wants it to operate. Not some company who already profits off of our ignorance and willingness to conform as a whole. That said, this app is so easy&simple that it's almost confusing 😂😅 I'm so used to things being hard, that when something is this easy, I fear I'm doing something wrong.
★★★★★C.M. Jarrell· Mar 8, 2026
Score of 79% with some battery saving settings on. Galaxy S25 Ultra about a month old. Retest in a week with ZERO battery optimization settings on... Expecting slightly better score but not close to the desired 100%
★★☆☆☆PRAVENDRASINGH· Apr 21, 2026
Not working properly my MOTO G35 5G. Always kill Dream 11, my11circle & chrome apps.
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