DontKillMyApp: Make apps work

2.11

Petr Nálevka (Urbandroid)

4.69

13,390 reviews

1,000,000+
Downloads

Free

Benchmark & fix reliability of background tasks on your phone to make apps work

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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 10 thousand times.

User Ratings

DontKillMyApp: Make apps work is rated 4.69 out of 5 stars. The rating is based on 13 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).

Recent changes:
Android 16 target SDK, Material Expressive 3 redesign, exact alarm scheduling permission handling, better running benchmark handling

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More data about DontKillMyApp: Make apps work

Price	Free to download
Total downloads	1 million
Recent downloads	10 thousand
Rating	4.69 based on 13 thousand ratings
Ranking	Not ranked
Version	2.11
APK size	3.66 MB
Number of libraries	27
Designed for Android	7.0+
Suitable for	Everyone
Ads	NO ads

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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.

★★★★★ Mark Harris · May 25, 2026

I didn't understand a word of the information in the box, but my phone seemed to charge well whilst the app was doing something with my battery.

★★☆☆☆ Jon Kluczkowski · Mar 3, 2026

a bit too complex. Needs either more instructions or preferably, greater streamlined simplistic settings

★★☆☆☆ PRAVENDRASINGH · Apr 21, 2026

Not working properly my MOTO G35 5G. Always kill Dream 11, my11circle & chrome apps.

Google Play Rankings for DontKillMyApp: Make apps work

This app is not ranked

Technologies used by DontKillMyApp: Make apps work

DontKillMyApp: Make apps work is requesting 8 permissions and is using 28 libraries.

Permissions

Network communication

full network access

System tools

run at startup, prevent phone from sleeping

Extra

android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE, android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE_SPECIAL_USE, android.permission.POST_NOTIFICATIONS, android.permission.SCHEDULE_EXACT_ALARM, com.urbandroid.dontkillmyapp.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION

Ad network libraries

None found

Social libraries

None found

Development tools

Android Jetpack core

Android Architecture Components

Android Jetpack VersionedParcelable Android Jetpack Annotations Android Library Icon

Android Jetpack Annotations Android Jetpack Widgets Android Library Icon

Android Jetpack Widgets Android Jetpack AppCompat Android Library Icon

Android Jetpack AppCompat AndroidX Activity Android Library Icon

AndroidX Activity Android Activity Saved State Android Library Icon

Android Activity Saved State AndroidX Loader Android Library Icon

AndroidX Loader

Android Transition Support Library

Android Support Library collections Kotlin Android Library Icon

Kotlin

Android Support VectorDrawable Google gson Android Library Icon

Google gson AndroidX App Startup Android Library Icon

AndroidX App Startup Okio Android Library Icon

Okio

AndroidX Concurrent Futures AndroidX Emoji / Emoji2 Android Library Icon

AndroidX Emoji / Emoji2 AndroidX Tracing Android Library Icon

AndroidX Tracing AndroidX Multi-Dex Library Android Library Icon

AndroidX Multi-Dex Library AndroidX DynamicAnimation Android Library Icon

AndroidX DynamicAnimation AndroidX ProfileInstaller Android Library Icon

AndroidX ProfileInstaller Retrofit Android Library Icon

Retrofit

ReactiveX

AndroidX Preference AndroidX Graphics Android Library Icon

AndroidX Graphics commonmark-java Android Library Icon

commonmark-java

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