KinScreen
Free App
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About KinScreen
KinScreen automatically manages your device's screen to keep it on when you need it and turn it off when you don't. This makes it extremely convenient for you, but also efficient for the battery. No more touching the screen to stop it from timing out. You will notice KS missing on a new device!
Turn screen on...
• By waving over proximity sensor
• By uncovering proximity sensor (ex. flip cover)
Keep screen on...
• By detected motion
• By waving over proximity sensor
• By tilt angle
• While in-call
• While charging
• Indefinitely, through notification or Quick Settings toggle
Turn screen off...
• By covering proximity sensor (pocket, face down)
• After a set time of not actively being kept on (regular timeout)
• After a max keep-on time
• After a custom timeout when no keep-on features are active
These rules are very configurable for you to set up as you wish, with different scenarios and exceptions.
If you experience an issue, please email contact@teqtic.com, or use the "contact" menu option from the app before leaving a negative review!
How It Works:
• Motion - The display is kept on by small movements detected from you just holding the device. When motion is not detected, the screen will time out quickly to save battery. Motion is ignored when the device is resting flat so that the screen can time-out on a moving surface.
• Proximity - The screen will time out quickly when the proximity sensor is covered so that you don't have to manually turn it off before placing the device in your pocket. The screen may also be kept on by waving over the proximity sensor. You may also choose to turn the screen on by waving over or uncovering the proximity sensor. Save wear on your power button!
• Tilt angle - The screen may be kept on by tilting the phone above a certain angle from flat.
• While in call - Use this option if you like your display to remain on while the phone is on a table in a call. The display will still turn off when you place the phone to your ear.
Highlights:
• Works in the dark unlike other apps that use the camera to detect motion.
• Battery friendly! The service is designed to be as efficient as possible. It uses little CPU and RAM, and sensor use is highly optimized.
• Start it once and forget it! It will not interfere with any other apps that already keep the screen on.
• Watch what it does in real-time! The colored statuses at the top let you know what KinScreen is doing. Anything green is keeping the screen on, anything red is turning the screen off and anything yellow is detected and would be keeping the screen on but either there is a rule preventing it or something is turning the screen off.
Motion sensor calibration:
After installing, please set the device on a very stable surface, tap calibrate and wait 10 seconds for KinScreen to automatically fine tune the motion sensitivity for your device.
Beta testing program:
Would you like to receive more frequent Beta updates? You can opt in and out at this link: https://play.google.com/apps/testing/com.teqtic.kinscreen
Email contact@teqtic.com if you would like to provide a translation for KinScreen. You will receive a promo code for a free upgrade to premium.
Translation credits:
Czech - Hamsa
Dutch - Michiel Scholten
Serbian, Croatian, Bosnian - Alanon
Spanish - Víctor Zamanillo Ruiz
Turkish - Özgün Rızaoğlu
Polish - Tomasz Macherowski
Simplified Chinese - Mark Lee
French - Younes El Karama
Italian - Mattia Colombo
Arabic - إبراهيم الشكيلي
Lithuanian - Andrius Drumstas
Russian - Sergei Gatitulin
German - Marcel
Portuguese - Adalberto Fontenele
Traditional Chinese - Raymond
Romanian - Andras
Hungarian - Andras
Turn screen on...
• By waving over proximity sensor
• By uncovering proximity sensor (ex. flip cover)
Keep screen on...
• By detected motion
• By waving over proximity sensor
• By tilt angle
• While in-call
• While charging
• Indefinitely, through notification or Quick Settings toggle
Turn screen off...
• By covering proximity sensor (pocket, face down)
• After a set time of not actively being kept on (regular timeout)
• After a max keep-on time
• After a custom timeout when no keep-on features are active
These rules are very configurable for you to set up as you wish, with different scenarios and exceptions.
If you experience an issue, please email contact@teqtic.com, or use the "contact" menu option from the app before leaving a negative review!
How It Works:
• Motion - The display is kept on by small movements detected from you just holding the device. When motion is not detected, the screen will time out quickly to save battery. Motion is ignored when the device is resting flat so that the screen can time-out on a moving surface.
• Proximity - The screen will time out quickly when the proximity sensor is covered so that you don't have to manually turn it off before placing the device in your pocket. The screen may also be kept on by waving over the proximity sensor. You may also choose to turn the screen on by waving over or uncovering the proximity sensor. Save wear on your power button!
• Tilt angle - The screen may be kept on by tilting the phone above a certain angle from flat.
• While in call - Use this option if you like your display to remain on while the phone is on a table in a call. The display will still turn off when you place the phone to your ear.
Highlights:
• Works in the dark unlike other apps that use the camera to detect motion.
• Battery friendly! The service is designed to be as efficient as possible. It uses little CPU and RAM, and sensor use is highly optimized.
• Start it once and forget it! It will not interfere with any other apps that already keep the screen on.
• Watch what it does in real-time! The colored statuses at the top let you know what KinScreen is doing. Anything green is keeping the screen on, anything red is turning the screen off and anything yellow is detected and would be keeping the screen on but either there is a rule preventing it or something is turning the screen off.
Motion sensor calibration:
After installing, please set the device on a very stable surface, tap calibrate and wait 10 seconds for KinScreen to automatically fine tune the motion sensitivity for your device.
Beta testing program:
Would you like to receive more frequent Beta updates? You can opt in and out at this link: https://play.google.com/apps/testing/com.teqtic.kinscreen
Email contact@teqtic.com if you would like to provide a translation for KinScreen. You will receive a promo code for a free upgrade to premium.
Translation credits:
Czech - Hamsa
Dutch - Michiel Scholten
Serbian, Croatian, Bosnian - Alanon
Spanish - Víctor Zamanillo Ruiz
Turkish - Özgün Rızaoğlu
Polish - Tomasz Macherowski
Simplified Chinese - Mark Lee
French - Younes El Karama
Italian - Mattia Colombo
Arabic - إبراهيم الشكيلي
Lithuanian - Andrius Drumstas
Russian - Sergei Gatitulin
German - Marcel
Portuguese - Adalberto Fontenele
Traditional Chinese - Raymond
Romanian - Andras
Hungarian - Andras
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App History & Updates
What's Changed
4.3.2 (January 2, 2018)
-Fixed screen possibly staying on if service restarted while screen on
-Hold turn-screen-on wake lock for 3s instead of until screen-on broadcast
-Check if screen is actually on for screen-on and screen-unlock broadcasts
4.3.2 (January 2, 2018)
-Fixed screen possibly staying on if service restarted while screen on
-Hold turn-screen-on wake lock for 3s instead of until screen-on broadcast
-Check if screen is actually on for screen-on and screen-unlock broadcasts
Version update KinScreen was updated to version 4.3.2
Version update KinScreen was updated to version 3.4.7
More downloads KinScreen reached 100 000 - 500 000 downloads
More downloads KinScreen reached 50 000 - 100 000 downloads
What are users saying about KinScreen
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My screen would always go to sleep after 6 seconds of inactivity even though I had it set for 10 minutes. It would go to sleep starting up apps or while I was reading short paragraphs. Now it stays awake for as long as I need it to
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My lock screen would go black after 5 seconds. After I installed Kinscreen, I can make multiple attempts to unlock my phone without having to push the power button.
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Ever since latest updates, screen will stay on even if phone is set down on a desk or table. APP IS NOT WORKING WELL, NOT WORKING THE WAY IT USED TO.
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Really very useful to have
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Works great, love it!
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Best app for screen controle ever, and the best costomer service i have ever seen!!
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Best app ever. works in any android versions.
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Good app it works we'll great.
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Really Very Useful
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Super
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Best app
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Good app....
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I was using Screebl for a long time for the angle utility. This app does that and has a lot of other cool features. Great work!
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It worked well, but caused Oreo to permanently show a notification that it was using up battery. Haven't used it long enough to see if it was using a lot of battery or not.
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Does not help my phones timing out issue like other users said it would
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I use it only for wake up feature using waving over proximity sensor and only for that reason this is the best app I ever seen ....
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Tried and tested the free version, liked it, was about to purchase. But the latest update causes the screen to be defaulted to turn off in 10 seconds if I choose any options or make any changes. Rather inconvenient and makes me a bit hesitant to purchase now?
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Very handy app. I would go for paid version and 5 stars if I would get ability to put and move a clock on locked/sleeping screen like some other apps got but they are useless on other things. Im using flip s-view cover and forgetting to lock my screen sometimes so this app locks it automatically for me. It does what it says.
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A must have app in every cellphone.
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I just love the app. As soon I saw how it works I paid for the full version. I just love it.
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Great app does exactly what it's supposed to.
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BEST APP OF ALL APPS
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Good app for mobile
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Awesome
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Works well. I've tried other apps like this, but always come back to this.
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Does what it says, rare. I'm sorry but the negative comments here need to be answered I think what happened is you just didn't take the time to learn how it works. Take a little time and you'll know I'm right. I've linked it with some screensaver apps that would not work as well without it. Again kudos to the creators.
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I should not have to keep shaking my phone to keep it on Or pay for it to stay on longer. My new phone would not set for screen to stay on so verizon now loaded this app. I hate all this. Miss when i could set my phone myself to stay on when " I " wanted. My battery is my business.
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I like the app before this I was using Screenbl which I love but had to fine a replacement and ran across this app. This works well I want to get the premium version so I can adjust the settings but the program randomly crashes blacking out my screen for a couple seconds which is why I was holding back on buying and a extra stars.
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Works great! Display stays on when I need it to and shuts off when I don't. I no longer get frustrated while trying to read an article or long email. Battery life is still the same if not even better than before. Well worth the upgrade. Thanks.
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Does what it should do, and more. The level of configurability for keeping the screen on and manual on off options is great. I use the app for a few weeks before deciding to go ahead and upgrade to the premium version. Apps that do what they're supposed to do and do it well are sometimes tough to find. I have no problem paying the developer for their work on this app.
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Does not work. No help section. No instructions. Recvd standard response re contact in app support but frankly not bothered. Have already uninstalled app. Waste of 3ukl. One learns from mistakes. I feel this is the end of this exchange. As it seems to take this amount of work, i.e. going to help emails to get a simple app to work I will add I implied before learn from experience. Thank you for your offer but lost faith in the app so Thanks but no thanks.
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Its a great app, especially for my ZTE max XL, but after the recent update it crashes within soon after opening. A pon further troubleshooting simply uninstalling and reinstalling the app fixed my issue, overall im happy.
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I've used it on multiple phones, and I love it. I can keep my screen on indefinitely while I'm actually looking at it, while making sure it automatically locks if I forget to lock it before laying the phone down or pocketing it. I keep my phone unlocked when held at an angle above X degrees, and lock the screen if the proximity sensor is covered for X seconds.
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Used this for a year and loved it but suddenly stopped working after upgrade to Nugat. I was totally bummed since it's actually my favorite app since or saves me pressing my on/off and home buttons an average of 50 times a day. (The most common failure for non-damaged phones is button contacts from overuse.) After months I now see that notifications setting was off for this app on my Note 5. Flipped it back on and now works perfectly again. I'm paying for this now since I know what it's like to be without it! Ten stars! Author: please let people know to set notifications on for this to work.
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Gives me control of screen AND lockscreen. It kept shutting off in seconds. Now I have set it to the time I need.
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smart of all on one bete it realy I am proude of dowlopers thank for it please try more I am intrested in this type tec.
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Super screen control app. Tried many and found this the best. Also very helpful developer.
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This is a great app,thank you so much, my timeout setting was not working for whatever reason, and that was a very important feature on my phone for me, your app fixed my problem, this is the best app on my phone, thank you so much again ????
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Was happy until I moved to Oreo. Screen won't stay on anymore... Am I forgetting something?
by K####:
Awesome app bt I m using smart wake cause u can turn screen off also using smart wake