SleepGuard - dead man's switch
com.sleepguardLocks your phone when you fall asleep watching videos. No ads, open source.
Latest documented release1.7.017 Sept 2026 · 1.7 MB→01 / Overview
Is SleepGuard - dead man's switch safe?
Do you often fall asleep while watching videos or listening to music on your phone? SleepGuard makes sure your device doesn't keep running all night long. At an interval you choose, a small red circle appears on top of whatever you are watching. Tap it and playback continues as normal. Don't tap it within a few seconds - because you have fallen asleep - and SleepGuard locks the screen, just like…
- Developer
- Olaf Drechsler
- Category
- System
- Earliest archived version
- 07 Sept 2026
- License
- GPL-3.0-or-later (per F-Droid metadata)
02 / Release notes
Release notes from F-Droid
Smaller download size. Fixed the Start/Stop button not updating right away when the notification's Stop button is used.
Full notes →Added a stop button to the notification.
Full notes →03 / Package identity
Technical fingerprint
com.sleepguard2f0a92056bfaef0b719b5d9ff888458c7803633503cd46f0df4bd33589d38ad793:7E:B8:9C:4F:C4:35:64:77:D6:CF:69:53:A3:1B:77:24:08:48:2C:87:02:FB:CA:46:7B:58:58:D8:86:7B:0104 / History
Archive history
2 versions in WIKI archive: earliest 1.6.2 (07 Sept 2026), latest 1.7.0 (17 Sept 2026).
No change in android.permission.* between 1.6.2 and 1.7.0.
05 / Version archive
Documented releases
2 TOTAL06 / Safety & access
Safety verdict
Declared permissions
Tracker status: Not assessed by WIKI for Android.
07 / Sources
Evidence ledger
Each entry is a captured public reference backing this record.