We live in a century where information can be easily accessed and checked with a few clicks. A lot of it is available on social networks, but what about your smartphone?
It sure shows a lot about your habits, browsing options and interests in general. What if you wanted to continue using those, but without other people finding out? Sure, you can put a password lock screen so no one can access it without a password, but that will only give your significant other, for example, a reason to doubt you. A lot of spy apps for iPhone available in the Apple app store. What about Android? That’s why you can use any of these best apps to hide apps, but this is in no way an excuse to lie, cheat and do illegal things, that’s common sense.
1. AppLock
We can’t start our journey without mentioning what is certainly the king of hiding and locking apps. Not only does it have over 300 million users, but as of now, over 4 and a half million users are actively using it. It supports over 32 languages, so you’ll probably find your own to make everything easier. You can lock all the important things – Facebook, Gmail, settings, other messaging and social network apps. It’s all for the best – even if you don’t have anything to hide, who doesn’t like the feeling of security and privacy? It allows you to hide other things you wish, embarrassing selfies or videos you’d still like to cherish in a year or two.
2. Privacy Master
Next on our list is an app that justifies the name, that’s for sure. Although not a lot of people have realized its full potential, we hope it’ll open their eyes by reading this. It’s a very lightweight app, a little under 2MB, for starters. That’s a small price to pay for safety and privacy, right? You can hide and lock your apps from the view of those you don’t want to take a sneak peek. Social network apps and messengers are included, of course, but like we said, that doesn’t give you a reason to cheat or hide very important things. If something’s wrong, try to fix it.
3. DU Privacy
Going further – DU Privacy, which is a private vault for all things smartphone. It starts with locking apps to protect your privacy, but it’s multifunctional as well. It goes up to hiding images and videos from prying eyes, or even further. That’s encrypting them to make them almost impossible to reach without a decryption key. There are more features to it like lock cover to change your lock screen to something else entirely. Or maybe you’d like to prevent uninstall feature to stop your kids from deleting important stuff, for example. All in all, if you’d like to hide apps, this is one of the best.
4. Hide Photos, Video-Hide it Pro
An app with a slightly misleading name, as it allows you to hide your apps, and have them vanish without a trace. Until you decide to take them out to play, that is. It serves a function of making your apps, photos, videos or even phone calls be hidden or at least locked away behind a PIN code or a password. Don’t worry, no one will ever doubt it, as when installed it’ll be called ‘Audio Manager’. And we all have trouble with sound every once in a while, or just like or bass heavier, right?
5. Smart Hide Calculator
Very smart application, and one you will never in a million years guess hides a secret. First of all, when opened you’re presented with a common Android calculator. But after the first start when you choose a password, every next time once a set of numbers has been entered and ‘=’ pressed, unlocks the true potential. The interface then lets you hide photos and videos, all documents and files. And where are the apps, you might ask? Well, the ability to hide apps is present, although you need root permission, unfortunately. But that isn’t a problem, there are many ways or apps to root your phone available.
6. Hide Application
A very obvious name for an application, and we decided to present it to you at this time. That’s because we just mentioned rooting, and this app requires a rooted device too, in order to work. But after that’s done, you’re good for a long time. Once you hide a certain app, it will vanish from everywhere, and can’t even run in the background. When you need to use it again, restore it with one simple touch of a finger. As easy as that! There’s a premium version available too, if you like it a lot, although the free one does the job correctly.
7. Hide App
Another one obviously named, although it doesn’t possess a full set of features others do. However, this one doesn’t require any permissions or a rooted device. So if you’re suspicious of apps that require those, you’ll be relieved. But keep in mind, this app doesn’t make apps vanish from launcher or Application many. It only prevents the app from ever showing in the list of recently opened apps. That’s still a huge help, as you can quickly turn it off in a sticky situation, and no one will know you opened it.
8. AppLock
An app with very similar function and even an icon as the first one we mentioned. They just might be rivals for all we know, but the first one is pulling ahead by a mile. But do not be discouraged, this one has over 10 million downloads and about 125 thousand of users actively hiding their apps. It’s a very smart and secure app locker and cleaner. It will allow you to lock all the messaging apps like Facebook and WhatsApp, but also SMS messages and more. It’s hidden in a form of a calculator, similarly to the one we covered.
9. U Launcher Lite
This beauty, if we may call it that, will change everything about your phone, plus make apps disappear if that’s what you like. It’s a lite version, which means – very lightweight for what it offers. You get a full set of themes and 3D effects to customize your icons and lock screen as well as the interface. Among the themes and wallpapers, you get what we’re talking about today. Just pinch an app and set a password and you’re good to go!
10. AppMgr III
We’ve saved one of the best for the end. So many features are offered that it’s even hard to count. It has a simple design to it, but that’s all you need. The best part – it comes equipped with an ability to hide, freeze and move apps to external storage. You’ll be pleased to see it at work, as you can prevent apps from wasting CPU and memory. Of course, you can hide an app from the app drawer, but also batch uninstall or save space by transferring to an SD card. Some features require root to function better, and you can purchase a Pro version to get rid of ads.
Apart from such dedicated app hiding applications, there are some guest mode apps, which allows creating an entirely new interface on your device just from the guest users. So, you can also consider using that.