SleepGuard

about

description

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 pressing the power button. Your video stops and your phone is protected for the rest of the night. There is also an Audio mode for music, audiobooks and podcasts: instead of a button, SleepGuard works as a simple sleep timer that stops playback after your chosen interval — even with the screen off. WHY YOU NEED IT * YouTube and other apps with autoplay: Without SleepGuard, one video starts the next and the next and the next ... until morning. In the worst case the battery is drained empty and your alarm can no longer go off when you need it. SleepGuard stops the chain as soon as you stop responding. * Netflix, Prime Video and other streaming apps: Fall asleep mid-episode and you wake up not knowing where you dozed off. You waste time scrubbing back to find the spot - sometimes sitting through long ads again and again. SleepGuard locks the screen right when you don't respond, so your streaming app knows where to continue. HOW IT WORKS 1. Set how often the check button should appear (e.g. every 5 minutes). 2. Set how many seconds you have to react before the screen locks (e.g. 30 seconds). 3. Choose where on the screen the button appears. 4. Start SleepGuard and keep watching. FEATURES * Two modes: Video (wake-check button over any app) and Audio (sleep timer for music, audiobooks and podcasts, works also with the screen off) * Adjustable interval and reaction time * Eight button positions to choose from * Reliable timing even in the background (uses the system alarm) * Completely free, no ads, no tracking, no accounts PRIVACY SleepGuard has NO internet permission at all. It cannot send or receive any data. It does exactly two things: show a button and lock the screen. It collects nothing. PERMISSIONS EXPLAINED * Display over other apps: to show the red circle on top of your video. * Device admin (screen lock only): to lock the screen like the power button. * Foreground service & exact alarm: to make the check button appear on time. * Ignore battery optimization: so the button still works reliably while another app is in the foreground. * Notifications (Android 13+): to show the ongoing "SleepGuard is active" notification. OPEN SOURCE SleepGuard is free software, licensed under the GNU General Public License v3. The full source code is available so anyone can inspect exactly what the app does: https://github.com/OlafDrechsler/SleepGuard SUPPORT SleepGuard is free and will stay free. If it helps you, you can support its developer with a voluntary donation from within the app. There is deliberately no reward in return - it is simply a thank-you. THE IDEA / THE NAME The idea for the app comes from a safety system used on trains. In the driver’s cab, there is a button that the driver must press at regular intervals, otherwise the train will automatically stop. By pressing the button, the driver confirms that he or she is awake. Colloquially, this button is called a “dead man’s switch,” and so the app is also called “SleepGuard – dead man’s switch.”

publisher

78ce6faa72264387284e647ba6938995735ec8c7d5c5a65737e55130f026307d

first seen

2026-10-08T03:18:12.843609+00:00

last event

2026-10-08 03:18 UTC

install

zapstore.dev or any Zapstore-compatible client

source & build

repository

https://github.com/olafdrechsler/sleepguard

arch flags

android-arm64-v8a android-armeabi-v7a android-x86 android-x86_64

manifest

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releases (kind 30063)

1 release indexed; latest 1.7.0.

assets & verification

Every app, release and asset event is schnorr-verified (NIP-01 id + signature) before it enters the catalog, and assets are content-addressed by sha256. We subscribe read-only to the catalog relay — never write to it.

1.7.0 — SleepGuard-v1.7.0.apk

sha256

2f0a92056bfaef0b719b5d9ff888458c7803633503cd46f0df4bd33589d38ad7

size

1.7 MB

archs

android-arm64-v8a, android-armeabi-v7a, android-x86, android-x86_64

version code

15

apk cert sha256

937eb89c4fc4356477d6cf6953a31b772408482c8702fbca467b5858d8867b01

download

SleepGuard-v1.7.0.apk

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