The lock screen on Android has undergone plethora of changes, both in terms of appearance and functionality. While, not everyone owns a stock Android device so here also android has come to rescue by allowing you to replace the lock screen on your Android device. When you go finding for such apps to the play store, you will find plethora of them but no all deserve the place on your phone. This has led us to compile the list of the 7 best locks screen replacement apps for Android:
1.Next Lockscreen
Next Lock Screen app is the most simpla and functional lock screen app by Microsoft. The lock screen consists of contextual features. The apps showcases you the most used apps that are a function of time and location. Not only this, the lock screen also brings access to your favorite contacts, various shortcuts and toggles like WiFi, Bluetooth, brightness slider, camera etc. it provides you the beautiful Bing wallpapers showing you time, weather and notifications. In addition to this, the app supports fingerprint unlock besides the usual locks. You can install the app for free from the play store.
2.Hi Locker
Hi Locker is one such lock screen app that brings you the perfect blend of older Android lock styles and the modern ones. It offers you plenty of features. To throw light on some, first and foremost, it supports multifarious security locks. These include fingerprint lock and smart lock. Not only this, there is more to add. You can launch apps quickly from the lock screen, check out notifications, weather info and you can customize almost everything about the app. Also, it consists of a cool calendar pane on the lock screen, which should be handy if you quickly want to check out what is there for the day. Here you can avail very cool wallpapers and it also automatically changes the wallpaper after a period of time. This period of time is set according to you.
3.AcDisplay
AcDisplay is one of the best lock screen app that provides you notifications in a very intuitive interface. Also, you can jump to apps directly from the lockscreen and avail various shortcuts on the notification similar to what you would in the notification center. Similar to Android’s Ambient Display, it also includes an Active Mode, which detects when the device is picked up or taken out of a pocket in addition to showing you your notifications. Some other noticeable features of the app are the ability to blacklist apps from sending notifications to lock screen, dynamic background and low priority notifications. The app is available for free from the playstore and like most of the lock screen apps, there are a plethora of customization options.
4.Echo Lockscreen
This lock screen app is rich in several features in addition to being a unique lockscreen app. The minimal interface of the app makes it quite cool to work. You will be glad to know that there aren’t many customization options here, still it looks great as it is. Additionally, it groups various notifications under labels like Priority, Social, Work, Media etc which is one of the best features of the app. With this you get an option to select which apps go to which label and you can even add apps to the Hidden label. By doing so, notifications of these apps don’t arrive to the lock screen. Also, you can avail the option of Snooze notifications, so that you can return to it later. You can get the Premium version via an in-app purchase of $2.99 for Premium.
5.Picturesque Lock Screen
Picturesque is a lock screen app by Microsoft and is a pretty unique lock screen replacement app. The lock screen has several new Bing backgrounds every day to offer to you and the best thing is, it looks clean while offering you a number of cool options on the lock screen. Using this, you can directly search for apps, contacts or the web from the Picturesque Lock Screen. In addition to this, it also brings you app shortcuts and toggles. Date, time, weather info, notifications and a separate panel for all the news are the added advantages of the app that you get once you start using the app.
6.ZUI Locker
ZUI Locker is the app that gives you total control over your device’s lock screen. At the outset, the lock screen might appear pretty minimal and simple but it includes a cool control panel, which features various app shortcuts, toggles for system settings, RAM usage, settings and much more. In addition to this, the app lets you customize the lock screen, wallpaper, different layouts as well as styles and different lock styles. There are several options that you can avail, so you can set up the lock screen the way you want. In addition to the various features, the lock screen also provides a great SOS and intruder selfie feature. This feature when enabled, takes a snap of people who enter wrong passwords or pattern.
7.Gesture Lock Screen
Last but not least, on our list is the Gesture Lock Screen. The app lets you unlock your Android device with a cool gesture. It is simple to use, you can just enable and create a gesture and you are ready to go. The simple lock screen brings you app notifications and you can also customize the lock screen, alter the unlock animation, lock delay, sounds and background. You can get the free version with ads and if you want an ad-free version then you need to buy the Pro version.
All in all, choose any of the app and lock your stuff so that no one other than you can have an access to the same.
