TakeControl- App Usage Tracker & Addiction Control is an app by 9to5++ in the Productivity category, listed since at least December 2020. It has no native code, so it runs on any Android processor.
It asks for 9 permissions, 3 of them sensitive: display over other apps, modify shared storage and package usage stats. The app offers in-app purchases through Google Play.
What's new in v2.0.7
Bug fixes.
Description
From the listing uploaded by “appupdater”.
The most feature rich, easy to use and pin-point accurate app usage analysis and addiction control application. Manage your phone usage time and stay alert on any kind of mobile addiction.
One app for,
✔ Monitor phone usage
✔ Digital well being
✔ Avoid phone addiction
✔ Digital detox
✔ Parental Check
Do you feel your phone is the main reason you are not able to Focus on you work?
Have you found a bad habit of checking your phone first thing you wake up in the morning and last thing before you sleep?
Do you need your control back to your time or life?
You have reached to the best place, Download Take Control app because of its feature you will identify and analyze your time spent on your device, on each application as well as set time restrictions for each app. It provide benefits such as:
✔ Accurate App usage data
✔ Phone addiction control
✔ Child mode
✔ Parental Control
✔ App Usage time Restrictions
✔ Stay alert on addictive app
✔ Check your time habit for addictive apps
Features of Take Control App:
Dashboard:
Dashboard that shows you overall usage data of your phone as well as application usage time. You can check phone usage pattern at one glance. Data of Daily, weekly and Monthly usage of the application can be checked.
Individual App usage analysis:
Check Daily, weekly monthly usage time and application open count of any application in your device.
Usage comparison with the past:
You can also compare your application usage time with your past usage of the same application to check the pattern of your usage and check the usage is increasing or decreasing.
Alert time:
Set an alert time for the day, Take control will send an alert when the usage time for the app has reached for the day.
App lock feature:
Set “App lock” time for the day. Take control will lock the application once the time set by user has reached for the day. App will be unlocked until the unlocking time set by the user.
Allowed usage time interval:
Application will only be allowed to use between specific time of the day selected by the user.
Report:
Week-By-Week usage of the application with accurate data also find any pattern of addiction in one glance.
Usage Timeline:
Check what application has been used at what time of the day and the time duration of the usage in timeline report.
Parental Check:
Install the App in your Child’s device and set yours’ (parent) email ID and receive the child usage time for each application. Stop them for overusing of any application.
Parental PIN:
Set application restriction in your or your child's device and set pin for the same so your child can not temper your restriction settings.
Child Mode:
Lock the targeted apps at one click before giving your device to your child or anyone else.
Other Background Features:
-Battery friendly, Quick support, accurate statistics, fast and easy to use.
Any many more coming:
This is just initial Phase of the application that has been launched. We have many more features in our backlog that will be implemented over a time.
Our Aim is to develop the app in this domain where user just only need Take Control app for all their requirement and do not have to download other app or even need any other features.
Download Take Control App now and take control of your Life. (Stay focused, Improve productivity, more family and friend time, reduce screen time, better health).
Contact:
E-mail: [email protected]
Security & authenticity
Security rating: Trusted
Signing certificate
Signature matches the Google Play versionChecked by the source store on Aug 15, 2025.
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Store checks and file details
Developer signature verifiedAug 15, 2025
Validated against Google PlayAug 15, 2025
Signed byCN=Android, OU=Android, O=Google Inc., L=Mountain View, ST=California, C=US
Uploaded by “appupdater”Gold tier · 117,810 followers · uploading since 2020
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Permissions (9)
TakeControl- App Usage Tracker & Addiction Control requests 9 permissions, 3 of them sensitive.
Display over other appsSensitiveandroid.permission.SYSTEM_ALERT_WINDOW
TakeControl- App Usage Tracker & Addiction Control APK: questions and answers
Can I install this APK over the version I already have?
Yes, if your installed copy is older. It is signed like the Google Play version, so Android installs it as an update and keeps your data.
Is TakeControl- App Usage Tracker & Addiction Control free?
The APK is free to download, but the app offers in-app purchases through Google Play.
Is the TakeControl- App Usage Tracker & Addiction Control APK safe?
No one can promise that a file is safe, but some things can be checked. The source store rates this file Trusted. Its signature matches the Google Play version. After downloading, check that the file's MD5 is 90ec8fcade051ee681e50ed90f3f20c4.