Android · early removal allowed

Install VowLock without erasing Android

This installation can be disabled or uninstalled through ordinary Android settings.

Verified on a real Android phoneThe current build applies the categories selected at checkout. Some screenshots retain the earlier “temporary” name or show an optional trading-category test.

Purchase and download the APK

Choose one month or one year, complete Flutterwave checkout, and save the activation key. The verified-payment page provides the signed APK.

Continue to payment

Android asking whether to install VowLock — Android identifies the VowLock package before installation.

VowLock installation in progress — The package installer begins normally.

If Play Protect blocks installation

This specific warning is triggered because an Internet-downloaded APK declares Accessibility access. Google’s enhanced fraud protection blocks the declaration before it evaluates how VowLock uses it.

Tap Got it. Open Play Store → profile picture → Play Protect → settings gear. Turn off Scan apps with Play Protect and choose Pause. Install only VowLock while scanning is paused.

Google Play Protect blocking VowLock installation — This is the enhanced fraud-protection block, not the ordinary unknown-source prompt.

Android reporting that VowLock was not installed — The first attempt ends with App not installed.

Google Play Store home screen — Open Play Store and tap the profile picture in the upper-right corner.

Play Protect settings with app scanning enabled — Open Play Protect, tap its settings gear and locate Scan apps with Play Protect.

Play Protect asking whether to pause app scanning — Choose Pause, not a permanent shutdown.

Play Protect settings showing app scanning paused — Scanning is paused temporarily and Android says when it will resume automatically.

Start website protection

Open VowLock, tap Start website protection, then approve Android’s VPN connection request. The VPN is local: DNS requests are filtered on the phone rather than sent through a VowLock server.

VowLock Android protection screen — Both protection layers begin off and require your explicit approval.

Android VPN connection request for VowLock — Tap OK to permit the local website filter.

Verify the website boundary

First open an ordinary website to prove general browsing still works. Then use the VowLock test list for every category selected at checkout. The expected result for every protected domain is a DNS address error.

Headway website blocked by VowLock on Android — Headway is blocked by the local DNS filter.

TradingView website blocked by VowLock on Android — TradingView is blocked while normal browsing remains available.

Final permission

Allow the exact app guard

If Accessibility reports Restricted setting, close that message and open Settings → Apps → VowLock. Tap the top-right menu and choose Allow restricted settings. Return to Accessibility → VowLock app protection, turn it on and accept the system warning.

Then open one supported installed app from each selected optional platform category. A protected app should return you immediately to the Home screen. Until this switch is enabled and tested, VowLock is protecting websites only.

Google’s official restricted-settings instructions ↗

Android showing Restricted setting for VowLock Accessibility — This is the remaining Android approval—not a VowLock activation failure.

Finish securely

Return to Play Store → Play Protect → settings and turn Scan apps with Play Protect back on. Restart the phone once, then retest a normal website and the supplied website and app checks for every selected category.