CrookCatcher — Anti theft 2.2.9
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Publisher Description
CrookCatcher — Anti theft - Take a picture when someone tries to unlock your phone and send to email
CrookCatcher is an app that takes a picture when someone tries to unlock your phone with the wrong PIN, password or pattern. It then secretly emails you the picture, the GPS location and estimated address of your phone. CrookCatcher helps thousands around the world protect their phones from thieves and unauthorized users.
🌐 Worldwide in use
With over 5 million downloads, CrookCatcher has helped countless people worldwide identifying thieves and recovering stolen phones.
🔒 Android's built-in lock screen protection
CrookCatcher utilises Android's built-in lock screen for a seamless and secure experience.
🔋 Battery
CrookCatcher is only active upon incorrect password, PIN, or pattern entries, remaining idle at other times to save battery 💤.
🥳 Essential Features (Free)
✅ Take picture
✅ Find phone GPS location
✅ Send alert emails with picture and location
⭐⭐ PRO Features ⭐⭐
✅ Take multiple pictures with both cameras
✅ Record sound clip
✅ Sound alarm
✅ Show custom message to thief on lock screen
✅ Show a fake home screen: if someone forces you to hand over your unlocked phone
✅ Take a picture when someone unlocks the phone successfully after previous failed attempts
✅ Postpone sending email if phone has no internet connection
✅ Change email subject: so a thief doesn't see revealing email notifications
✅ Lock the app with a pattern
✅ Disguise app: change CrookCatcher icon to a files icon.
✅ No ads
🧪 Experimental features
Enhance your device's security by blocking the power menu, quick tiles menu, and notification shade on the lock screen. This feature automatically turns off the screen and captures pictures if unauthorized access is detected. Please note that this is an experimental feature and may not be compatible with all devices. CrookCatcher utilizes the accessibility permission to detect and control these elements on the lock screen. (Currently being rolled out.)
🔑 Device Administrator Permission
This app uses the Device Administrator permission to securely monitor unlock attempts.
❗ Important Notes
- Due to Android security precautions, your phone must be unlocked once after reboot for CrookCatcher to access the camera.
- CrookCatcher does not support pop-up cameras or fingerprint errors.
- On android 13 and above, you will see a mandatory system notification when the camera is in use.
🛠 Help & Support
For more information please visit www.crookcatcher.app
For frequently asked questions, please visit www.crookcatcher.app/help
To learn how CrookCatcher respects your privacy, please visit www.crookcatcher.app/privacy.
Protect your phone from theft and unauthorised access with CrookCatcher!
About CrookCatcher — Anti theft
CrookCatcher — Anti theft is a free app for Android published in the System Maintenance list of apps, part of System Utilities.
The company that develops CrookCatcher — Anti theft is CrookCatcher. The latest version released by its developer is 2.2.9.
To install CrookCatcher — Anti theft on your Android device, just click the green Continue To App button above to start the installation process. The app is listed on our website since 2024-02-18 and was downloaded 518 times. We have already checked if the download link is safe, however for your own protection we recommend that you scan the downloaded app with your antivirus. Your antivirus may detect the CrookCatcher — Anti theft as malware as malware if the download link to com.harteg.crookcatcher is broken.
How to install CrookCatcher — Anti theft on your Android device:
- Click on the Continue To App button on our website. This will redirect you to Google Play.
- Once the CrookCatcher — Anti theft is shown in the Google Play listing of your Android device, you can start its download and installation. Tap on the Install button located below the search bar and to the right of the app icon.
- A pop-up window with the permissions required by CrookCatcher — Anti theft will be shown. Click on Accept to continue the process.
- CrookCatcher — Anti theft will be downloaded onto your device, displaying a progress. Once the download completes, the installation will start and you'll get a notification after the installation is finished.
