Seeing as they aren't free I figured I'd ask ahead here. I'm having trouble picking one or the other, I figure some of you might know a little about both, so more I'm looking for performance and stability. Thanks in advanced all.
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Which should I get, Locktopus or Lockdown Pro?
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I can't speak to either one of those apps, but I use iProtect and love it. It works great (and quick), and I've never had any stability issues. Just thought I'd throw that one in the mix to make your decision harder...lol. 
I can't speak to either one of those apps, but I use iProtect and love it. It works great (and quick), and I've never had any stability issues. Just thought I'd throw that one in the mix to make your decision harder...lol.
Lol thanks, I'll look at it too. So many choices now >_<
Locktopus support sucks has loopholes
Wish I would've asked this. I tried locktopus to lock safari. Could still get into safari without a password prompt using spotlight's web search feature. Emailed the devs two weeks ago still no response. I emailed the dev for lockdown pro to see if he had covered this loophole. Responded within five minutes and said that he had and to let him know if I happened to find any others and that he would fix it immediately. Also has much more fine-grain control than locktopus in that you can set different passwords for different apps. For instance: a shorter password on less important apps and more secure passwords for banking apps. Lockdown pro wins hands down.
Wish I would've asked this. I tried locktopus to lock safari. Could still get into safari without a password prompt using spotlight's web search feature. Emailed the devs two weeks ago still no response. I emailed the dev for lockdown pro to see if he had covered this loophole. Responded within five minutes and said that he had and to let him know if I happened to find any others and that he would fix it immediately. Also has much more fine-grain control than locktopus in that you can set different passwords for different apps. For instance: a shorter password on less important apps and more secure passwords for banking apps. Lockdown pro wins hands down.
More on my Locktopus exp.: I didn't know this since I have never locked my safari... I do know two things that might be bad: for example in safari you open a pdf there is an option to see it in ibooks, when you press it, it takes you to the ibooks app even if it's still locked
. The other thing is that you need to install a ms addon if you want to block the photo app, due to the fact that if you go to the camera app and press on the thumbnail for photos it takes you to the photo app even when it's locked... The addon basically erases the thumbnail from the camera app....
Well, sounds like the obvious choice is Lockdown Pro. Thanks guys. I saw iProtect sends an SMS to a predetermined phone number if the SIM card is swapped, but it's more and I'm not hearing much about it heh.
Another vote for Lockdown Pro here. I like that I can use a numbers only passcode unlike Locktopus which requires a character pass code making it more cumbersome to enter whenever I need to quickly open an app. Also Lockdown Pro allows for multiple pass codes and you can assign different pass codes for different apps.
I still haven't purchased either yet, but I guess Lockdown Pro is what I should get. I should look for a youtube video for my answer, but reading about Lockdown it sounds like you have to hold the app, wait for it to start wiggling, then cluck on the padlock to unlock it. Is that right? Or do you just tap the app like normal and an unlock dialog box pops up? I would hate to have to go through too many extra steps to unlock a locked app.
The tap and hold thing you're referring to is just the easier way of setting which apps you'd like to be set as locked/unlocked. Once you have it set though you just simply tap the app and a popup appears prompting you for the passcode.
That is what I figured, and was hoping for, but reading descriptions I wasn't positive. Thank you