Auto Airplane PLUS+

You may have noticed that I've been fairly quiet for the past week and a half. I thought of idea for an Android application during the middle of last week, and since then I've gone into my "thought cave" and worked feverishly to get it completed. The idea is fairly simple, but I thought it was useful enough for a wide enough audience that it was worth making.

The app concept is simple: a user selects conditions during which the phone will automatically disconnect from the network (data, wifi) to both save battery and avoid interruptions.

I have played a few games on my phone where ads or other updates during the game were downright obnoxious. Some ads flashed brightly and hurt my eyes, others played videos that were hard to close, and others put clickable ads close to buttons in the game. When I enabled airplane mode, those ads and updates went away because the phone was offline.

I noticed myself switching on airplane mode when I opened certain apps, then switching it back off once I exited. Programmers are inherently lazy, since our jobs are basically to get computers to do things for us (faster and with less effort). I put my lazy mind to work and thought I could automate this repetitive behavior. That's how my app was born.

I figured this idea might be worth 99 cents to some people. So I made a catchy name (Auto Airplane PLUS+) and designed a simple logo:

When the app is published, I would like to get some folks to test out the app for free. If anyone would like to be a beta tester (ie: test a preliminary version which may have bugs), then contact me by email and I will send you a link to sign up. The only requirement is that you are using Android 2.2 to 4.4. Sorry, but the app won't work on Android 5.0+ or Apple (iOS). Thanks for your interest!