Harmony Mobile Protect 4+

Definitely think this app lives up to its name and look forward to future updates. I go through bouts of using my phone a lot and then barely at all. Typically, this pulls no more than 10% of battery so still room for improvement.

And update I’d like is the ability to block trackers from apps that I’m unaware of. They send out details of my device typically when it’s plugged in. This is something other apps can show you a detailed view of and block. Think it would be very relevant here as that can be a security issue.

I have seen more and more issues with mobile security in the news. Our organization began using this product several years ago and it is almost invisible to me unless something sketchy is happening. It has helped secure us from malicious apps and protects against man in the middle attack’s. I have seen these detections rise significantly in the last 6 months.

I can only assume this app is providing whatever security checking it is supposed to, but it seems to be very energy inefficient in doing so. With this app installed I barely get a full day of battery life and when I check Settings->Battery this app is always consuming the largest share of my battery, typically in the range of 25-35% due to background activity. Makes me want to close it which defeats the security goals.

I thought this app is just checking that no malicious apps are installed. How often does it really need to do that? How can it use more battery than any other app I have installed including those I use regularly in foreground? Please invest some development effort into fixing this.