ProxiOne vs Lock Notify Remote

Walk away. Your laptop locks. ProxiOne turns your phone into a key for your laptop. Leave your desk and the laptop locks by itself. Come back and you are ready to work again. No buttons, no habits to learn. PROXIMITY AUTO-LOCK • Locks your laptop when your phone moves away, over Bluetooth. • Smart signal filter: a short drop does not lock you out. • Waits while you type, so it does not lock in the middle of your work. • Choose your own lock distance and see it live on the signal card. • Pair more than one phone. The laptop locks only when all of them are gone. TRUSTED PLACES • Save places like Home or Office. • Relaxed at home, Standard at work, Strict at the café: your laptop picks the profile by itself. • Strict locks as soon as you leave and turns on Privacy Screen. • Location is optional and stays on your laptop. Focus, Shortcuts or one tap on your phone work too. PRIVACY SCREEN • Covers your screen the moment you step away, before anyone can read it. • Any key asks for your password. Quick Unlock gets you back in fast. CAFÉ MODE ANTI-THEFT • Arm it before you leave your laptop in a public place. • A loud alarm sounds if someone unplugs the charger, closes the lid or wakes the screen. • Your phone gets an alert the same second. SECURITY ALARM AND REMOTE CONTROL • Sound a loud alarm on your laptop from your phone. • Lock, sleep or start the screen saver from your phone. • Check battery and lock status at a glance. • Activity Log shows every lock, unlock and alert with the time. ALSO INCLUDED • Work Mode keeps your laptop awake and tells you before it sleeps. • Home Screen widgets, Live Activity and a watch app. • Pair in seconds with a QR code. No account. PRIVACY FIRST Your phone and laptop talk directly over Bluetooth. There is no ProxiOne account and no ProxiOne server. Your places and activity stay on your devices. The app sends anonymous usage statistics and crash reports, and you can turn them off in About. PRICE Free to download. Every feature is free for 3 days after you pair. After that, a one-time Pro purchase keeps Proximity Auto-Lock, Trusted Places, Privacy Screen, Café Mode, Security Alarm, Remote Lock & Sleep, Screen Saver, Battery & Status and Activity Log on. No subscription. REQUIREMENTS Install ProxiOne on your phone and on your laptop. One Pro purchase works on both.

Walked away and forgot to lock your Mac? Lock Notify sends a notification to your phone whenever your Mac is left unlocked and idle. Tap "Lock" right on the notification and your Mac locks instantly. Every lock is verified, and you are told the real result. HOW IT WORKS Install the free Mac companion app (macOS 13 or later), scan the QR code on your Mac's screen with your phone, and you're done. No account needed. The pairing code is stored only on your own devices. FEATURES • Left-unlocked alert: a notification when your Mac is awake and idle • One-tap remote lock, verified every time • Live status: battery, model, locked or not, Work Mode on or off • Wrong-password alert: instant notice when someone tries a wrong password on the lock screen • Bluetooth proximity radar: see your distance to the Mac and lock automatically when you walk away • Café Mode: full-screen theft alarm if the charger is pulled, the lid is closed, or someone touches the Mac • Work Mode: keep your Mac awake, toggled from your phone • Scheduled end-of-day lock • Quiet hours • Activity log and weekly security report • Apple Watch app and home-screen widget: lock from your wrist or with one tap • Available in English, Turkish, German, French, Spanish, Russian, Chinese and Japanese PRO (one-time purchase) • Unlimited Macs (free tier: 1) • Intruder photo: a front-camera frame attached to the wrong-password alert* • Remote alarm and remote sleep • Auto-lock when you leave a safe zone (location) • Multi-Mac widget, full history and security report PRIVACY No account, no ads, no analytics. The command channel is end-to-end encrypted; the server only sees an opaque envelope. Location and photo processing stay on your devices. The only data shared is an anonymous push token used to deliver notifications. SECURITY NOTE Locking is one-way: your phone can only lock your Mac. There is no remote unlock. * Wrong-password detection and intruder photo work on the macOS versions supported by the Mac app; they are not available on macOS 26 and later in the Mac App Store version.