Screen Off and Play
Tools In-app purchases
Screen off but keep the device awake!
- Rating
- 3.9
- 192 ratings
- Downloads
- 27.4K+
- on Google Play
- Price
- Free
- In-app purchases
- Updated
- Aug 17
- 2026 · v1.2.1
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About Screen Off and Play
This app turns off the screen but keeps your device awake. With this feature, you can do things like
- Playing a video or streaming service with the screen off
- Running an auto-play game with the screen off
- Staying connected with the screen off when copying large files over a USB connection from your PC
- Another good idea
Once adding a button to the quick settings panel (pulling down the status bar), quickly and easily turn off the screen with an app running, and swipe the screen to get back to the running app.
Keywords: playing with screen off, black screen, keep device awake
- Playing a video or streaming service with the screen off
- Running an auto-play game with the screen off
- Staying connected with the screen off when copying large files over a USB connection from your PC
- Another good idea
Once adding a button to the quick settings panel (pulling down the status bar), quickly and easily turn off the screen with an app running, and swipe the screen to get back to the running app.
Keywords: playing with screen off, black screen, keep device awake
What’s new
Version 1.2.1 · Updated August 17, 2026
- applied new app design - fixed some bugs
User reviews
Fantastic app! This is what I was looking for.
This is a unique one of a kind app. If you activate it via the Quick Settings Drop-down, it turns the screen off without locking the phone. Drag your finger on the screen, and the screen comes back alive. You will need to edit the Quick Settings Drop-down Menu to make this program's tile visible. If you want a tradi...
till now Amazing😂
Great apps 😀👍
Its working. But your phone is not fully off because You still can use the Back, Home and Recent app. So that is mean Your phone is on but with black screen
best screen off I found
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Screen Off and Play | 3.9 / 5 | Free | 10,000+ | Aug 17, 2026 | |
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