Good Lock
{{Short description|Mobile software application}}
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| name = Good Lock
| logo = Good Lock 2025.png
| logo size = 110px
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| developer = Good Lock Labs (Samsung Electronics)
| released = {{Start date and age|2016|03}}
| latest release version = 2.2.04.63
| latest release date = {{Start date and age|2023|06|27}}
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| operating system = Android
| platform = Samsung Galaxy
| genre = System utilities
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Good Lock ({{ko-hhrm|hangul=굿락}}) is a software suite to tweak and customize the user interface and experience on Samsung Galaxy devices.{{Cite web |author1=Harish Jonnalagadda |date=2022-12-09 |title=Samsung Good Lock: The ultimate guide to customizing your Galaxy phone |url=https://www.androidcentral.com/samsung-good-lock |access-date=2023-10-04 |website=Android Central |language=en |archive-date=2023-10-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231004123258/https://www.androidcentral.com/samsung-good-lock |url-status=live }} It is developed by Good Lock Labs in cooperation with Samsung, and can be downloaded from the Galaxy Store.
Good Lock was first released in April 2016.{{Cite web |title=Good Lock: Customize the Way You Use Your Galaxy Smartphone |url=https://news.samsung.com/global/good-lock-customize-the-way-you-use-your-galaxy-smartphone |access-date=2023-10-04 |website=news.samsung.com |language=en |archive-date=2023-10-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231004123258/https://news.samsung.com/global/good-lock-customize-the-way-you-use-your-galaxy-smartphone |url-status=live }} Responding to customer demand, it was revived in 2018{{Cite web |title=Make Your Galaxy Smartphone Personal with Good Lock 2018 |url=https://news.samsung.com/global/make-your-galaxy-smartphone-personal-with-good-lock-2018 |access-date=2023-10-04 |website=news.samsung.com |language=en |archive-date=2023-10-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231004123258/https://news.samsung.com/global/make-your-galaxy-smartphone-personal-with-good-lock-2018 |url-status=live }} for the Galaxy S7, S8, S9 and Note 8 lines running Android Oreo. Good Lock has continued to be developed since then.{{Cite web |date=2018-06-27 |title=Samsung reboots its Good Lock UI app, download it here (Updated) |url=https://www.androidauthority.com/samsung-good-lock-2018-ui-app-876635/ |access-date=2023-10-04 |website=Android Authority |language=en |archive-date=2023-10-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231004123300/https://www.androidauthority.com/samsung-good-lock-2018-ui-app-876635/ |url-status=live }} The latest version, Good Lock 6.0, was released alongside One UI 6.0 in Q4 2023.{{Cite web |last=Kew-Denniss |first=Zachary |date=2023-09-25 |title=Samsung's Good Lock is getting an overhaul for One UI 6 |url=https://www.androidpolice.com/good-lock-overhaul-one-ui-6/ |access-date=2023-10-04 |website=Android Police |language=en |archive-date=2023-09-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230928081049/https://www.androidpolice.com/good-lock-overhaul-one-ui-6/ |url-status=live }}
While it initially launched in South Korea, it has progressively expanded its availability to over 40 countries, with more being added.
Modules
Good Lock uses modules that can be added by users, each of which provides a different sort of customization. Some of the many modules available include:{{Cite web |date=2023-08-17 |title=Samsung Good Lock guide: The must-have toolkit for your Galaxy phone |url=https://www.androidauthority.com/samsung-good-lock-1079882/ |access-date=2023-10-04 |website=Android Authority |language=en |archive-date=2023-10-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231004123258/https://www.androidauthority.com/samsung-good-lock-1079882/ |url-status=live }}
- ClockFace, which customizes the clock on the always-on display or lock screen
- KeysCafe, which customizes the Samsung Keyboard
- LockStar, which customizes the lock screen
- One Hand Operation+, which adds a customizable gesture control system
- Theme Park, which lets users create their own theme
- Home Up, which customizes the home screen, apps screen and share menu
- NavStar, which customizes the navigation bar
- QuickStar, which customizes the quick panel and the top info bar
- RegiStar, which customizes the order of Settings menu items
- Pentastic, which customizes the S Pen Air command menu, cursor, and sound
Reception
The website 9to5Google wrote about the first version of Good Lock: "crazy, complex, and even brilliant in places".{{Cite web |url=https://9to5google.com/2016/03/29/samsung-good-lock-ui-galaxy-review/ |title=Archived copy |access-date=2023-10-04 |archive-date=2022-11-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221126133231/https://9to5google.com/2016/03/29/samsung-good-lock-ui-galaxy-review/ |url-status=live }} SamMobile called it a "balanced effort".{{Cite web |last1=SamMobile |last2=R |first2=Deidre |date=2016-04-05 |title=Good Lock app review: Samsung's futuristic TouchWiz preview is a balanced effort |url=https://www.sammobile.com/2016/04/05/good-lock-app-review-samsungs-futuristic-touchwiz-preview-is-a-balanced-effort/ |access-date=2023-10-04 |website=SamMobile |language=en-US |archive-date=2023-10-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231004123258/https://www.sammobile.com/2016/04/05/good-lock-app-review-samsungs-futuristic-touchwiz-preview-is-a-balanced-effort/ |url-status=live }} XDA Developers wrote about Good Lock in 2018 saying: "Samsung Good Lock genuinely changes a great deal of how the phone's UI looks and feels. This is something that other manufacturers don't allow.".{{Cite web |last=Hulse |first=Eric |date=2018-10-27 |title=Samsung's Good Lock Offers the Coolest Smartphone Features & Customization Nobody Talks About |url=https://www.xda-developers.com/samsungs-good-lock-features-editorial/ |access-date=2023-10-04 |website=XDA Developers |language=en |archive-date=2022-12-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221219084054/https://www.xda-developers.com/samsungs-good-lock-features-editorial/ |url-status=live }} In 2021, Tom's Guide wrote that Good Lock is "the first app you should install on your Samsung Galaxy phone".{{Cite web |author1=Dale Fox |date=2021-12-21 |title=This is the first app you should install on your Samsung Galaxy phone |url=https://www.tomsguide.com/how-to/samsung-galaxy-good-lock-guide |access-date=2023-10-04 |website=Tom's Guide |language=en |archive-date=2023-10-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231004123257/https://www.tomsguide.com/how-to/samsung-galaxy-good-lock-guide |url-status=live }}