Turn Off Screen Now Speaks 20 Languages

Today we shipped a small update with a big footprint: Turn Off Screen is now fully localized in 20 languages. The app's interface, button labels, settings, and help text all read in the language your phone is set to — no more squinting at English when you just want a one-tap screen-lock button.

All 20 supported languages

If your phone is set to any of these, Turn Off Screen will appear in that language automatically:

Why this matters for a utility app

Most translation efforts go to big consumer apps. Utility tools — the kind you press a few times a day and never think about — usually ship English-only because the dev team assumes "it's just one button, what's to translate?" That assumption breaks down quickly. "Lock screen", "Activate device administrator", "Permission required" — these are scary phrases in any language, and they are scarier when they show up in a language you do not read. Localization is how a utility app stops being a foreign object on your phone and starts being a quiet, trusted part of your daily routine.

Quick recap if you are new

Turn Off Screen does one thing: locks your screen with a single tap, without using the physical power button. Why anyone would want that:

• Power button wear. On many phones the power button is the first hardware to fail. A software shortcut saves it for the times it actually matters.
• Phones with broken power buttons. If your power button already died, this app is sometimes the only way to lock your screen without waiting for the auto-timeout.
• Faster than the timeout. Even on a perfectly working phone, tapping a widget to lock immediately is faster than waiting for the 30-second screen timeout.

If you spot a translation that reads weird in your language, tell our support team — we keep a punch list of phrasing fixes and ship them in batches. Thanks for using the app.