Install Layaa on an Android phone

Layaa finds the apps that cover a phone with pop-up ads, helps you take them off, and tells you when a new one turns up. Free to download; a subscription keeps the checks running.

Download Layaa

Android 8 and above · about 5 MB

Most people should use the Play Store instead. It is fewer steps, it updates itself, and it is the version we recommend for a parent or grandparent's phone. This page is for people who would rather install it themselves.

Get Layaa on Google Play

How to install it

  1. Tap Download Layaa above. Your browser will ask whether to keep the file — choose Download or OK.
  2. Open the downloaded file. Android will say it cannot install apps from this source. That warning is normal for any app installed outside the Play Store, and it is the same warning Layaa teaches you to take seriously, so only continue because you came to this page on purpose.
  3. Tap Settings on that message, turn on Allow from this source, then press back and tap Install.
  4. Open Layaa and follow the four short set-up steps. It will ask Android for permission to see which apps are running — that is the permission that makes the checking work.
  5. Turn that setting back off afterwards: Settings → Apps → your browser → Install unknown apps. Leaving it on is the exact hole most pop-up ad apps come through.

What it costs

PlanPrice
Monthly$3.99 AUD a month
Yearly$39.99 AUD a year

The same price as the Play Store version. Payments on this version are handled by Stripe; you can change or cancel any time from inside the app. We never see your card number.

Is this the same app?

Yes, the same code. The only difference is who takes the payment: the Play Store version uses Google Play, and this one uses Stripe, because Google requires its own billing for apps sold through the Play Store.

A subscription bought here works on this version. If you later switch to the Play Store version, cancel here first.

Questions

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