Is there a secondary lock app that will work on iPad Air 2?

[Steve121]

I would like 2 apps...

One as an extra layer of protection by locking my iPad (home screen)

I would also like to lock specific apps with a password including my mail app (built into OS X)

Can you please help?

 

[chscag]

The operating system for iOS devices (like your iPad) can secure apps by the use of "Restrictions". Follow the directions given in this article.

 

[Rod]

You can also lock individual Notes from within the app in iOS 9 or later which I find particularly handy. These days I keep a host of info in notes, account numbers, WiFi passwords, pictures of bar codes etc. so I have found this feature really useful.

Open the Notes app in iOS
Tap on the sharing icon in the upper right corner of the note, it looks like a little box with an arrow flying out of it.
Tap the sharing icon.

In the action menu, find and tap on “Lock Note”

Fill out the password and hint that you want to use as the note lock, and optionally keep “Use Touch ID” enabled” and then tap ‘Done’ *
Fill out password to lock notes.

The note will verify that it has been locked with a “Lock Added” message, you can now lock the note by tapping on the lock icon at the top of the note, or by locking the screen of the device as you would normally.

Note has been locked successfully

Once the Notes app has been closed, the device screen has been locked, or the notes have been deliberately locked, any locked notes will remain locked until the proper password has been entered or Touch ID has been used to unlock the protected note(s). And yes, this works to lock any notes at all, whether they’re a standard text note, a drawing or sketch made in Notes app, a checklist, a collection of pictures contained in a note, or whatever else you have kept in the note(s) you want to lock down.

* Be aware that the set password will lock and unlock any of the notes locked within Notes app, each note does not have a separate password. This applies to Touch ID as well.

To unlock Password Protected Notes in iOS:

Open the Notes app and tap on the note that is locked
At the “This note is locked” screen, choose “View Note”

Use Touch ID or enter a password to view the note
Once you’re finished viewing or editing the note, you can lock it again as usual. You can also remove a lock permanently from a note by returning to the Sharing section, and tapping on “Remove Lock”

Finally, it’s worth pointing out that for iPhone and iPad users that have a Mac as well, as long as the computer is updated to the latest version of OS X and using the same Apple ID, then the locked iCloud notes will be accessible from both devices. You can learn more about password protected Notes in Mac OS X here.

 

[McBie]

I would like 2 apps...

One as an extra layer of protection by locking my iPad (home screen)

I would also like to lock specific apps with a password including my mail app (built into OS X)

Can you please help?

What are you trying to protect the iPad from ? Yourself ? Theft ?
Just don't share the iPad with anyone else and you can close the case.

All too often, people jump directly to the " solution space " without even defining what the " problem space " is.
What exactly are you trying to achieve and why ?

Cheers ... McBie

 

[chscag]

All too often, people jump directly to the " solution space " without even defining what the " problem space " is.
What exactly are you trying to achieve and why ?

I believe our OP is concerned with his privacy. Perhaps his iPad is shared with other members of his family? Anyway, the "Restrictions" I suggested to him will do what he wants without too much fuss.

My iMac here in my home office is sometimes shared with my daughter who loves to do on line shopping of various things. But my mail and bookmarks are what she considers as absolutely boring! LOL.

 

[Steve121]

I believe our OP is concerned with his privacy. Perhaps his iPad is shared with other members of his family? Anyway, the "Restrictions" I suggested to him will do what he wants without too much fuss.

My iMac here in my home office is sometimes shared with my daughter who loves to do on line shopping of various things. But my mail and bookmarks are what she considers as absolutely boring! LOL.

Yes thank you, I will try the "restrictions" soon.

It is a privacy issue as you say.

I would also like an app or something (which I can't find) to lock my home screen, that will work with iPad Air 2.

I already know how to lock notes but would like different apps locked. (Will restrictions do this?)

 

[vansmith]

Restrictions can limit who has access to what. Take a look here. That said, restrictions only apply to some functions and built in apps and even then, it completely disables those functions (as opposed to letting you access them through a password).

Is there a particular app (or some apps) that you are most concerned with? It may very well be possible to lock just them down from within the app itself.

 

[Steve121]

I found an app (app locker) but it doesn't protect built in apps like mail.

I don't know of any others.

Really, I just want to lock my iPad.

 

[McBie]

Really, I just want to lock my iPad.

Why would any developer build an app to lock an iOS device ( or parts thereof ) when that functionality is already built-in ?
What " problems / risks " are you trying to solve / mitigate ?

Cheers ... McBie

 

[Steve121]

It's a second security feature that would work well for me. Surely there's an app to lock your iPad?

 

[ferrarr]

Yes there is, in Settings, go into Touch ID & Passcode. Set up a passcode and also set up Touch ID. Then, where it says Passcode, set it to immediately.