Productivity · Android
MyHomeGate
Set up your gate once with its phone number and location. When tracking is on, MyHomeGate notices you approaching and shows a call prompt — on the lock screen where available — so you can open the gate with one tap. Fully offline, no account, no server.
Features
- Save one or more gates locally
- Approach detection with adjustable wake and call radius
- Lock-screen call prompt where supported
- One-tap call to the gate intercom
- Active days and hours
- Cooldowns to avoid repeated prompts
- Works without internet
Permissions
What the app asks for, and why.
| Location, including background | To know when you're near a saved gate while tracking is on. |
|---|---|
| Phone | To place the call when you tap Call. Never without your tap. |
| Notifications | To show the gate prompt while tracking is active. |
Full details: MyHomeGate privacy policy
Help & troubleshooting
The prompt doesn't appear when I arrive.
Check four things: location permission is set to "Allow all the time"; notifications are allowed for MyHomeGate; the gate is active for the current day and hour; and a cooldown from a recent prompt isn't still running. Then exclude the app from battery optimization (Settings → Apps → MyHomeGate → Battery → Unrestricted).
It worked, then stopped after a while.
Some phones put background apps to sleep aggressively. On Samsung, remove MyHomeGate from "Sleeping apps" and "Deep sleeping apps". On Xiaomi, Oppo, Vivo and similar, enable Autostart and set battery to "No restrictions". The latest version also improves long-running background reliability, so make sure you're updated.
The prompt comes too early or too late.
Tune the wake radius (when tracking wakes up) and the call radius (when the prompt shows). Larger radii help on fast roads; smaller ones help in dense areas with several gates.
The call doesn't go through.
Make sure the Phone permission is granted, and store the number in full international format (for example +972…) if you travel or use a dual-SIM phone.
Where is my gate data stored?
Only on your phone. There's no account and no upload. Uninstalling the app deletes it.