Llama vs Automate

Llama's core feature is an easy to understand and use Events system. Events consist of Actions that trigger based on Conditions. You can combine this system with the Area and Profile systems to automatically adjust how your phone behaves in certain situations.

Conditions include:

• Connecting / disconnecting a Bluetooth device
• Entering / exiting Car Mode
• Charging / unplugged
• Day of the Week
• Entering / leaving / being in / not being in an Area
• Music starts / stops
• At a certain time interval

Actions include:

• Adjusting brightness
• Adjusting music volume
• Changing profile
• Killing an app
• Rebooting
• Placing a notification
• Running an app
• Turn account synchronization on / off
• Turn Airplane Mode on / off
• Turn mobile data on / off
• Turn GPS on / off
• Turn screen lock on / off
• Turn Wi-Fi on / off

The app is free, but you can opt to support the developer by purchasing a donation app for $0.99.

Profiles are a quick way to change your phone's behavior. You can adjust settings such as ringtone and notification volume and sound, music, media, alarm and in-call volume, choose between ring / vibrate / silent modes, among many more options.

Llama is capable of triggering when around NFC (Near Field Communication) enabled devices.

Unlike a few other automation apps, Llama doesn't use a data connection so it will not cost to use.

To teach Llama your current position, go to the Areas tab and long-press your current position, then choose Start Learning Area. The app will now and in the future identify that area based on cell towers in the location. The longer you stay within that area the first time you set it to learn, the better Llama will be able to identify that place.

You can also manually add or remove certain cell towers to areas.

The free version of this app allows 30 concurrent 'blocks' to be run. No other limitations on functionality are set.

Flowcharts offer both a nice way of visualizing the logic and an intuitive way of creating it by dragging and connecting the boxes.

Built into the features of the app, users can create profiles to then export them as a launcher app to easily be launched from ones home screen. Sadly though there is no way to add these to ones app drawer.