Circle SideBar

Circle Sidebar - provides quick access to all your apps

Circle SideBar

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By: Zeeshan!
Version: 27.0 (Last updated: 2018-03-01)
Creation date: 2016-08-01
Permissions
Device & app history: retrieve running apps
Phone: directly call phone numbers
Photos/Media/Files: read the contents of your USB storage, modify or delete the contents of your USB storage
Storage: read the contents of your USB storage, modify or delete the contents of your USB storage
Wi-Fi connection information: view Wi-Fi connections
Other:
  • update component usage statistics
  • receive data from Internet
  • view network connections
  • pair with Bluetooth devices
  • access Bluetooth settings
  • connect and disconnect from Wi-Fi
  • full network access
  • run at startup
  • draw over other apps
  • control vibration
  • prevent device from sleeping
  • modify system settings
  • Google Play license check

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App summary

Circle Sidebar - An application to make your android experience better, provides easy multitasking from anywhere and anytime!

It's fast and highly customizable. Users can easily customize the way it works and the content it holds. It runs in the background and can be easily accessed from any screen with just a swipe. The user can even set it to start at boot.

Features:

1. Easy controls - All the settings are provided in the main screen with descriptions of each function for better understandability and to avoid confusions.

2. Completely customizable with the way it is triggered. Options for triggering width, height and position are given. The user can easily adjust it to their convenience.

3. Include Favorite apps - Users have full access to the all the apps installed on the phone. At any point, a user can choose what apps to be displayed in the sidebar.

4. Haptic feedback provided to give a response to the user as an acknowledgment to their sidebar calling request.

5. Option to apply custom icon packs is included. Install any icon pack from the store and choose it from circle sidebar.

6. Option to vary the icon sizes is also provided.

7. After the second update, option to add shortcuts was included based on user request. (Pro Feature)

8. App icons and list are completely customizable - choose icons from a different range of icon packs or use a custom image of your own.

9. Based on user requests, the option to Black Listing Apps is included (Pro Feature). Sidebar automatically disappears in the selected apps.

10. Circle Sidebar timeout can be set after the third update.

11. Enable/Disable infinite scrolling based on user preference.

12. More features to come :)

Last Update:

* Fixed the most reported issue: Now touch outside the Sidebar is not registered by the background.
* Fixed the issue with the service closing itself in the background.
* Fixed the triggering problem on touch. (previously it worked only on Tap)
* Added option to set the timeout for the sidebar.
* Added option to disable infinite scrolling.
* Added option to set BlackList Apps. (Pro feature) (Sidebar will automatically disappear in the selected apps)

More features:
* Now supports lock screen enabling.
* Added device orientation based blacklisting.

Added Quick Settings:
- Now you can set a second circle for quick settings. You can set it to infinite scroll with all the quick settings or you could limit to the favorite settings.

- The Quick Settings added are:
1. Wifi toggle.
2. Bluetooth toggle.
3. Screen Rotation.
4. Flash Light toggle.
5. Airplane toggle.
6. Brightness Mode.
7. Volume Control (Supports both media and ringtone volumes depending)
8. Music Control: Play / Pause
9. Music Control: Play Next / Play Previous Track
10. Hotspot Toggle (toggling could be a little slow on some devices)
11. Location Services Toggle.
12. Ringer Mode (General / Vibrate / Silent)
13. More to come... Drop your suggestions on email.

PERMISSIONS REQUIRED:
STORAGE - Required for including shortcuts of a file on the device storage or to create an icon.
CALL - Required for direct dial shortcut to any specified number.

Please use the Reports section in the app to directly interact with the developer via email.
Any Feedback, suggestions, and bug reports are much appreciated.
If you like the app please share it with friends and family and leave a rating on play store.

All the major updates released are based on the user requests and suggestions, please feel free to drop me an email anytime!!

User reviews

These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. Google Play Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.
Pros
  • Useful app for quick access to multiple apps
  • Great alternative to other sidebar apps
  • Allows for organization of apps into folders
  • Works as advertised on many devices
  • Flexibility in holding more apps than default options
Cons
  • Limited functionality in the free version
  • Too many ads, especially during setup
  • Inability to reorder apps in the sidebar
  • Background blur feature not working on modern Android versions
  • Frequent bugs and requires relaunching the app
Most mentioned
  • App does not work on certain new phone models
  • Desire for better customization options (layout, icon quality)
  • Issues with the app stopping or not responding
  • Frustration with ads in the free version
  • Request for features available only in the pro version
User reviews
Functions but background blur won't work in the more modern versions of Android making it unusable. This could easily be fixed but the developer hasn't released an update in 6 years so I am guessing this is yet another dead app on the Android store?
by Timmy Willis, 2024-09-08

It really is a wonderful sidebar alternative. I used it years ago with a non-Samsung phone and am trying to use it again to replace my S23 FE edge. I thought I had purchased the pro version then, but it is not compatible with my S23 FE so I can't find out. Doesn't look like either the free or pro versions are getting updated anymore, which really sucks. I hope the dev sees this and either unlocks pro features within the free one (which works on my S23 FE) or updates the pro version to work.
by Dahlya Ruyg, 2024-01-10

Great app. Just a small bug to report and a suggestion. When you have 2 or more apps with the same name (like lens or camera) it is impossible to add both of them in the list. I believe that you also have to add the option to reset the launcher to the root menu on each launch. Otherwise if I navigate in menu>camera submenu and then on the next launch it automatically goes there I have to exit the submenu to nav to new spot.
by Yiannis Theocharakis, 2021-12-05
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