Media Bar

Name: Media Bar
Rating: 3.6122448 (722 reviews)
Author: IJP

By: IJP

Media playback controls and progress indicator for your Status Bar!

Features & Capabilities

Media Bar (beta) transforms your device's status bar into an intuitive media controller and progress indicator. It allows you to see and control media playback—whether music, podcasts, or videos—directly from the status bar without disrupting your activities. Features include a thin progress bar at the top or bottom of the status bar, swipe gestures to scrub through content, and 3 customizable invisible buttons for play/pause, skip, and more.

Users can personalize the Media Bar with adjustable thickness, position, transparency, and color coding modes such as solid, dynamic, segmented, and gradient colors reflecting media progress or album art. Media Bar requires enabling Accessibility and Notification Access services but ensures privacy as it doesn't collect any personal data. This extension is perfect for multitaskers who want seamless media control while browsing, gaming, or working on their devices.

User Growth & Download Statistics

App Accessibility

By:

IJP

Downloads:

160,320 67

Rating:

3.61

(722) 1 new ratings

Version:

MB_2.8_BETA Last updated: 2025-09-16

Version code:

Creation date:

2021-05-17

Publisher country:

Permissions:

android.permission.QUERY_ALL_PACKAGES High risk
android.permission.BIND_NOTIFICATION_LISTENER_SERVICE Moderate risk
com.google.android.gms.permission.AD_ID Moderate risk
android.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_AD_ID Low risk
android.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_ATTRIBUTION Low risk
android.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_TOPICS Low risk
android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE Low risk
android.permission.INTERNET Low risk
android.permission.WAKE_LOCK Low risk
com.android.vending.BILLING Low risk

Size:

24.59MB

Email:

de*****@ijp.app

URLs:

Full description:

Source:

Google Play Store

Data ingested on:

2026-06-15

Compare stats and ranking:

Ranking

# 171,433 ▲ 1,575

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Developed by:

IJP

Google Play Store

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=apps.ijp.mediabar

Email:

de*****@ijp.app

User Reviews

Media Bar is widely praised as a useful, one-of-a-kind media control tool that many users find valuable when it works. However, repeated issues across devices and updates hinder adoption: frequent crashes/not functioning, overlay in landscape blocking touch and video/notifications, billing frustrations (per-device subscriptions and failed restore purchases), One UI compatibility/accessibility problems, and occasional auto-disappearances requiring reactivation. The concept and overall sentiment are positive, but reliability and cross-device compatibility must improve for broader user satisfaction.

Pros

Valuable, unique media control bar that many users find useful.
Generally positive reception with reviewers calling it good, great, amazing, and one-of-a-kind.
App is appreciated when updated and improvements are acknowledged.

Cons

Frequent crashes and not functioning on various devices and after updates.
Overlay in landscape blocks touch and interferes with full-screen video and the notification shade.
Billing frustrations (per-device subscriptions, donations) and failed restore purchases.
One UI/accessibility issues (can't pull down the control center / access control panel).
Bar disappearing automatically requiring reactivation / accessibility toggle friction.

Recent reviews

Didn't work.

ML*****, 2026-04-03

overall app is great. but I found a mistake that can be done.add a option to hide it in landscape mode because when we use it in landscape mode the upper area becomes untouchable because it overlay in landscape