Safe Home Button Android

Safe Home Button

Accessible floating button for easy one-handed navigation. Perfect for seniors!

Overview

Features & Capabilities

Navigate your phone with just one tap!

Safe Home Button provides a floating button that makes Android navigation easier for seniors and users with motor impairments. Navigate with simple gestures - no complex controls needed.

### 🎓 Easy to Learn
- Interactive Tutorial: Helpful tooltip shows you all gestures on first use
- Visual Guidance: Clear instructions appear right when you need them

### 🏠 Safe & Simple Navigation
- Safe Home Mode: Every tap takes you home - maximum safety
- One-Handed Use: Navigate your entire phone with one hand
- Always Available: Floating button stays accessible in every app
- Smart Positioning: Automatically moves above keyboard when typing

### 👆 Simple Gestures
Safe Home Mode (Default):
- Tap/Long press → Go home
- Drag → Move button

Navigation Mode (Advanced):
- Tap → Back
- Double tap → Previous app
- 3 taps → Recent apps
- Long press → Home

### 🎨 Personalize
- Easy Color Picker: Choose any color
- Transparency: Adjust visibility
- Free Positioning: Place anywhere, remembered across restarts

### ♿ Accessibility First
- WCAG 2.1 AA Compliant
- TalkBack Support
- Large Touch Targets
- High Contrast & Dark Mode

### 🔒 Privacy & Safety
- No Data Collection
- No Ads & No Tracking
- Open Source
- Battery Friendly & Crash-Free

### 📱 Requirements
- Android 8.0 or newer
- Overlay & Accessibility permissions

### 💡 Perfect For
- Seniors finding navigation difficult
- Users with hand tremors or limited mobility
- One-handed use

### 🎯 Why Safe Home Button?
Unlike other apps, this is designed specifically for accessibility. The default mode prevents getting lost by always returning home.

### 🆓 Free & Open Source
All features are free. No ads, no purchases.

Made with ❤️ for accessibility

Note: This app is an assistive tool and does not replace professional medical advice.

### ⚠️ Accessibility Service Disclosure
This app uses the Android AccessibilityService API.
The AccessibilityService API is used exclusively to provide the following core features:
- Floating overlay button for one-handed navigation
- Global gestures to perform actions like Go Back, Go Home, and Show Recent Apps
- Performing global navigation actions on behalf of the user

This app does not use the AccessibilityService API to collect, store, or share any personal user data. All settings are stored locally on the device only.

User Growth & Download Statistics

App
By:
Gentle Tech
Downloads:
590 22
Version:
3.0.9 Last updated: 2026-02-17
Version code:
24
Creation date:
2025-12-16
Publisher country:
CH CH
Permissions:
  • android.permission.SYSTEM_ALERT_WINDOW High risk
  • android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE_SPECIAL_USE Moderate risk
  • android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE Low risk
  • android.permission.POST_NOTIFICATIONS Low risk
  • android.permission.RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED Low risk
  • android.permission.VIBRATE Safe
  • com.android.vending.CHECK_LICENSE Safe
  • ch.heuscher.safe_home_button.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION
Size:
2.86MB
Email:
st*****@gmail.com
URLs:
Privacy policy
Full description:
See detailed description
Source:
Google Play Store
Data ingested on:
2026-09-05
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Contact the developer

Chrome-Stats does not own this Android app. Please use these information below to contact the Android app developer.
Developed by:
Gentle Tech
Google Play Store
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ch.heuscher.safe_home_button
Email:
st*****@gmail.com

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