# Soft Keys - Home Back Button

> Don't worry that the buttons are broken, developer brother is here :D

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.dogusumit.ortatus](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.dogusumit.ortatus)

## Overview

- **ID:** `com.dogusumit.ortatus`
- **Platform:** Android
- **Type:** Android app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** dogusumit
- **Category:** TOOLS
- **Downloads:** 22,845,257
- **Rating:** 3.66 / 5 (63,792 ratings)
- **Version:** 4.0
- **Last updated:** 2017-08-09
- **First published:** 2017-06-13
- **Publisher country:** TR
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-05
- **Store listing:** [Google Play Store](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.dogusumit.ortatus)
- **Website:** [https://dogusumit.github.io/](https://dogusumit.github.io/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://dogusumit.github.io/privacy-policy.txt](https://dogusumit.github.io/privacy-policy.txt)

## Description

**Soft Keys - Home Back Button** is a handy Chrome extension that brings on-screen navigation keys to your device, ensuring you never have to worry about broken or unresponsive physical buttons. Easily activate virtual home and back buttons without the need for rooting your device. Simply enable permissions and customize the location and size of the soft keys for a personalized experience. This extension leverages accessibility services to function seamlessly.

Developed with user convenience in mind, Soft Keys offers quick setup via the accessibility settings, and its source code is openly available on GitHub, ensuring transparency and trust. Ideal for users seeking a reliable, customizable navigation solution straight from their browser.

## Rankings

- #6,742 — Overall

## Review summary

Users generally praise Soft Keys as an easy-to-use tool that effectively substitutes for nonworking screen/home/back buttons and helps with touchscreen navigation. Many describe it as very good, nice, and helpful. However, a subset reports that the app stops working at times, indicating reliability issues. Overall, it’s viewed as a simple, lightweight workaround that users appreciate despite occasional outages.

### Pros

- Easy to use / simple setup
- Works well as a replacement for home/back buttons when the screen buttons stop working
- Helpful for touchscreen issues and accessibility improvements
- Positive sentiment with frequent praise (very good / nice)

### Cons

- Not working reliably / sometimes does not function

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.dogusumit.ortatus)