Soft Keys - Home Back Button

Name: Soft Keys - Home Back Button
Rating: 3.5833333 (1583 reviews)
Author: My Lan

By: My Lan

The System Back, Home and Recents Button, If the physical button are not work.

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This app was removed from Google Play Store on 2025-05-09

Features & Capabilities

Soft Keys - Home Back Button is an Android application that activates on-screen navigation keys, offering a seamless alternative when your phone's physical buttons are broken or unresponsive. It simulates system back, home, and recent buttons, allowing users to navigate their devices effortlessly without root access.

The app features customizable multi-action buttons that can be positioned anywhere on the screen, with options to personalize icon styles, colors, and transparency. It supports both vertical and horizontal orientations and offers more than 50 navigation bar themes to suit your aesthetic preferences. Accessibility services enable enhanced functionalities such as long-press actions including lock screen, popup notifications, quick settings, power dialog, split-screen toggle, and screenshot capture. Soft Keys - Home Back Button ensures reliable and customizable navigation, improving accessibility and user experience for devices with malfunctioning hardware buttons.

User Growth & Download Statistics

App Accessibility

By:

My Lan

Downloads:

596,502

Rating:

3.58

(1,583)

Version:

2.1 Last updated: 2024-08-07

Version code:

Creation date:

2023-11-23

Permissions:

android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE High risk
android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE High 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.ACCESS_WIFI_STATE Low risk
android.permission.CHANGE_WIFI_MULTICAST_STATE Low risk
android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE Low risk
android.permission.INTERNET Low risk

Size:

19.43MB

Email:

ti*****@gmail.com

URLs:

Full description:

Source:

Google Play Store

Data ingested on:

2025-05-09

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Developed by:

My Lan

Google Play Store

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mylan.softkeys

Email:

ti*****@gmail.com

User Reviews

Soft Keys - Home Back Button is praised for helping users with broken hardware buttons and offering an easy-to-use interface with useful features. However, multiple users highlight issues like automatic app launches causing disruptions, instability with settings resetting, occasional glitches, and problems after updates. Despite these drawbacks, it remains a valuable tool for enhancing device navigation, particularly on older phones or devices with damaged keys.

Pros

Helpful for users with broken or damaged hardware buttons, providing an effective alternative.
Easy to use with a user-friendly interface.
Includes useful features like long press actions for screenshots.
Suitable for older phones with non-functional keys.
Provides customizable soft keys which enhance device usability.

Cons

App sometimes automatically starts when device is turned on or when using other apps, causing annoyance.
Stability issues including resetting configurations and losing user settings.
Occasional glitches requiring the user to reopen or reinstall the app.
Some users report the app not working properly or being disabled unexpectedly.
Users complain about missing or changed functionality after updates, such as inability to customize orientation.

Recent reviews

I don't really like this app, it keeps opening the app when I turn on my phone or while I'm on another app which is REALLY annoying. Overall 1 star. Please fix this app if you can. 🙏🏼