# Floating Sidebar > Floating Sidebar - just a swipe to access your apps from anywhere and anytime! Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.simz.floatingsidebar](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.simz.floatingsidebar) ## Overview - **ID:** `com.simz.floatingsidebar` - **Platform:** Android - **Type:** Android app - **Status:** Available - **Publisher:** SISA Ltd. - **Category:** TOOLS - **Downloads:** 6,339 - **Rating:** 3.40 / 5 (21 ratings) - **Version:** 1.2.22 - **Last updated:** 2025-01-06 - **First published:** 2024-10-26 - **Publisher country:** IN - **Size:** 17 MB - **Data as of:** 2026-09-13 - **Store listing:** [Google Play Store](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.simz.floatingsidebar) - **Privacy policy:** [https://mranjeeapps.blogspot.com/2018/09/privacy-policy-manoranjith-built.html](https://mranjeeapps.blogspot.com/2018/09/privacy-policy-manoranjith-built.html) ## Description Floating Sidebar - Make’s your android experience better, just swipe/tap to open app sidebar and access your favourite apps from anywhere and anytime!

Floating sidebar is an overlay launcher with beautiful design and pleasing animations. You can also double-tap on anchor for multi window options i.e. Search, gesture & volume panels.
Configure App sidebar by adding as many apps as you want. You can have up to 6 columns and launch apps by swiping over anchor on your phone screen. This app will not replace your current home screen launcher. It works as a hidden side loaded app launcher.

Features
❋ Quickly access your favourite apps with a swipe.
❋ Change icon style, background colour, transparency and many more customization options.
❋ Adjust volume for music or active phone call.
❋ Less RAM used - more battery saved!

Why Floating Sidebar make your Android experience better?
One-handed usability: It is carefully crafted for one-handed use.

Apps - Add any apps or favourite games to sidebar. Quickly access sidebar from any other application and without navigating through your phone.

Gestures - Assign pre-gestures to your app and start items directly from the trigger. Select a gesture for any app and launch it with one quick motion.

Themes - Customize your floating sidebar with themes. You can also change floating window appearance to your style, making it any colour or transparency.

Audio controls - You can control the volume and even brightness/darkness using volume controls options easily.

What permission Floating SideBar ask for and why:
✔ Draw over other apps: Used to turn on floating window support required to display the App SideBar, searchBar and volumeBar etc…

Note: Disable Battery optimization, otherwise floating services will be killed by android.

All the appreciations and Feedback from users is great supports for us to create perfect application for people all over the world.

Ratings & Reviews:
✴ Share our app with friends, family members & with anyone.
✴ You can give us you feedback and rate us with five stars with suggestions in reviews.
💖 it means a lot to us 😀

Disclaimer:
1) This app doesn't store or share any data’s. ## Rankings - #661,101 — Overall ## Permissions and access ### Permissions - `android.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_AD_ID` - `android.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_ATTRIBUTION` - `android.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_TOPICS` - `android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE` - `android.permission.ACCESS_NOTIFICATION_POLICY` - `android.permission.ACCESS_WIFI_STATE` - `android.permission.ACTION_MANAGE_OVERLAY_PERMISSION` - `android.permission.AD_ID` - `android.permission.BROADCAST_CLOSE_SYSTEM_DIALOGS` - `android.permission.CHANGE_WIFI_STATE` - `android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE` - `android.permission.INTERNET` - `android.permission.KILL_BACKGROUND_PROCESSES` - `android.permission.POST_NOTIFICATIONS` - `android.permission.SYSTEM_ALERT_WINDOW` - `android.permission.VIBRATE` - `android.permission.WAKE_LOCK` - `com.android.vending.BILLING` - `com.google.android.finsky.permission.BIND_GET_INSTALL_REFERRER_SERVICE` - `com.google.android.gms.permission.AD_ID` - `com.google.android.providers.gsf.permission.READ_GSERVICES` - `com.simz.floatingsidebar.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION` ## Similar extensions and apps - [Floating Apps - BubbleGO](https://chrome-stats.com/d/fr.hoaviere.bubblego) — 3,275 users - [Edge Sidebar Launcher](https://chrome-stats.com/d/finecoder.utility.edgesidebarlauncher) — 7,726 users - [Circle SideBar](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.zeeshan.circlesidebar) — 831,503 users, 3.72 / 5 - [Launcher Sidebar (Launcher wit](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.launcher.sidebar) — 97 users - [Floating Launcher](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.floatinglauncher.app) — 111 users - [Circle Sidebar Pro](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.zeeshan.circlesidebarpro) — 8,898 users, 3.97 / 5 - [Swipe It - App Side Launcher](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.jscti.swipelauncher) — 1,648 users - [Side Bar - Edge Screen](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.bhanu.sidebarfree) — 380,022 users, 3.89 / 5 - [Quick Bar](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.derric.quickbarads) — 557 users - [Wheel Launcher - sidebar](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.fossor.wheellauncher) — 270,066 users, 4.19 / 5 - [Side bar screen Swiftly Switch](https://chrome-stats.com/d/org.de_studio.recentappswitcher.trial) — 1,644,274 users, 3.96 / 5 - [\_jellyfish launcher xD](https://chrome-stats.com/d/go.fuck.jellyfish) — 364 users --- Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.simz.floatingsidebar)