Glowbar - Pixel Glow

1.7.1

Tyastono Taufiq

3.60

64 reviews

1,000+
Downloads

Free

Animated glow bar or camera ring, in your colors, reacting to notifications.

3.60 · 64 reviews · 1,000+ downloads

Pros & Cons

Edge customization with adjustable position, width, and animation modes.
Glow Cutout available in Premium for a camera ring option.
Smart behavior with Autostart on reboot and Autohide on fullscreen.
Notification glow and notification progress features for visual feedback.

Free version includes Flow mode and Medium speed only; Pulse and Breathe modes require Premium.
Glow Cutout (camera ring) is Premium-only.
Bottom and left-edge positions are Premium-only (Free is limited to top and right).

About Glowbar - Pixel Glow

Glowbar - Pixel Glow is a personalization app developed by Tyastono Taufiq.

How many times has Glowbar - Pixel Glow been downloaded?

Glowbar - Pixel Glow has been downloaded 4.6 thousand times. In the last 30 days, the app was downloaded 2.7 thousand times. It is ranked in the top 100 personalization apps.

What is the rating of Glowbar - Pixel Glow?

Glowbar - Pixel Glow is rated 3.60 out of 5 stars, based on 64 ratings.

Is Glowbar - Pixel Glow free?

Glowbar - Pixel Glow is free to download. The APK download size is 1.45 MB. The latest version available is 1.7.1. The last update was on July 21, 2026.

What are the requirements for Glowbar - Pixel Glow?

The app has a content rating of Everyone. The app has been available on Google Play May 2026.

Description

Glowbar puts a vivid animated color bar on any edge of your screen, glowing beautifully across every app you use.

A subtle yet satisfying visual layer for your Android — colorful, quiet, always there.

HOW IT WORKS

Turn the bar on from the Glowbar app and it stays visible as you move between apps. A notification gives you quick controls: "Hide" tucks the bar away and brings it back with one tap, "Turn off" stops it entirely. Settings save automatically.

COLORS

• Palettes — from the classic multicolor look to sunset, ocean, ember, forest, neon and monochrome
• Custom colors — mix your own with a color picker or hex entry, blended into your own gradient

ANIMATION MODES

• Flow — colors travel across the bar in a loop
• Pulse — fades in and out in a soft rhythm
• Breathe — slowly scales its thickness up and down
• Comet — a bright head trailing a fading tail
• Wave — the thickness ripples along its length
• Scanner — a bright window sweeps end to end
• Heartbeat — a double beat, like a pulse
• Aurora — soft blobs of color drift and blend
• Sparkle — glints twinkle across the bar
• Marquee — dashes march along it
• None — static gradient, no movement

CUSTOMIZE YOUR GLOW

• Position — any edge: top, bottom, left, or right, with fine offset control
• Thickness and width — from slim to bold, narrow to wide
• Animation speed — Slow, Medium, or Fast
• Battery indicator — the fill drains from one end as your battery does, and the glow shifts as it charges or runs low
• Foldable-friendly — each screen remembers its own size and position, so the glow comes up right folded or open

REACTS TO YOUR NOTIFICATIONS

• Notification glow — the bar flashes a bright burst of light when a notification arrives, like a hardware LED
• Notification progress — the bar becomes a live progress gauge while an app shows download, upload, or other progress, then returns to normal
• Show only on new notifications — the glow stays hidden and appears only while notifications are unread

GLOWRING

Prefer something subtler? Switch the shape to Glowring and the glow leaves the screen edge to hug your phone's front camera punch-hole. It auto-detects the camera's position and shape (circle or pill), with manual size, stroke, and position controls, remembered separately for each rotation. The same palettes, animation modes, speeds, battery indicator, and notification features work on the ring.

SMART BEHAVIOR

• Autostart on reboot — if the bar was on when your phone shut down, it comes back after a restart
• Autohide on fullscreen — the glow steps aside for videos and games, and returns when you leave fullscreen

FREE vs PREMIUM

Free includes:
• Animated glow bar — Flow or static, at Medium speed
• Default and Sunset color palettes
• Top and right positions
• Adjustable width
• Toggle on/off or hide, from the app or notification
• Settings saved automatically, with a one-tap reset

Premium (one-time purchase) unlocks:
• Glowring — the glow wraps your front camera instead of the screen edge
• Every color palette, plus custom colors of your own
• More animation modes and speeds
• Battery indicator mode
• Notification glow, notification progress, and show-only-on-new-notifications
• Autostart on reboot, autohide on fullscreen
• Bottom and left positions, precise offsets, thickness

PERMISSIONS

Glowbar keeps permissions to a minimum:
• Display over other apps — required to show the bar on top of your apps. Explained in-app with a button to grant it.
• Notifications — lets you hide or turn off the bar from the notification shade.
• Run at startup — used only by Autostart on reboot. Nothing runs at boot unless you turn it on.
• Notification access (optional) — used only by the notification features to react to events. Glowbar never reads, stores, or shares notification content, and the listener is idle while those features are off.
No hidden permissions, no account required.

Light up your screen, your way.

Recent changes:
✨ Welcome to Glowbar!

• Animated glow bar over every app
• Glowring — the glow circles your camera
• Color palettes, or mix your own
• Flowing, pulsing and sparkling modes
• Notification glow — a burst on new notifications
• Progress for downloads and other progress
• Show it only while notifications are unread
• Battery indicator
• Any edge, position and size
• Foldable-friendly — each screen its own look
• Autostart on reboot, autohide on fullscreen

Light up your screen, your way! 🌈

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More data about Glowbar - Pixel Glow

Price	Free to download
Total downloads	4.6 thousand
Recent downloads	2.7 thousand
Rating	3.60 based on 64 ratings
Ranking	Top ranked
Version	1.7.1
APK size	1.45 MB
Number of libraries	11
Suitable for	Everyone
Ads	NO ads

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Glowbar - Pixel Glow has been downloaded 4.6 thousand times. Over the past 30 days, it averaged 91 downloads per day.

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Comments on Glowbar - Pixel Glow for Android

★★★★☆ Yasasvi Sri Charan Simhadri · Jun 10, 2026

I've suggested aod edit: Noti Progress Bar Gustavo's Apps does this as you said Android system side should allow. Can you look into this app? Edit 2: can you add a quick notification toggle to turn on/off glow bar? Edit 3: Yeah I saw that notification toggle imho quick settings toggle also does the job. All the best for the launcher development! Are you available on any platform twitter or insta to hit you up with ideas???

★★★★★ Scotty · Jun 2, 2026

Great app just needs more animations! Will more animations be made available soon?

★★★★☆ Jacks Leung · Jun 4, 2026

Nice app to customize my home screen. But a little issue of the animation and speed will auto reset to default a few times a day, also it will be great to have the bar not appear in full screen mode.

★☆☆☆☆ Jayden Bethuy · Jun 21, 2026

Premium is required for it to really do anything at all, and there's not much function. It's a cool idea though

★☆☆☆☆ Ravi Thakur · Jul 9, 2026

you are giving updates every sec, but the app remains as usual boaring, try to give update only if you make major changes

Google Play Rankings for Glowbar - Pixel Glow

Top rankings

Rank	Country	Category	List
11	Canada	Personalization	Top Grossing
11	Norway	Personalization	Top Grossing
50	Denmark	Personalization	Top Free
19	United Kingdom	Personalization	Top Grossing
59	Norway	Personalization	Top Free
24	Sweden	Personalization	Top Grossing
87	Switzerland	Personalization	Top Free
103	United States	Personalization	Top Grossing
113	Slovakia	Personalization	Top Free
114	Sweden	Personalization	Top Free

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