Wheel Launcher - sidebar was a personalization app developed by fossor coding. It was removed from Google Play Mar 15, 2025 and is no longer available for download.
Download Statistics
Wheel Launcher - sidebar had been downloaded 270 thousand times before it became unavailable.
User Ratings
Wheel Launcher - sidebar was rated 4.16 out of 5 stars, based on 1.6 thousand ratings.
App Information
Wheel Launcher - sidebar was free to download. The APK download size was 8.49 MB. The last available version was 1.448. The last update was on February 22, 2021.
Technical Requirements
Wheel Launcher - sidebar required Android 4.4+ or higher. The app had a content rating of Everyone. The app had been available on Google Play February 2014.
Description
Tired of sidebars? - Customize your device with a Wheel! Wheel Launcher is an edge screen, a slide out panel that is floating on top of everything on your device and provides a quick access to your favorite apps, shortcuts, contacts, tools and quick settings - just pull the icon on the vertical edge of your screen. Unlike other sidebars Wheel Launcher is designed to operate with a single hand, it is highly customizable with support for icon packs and themes. Wheel Launcher does not interfere with your main launcher. Wheel Launcher allows you to add any shortcuts provided by your apps, like direct dial, any of your contacts or settings shortcuts, like battery, sound, WiFi and so on. Wheel Launcher is the most comprehensive sidebar on Google Play! Auto hide in landscape mode option when watching movies or playing games. Wheel Launcher is a lightweight edge screen, no unnecessary services and processes that occupy your RAM. Less RAM used - more battery saved! If you have anything to ask, suggest or if you found a bug, please be free to drop me an email.
Wheel Launcher Features • Fancy slide out circle design • Easy single-handed operation • Quick access to apps and shortcuts • Contacts • Accessibility shortcuts • Quick settings toggles • System settings shortcuts • Notification badges [Android O+] • Audio controls • Gestures • Themes • Left/Right sided panel • Icon pack support • Icon or shape trigger support • Autostart on boot • Recent apps. • Open and close the Wheel Launcher by shaking your device. • The panel is resizable with adjustable item count. • Backup and Restore
Full version • Unlimited number of items on the main panel • Folders support • No Ads
Apps - Touch the + button and add any apps or favorite games. Quickly access sidebar from any other application and without navigating through your phone.
Gestures - Apply motion gestures and start items directly from the trigger. Select a gesture for any app, shortcut, contact or tool and launch it with one quick motion.
Notification badges - Long press on any app icon to preview available notifications.
Contacts - Add your favorite contacts and access phone, sms, email apps, Whatsapp and Viber.
Accessibility shortcuts - this includes Home, Back, Recent apps, Power(Android L+), Screenshot(Android P+), Lock screen(Android P+) and a couple more.
Icon Packs - Download any Icon Pack from the Play store and apply all icons with one click or change individual icons. You can also turn any photo from your gallery into an icon and set it's shape.
System settings shortcuts - Access often used system preferences with one click and without searching through device settings.
Item count and appearance - Change position, item count, size or hide labels and make the Wheel Launcher look and feel like you wish.
Themes - Customize your phone! Wheel Launcher has a handful of themes to compliment you device's look. You can even change individual colors on some themes, pick colors from your wallpaper, etc. You can also change trigger appearance, making it any color or transparency.
Folders(available in full version) - Create folders and add apps, shortcuts and contacts to organize your Wheel Launcher even more.
Recent apps - navigate and access recently used apps.
Audio controls - After starting you favorite music/audio app you can control the playback using Wheel Launcher audio controls.
Backup and Restore - Save and load your settings and items.
MIUI devices require a special permission to be granted MIUI 10: Go to Settings - Permissions - Other permissions - find Wheel Launcher, Tick Display pop-up window. MIUI 11: Go to Settings - Apps - Permissions - Other permissions - find Wheel Launcher, Tick Display pop-up window.
Recent changes: 1.448 Bug fixes
1.440 New utility - Contacts (browse all the contacts)
1.438 Wheel Launcher shortcuts - show trigger and show wheel Option to show scrollbar in folders and on the main wheel Option to align items to center, instead of spreading Blacklist is now using the Accessibility service - should work better.
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★★★★★
One of the better ones if not the BEST. My small advise, before ComplaiNed that this App lacks any features pls carefully go through it 1st...because this has almost ALL the commonly requested features. I personally like it so much, its just that a bit TOO Mainstreams to my liking. But will stick with it for Now. Thank You DEV!!!. U certainly know what you are doing. Its just that phones nowadays aggressively terminating background Apps makes the experiences a bit off...
★★★★★
Pretty cool little side launcher. Able to add any apps or shortcuts you'd want, and able to customize to match any background or theme.
★★★★★
Hey, "credit due", when my tablet froze up and the touch screen was nonresponsive, your wheel launcher popped out when I tossed the tablet on a chair. Now, getting everything to work was "f"ing complicated, but it was all possible because your wheel launcher gave me access and opened programs. I'm leaving this review on that tablet, now. So thank you.
★★★★★
Love the app! Nice graphics, smooth animation, and easy to use. You can buy the full version, and also download and use the Lite version at the same time for Double the interface! Only issue I have so far is that both the "triggers" keep auto re-positioning to the top corners of the screen, even though I keep positioning them on the lower sides corners. Workaround is to position the trigger(s) where you want in the apps Settings, then turn off the "Movable" function. Great app regardless!
★★☆☆☆
Great app but it affects my keyboard when I have it to draw over other apps. Unfortunately, had to uninstall.
★★☆☆☆
Good but its slide sometimes vanishes without reason
★★☆☆☆
Get out of 2008. It's 2020. Nobody uses skeomorphism anymore.
★★☆☆☆
Looks very nice but for some reason it doesn't load the apps when I select them, instead it just hides the wheel. I have 7 apps currently in it
★★☆☆☆
I like this app, but the consistent display over app notification is annoying me. I'm uninstalling if I can get rid of it.
Technologies used by Wheel Launcher - sidebar
Wheel Launcher - sidebar is requesting 29 permissions and is using 27 libraries.
Permissions
Development tools
test access to protected storage
Your personal information
read your contacts
Services that cost you money
directly call phone numbers
Your location
precise (GPS) location
Network communication
view network connections,
view Wi-Fi connections,
pair with Bluetooth devices,
full network access
Storage
modify or delete the contents of your USB storage
Hardware controls
take pictures and videos,
control flashlight,
control vibration
System tools
access Bluetooth settings,
connect and disconnect from Wi-Fi,
retrieve running apps,
run at startup,
reorder running apps,
draw over other apps,
prevent phone from sleeping,
modify system settings,
install shortcuts
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