Panels - sidebar launcher

Panels - sidebar launcher

Panels, side-launcher, sidebar, edge screen, gestures, smart sidebar, launcher

App info


1.524
June 23, 2025
Android 7.0+
Everyone
Get Panels - sidebar launcher for Free on Google Play

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App description


Android App Analysis and Review: Panels - sidebar launcher, Developed by fossor coding. Listed in Productivity Category. Current Version Is 1.524, Updated On 23/06/2025 . According to users reviews on Google Play: Panels - sidebar launcher. Achieved Over 641 thousand Installs. Panels - sidebar launcher Currently Has 6 thousand Reviews, Average Rating 4.5 Stars

Panels is the most customizable sidebar (edge screen) on the market!
Panels is a launcher on the edge of your screen that will change the way you use your phone. Our tool provides a quick access to your favorite apps, shortcuts, contacts and widgets. No more scrolling through the launcher pages, contacts and settings, simply swipe the edge screen. Boost your multitasking and increase productivity!

And the many ways to multitask is not all. Unlike other sidebar apps our edge screen has many features for you to customize. You can alter sidebar's row and column counts and make the edge screen as big or small as you like. You can also customize colors and position of each and every panel, change icon and text sizes, set individual gestures for any app, contact, panel or tool.

Panels Features
• Multitasking and productivity booster
• Works with any launcher
• One hand operation with intuitive gestures
• Always-on-top launcher on the edge of your screen
• Quick access to apps and shortcuts
• Edge screen gestures
• Folders
• Website shortcuts
• Widgets on the edge of your screen
• Floating widgets
• A-Z app drawer
• Contacts
• Notification badges
• Accessibility shortcuts
• System settings shortcuts
• Adjustable item count
• Custom colors
• Position - Left, Right, Bottom
• Icon pack support
• Auto-start on boot
• Blacklist
• Backup locally or using Drive
• Automation apps support
• Dark theme support


Apps and shortcuts - long press and add any apps or your favorite games to fast access and launch them from any other application and without navigating through your home launcher. Boost your multitasking!

Widgets - from google calendar to calculators, add any widgets to the sidebar and launch them with a single edge swipe

Floating widgets - Launch widgets in a separate window on top of other apps, minimize the widget to icon size while browsing your device

Gestures - use gestures to trigger individual items. Or set a gesture to call any panel

Folders - group similar apps using built-in folders

A to Z App Drawer - with only a single tap, A to Z app drawer is the quickest way to launch installed apps

Contacts - add your favorite contacts to the sidebar and access phone, sms, email apps, Whatsapp and Viber

Position - place any sidebar panel on the Left, Right or at the Bottom edge of your screen

Accessibility shortcuts - this includes Home, Back, Recent, Power, Screenshot(Android P+), Lock screen(Android P+) and more

Notification badges - long press any app icon to preview notifications

Icon Packs - download any Icon Pack from the Play Store and apply all icons with one click or customize individual icons. You can also turn any photo from your gallery into an icon

System settings shortcuts - access system preferences with one click and without searching through the settings

Adjustable item count - change the position, item rows and columns counts and make Panels look and feel the way you like.

Color schemes - you can customize each and every panel individually or all at once. Ability to load and save sidebar colors.

Other customization options - you can customize icon and panel size, hide labels, haptic feedback and more

One hand operation - place your sidebars wherever you like, adjust the size and navigate with a single hand

Automation and third party apps support - You can launch individual panels using the shortcut from any third party tool

Use this site if you have issues with the app not staying alive:
https://dontkillmyapp.com/?app=Panels

Don't forget to check the tutorial videos!

Go to Settings - FAQ to find out solutions for some common problems

Accessibility API
Accessibility Service is required to determine the current top app when using the blacklist. Accessibility shortcuts also require this service. No user data being used or collected.
We are currently offering version 1.524. This is our latest, most optimized version. It is suitable for many different devices. Free download directly apk from the Google Play Store or other versions we're hosting. Moreover, you can download without registration and no login required.

We have more than 2000+ available devices for Samsung, Xiaomi, Huawei, Oppo, Vivo, Motorola, LG, Google, OnePlus, Sony, Tablet ... with so many options, it’s easy for you to choose games or software that fit your device.

It can come in handy if there are any country restrictions or any restrictions from the side of your device on the Google App Store.

What's New


1.524
Bug fixes

1.516
Item gestures (full version) - assign additional gesture actions to items (watch the tutorial for more info).
Freeform windows (see the FAQ section for more info)

1.502
There is a new bug in Android 15. Background dimming will not work temporarily

1.498
Touch and hold any app, select App Pair, then tap the second app to launch both in split-screen mode.
Telegram keyboard bug bypass (see the FAQ section for more info)

Rate and review on Google Play store


4.5
5,921 total
5 73.8
4 14.6
3 4.8
2 1.3
1 5.5

Total number of ratings

Total number of active users rated for: Panels - sidebar launcher

Total number of installs (*estimated)

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Recent Comments

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Avin Tan

Wonderful, very handy, and one of those things I really miss moving from Samsung One UI to the Pixel UI. It's very handy and useful. The only downside is, on Pixel phones, it interfers with chrome's dialogue boxes and won't allow an action to be carried out. If I have to blacklist it on browsers where I also spend a lot of time on, then it is a major handicap. It also interferes with the layering of pop up menus when I use GBoard. Had to use move to another app. Gonna miss this.

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Luca von der Werth

Easily the most useful app I have used in a while. Also easily the most worthwhile app purchase I have made in a long time - I switched from a Samsung phone to a Pixel phone and instantly missed the edge panel from the Samsung phone. This app is even better than the edge panels on Samsung phones, at least for my use case of quickly starting certain apps. The developer also replied to my email with a question incredibly quickly, within minutes. Really happy. Thank you for creating this!

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Joe H

I'm on a pixel 7 and so far I love this app. I was a little lost at first but I've never used a side panel app. It allows me to clean up my home screen nicely. I much prefer it over having to install a whole other launcher for features. So far, I definitely recommend. I would also say to read the FAQ. Even if you don't need anything in particular, there is some helpful information there that I didn't know.

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Bob Morris

A really useful, easy to use app that does far more than than the standard Samsung edge panel on my S24 (and looks much better due to the wide range of customisation available). The developer responded very quickly when I had a small problem that I couldn't figure out. Highly recommended.

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Steve Corley

Love the app on my Samsung Galaxy devices. But the trigger keeps disappearing on my TCL TAB8 LE. Its running Android version 12. Any tips or advice? UPDATE...to creator... Ill try that dont kill my app. But Im in my 70s and dont understand some of these troubleshooting apps. Thanks for your quick response to try n help. (FINAL UPDATE) THE APP IS AWESOME. I have it on my Samsung tabs and it works perfectly. Its the TCL Tabi le that is causing problems. In short,the TCL is a poorly created tablet.

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Shivang Chopra

Excellent app, I just have one feature request: Would it be possible to add a setting to open apps in floating windows (on devices that support it) instead of opening them proper? Yes I know split screen/app pairs exist but that's not what I'm talking about - OnePlus has a native sidebar that opens the apps in floating windows (but it's less powerful then panels)

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NoszerO Xray

I really wish my Pixel 9 pro would stop shutting this widget off. I allowed it to run in backround but every few days it's just gone. Stock android keeps killing the widget. ANNOYING! So useful and unlike almost all apps it has how to videos. Omg I wish more apps did this. Not sitting here going how do I do this. It has a real "how to" help section with videos showing you exactly how everything works! This app is amazing! Thank you. I already upgraded to paid version. It's worth it.

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JCISML-G59

Edit, 11/19/24: Added a column and a row and ended up with License being lost and all settings lost. The bug was reported to the developer but irresponsible answer, blaming Google account. It has happened a couple of times in the past and still happening with NO solution.