Is Tapbar safe?

Tapbar lets you create tappable zones anywhere on your screen. Tap a zone to open an app, run a quick action, or use an app shortcut, without opening the app drawer. GESTURES Single tap, double tap, triple tap and long press, each with its own app, action or app shortcut Four independent tap zones, each with its own position, size and gestures Swipe gestures for adjusting volume and brightness AC…

Developer: Earendel
Category: System
Earliest archived version: 06 Oct 2026
License: MIT (per F-Droid metadata)

02 / Release notes

Release notes from F-Droid

15 Oct 2026

1.7.1

Added split-shade support for phones with separate quick settings Improved foreground app detection, including fullscreen apps Fixed tap zones staying blocked on the home screen after leaving a blocked app Fixed blocking in fullscreen apps Merged UI strings into language files Added Turkish…

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12 Oct 2026

1.7

Swipe gestures for volume and brightness 10 new languages Improved landscape handling Tap the values to edit them directly Improved zone controls and customization

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06 Oct 2026

1.6

4 configurable tap zones 75+ actions to choose from More control over gestures R8 enabled for smaller release builds

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03 / Package identity

Technical fingerprint

Application IDcom.earendel.tapbar

Latest APK SHA-25685b667a3d6c71679a3a298913d97f70c93b468efda7528688e2f3d0085d0e4b2

Signing certificateA2:A6:87:A1:44:F8:4C:7E:34:9D:6B:AD:A9:80:1B:AA:E1:E9:90:32:D8:B3:66:0F:E8:ED:F9:4E:39:74:19:B5

MIN ANDROID26TARGET35ARCHITECTUREarm64-v8a · armeabi-v7a · x86 · x86_64

04 / History

Archive history

3 versions in WIKI archive: earliest 1.6 (06 Oct 2026), latest 1.7.1 (15 Oct 2026).

No change in android.permission.* between 1.7 and 1.7.1.

05 / Version archive

Documented releases

3 TOTAL

VersionReleasedAndroidArchitecture

1.7.115 Oct 202626+arm64-v8a, armeabi-v7a, x86, x86_64→1.712 Oct 202626+arm64-v8a, armeabi-v7a, x86, x86_64→1.606 Oct 202626+arm64-v8a, armeabi-v7a, x86, x86_64→

06 / Safety & access

Safety verdict

Authentic — file hash matches the source indexNo ads or tracking flagged by the source

IntegritySHA-256 verified vs source

SourceOpen-source · fdroid

Permissions11 declared · 2 sensitive

Signaturepresent

Anti-featuresNo known anti-features

Sensitive accessQUERY_ALL_PACKAGESSYSTEM_ALERT_WINDOW

Declared permissions

android.permission.ACCESS_NOTIFICATION_POLICY android.permission.EXPAND_STATUS_BAR android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE_SPECIAL_USE android.permission.POST_NOTIFICATIONS android.permission.QUERY_ALL_PACKAGES android.permission.RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED android.permission.SYSTEM_ALERT_WINDOW android.permission.VIBRATE android.permission.WRITE_SETTINGS com.earendel.tapbar.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION

Tracker status: Not assessed by WIKI for Android.

07 / Sources

Evidence ledger

Each entry is a captured public reference backing this record.

RepositorySource package page↗Source codeSource repository↗