Smart Cursor: One-handed mode

Phone Phreak

About this app

Use a computer-like cursor/pointer to conveniently control your big smartphone with one hand.

Easy to use:
1. Swipe from the left or right margin from the bottom half of the screen.
2. Reach the top half of the screen with the cursor by dragging the tracker, using one hand in the bottom half.
3. Tap the tracker to click with the cursor. The tracker will disappear on any click outside it or after a period of time.

Smart Cursor is free and without ads. Customization options and behavior settings for cursor, tracker and button highlights are freely accessible.

Snap-to-Click: When you move the cursor, any clickable button will be highlighted. Smart Cursor also recognizes which button you are aiming at. Once the button is highlighted, you can already perform a click on it by tapping the tracker. This greatly helps with clicking small buttons.

Quick Settings tile: As the most convenient way to enable/disable the cursor, you can add the Smart Cursor tile to your Quick Settings tray.

Context actions (Pro version): With Context actions, long pressing a button will trigger an action specific to its function. For a button in a horizontal row it's scrolling, for the status bar it's pulling down the notifications.

Features in the Pro version: (SPECIAL OFFER UNTIL THE END OF THE MONTH: PRO FEATURES FREE)
- Trigger more gestures with the cursor: Long click, drag & drop
- Context actions: long pressing a button will trigger an action specific to its function (scroll / expand notifications)
- Swipe action: trigger Back, Home, Recents button, expand Notifications or Quick Settings by swiping in and out from the margin
- The option to blacklist/whitelist apps

NOTE: Highlighting clickable buttons, Snap-to-Click and Context actions work only in regular apps, not in games and not in web pages.


Privacy
The app does not collect or store any data from your phone.
The app does not use any internet connection, no data will be sent over network.

Accessibility Service
Smart Cursor requires you to enable its Accessibility Service before you can use it. This app uses this service only to enable its functionality. It needs the following permissions:

◯ View and control screen:
- to highlight clickable buttons
- to detect which app window is currently showing (for blacklist feature)

◯ View and perform actions:
- to perform click/swipe gestures for the cursor

Smart Cursor will not process any data about your interactions with other apps.


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Ratings and reviews

I have found this application to be highly effective, despite encountering issues with half of the touchpad on my phone being unresponsive, rendering it non-functional from the top to the bottom. Over the past 3.5 to 4 months of usage, this app has significantly assisted me. I can effortlessly carry out daily tasks such as making calls, watching videos on YouTube and other platforms, as well as using messaging apps like WhatsApp and Instagram. Unfortunately, the only limitation is the inability

works some of the time? will randomly malfunction despite settings on phone being configured to suit the accessibility that the app should provide. sometimes usage shuts off completely (you have to uninstall and reinstall it constantly) or the cursor freezes in place and freezes your whole screen. it's good when it works but honestly that's a rarity

20230115: it replaced my last Cursor app coz it's so lightweight & low-permy, & the "app's left side slide menu" swipe shortcut. only 1 complain for now: bottom l(/r) trigger hinders Home button longpress; so atleast either (1) add Trigger Length presets, covering: Large - 1/2 area; Medium - 1/3 area; & Small - 1/4 area; or (2) simpler yet better: set bottom trigger above, not atop, the navbar (which might even make Swipe gesture easier). it's a nice consistent lightweight app. thanks!

What's new

- bugfix