Rotation Control

- January 28, 2015

Everyone

Tools

( 9,612)

Description

You can control screen orientation from notification area easily.

You also can prevent the other application from changing screen orientation.
The following rotation modes are available.
- Guard: this application prevents the other application from changing screen orientation.
- Auto Rotation: screen orientation is determined by a physical orientation sensor.
- Portrait: the screen is in a portrait orientation.
- Portrait (Reverse): the screen is in a portrait orientation; the opposite direction from normal portrait.
- Portrait (Sensor): the screen is in a portrait orientation, but the sensor is used to change direction.
- Landscape: the screen is in a landscape orientation.
- Landscape (Reverse): the screen is in a landscape orientation; the opposite direction from normal landscape.
- Landscape (Sensor): the screen is in a landscape orientation, but the sensor is used to change direction.

* Depending on the device, you may not be able to use several modes.
* If "Guard" mode is active, you cannot click "install" button when you want to install an application. When you want to install an application, you should inactivate "Guard" mode or this application.

Reviews

4.4

9,612 total

5 7,156

4 1,097

3 447

2 231

1 681

cooker donkin

Fantastic! Enables use of Notification bar to make change of screen orientation SO easy! Android's Auto-rotate option isn't always what I want (e.g. when lying on side, yet want screen in Portrait mode). No longer do I have to: 1) exit an app 2) go into android Settings 3) scroll to Display settings 4) scroll to Screen orientation setting 5) force screen orientation to what I want 6) exit Settings 7) relaunch original app. And laboriously go thru 1) to 7) again to reinstate Auto- rotate for normal use. Thank you!

Fernando Balandran

Great app, one minor issue. I use reverse portrait because of the headphone jack. It would be be useful if there was a mode to prevent rotation in home screen. The guard mode prevents that but I don't want it to prevent other apps from doing rotations. So each time I go from app to home screen I have to keep physically rotating my phone. Hopefully that makes sense.

Steve Kang

Best orientation app so far My phone's orientation sensor stopped working. This is the best orientation control app I have tried (4 or 5 of them). I could change orientation in 3 steps. 1. Slide down notification 2. Select orientation. 3. Collapse notification. It would be much better if the notification can automatically collapse after step 2. Or this can be made configurable. I would give this app 5 stars with this suggested feature..

Vinny B

Finally lets me use my phone in landscape I have a Nexus 6P, and I really wanted it to feel more like a tablet by being able to rotate the home screen. I've used other apps that work, but make you manually change the orientation. This one fixes that. The Guard mode plus the auto rotate allow me to use my phone normal, sideways, even upside down! My only complaint is that I wish there wasn't a persistent notification in my tray. I wish I could just enable it in the app and leave it that way. But for now, this'll do! ☺

Chris Severn

Works great in the notification bar, I like the semi-auto modes where it's locked to landscape but switches by 180 degress to the other landscape if you flip it. Other rotation apps have 7 days trial or need upgrade, so far this one appears clean. Thanks!

Angelo Suarez

Works ok Need to be able to rotate the lock screen as well. I have my phone in landscape so I can prop it up and charge at the same time while working but the lock screen remaining in portrait mode makes it cumbersome to unlock. Also, a few apps won't open in rotation.

User reviews

cooker donkin April 9, 2016

Fernando Balandran July 1, 2017

Steve Kang January 9, 2016

Vinny B November 26, 2015

Chris Severn January 27, 2017

Angelo Suarez July 19, 2016

Tammy Frattini May 24, 2017

This is perfect! I wanted to lock screen orientation to landscape and prevent apps from doing their own thing - despite the fact that I had disabled auto rotate in the system settings. This is a must have app for anyone looking to keep apps from going rogue. I clicked the shield and landscape and locked it!! Highly recommend!!

Nicholas Bodley November 3, 2016

No help in a Nexus 7 This app is about the same as similar ones. Auto rotation is often desirable in a tablet with rather extreme screen aspect ratio (height:width), unlike a smart phone. Recent apps have disabled auto rotation, and it doesn't work in this.app, either.

Arran Thomas November 7, 2015

Exactly what I needed After dropping my phone, my camera only worked when in landscape and blacked out if it was rotated, but, I could use it in portrait if I fixed the phone's orientation to landscape (frustrating). I tried a couple of orientation apps, but the first didn't have a notification button and the second meant using its notification button to open the app - this third app is absolutely perfect with its fully operational notification menu, meaning I can apply any orientation in as little as two flicks. Thank you!

Vikkey Perez January 9, 2016

My prepay phone does not have rotation sensors and this app was recommended by phone mfg. It worked! I don't mind that it is manually controlled. Yeah, I would recommend it to people with cheap phones and tablets with screens that don't rotate.. It gets the job done and it's easy to use.

Emma Taylor June 14, 2015

Great little app It does exactly what I need it to do. It locks my screen into reversed portrait mode (something missing from lollipop) and keeps it there. The only thing missing is the option to not display set settings in the notification bar. If it had that, it would be perfect.

Tejas Shah December 1, 2016

Great app The sensors on my Nexus 7 are dying so needed a software fix to rotate my screen for viewing movies and such. Only one wish though, the number of buttons in the notification is too high, if I could customize the number of buttons in the notification it'd be a lot better.

Josaphat Soekahar December 11, 2015

Android x86 on a Netbook ... and this app is a must. It just works, not much configurations, hassle free! Instagram, Shooty Skies and Tumblr are now working great with landscape mode on my laptop! Not just that, the UI in notification is beautifully crafted, looks very pro! Thanks for the dev for this awesome, flawless software!

Lewis Kelly May 12, 2015

Love it! The ability to set the notification priority means that by picking the lowest, the controls only show when you pull down the notification panel. It doesn't show an icon along the top nor on the lock screen. This feature is something apps integrate manually most of the time, but to give us the choice in this app warrants an immediate 5 stars.

Alexander Kapshuna June 6, 2015

Only one wish Very good! Design is much better than outdated Ultimate rotation control. I have only one suggestion: customisable set of buttons. There is no need for me in ALL possible rotations, but buttons sit too tightly on the small screen of the phone.

Player Hater July 16, 2015

Works better than the rest I've tried numerous rotation lock apps and this is the only one that I've been satisfied with. It works perfectly. Internet and texting are automatically landscape while phone calls and native portrait apps are portrait. Now I can turn off the finicky auto rotate feature.

Emma Vydas July 17, 2015

Compatibility On LG Optimus Android 4.4 not all the orientations work. Specifically portrait (sensor) does nothing. In addition, there's no customization, for instance say I have no use for some of the other orientations there is no option to hide the orientations one hardly uses. Not bad for a free app but it doesn't exactly fit the bill either. How unfortunate.

Mason Govender September 26, 2016

Works Great - Missing 1 feature Everything works great with this app, I feel it should have an option to flip the screen horizontally or vertically, wud work great for HUD. Like my post if u feel the same, to get the developers attention. Or if this is not at all possible let me know.

February 13, 2017

Wow.. What an app for tablets. Now i can see everything in landscape view... Really got frustrated with potrait view earlier when using other apps in my tablet. Rotation control is great app for people who really wants to skip potrait view forever for any given application. Loved it. Thank you developers.

Alex M May 15, 2016

Nicely done My Nexus 7 2013 stopped auto rotating. Very annoying because I had to reboot for portrait mode every time I played a horizontal game. This sorts it. Small install size, no permissions. Thank you.

John Faser February 4, 2016

Fixed my Nexus 7 Another app diagnosed faulty sensors on my aging tablet when I couldn't get the screen to rotate anymore (it was locked in portrait mode). Rotation Control provided a super easy fix. Thanks so much!

Dan Nelson August 11, 2015

It was great, until it damaged my phone. Worked perfectly until I forgot about the warning to not install anything with guard mode enabled. Now my phone will not rotate at all, with or with our this app installed. Ridiculous to expect us to not only remember that warning but also for us to always be aware of what mode we use. No response through emails, no help offered. Poor service, be careful.

Nope Ohno June 26, 2016

Saved me from reset This app works great! I was doing a backup because it was the only thing I could do to fix my rotation bc nothing else worked. Now I don't have to reset and best of all no permissions required.. thank u for this free app!

Kieron Seymour-Howell August 19, 2015

Simple, elegant, effective and works. I tried about ten rotation apps, after careful consideration balancing needs and features, I chose this one. This gives you what you NEED, in a tiny memory and space footprint. This works with one tap for most features, and overides any rotation problems. This is created by a programmer who knows what they are doing!

Robin Cole-Hamilton August 6, 2016

Very simple but does exactly what it promises. Easy to understand and get working quickly. Using for my HTC which doesn't allow reverse portrait format natively and so is fairly u/s for audio recording using a plug-in stereo microphone.

Al B. February 4, 2016

Saved me from rebooting My nexus accelerometer died. This app saved me from having to reboot each time I wanted to go back to portrait mode, after playing a landscape game

Michael Maes March 16, 2016

My phone has a dead area on the touch-screen, which made it impossible to hit HOME, and very difficult to hit BACK. With Rotation Control, I can now operate my phone upside down. Until I can get a new phone, this app is a lifesaver. Flipping awesome! (pun intended)

Adam Beale August 30, 2016

Portrait Sensor Mode Broken I got this app so I could have my phone automatically flip upside down when I plugged my charging cable into it... BUT Portrait (Sensor) doesn't work on my Samsung Note7

Aman Kumar July 15, 2017

I wanted reverse portrait mode but needed it to be automatic. There is no constant behaviour. In auto rotate mode my display used to rotate all 360 degrees. But now it only works like phone's rotation system. Reverse portrait is only thing new and that too is not automatic.

Jeremiah Velez June 9, 2016

Scrn don't work about an inch or so from the middle of the screen. So my screen is perfect has nothing wrong with it but just doesn't work ina certain spot. So it made it hard to click yes or no, or even type certain letters. But this app...oooh but this app. Made that possible again!!! Thank you!!

James Darpinian January 3, 2016

Better than 'set orientation' Can set the notification priority to remove the status bar icon, and forcing reverse portrait mode actually works. Now I can set my phone upside down in the cupholder to charge and still see my navigation directions!

Spritearoo oo May 5, 2015

Good app This app can fix the stupid rotation that do not support landscape in Lollipop. Lollipop have many stupid issue, i think lollipop is a downgrade, its make your smatphone become stupidphone :D

Clint M August 23, 2016

Makes my phone a lot more usable Half of my screen digitizer is damaged and this helps me rotate and lock my screen so I can still use the majority of my apps until my new phone arrives. Easy and convenient to use and works perfectly. Thank you dev!

Brandon Bagley December 19, 2016

Fixed my Galaxy Note 4! My phone's auto-rotate feature would only work if I had the phone turned clockwise, with the top side on the right, but this app allowed auto-rotate to kick in regardless of which way my phone is turned! Easy fix!

Bri Stevenson May 20, 2016

Excellent Rotates and holds everything the way you want it with a simple uncluttered interface. Great if you need to flip which side you want your headphones/charger! Also, I had problems with Nexus 6p rotation out of the box, this solves it.

Kevin Most July 24, 2015

Does exactly what it says, incredibly simple to use, has a ton of cool features (like the Guard feature). I'm a developer and it's annoying to have 5 or 6 phones plugged in at my desk to test with, all of which happen to have their USB ports on the bottom. By forcing a 180 degree rotation, I can run all of their cables away from me and reduce wire-tangling.

ghostfaceteen14 November 30, 2015

Great app to fix instagram's sad no rotation just got a tablet and the button's were located on the bottom and felt weird and sad instagram don't just have the simplest as the rotation so we all don't need a 3rd party app but hey y'all doing it till IG listens... and i thank y'all 5 stars!

Keith Wansbrough October 29, 2016

Fixed my rotation - brilliant! I broke my X accelerometer and screen rotation stopped working. Installed this app so I could control it manually, and then realised that its auto rotation mode is smart enough to correctly work out my device orientation even with broken sensor! So as long as I run this app everything works as before! Thank you very much indeed!

Tafari Wayne October 13, 2015

Absolutely Amazing I dropped and cracked my phone, and wouldn't you know it, the crack happen right where I key in password locks, answer the phone and do all the typing, and so I couldn't not use my phone because of that. I am being quoted $300 or so to fix the crack, and i say, I don't think so. So I scoured play store, and discovered this app. It allows my phone to rotate universally, thus away from the crack that gave me back access to my phone. Thanks so much, words can't express my gratitude suffice.

July 7, 2017

I'm disapointed! Was going to give it 5 stars, but for the past 4 days, it crashes every time. So... 1 star for the previous month where it did not crash.