Access Dots - Android 12/iOS 1

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4.0
15.2K reviews
1M+
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PEGI 3
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About this app

Did you know that once you grant access to your phone's camera/microphone/GPS location to any third-party App, they can use it silently in the background?

And do you feel envious about the new iOS 14's privacy feature - shows an indicator whenever camera or microphone is accessed? Or you can't wait for Android 12's implementation of the same feature?

Presenting Access Dots for Android, supporting all the way down to Android 7.0!


Access Dots, adds the same iOS 14 style indicators (few pixels light up as a dot) to the top right (default) corner of your screen whenever any third-party App uses your phone's camera/microphone/GPS location. Access Dots will be visible even on your lockscreen!

Configuring the App is as simple as enabling the Access Dots Accessibility Service (Toggle switch in the App > (More) Downloaded Services/Installed Services > Access Dots > Enable). By default the App is configured to show iOS 14 style colored access dots - green for camera access, orange for microphone access and blue for GPS location. The App itself does not request for camera or microphone access, however, to be able to monitor GPS access by any App, 'Access Dots' require GPS location permission.

Access Dots is in early BETA, under development, so far it has the following features:

● Display Access Dots whenever phone's camera/microphone/GPS location is engaged by a third-party App.
● Maintain an Access Log, which can be accessed from the App's main settings screen. The Access Log shows when the camera/microphone/GPS location was accessed, which App was in foreground at the time of access initiation and how long did the access last.
● Assign any color to either of the Access Dots.
● On Android 10+, Access Dots by default sticks beside your camera cutout (if your device has.) You can configure the location of Access Dots to the point of specifying X/Y coordinates.
● If your device supports 'Energy Ring - Universal Edition!' App, then you can wrap Access Dots around the punch hole camera as well.
● The size of Access Dots can be adjusted.

While it's free to change the Access Dots' color to whatever you want, consider making a donation to support the development and have access to few extra configurations like changing the 'size' of the dot or its location on the screen. :)

Note: Please make sure the App is whitelisted under any kind of optimization setting your device has, if the App is killed from background by the System, you may have to restart phone to get the Access Dots active again.
Updated on
Feb 22, 2021

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Ratings and reviews

4.0
15.1K reviews
Paul Cresswell
July 22, 2020
An interesting concept which will hopefully progress further. At present I am unable to select where the dots would appear, or have a preview of what they would look like on the screen if they did. Also adding the option of the dots in the notification bar would be useful, as would be an in-app log of which applications accessed th camera and microphone, along with the time/date they did so. I wish you well with the further development of this app.
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IJP
July 24, 2020
Hi Paul! Thanks for your feedback, check out just released 'AD_2.0_Beta', it has an 'Access Log' plus few extra customization options, let me know how it goes! :) More features on the way!
Archie Maddison
February 15, 2021
This is a really great app. It is reassuring to know when your camera and microphone is being used and I have found that it always worked the way it should. Sometimes the orange dot will appear randomly but I believe that this is due to things such as "OK Google" and Samsungs bixby being actived. The only downside is that you need to pay for custom dot placement and to change the size but, that is minor issue as the dots are clearly visible and the free locations given are perfect for me.
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Fox Woodbury
October 24, 2023
Works exactly how I wanted it to! Great default settings, lovely gradients when there's more than one thing in use, and I have had no issues with the app being terminated! One thing I was there was however, is a "preview" of the dot. When you're messing with the options, it's hard to tell where it is. Thank you so much for making this app, it helped me catch what app was using my mic behind my back, and for those who actually care about privacy, it was Snapchat :)
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What's new

500,000+ downloads, thanks for the support, everyone!

* Bug fixes. Attempt to improve monitoring accuracy.

#1 Added 'Access Dot' for GPS access. Manually grant the one-time permission within the Settings of the App.
#2 Multiple Access Dots (Camera/Mic/GPS) now merge into a gradient whenever simultaneously accessed.
#3 Access Dots can now display as 'Ring' around punch hole camera if your device supports 'Energy Ring' App. Download and install the companion App.
#4 New App Icon.