AOA: Always on Display 7.1.9

Reviews

1 ★, on 2023-09-01
Lots of customization options, but doesn't work correctly with Face Unlock on my OnePlus phone. When I try to wake the phone, my selfie camera isn't initialized properly, I have to press the power button multiple times and use an alternate unlock method (passcode). This basically makes the entire app unusable on my phone, which is a shame. Unfortunately, I didn't figure out this bug until after buying ALL in-app purchases. Guess they've already got my money now. Notification Badges all show -1

1 ★, on 2023-12-28
Used to be a great app, but now it constantly crashes. Also, it makes OTHER apps crash too, since it insists on drawing over them. Sadly, there doesnt seem to be any other apps like it on here, edge lighting for the OFF screen. So I keep trying this app, hoping maybe the developer might have fixed it. NOPE. They seem to not care at all. Also, they took away the option to make the font BOLD, so you can see it better. I dont like skinny font on my screen. Uninstalling

4 ★, on 2020-08-18
Samsung Galaxy Note 10+. I get a small flashing blue dot on my screen near the camera cutout. The app works, it's just in concerned that using it will permanently damage my screen do to the constant flashing of this one pixel. (Edit: changing to 4 stars. The dot issue happens when the pocket detection is on. When it's off, the dot appears for a second and then it's gone. This means that the app is usable for me now, hence the change to 4 stars. Also, the app doesn't auto start for some reason).

2 ★, on 2019-12-25
Couple of issues here. This is on Galaxy S10 plus running Android 10. -Battery is getting horrendously drained, about 30% in a 10 hour day -Auto brightness isn't functioning properly. And this is in comparison to the native always on display, which does -When turning the screen off, there's a good 2 second delay before always on display turns on -When turning on the screen while always on display is showing, there's a good 1-2 second delay at times -Not all apps' notifications are pushed through the always on display -There's no option to un-group texts from the same app. For instance, if you receive multiple texts in whatsapp, they will all be grouped into one and an icon will show saying how many messages there are. Group text messages are combined into this as well, so there's no way of telling from the always on display who the message is from and what it contains, if there are multiple, without unlocking the phone and opening the app Note: While using this app, I turned off the native always on display

3 ★, on 2019-04-25
Bought the pro version but had to uninstall. amazing app with lots of customization. I love the notification edge lighting!!! I had two reasons i uninstalled the app, one it drains my battery, no matter how much i like adding the functionality, if my phone is dead then it doesn't matter. second there are so many options a reset to default is needed if something isn't working the way you wanted.

3 ★, on 2022-04-25
Great app which compensates for the lack of AOD options on my Galaxy S22. I hope there are more animated backgrounds coming in the future! My only real complaint is there doesn't seem to be a way to hide the edge panel handle on Samsung phones when AOA is running. Unless the handle moves by itself, I'm worried it will cause screen burn. Update: After using the app for a few days, it just drained my battery too quickly to be viable. Too bad.