Quick Settings

Review by eFreeware

If you own a Galaxy phone with Edge Panels and you keep reaching for the same handful of controls all day, Quick Settings is built for you. It turns the Edge Panel into a small command strip: Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, Do Not Disturb, brightness, flashlight levels, screenshots, screen recording and a few navigation buttons, all a swipe away. The appeal is not that any single item is new, but that they sit together in one place you can reach without leaving whatever is on screen.

It costs $2.49, carries no ads and offers no in-app purchases, so the transaction is simple: pay once and use it. At the time of writing it has more than 10,000 installs and a 4.2 average from 1,164 ratings, which suggests a settled, if modest, audience. It was released in May 2021 and has been updated since, most recently in September 2026, so the developer is still working on it.

What the panel actually puts in reach

The core of the app is a customizable control panel. You choose which items appear and how the layout looks, then pull the panel out from the edge of the screen. From there you can flip Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, Do Not Disturb, Mobile Data and similar settings, open the Camera, Calculator or Clock in either full-screen or pop-up view, control music playback, adjust sound and brightness, or set a screen timeout.

A few of the entries go beyond simple toggles. There is a one-tap lock screen action, several flashlight brightness levels, a QR code scanner, screen mirroring through Smart View, and a one-handed way to pull down the notification bar. Navigation buttons for Home, Back and Recents round out the set, which means the panel can stand in for gestures or a navigation bar when you want them.

Long-pressing an item reveals its own settings rather than acting on it. The developer gives the example of long-pressing the lock screen entry to bring up the power dialog, which is a neat way to pack two behaviors into one tile. It is the kind of detail that rewards a little experimentation early on.

Recording, capturing and scanning

Screen recording is one of the more involved features. You can record with customizable options, and a recent update added internal audio capture, so the sound from the phone can be included rather than only what the microphone picks up. That matters if you record gameplay, a call walkthrough or anything where the audio is part of the point.

Screenshots can be limited to a portion of the screen instead of the whole thing, which saves a cropping step when you only want a small region. There is also a QR code scanner, and a recent version added an option to choose which app handles QR codes. The camera permission is what makes both the scanner and the flashlight controls work, so those two features share the same access.

The small frictions the developer admits to

Not everything behaves like a stock control. Because of how Edge Panels work, volume and brightness are adjusted by tapping rather than dragging a slider, which is a different feel from the panel you get from the notification shade. Some system-level switches, including Airplane Mode and Mobile Data, have to be toggled manually, which the developer frames as a protection for the user. On Android 16 or later, a recent update added direct toggling for Mobile Hotspot, Location, Airplane Mode and Power Saving.

The lock screen action has its own condition. On devices running Android 9 Pie or later it works normally; on earlier versions you need a pattern or password, because fingerprint and iris unlock are not supported there under system policies. There is also a practical note about updates: after one, you may need to uncheck and recheck the Quick Settings panel for it to appear again.

Devices, permissions and setup

This is not a general-purpose Android app. It supports phones with Edge Panels, which in practice means Galaxy models across the Note, S, A and Z Flip lines. The developer states plainly that it is not designed for tablets or foldable devices other than the Z Flip series, so the addressable audience is narrower than the store category might suggest.

Setup runs through the phone rather than the app: open Settings, go to Display, then Edge panels, and enable the Quick Settings panel. That is the whole activation step. The app then asks for permissions as you use the features that need them, and the developer lists what each one covers. Accessibility permission drives the lock screen, screenshot, Home, Back, Recents, notifications, quick settings tiles and auto-lock actions. Recording audio is for screen recording, camera access is for the QR scanner and flashlight, and phone state access supports the Wi-Fi and Mobile Data controls.

If you would rather not grant accessibility access, you can turn Quick Settings off under Accessibility in the Settings app, though the controls that depend on it will stop working. Official documentation and a video explain how the permission is used, which is a reasonable amount of transparency for a utility of this type.

Aim and fit

The app targets a clear, self-selected audience: people who already use Edge Panels and want them to do more than launch apps. If that describes your phone and your habits, the value is in consolidation. The toggles, shortcuts and capture tools you would otherwise hunt for across the shade, the app drawer and the power menu are gathered in one strip you can pull from the side of the screen.

The price is a one-time $2.49 with no ads and no purchases layered on top, which keeps the proposition easy to weigh. The trade-offs are structural rather than hidden: tap-based volume and brightness, manual toggling for a couple of system switches, and a supported-device list that stops at Edge Panel phones. None of those are surprises, and the developer spells them out before you buy.

Someone on a Galaxy phone who takes a lot of screenshots, records the screen, or flips Wi-Fi and Bluetooth constantly would get the most out of it. Someone whose phone has no Edge Panel, or who wants the same controls on a tablet, is outside what this app is built to do.

Is the $2.49 worth it for Edge Panel users

I would judge Quick Settings as a focused, fairly priced utility rather than a broad system replacement. It does one job, puts a lot of everyday actions in one reachable place, and charges once. The 4.2 average across more than a thousand ratings is consistent with an app that works well for the people it was made for without being universally loved.

The strongest case for installing it is the combination of capture tools and toggles in a single panel, especially if you record your screen with internal audio or take partial screenshots often. The case against is simply fit: if your device does not have Edge Panels, or you are on a tablet or a foldable outside the Z Flip line, the app is not aimed at you. For a Galaxy owner who lives in the Edge Panel, it is an easy $2.49 to justify.

What's new in version 2.7.3

v2.7.3 - Directly toggle Mobile Hotspot, Location, Airplane Mode, and Power Saving on Android 16 or later. - Fixed Volume control not working on Android 17. v2.7.2 - Screen Recording with Internal Audio - Bug fixes v2.6.9 - Added a new option to customize the QR Code application - Fixed an issue where the Back button did not work on V OS or higher - General bug fixes and performance improvements