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Bubbles In Time works offline. There is no server, no account and no sign-up — your photos never leave your phone.
Photos and short videos from your gallery displayed as floating circular overlays that persist over any app on your phone.
Set how often bubbles appear — every 30 minutes, 1 hour, 2 hours, or 4 hours. Bubbles arrive at your chosen rhythm automatically.
Fast fling or drag-to-edge to clear a bubble. Designed to be frictionless and respect your attention.
Tap any bubble to expand the media or open it fully. Tap again to return to what you were doing.
The bubble service runs continuously with a visible notification so you always know it's active. Android 8+ compatible, targetSdk 35.
This is what Bubbles In Time was built for: not a feed you scroll and not a notification you open, but your own memories drifting past while you go about your day.
Improved drag physics with natural inertia. Bubbles glide more fluidly and settle softly at the screen edge.
Community requestedRefreshed Play Store screenshots and description showing the overlay experience more clearly.
Small interactions polished based on what the first wave of testers reported during closed testing.
Bubbles In Time runs on Android 7.0 and up, costs $2.99 once, and has no subscription, no ads and no in-app purchases.
When someone messages you, their contact photo bubbles up on screen instead of a standard notification. Tap to open the conversation directly. Works across Messenger, SMS, WhatsApp, and more.
Top community requestAuthor a text note, set a time, and it bubbles up at the right moment. Reminders surface in the same ambient layer as your memories — no separate app needed.
Community requestedSchedule a memory or note to surface to yourself at a future date. A photo from today appearing on your birthday next year.
Set times when no bubbles surface — overnight, during focus work, or whenever you need space.
Community requestedChoose exactly which messaging apps trigger person bubbles. Messenger on, work email off. Complete user control.
Bubbles In Time uses Android's display-over-other-apps permission (SYSTEM_ALERT_WINDOW) to float your photos above whatever you're doing, then get out of the way.
Schedule a photo, video, or message bubble to appear on another person's phone at a specific time. A birthday morning. An anniversary. A thinking-of-you moment floating onto their screen.
Top community requestSet up an annual bubble once — every year on Mom's birthday, a childhood photo appears on her screen from you. Set it and let love be automatic.
Create a bubble and share it through any channel — text, email, WhatsApp. Recipients without BIT get a web preview and install prompt.
Bubbles In Time works offline. There is no server, no account and no sign-up — your photos never leave your phone.
Automatically surface a photo from exactly one year ago today. Ambient "On This Day" with no app to open.
Subscribe to a bubble feed from someone you follow — a grandparent's daily photo, a creator's quote of the day.
A bubble surfaces when you arrive home, or at a meaningful place. Context-aware memories.
A short recording from someone you love, surfacing as a bubble on their birthday or anniversary.
Let users choose small, medium, or large. Some want discreet, some want presence.
A bubble appears 30 minutes before a birthday event on your calendar. Automatically, without setup.
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