
Why Use This Circle To Search App?
The Problem with Google’s CTS Version
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Forced Cloud Syncing: Uploads your selection to servers even when you just want to copy text.
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Get’s accidentally triggerd frequently, exposing sensitive data instantly to google
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Ecosystem Lock-in: Restricted to Google Search—no support for Bing, Yandex, or AI models.
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Locked to Google ecosystem—no choice of search engine
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Missing Features: Useful features like “Share” and “Save” have been stripped out.
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Hardware Exclusivity: Only available on expensive flagship devices (Pixel 8, Galaxy S24+).
What We Do Differently
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Only what you circle gets processed—nothing else
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True Offline OCR: Text recognition works 100% locally on your device—no internet needed.
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QR detection offline, Smart Scan offline—no unnecessary servers
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Universal Compatibility: Works with any search engine (Google, Bing, Yandex, TinEye,).
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Restored Utility: We brought back the “Share” and “Save” features Google removed.
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Works on any Android device, not just expensive flagships
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Works on De-Googled Devices no google programs needed.
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And has many other useful features
100% Independent: Works on any Android phone (Android 10+), without requiring Google Play Services or OEM-specific software.
Privacy-First: No background tracking or logs—just pure on-device selection.
➥ Download:
- github
It still needs a lot of improvements and isn’t polished yet, as I am a solo developer working on it. You can download it from GitHub for now, as the new update is yet to be released on F-Droid.



I wish there was a way to disable search engines. Even better to be able to custom define them.
Would also be nice to disable to fallback behavior of using catbox, or at least the ability to use a custom storage pool.