HAL – Hybrid App Launcher

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About this app

Break your phone addiction — without breaking your phone.
HAL is a minimalist Android launcher designed to quiet the noise. Inspired by the clarity of old dumbphones, HAL strips away color, icons, and clutter — leaving only what you decide is essential. No swiping between pages, no dopamine-driven distractions.

HAL is designed to discourage impulse use by adding friction when reintroducing distracting apps. The launcher continues to evolve with thoughtful features to support digital minimalism.

What makes HAL different?
• Clean, text-based interface — black & white, no icons
• Essential-only apps on the home screen
• Simple toggle: choose what’s visible, hide the rest
• Just one accent color: a gentle yellow for notifications
• No ads. No tracking. No subscriptions — pay once, use forever

HAL is for the modern minimalist — the person who wants a detox without going full dumbphone. We all need access to digital IDs, calendars, music, email, and banking — but we don’t need a hundred unread notifications and shiny distractions every time we unlock the phone.

With HAL, you create space for presence, focus, and calm.

What's new

A new settings has arrived - it's now possible to enable/disable the unlock feature.