Simple Minimalist Launcher

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About this app

Simple Launcher is a minimalist launcher for Android: a clean, text-based home screen that turns your smartphone into a calmer, minimalist phone. It helps you cut screen time, stay focused and beat phone addiction, without giving up the customization you want.

No icon grid and no endless scrolling. Your home screen shows only the apps you pin, a clock and the widgets you choose. Everything else is one search away.

★ A CALM, DISTRACTION-FREE HOME SCREEN
• Pin your favorite apps and reorder them
• Pinned styles: plain list, boxed, pill, bento, periodic table, word cloud, tiles, frosted glass, liquid glass and a screen time list
• Build your own home layout: split the screen into tiles, resize and swap them, and save several layouts
• Notification badges on pinned apps, in the style you pick

★ WIDGETS THAT RESPECT YOUR FOCUS
• Clock, date, battery, screen time and screen unlocks
• Day, month and year progress bars
• Music controls, next calendar event, notes and images
• Weather in eight styles. You search for a city by name, and the app never asks for location permission
• Quick settings tiles: torch, ringer, rotation, Do Not Disturb and more
• Widget playground: build your own widget out of layers
• A widget board that also holds widgets from your other apps

★ FAST APP SEARCH
• Search your apps, or send the same words to the web, contacts, dialer or maps
• Auto-open keyboard and auto-launch on a single match
• Alphabet scroll bar, recent apps and app shortcuts
• Search codes: type a short code like "123" to open one app instantly

★ THEMES AND FONTS
• Material You dynamic colors, light and dark presets
• Custom theme editor: set a color for every surface, then save your palettes by name
• 30+ built-in fonts, or import your own. Set a different font for the clock, widgets, search and folders
• Wallpaper with opacity and blur you control

★ ORGANIZE YOUR APPS
• Hide apps, rename apps and color app names
• Folders with their own styling
• Show or hide work profile apps
• Long press any app to see today's screen time for it

★ GESTURES
• Swipe left, right, up and down, double tap and long press. Map each one to an app, a folder, search, settings, the notification shade or screen lock
• Adjustable swipe friction and haptics

★ WHO IT'S FOR
Anyone doing a digital detox, trying to cut phone addiction or reduce screen time. Students and professionals who want to stay productive. Anyone who wants a dumbphone-like feel on a smartphone, or who just likes a clean, aesthetic home screen.

★ PRIVACY FIRST
No ads and no data collection. The app does not ask for location permission.

Accessibility Service: Simple Launcher uses the Accessibility Service only to lock the screen when you double tap, or when you assign lock to a gesture. It does not collect or share any data through it.

Community and roadmap: https://linktr.ee/simple.launcher
Feedback: [e-mail]

Ratings and reviews

good launcher and i love all the features. im going to switch off of it because of the occasional lag on swiping to open it. I've never had that on another launcher and its like a five second delay of "getting things ready for you" . ive also noticed less often the launcher will crash and ill have to force stop it because you cant use the device.

The best optimal and functional simple launder app I've found on Android with no ads, it's helped me use my phone more purposefully. The only thing I would like is more color custom ability with the simple text and backgrounds. I have an old school pixel text font selected that id like to make green on top of the black background for an old school computer look. If they can make that small change I would happily give it 5 stars ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

so close to perfect. I've found that some of the only things that consistently bother me are the fact that an app won't pop up if there is a space behind the name (which happens if you use swipe) and that I've kinda got an idea how far to scroll to find the hidden folder really quickly. it would be cool if there was a way to make it appear in a random spot every time. that might make it easier for me to avoid those apps.

What’s new

What's New:
• Improved top and bottom widget sizing and alignment
• Updated app opening animation
• Redesigned action sheet
• Added blur effects across app bars
• Swipe to launch app can now be removed