Pause Launcher

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About this app

Pause Launcher is an intentional, minimalist text-based home screen designed to help you regain control over your screen time, break the habit of mindless scrolling, and stay focused on what truly matters.

Modern smartphones are engineered to trigger dopamine loops through colorful icons, notification badges, and complex animations. Pause Launcher removes these visual triggers, replacing the traditional app grid with a clean, distraction-free typographic interface.

KEY FEATURES

• Pure Minimalist Interface
Experience a distraction-free home screen. Replace stimulating app icons with simple, readable text. Keep only your essential favorite apps visible and access the rest with a quick swipe.

• Friction Screen (Soft Block)
Stop subconscious app-opening habits. When launching potentially distracting apps, a customizable countdown pause makes you stop, breathe, and consciously decide if you really need to open that application.

• Hard Block Focus Sessions
Need to study or deep work? Set an unbreakable focus timer to lock selected apps entirely. Once active, blocked apps cannot be opened until the session expires.

• Daily Screen Time at a Glance
Monitor your device usage directly on the home screen with an integrated, privacy-focused daily screen time indicator.

• Launch Counter
Gain awareness of your habits. View subtle daily launch statistics beside configured apps to see exactly how many times you interact with them each day.

• Deep Customization
- Dynamic Light and Dark modes with automatic contrast adjustments.
- Support for system wallpaper or solid color background.
- Adjustable text size and layout alignments.
- Fast, keyboard-first app search with optional instant launch.
- Custom app renaming to streamline your drawer.

• Privacy & Transparency First
- 100% Offline: Pause Launcher does not collect, track, or transmit your personal data.
- No Advertisements: Zero tracking, zero sponsored placements, and zero ads.
- Lightweight: Minimal APK size, negligible battery consumption, and no background drain.

ACCESSIBILITY SERVICE DISCLOSURE
Pause Launcher uses the Android AccessibilityService API optionally and exclusively for its "Deep Block" feature. When enabled, this service allows the launcher to detect when a blocked app is launched from background tasks or system notifications, redirecting you back to your focus screen. Pause Launcher never uses accessibility access to read keystrokes, collect content, or monitor personal activity. All operations remain strictly local to your device.

Take a pause, reduce distractions, and reclaim your digital wellbeing with Pause Launcher.

What’s new

Initial release of Pause Launcher.

• Pure text-based interface to eliminate visual triggers and reduce screen time.
• Configurable home slots with built-in daily screen time display.
• Soft Lock: customizable breathing delay before opening distracting apps.
• Hard Lock: strict focus sessions to block selected apps.
• Fast search, custom gestures, and full offline privacy.