Aakar - Launcher

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About this app

Aakar is a polished, fully customizable home launcher for Android. It’s built to fit a wide range of people — from grandparents who need huge text and big icons, to power users who want a compact, keyboard-driven workflow on the same phone.

Three home styles, one app
• Standard mode — clock + favorites + swipe-up app drawer, the way most launchers feel.
• Keyboard mode — pinned grid at the top, an always-on QWERTY keyboard at the bottom. Type any app or contact instantly, no opening a search bar first.
• Minimalist mode — Text only, distraction free, focused mode.

Switch between them at any time with a long-press on home — no reinstall, no fuss.

Pin what matters, where it matters
• Pin apps AND contacts — contact tiles show the photo and tap-to-call.
• "Auto arrange" sorts everything A→Z and packs it to thumb height in one tap.
• Drop a tile on the top of the screen to remove it from home, or to uninstall the app (with a confirmation that names the app, so a missed tap doesn't blow anything up).

Universal search
• Type the first few letters of an app name OR its package name — "chrome" finds Chrome even when the system label is weird.
• Contact search happens entirely on your device, never leaves your phone. Picks up multi-number contacts with picker for Mobile/Home/Work.
• If nothing matches, "Search on Google" is a tap away.

Customization that actually customizes
• Live density (compact / cozy / roomy) — affects icon size, grid columns, and the QWERTY keyboard together.
• Material 3 light / dark / system, plus seven accent colors and a corner-radius slider.
• Five carefully chosen fonts (Inter, Outfit, Nunito, Manrope, Atkinson Hyperlegible — the last picked for low-vision readability).
• Notification badges — opt-in via a permission you can revoke any time. aakar only reads the count per app, never the contents.
• Translucent or solid clock background, manual text color, optional Nepali (BS) date alongside the Gregorian one.
• Icon-only mode if you prefer the home screen without labels.

Privacy by design
• No accounts, no sign-in, no cloud.
• Contacts stay on your phone — never uploaded.
• Notification badges only count notifications; they never read content.
• No analytics, no crash reporting, no tracking SDKs.

Built for Nepal-and-anywhere
• Optional Bikram Sambat date display.
• Friendly with Samsung's One UI, stock Android, and most OEM skins.
• Designed in Kathmandu.

Free and open about how it works. If you have feedback, the in-app "About" links to the project.

What’s new

Bug fixes and performance improvements