Dash — Handwriting Launcher

Sora Atelier

About this app

Dash replaces your home screen with something smarter: just write.

Scribble a letter anywhere on your screen and matching apps surface instantly. Write "G" and Gmail appears. Write "Sp" and Spotify appears. When there's only one match, it opens automatically — no tap needed.

━━━ WHAT'S NEW IN v2.2 ━━━

✦ Gesture Shortcuts — Map apps to @letter or symbol shortcuts
• Draw @G to open Gmail, @YT to open YouTube
• Draw # or ! or any symbol to launch your chosen app
• Long-press any app to set its shortcut instantly — no Settings needed
• Multi-stroke gestures supported naturally

━━━ HOW IT WORKS ━━━

✎ Scribble anywhere on the home screen to search
⇥ Auto-launch when one app matches — configurable delay
⌫ Swipe left to erase the last character
▤ Swipe up for the full app drawer
⚓ Pinned dock with drag-to-reorder and haptic feedback
⌚ Long-press any app → set a gesture shortcut instantly

━━━ THREE LAYOUT STYLES ━━━

● Minimal — Clean clock, text-only app list, pinned dock. Loads fast, uses barely any memory.
● Classic — Full layout with screen time card, Google search, and calendar agenda panel.
● Doodle Pop Ink — Warm paper aesthetic with ink-bordered sticker cards and handwritten typography.

━━━ CALENDAR AGENDA ━━━

See today's events right on your home screen (Classic layout). Smart Join highlights in-progress or imminent meetings with a direct Join button. Supports Google Meet, Zoom, Teams, and Webex. All read locally — nothing is shared.

━━━ ICON PACKS & APPEARANCE ━━━

● Third-party icon pack support (Arcticons, Nova-compatible packs)
● Adaptive icon tinting — auto-colorize monochrome icons to match your theme or accent
● AMOLED black, deep navy, or clean light mode
● 8 accent color presets, every combination WCAG AAA contrast-checked
● System wallpaper support with adjustable scrim opacity

━━━ ACCESSIBILITY ━━━

● Monolexic — dyslexia-friendly typeface with disambiguated letterforms
● Monolegible — high-contrast typeface with expanded letter spacing
● Bold text toggle
● Choose your typeface during the guided 5-step onboarding

━━━ WORK PROFILE ━━━

Personal and Work tabs in the app drawer. Work apps launch in their correct profile with badged icons.

━━━ PRIVATE BY DESIGN ━━━

Handwriting recognition runs 100% on-device using Google ML Kit Digital Ink — your scribbles never leave your phone. No accounts. No analytics. No ads. Ever.

Usage Access is optional (required for usage-sorted recency and screen-time card only). Calendar access is optional (required for the agenda panel only).


━━━ REQUIREMENTS ━━━

Android 9 (Pie) or newer. Works best on Android 12+.

What’s new

v2.2 — Gesture Shortcuts
• @letter shortcuts: draw @G for Gmail, @YT for YouTube
• Symbol shortcuts: assign # or ! or any symbol to an app
• Long-press any app to set its shortcut — no Settings needed