Focal: Minimal Launcher

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About this app

Your phone opens to a wall of icons, badges and colour — engineered to pull you
somewhere you never meant to go. Focal replaces it with a quiet, text-only home
screen you actually want to look at.

Focal is a real Android launcher, not a wallpaper or a dashboard app. It owns
your home screen, so the noise doesn't come back the moment you press home.

QUIET BY DESIGN
• No icon grid, no badge dots, no colour noise
• Dark-only, built around a single accent colour
• Clean typography instead of decoration

EVERYTHING IN TWO TAPS
• Swipe up for universal search — apps, contacts, notes and the web in one field
• Tap a contact to dial straight from search
• Instant, native performance; no launcher lag

A PRODUCTIVITY CANVAS, NOT A MENU
• Home: clock, date, weather, your next calendar event and a daily intention line
• Swipe left for Focus — a Pomodoro timer that keeps running in the background,
plus session history and read-only screen-time stats
• Swipe right for Notes — markdown, checklists, tags and pinning, swipeable
• Habit dots on the home screen, so streaks live where you already look

PRIVATE BY DEFAULT
• Local-first — notes, habits and sessions stay on your device
• No account required
• No ads. Ever.

FREE INCLUDES
• The full launcher: home canvas, all gestures, universal search, app launching
• Up to 5 notes and 3 habits
• The Pomodoro focus timer
• Calendar agenda line, weather, clock and screen-time stats
• The signature Ink + Emerald theme

FOCAL PRO
• Unlimited notes and habits
• The full palette and font collection
• Advanced habit and screen-time analytics
• Everything new as it lands

Pro is available as a monthly or annual subscription, or as a one-time lifetime
unlock — buy it once and it's yours. Every install starts with a 7-day free
trial of the full Pro experience. No card required, and nothing charges when it
ends; you simply drop back to the free tier.

A NOTE ON PERMISSIONS
Focal asks only when a feature needs it, never at startup.
• App list — a launcher must see your installed apps to search and launch them
• Contacts — only when you first search for a contact
• Calendar — only when you first show the agenda line
• Notifications — only when you start your first focus session
• Usage access — optional, for the read-only screen-time view
Weather is optional and can be turned off in settings; when on, it uses your IP
address to find your city and nothing else.

Make your home screen the calmest place on your phone.

What’s new

Focal 1.0
• Eight clock layouts for Home, from a split-flap board to a sun arc. 12/24-hour supported.
• Long-press Home to swap layouts and colours on live previews.
• Follows your phone's Material You colour by default.
• New first run: hold to quiet the noise, then pick your clock.
• Home always fits one screen. No greeting, just your day.