Elder Launcher: UI for Seniors

Arjunsinh Jadeja

About this app

Elder Launcher is a launcher designed for seniors focused on simplicity and legibility.

Elder Launcher supports pinning favorite apps and contacts to the homescreen for quick access.

You can easily phone call your favorite contacts from the homescreen.

The edit menu is useful for managing the home screen. It can be opened by clicking the pencil icon on the top right.
• You can add/remove favourite apps or contacts.
• You can also rearrange selected favourites.
• Lastly, in case a newly installed app isn't immediately visible then use the Reload option.

Elder Launcher's clear layout with big icons and text, makes using phones very easy for everyone.

If your phone has Android 10, then you can turn on Dark Mode in your settings app to make Elder Launcher dark with a black background.

This is an open source app. You can view the source code here: https://github.com/itsarjunsinh/elder_launcher

You can view app fixes and feature roadmap here: https://github.com/itsarjunsinh/elder_launcher/projects/1

Ratings and reviews

Downloaded this for my father. The set-up is intuitive and it's easy to figure out how to edit which you have selected for favorite apps or contacts. My one suggestion would be adding a way to search contacts by name to add them since many people have dozens (or hundreds!) to scroll through. Really grateful this app doesn't collect data! It's just a straightforward solution to a problem that helps lots of people!

This worked great for my Mom who is older and not tech savvy. Interface is simple and user friendly. Just wish there were app icon badges for email and text messages. It would be nice if there was a number on top of the app icon so that she knows if she has a new message. The notifications at the top of phone are too small for her to see and not as easy for her to understand.

A great app, but it can't be used without badging for unread items. I know you've previously said "I'll have to do it such that seniors installing this app by themselves are not overwhelmed. In the meanwhile, android notifications panel is still at the top to view notifications" but I wonder how many seniors are doing this themselves? I would think many people are doing this for the seniors in their lives. The notification bar at the top is too small and confusing to be of use to many.

What’s new

What's new?
• Added Italian Translation
• Better padding around the reorder app/contact tiles.
• Internal updates and improvements.