Features

Launch0 replaces your home screen with a fast, text-only command layer and pairs it with focused productivity features. Everything below is built in — no accounts, no add-ons, and no internet connection required.

Home Screen

• Text-based app shortcuts — pin 0 to 8 apps as plain text for instant, icon-free access. Long-press a slot to assign or change its app.
• Date, time & battery — a time line and a date line (which also shows your current battery level). Tap the time to open your clock app and the date to open your calendar; long-press either to choose which app it launches. You can show the time and date, show the date only, or hide both.
• Days-left widget — an optional grid that visualizes how much of the current year remains.
• Screen time — see how long you've spent in each home app today, shown as a small capsule beside the app's name. It appears once an app has been used for at least 5 minutes and needs usage-access permission (Android 10+).
• Held-notification pill — when Do Not Disturb is holding notifications for an app, a count appears next to it; tap it to release them immediately.
• Alignment — align home text to the left, center, or right, with an optional bottom position (available once Launch0 is your default launcher).

Notes

Launch0 includes a built-in Notes page — like a private chat with yourself. Swipe left on the home screen to open it (the default swipe-left action), and swipe left again inside Notes to search. Everything is stored locally on your device.

• Text notes — type and send a thought, link, or reminder, messaging-app style. A running count of your entries is shown at the top.
• To-dos — mark any note as done (with a checkbox) or flag it as urgent to make it stand out.
• Voice notes — record an audio memo, then play, pause, and resume it inline. Each shows its duration. Requires microphone permission.
• Images — attach an image from the picker, or share an image into Notes from any other app via Android's share sheet. Tap an image to view it full-screen.
• Clickable links — URLs and email addresses in your notes become tappable automatically.
• Message actions — long-press any note to copy, share, edit, or delete it.
• Date dividers — notes are grouped by day with Today / Yesterday labels and full dates for older entries.
• Search — a dedicated search page filters your notes as you type, with results anchored next to the keyboard for quick reach.

App Drawer

• Instant search — swipe up and start typing to filter your apps. The top match launches automatically; begin your query with a space if you'd rather it didn't auto-launch.
• Smart ranking — apps whose names start with your query rank above mid-word matches, so the app you mean is usually first.
• Alphabet fast-scroll — an A–Z index down the edge of the list lets you jump straight to a letter.
• App icons — optionally show app icons in the drawer, with an adjustable size (16–48 dp) and shape (default, circle, square, squircle, or teardrop).
• Icons-only or names-only — hide app names for a compact icon grid, or hide icons for the classic text list. (You can't hide both.)
• Screen time — see today's per-app usage right in the drawer, alongside any held-notification count.
• Rename apps — give any app a custom label that makes sense to you.
• Hide apps — remove apps from the drawer without uninstalling them; unhide them later from Settings → hidden apps.
• App info & uninstall — long-press an app for quick access to its system info or to uninstall it (system apps can be hidden but not removed).
• Pinned shortcuts — app shortcuts appear alongside apps and can be launched or removed.
• Web search — start your query with ! to search the web instead of your apps.
• Work profile aware — work-profile and dual-app entries are listed and launched correctly.

Gestures

Gesture	Action
Swipe up	Open the app drawer
Swipe left	Open Notes (default) or a favorite app
Swipe right	Open a favorite app
Swipe down	Open notifications (default) or search
Double tap	Lock the screen
Long press	Open settings

• Configurable — the swipe-left action (Notes or an app) and the swipe-down action (notifications or search) are set in Settings → Gestures. You can assign apps to swipe-left and swipe-right, and long-press those rows to enable or disable them.
• Double tap to lock — locks the screen instantly. On Android 9+ this uses an accessibility service; on older versions it uses the device-admin API. Either way it's optional and off by default.

Do Not Disturb

Hold back notifications from distracting apps so you can focus, then get them all at once when you're ready.

• Hold notifications — choose which apps' notifications get parked instead of interrupting you.
• Choose a duration — hold for 30, 45, 60, 90, 120, or 180 minutes.
• Release on your terms — a count pill appears beside the app on the home screen and in the drawer; tap it to release the held notifications, or let them arrive automatically when the window ends.
• Requires notification access, which you grant from Settings. Ongoing notifications such as calls and music are never held.

Appearance

• Themes — dark, light, or follow the system setting.
• Text size — scale text across the app from 0.5× to 1.5× (up to 2.0× on tablets) in small steps.
• App icons — toggle icons in the drawer and set their size and shape (see App Drawer).
• Status bar — show or hide the system status bar.
• Auto-show keyboard — automatically raise the keyboard when you open the app drawer, so you can start typing right away.
• Auto-generated wallpapers — turn on a fresh, abstract gradient wallpaper that regenerates every hour, created entirely on your device (no download, no internet). It matches your light/dark theme and works while Launch0 is your default launcher.

Localization

Launch0 is translated into 20 languages, including English, Arabic, German, Spanish, French, Hebrew, Croatian, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil), Russian, Swedish, Turkish, Ukrainian, and Chinese.

Privacy

• No ads
• No data collection
• No tracking
• Works fully offline — Launch0 doesn't even request internet permission
• Notes, voice memos, and images stay on your device
• Open source under GPLv3

Work Profile

Launch0 supports Android work profiles and dual apps, so your work and personal apps are listed, labeled, and launched correctly throughout the launcher.