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[dev here] The Internet access is required only for the daily wallpapers and nothing else. The messages pop up based on date. Many users seem to like it but if I hear any more complaints, I'll consider removing them.

[dev here] The Play Store page has more details and reviews: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=app.olauncher

Why are Close and Save so next to each other?

I think you should mention the differences b/w Olauncher and your launcher in the readme. That will make it clear to people why they should give this a try.

By the way, Olauncher already has a ultra minimal version with the exact same name: https://github.com/tanujnotes/Ultra

Thank you! You can get the pro version or by me a coffee.

Pro Launcher: https://play.google.com/store/apps/dev?id=719880784008107493... BMAC: https://buymeacoffee.com/tanujnotes

[Olauncher dev here] There's no Firebase integration in the Olauncher and never was. It literally collects no data. The releases on the Play Store, F-Droid and Github releases [APK] are all built from the same codebase, which is available on Github. Not sure why it's flagged.

Have you tried Pro Launcher?

Disclosure: I'm the developer of Pro Launcher.

I made a minimal Android launcher called Olauncher during the pandemic. It now has a million downloads with 4.8 rating. A year ago (Jan, 2023) I launched the pro version, called Pro Launcher, and it's doing well.

Both available on my Play Store account called Digital Minimalism: https://play.google.com/store/apps/dev?id=719880784008107493...

I have been using a solo WhatsApp group as my "notes app" for years. Quite common with Android users. But when I needed a dedicated notes app to get a little more organised, I couldn't find anything satisfactory. The popular notes app are way too complicated for my purpose. The lesser knowns usually don't have a good UI/UX. And there's also the issue of privacy.

I needed a privacy respecting notes app which worked like whatsapp. So I built exactly that - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.makenoteto...

Took inspiration from Signal and called it Note to Self.

Location: Mumbai, India

Remote: Yes

Relocate: No

Technologies: Android, Kotlin, MVVM, Firebase

Resume: https://bit.ly/tanujresume1

Email: thetanuj@hotmail.com

OP here. I checked out your app and it's pretty good. I think I'll stick with no icon launcher. That way, users will have choices based on their preference of icon or no icon look. :)

OP here. I have been wasting too much time on my phone during this pandemic. I had to delete my most used social media accounts permanently to fix this. While that was helpful, it wasn't enough. I wanted to bring down my smartphone usage even further and that's when I stumbled upon minimalistic launchers for Android. Used them, loved them and decided to make one myself and open source it. Well, today's the day.

Presenting Olauncher! A minimalistic, free and open-source launcher app for Android. Now available at Play Store and Github. I hope you find it useful.

Play Store: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=app.olauncher

Github: https://github.com/tanujnotes/Olauncher

Yes. You'll be left with a messaging plus broadcasting app. I'm building it for people who waste a lot of time on twitter but can't leave the platform for various reasons. I thought removing the time consuming parts might help.

I published a minimalistic launcher app[0] recently and I was wondering if I can add a voice assistant in it to execute simple commands like "call someone" or "search this". Google assistant is completely off on my phone.

Now this looks amazing. I hope that at some point it will exist outside the browser. If they had an Android SDK, I'd add it in my app right now.

[0] https://github.com/tanujnotes/Olauncher