Focal: Minimal Launcher

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.