A calmer way to use your phone.

Whittle is a minimal Android launcher. Your apps stay one search away, your home screen stays quiet, and nothing about how you use your phone leaves it.

See the screens What it does

Coming soon on Google Play

What the launcher does.

Everything here is in the app today. Four things need the premium upgrade, and they are marked.

Every day

Minimal homeKeep what matters within reach without turning the home screen into another feed.
App search and drawerSearch your installed apps or browse them alphabetically, with nothing else competing for attention.
Quick TargetsReach the actions you use most from a sheet, instead of filling the home screen with icons.
WidgetsPlace the Android widgets you actually use, on the devices and versions that support them.

Focus and rules

Focus sessionsStart a session on demand or let a schedule start it for you, and choose which apps stay allowed while it runs.
Daily limits and time blocksGive an app a daily allowance, or block a stretch of the day outright. App Rules keep both in one place.
Open ChallengePuts a countdown in front of the apps you pick. It is a pause that asks whether you meant it, not a lock.
Screen timeA local overview of how long apps stayed open after you launched them from Whittle. It reads nothing else on the device.

Make it yours

Themes and typographyNamed themes, custom colours, twelve built-in fonts, text size, alignment, spacing, divider length and weather icon sizing.
Favorites and hidden appsFive active favorites and three hidden apps on the free version. Premium lifts both limits.
App renamingPremiumGive an app the label you would actually recognise it by.
WeatherPremiumThree providers, a detailed forecast, your own API key where one is needed, and manual or approximate location.
Backup and restoreExport your setup to a local JSON file and import it again later. Nothing is uploaded anywhere.

Free, with an optional upgrade.

There is no subscription and no trial. Premium is a single purchase that unlocks four things.

Free

The whole launcher, not a demo of it.

Home screen, app search and the alphabetical drawer.
Quick Targets and widgets.
Focus sessions, schedules and allowed apps.
Daily app limits, time blocks and Open Challenge.
Themes, colours, twelve fonts and every layout control.
Screen-time overview, backup and restore.
Five active favorites and three hidden apps.

Premium

One purchase, four additions.

Unlimited favorites, instead of five.
Unlimited hidden apps, instead of three.
App renaming, for labels that never fitted.
Weather, with three providers and your own API keys.

The price is set on the Play listing, which is not live yet, so it is not quoted here. It will be shown in the app before anything is bought.

This is most of the app.

Screens from the current build. Select any one to see it larger.

Home
App search
Quick actions
Focus
Settings

No analytics.
No tracking.
No ads.
No account.

Your settings, favorites, hidden apps, rules and screen-time history stay on your device. The only request the launcher makes on its own is the optional weather lookup, once you have turned it on and chosen a provider. The premium purchase is handled by Google Play, not by Whittle.

Read the privacy policy