Phubbing is when someone spends too much time on their phone in your presence. According to recent studies, the more people phub, the more conflict they have when communicating with others.
To reduce the time spent with your gadget, you can start using minimalist launchers from third-party developers. They will change the Android interface to a more strict one, so that you are less tempted to launch YouTube, TikTok, and other time-wasters.
Indistractable
Developers Indistractable were clearly inspired by the interface of the LightPhone smartphone. The minimalist design is the first thing you will notice when working with the application. Contrasting graphical interface with white text on a black background. The main screen shows the time, date and battery level.
Basic functions are performed directly from the home screen, including the ability to make calls with access to the on-screen dial pad, contacts, and a log of incoming and outgoing calls.
Tasks is a built-in task manager. It is quite simple and works great as a daily planner. The daily to-do list can be deleted completely or edited item by item. If there are too many tasks and they do not fit on one screen, the scrolling function is enabled.
The launcher has two main pages: the home page and the application page, which is called by swiping from right to left. When you launch it, a list of all installed applications appears with a brief description. By tapping any of them, you can delete unnecessary ones or add them to "Favorites" and display them as text on the home screen.
A small icon on the main screen brings up a window where you can change the device settings, change the launcher, or change the theme. However, at the moment there are only two themes: light text on a dark background, and vice versa.
Launcher settings are grouped in a separate section. Here you can specify whether applications will be displayed as icons or as text; hide the status bar or battery level indicator; change the format of time and date. There is no option to hide an application in their list.
LessPhone
The only launcher on the list that is recommended Unbox Therapy, вполне соответствует слогану «ничего лишнего». LessPhone во многом похож на Indistractable Launcher. Есть и различия, но они незначительны. Например, время показывается в верхней части экрана, а уровень заряда батареи — в правом верхнем углу. Как и у Indistractable, у LessPhone есть менеджер задач. Чтобы позвонить кому-нибудь, нужно нажать кнопку Dialer в нижнем левом углу.
Although the approach to the interface is similar to the previous launcher, the developers went a little further. For example, important and frequently used applications are grouped into a separate Custom App section displayed on the home screen, where the user can add up to three programs. It is possible to increase their number, but this is a paid function.
The settings button is in the lower right corner. From here you can access the system settings and the launcher itself. In this section you can change the default applications: browser, launcher, phone, message manager.
Linux CLI
If you are a programmer, Linux CLI Launcher may become your favorite launcher. The interface looks like a terminal in Ubuntu. To launch the desired application, you need to enter its name and press "Enter". Several additional functions are also offered, such as file search, calculator or the ability to call the desired contact from the phone book by entering the command "Call + subscriber name".
You can also give commands to change the volume, turn on/off Wi-Fi, delete applications and a dozen other commands. To see all the options, enter the help command.
AIO Launcher
AIO Launcher is completely opposite to the previous launcher. Its only purpose is to show all the important things on one screen. Here you will find frequently used applications, notifications, time, weather, date, timers, letters, calendar events, Twitter, quick actions, etc. To open the list of installed applications you need to swipe left or you can click on the search icon and type the desired name.
Boring Phone
The third app on our list has a similar UI to the first two, but more settings are available to the user. One of the few common features is a task manager with a daily scheduler.
Boring Phone can only be considered a minimalist launcher with some stretch, but this application is still less demanding on resources than the “native” software shells of smartphones.
Applications are displayed at the bottom of the home screen. Here you can add up to eight icons of applications that you launch most often. The developers did not provide access to all applications. So if you are not ready to immediately identify 4-8 necessary programs, be prepared to edit the list repeatedly. You can hide icons and change their size.
In Android, notification settings are only available through the general phone settings. In Boring Phone, they are called up by the bell icon at the top of the screen. Here are also the system settings and a menu with the ability to select up to eight applications displayed on the main screen.
The paid version allows you to change the theme (including the neon color scheme), background color, date and time format.
Android has two apps responsible for resource usage statistics, but Boring Phone has its own built-in one. The information is available as a chart or a list. Using these statistics, it is easier to choose the apps that are important to you and understand which programs are taking up time.
Ap15 Launcher
Please note Ap15 Launcher — all applications are displayed on the home screen as text. You can access all of them, not just 4–8, as in Boring Phone, for example. Frequently used applications are highlighted in a larger font at the top of the screen, and settings can be customized and saved.
There is not much to configure, as there are no graphical interface elements. However, text parameters are easy to change. Pressing and holding the application name opens a menu through which you can access settings, change the font color, rename or delete. There is an option to reset to default settings.
Changes the color, size, style of the text; notification font color. The background of the main window is customized: you can change the color or upload a picture that will be set as a background image.