Sanctuary: Minimalist Launcher
Your phone, without the pull.
A minimalist Android launcher and focus app that interrupts mindless scrolling with intention gates, focus modes, app limits, and private on-device insights.
A closer look
See it in action
Your Phone, Without the Pull
Nine essentials and no icon grid competing for your attention.
Pause Before You Open
Intention Gates add a breath between impulse and action.
Set Calm App Limits
Daily budgets make distracting behavior less automatic.
Choose Your Intention
Continue with purpose—or decide you never needed to open the app.
Reflect Without Judgment
Understand patterns through private, local-first attention insights.
Focus Modes for Every Day
Shape your phone around work, reading, rest, and unplugging.
Find Apps Without the Grid
Search, rename, hide, sort, and decide what deserves friction.
Let Notifications Wait
Batch selected non-urgent alerts into scheduled digests.
About Sanctuary: Minimalist Launcher
Sanctuary helps you reduce screen time without treating every app like an enemy. Its quiet, text-first home screen keeps up to nine essentials close while removing the icon grid, badges, and visual noise that compete for your attention.
Intention Gates place a deliberate pause between impulse and action. State why you are opening a selected app, wait through a configurable breathing pause, then continue—or return home. Daily limits and scheduled focus modes make distraction a conscious decision.
Sanctuary is private by design: no account, no advertising SDKs, no behavioral analytics, and no cloud sync. Intention history, notification digests, and insights stay on your device, with user-initiated local export and import.
Key Features
- Quiet text-first launcher with nine essential apps
- Intention Gates with breathing cooldowns
- Daily usage budgets for distracting apps
- Scheduled focus modes for work, reading, sleep, and weekends
- Searchable app library without an icon grid
- Optional notification digest at chosen delivery times
- Private attention insights without streaks or shame
- Local export and import with no cloud account
Perfect for
Who it's for
- People reducing screen time
- Students and professionals protecting focus
- Digital minimalists
- Anyone seeking a calmer Android launcher
Data & Privacy
- No account required
- Local-only storage (data stays on your device)
