Before Launcher | Go Minimal Apk
Latest version 7.6.0-5431044231
18 Jun 2024
Apk Infos
| Version | 7.6.0-5431044231 |
| Rating | 4.6/5, based on 8,799 votes |
| Size | 17.6 MB |
| Requires Android | Android 7.0+ (Nougat) |
| Author's Notes | Try mindfulness, enjoy the results. Manage distractions & take your time back! |
About Before Launcher | Go Minimal APK
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Description
⚡️Stay focused using the minimalist launcher with style and functionality.🔥Top 10 minimal launchers
✶Featured by Mrwhosetheboss and Copper vs Glass as a pioneer in Android minimal launchers✶
✶Open your phone 40% less✶
✶Reduce distractions with the notification filter. 80% of all notifications don’t warrant interruption✶
✶Focus on what matters. Streamline your work and play✶
❌ Zero ads, never a subscription
✶No ads, EVER✶
✶No subscriptions, EVER✶
✶Lifetime purchase for ALL of your devices✶
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Before Launcher maximizes your time by minimizing the look of your phone. This minimalist launcher provides functional features including:
✅ Minimal homescreen
Quick launch of your most important apps. It’s configurable, too!
📱Customize the look, make your own clean style
Choose from our large list of photo, gradient and solid themes or create your own.
🚀 Fast access to your favorites and everything else with one swipe
Fast access to all your apps in a scrollable, sortable & searchable list.
⭐ Favorite, folder and hide your apps
Group apps into folders. Pin apps to the top of your apps list. Hide unwanted and distracting bloatware (*available in pro version)
⛔ Hide trivial notifications
Our filtered notification drawer is unique. Trivial notifications don't interrupt you with vibrations, pings or noise. They won't clutter up your notification bar. But you still receive them and they are accessible with a quick swipe.
🔕 Notified but not distracted
Focus on what is essential. Important notifications (defined by you) still notify you, so you don’t miss anything.
🤝 Built to be private
We are not in the business of capturing or selling your data. We don't track any data that identifies you. We even allow you to turn off our anonymous analytics.
🔒 No required permissions = more privacy/security
Many other launchers want 10 or more device permissions. (the notification filter asks for one access but you can turn off that feature).
🎯Take control of your phone
Before Launcher can sort apps by their size, their installed date and the last time you used them. Uninstall the ones that take up too much space, or you never use.
⚙️Suite of custom widgets designed for wellness
Practice mindfulness using our free widgets designed to reduce screen time. See date & time, battery, weather, and your average screen unlocks for the day and week.
🦄 Style your app icons
Add our own styles and also add 3rd party icon packs.
💯Easy set up
Our guided process helps you get Before Launcher set up in no time.
❤️No AI, just humans
We’re here for any questions, comments, or concerns about the launcher.
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Selected as one of Fast Company's best new apps of the year in 2019.
The minimalism movement inspired our work! This includes books like Digital Minimalism by Cal Newport, How to Break Up with Your Phone by Catherine Price and Indistractable by Nir Ayal. (2) Products like the Lightphone.
The Before Launcher app, with your consent, uses Android's Accessibility Service API to enable the double-tap gesture to quickly turn off your device’s screen. Your use of this feature is optional. The accessibility service in Before Launcher is disabled by default. Your consent is required to allow the accessibility service to be used by the Before Launcher and when consent is granted it is only used for the double-tap feature. You can revoke your consent at any time. The feature and the service do not collect or share any data.
🔹X / Twitter: https://twitter.com/beforelabs
🔹Medium: https://medium.com/beforelabs
🔹LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/before-software/about
🔹Email: feedback@beforelabs.com
Latest updates
What's new in version 7.6.0-5431044231
🚀 7.4.0🙀 Hide the app list!!
⭐️ Open search results from keyboard
🦾 Close folders using back-press or gesture
🐞 Bug fixes and performance improvements
How to install Before Launcher | Go Minimal APK on Android phone or tablet?
Download Before Launcher | Go Minimal APK file from ApkClean, then follow these steps:
Update Phone Settings
- Go to your phone Settings page
- Tap Security or Applications (varies with device)
- Check the Unknown Sources box
- Confirm with OK
Go to Downloads
- Open Downloads on your device by going to My Files or Files
- Tap the APK file you downloaded (com.beforesoft.launcher-v7.6.0-5431044231-ApkClean.apk)
- Tap Install when prompted, the APK file you downloaded will be installed on your device.
Older Versions
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User's Reivew
5 ★When I switched to this launcher, I felt a physical sense of panic: and that's when I knew I was addicted to my phone. Gone were my colorful wallpaper, bright and shiny app icons, and helpful-but-distracting widgets. My home screen was now just a black background with a list of my seven most-used apps. I knew my phone had been overstimulating, but I didn't realize how much I'd relied on that stimulation. When the panic subsided, I felt a sense of relief in its place.
5 ★This launcher is amazing! I would like to see the creation of groups that could be added to the home screen. Ex: Steaming is shown on home screen, once clicked it shows a new screen displaying Netflix, hulu, HBO etc. keep the minimal look possibly only allowing 4-8 items in any group. This would be an awesome feature to add and would prevent going to all apps to find similar ones. thanks again for awesome UI 👍
4 ★Easily the best launcher out there. Clean, simple and to the point. However with filtered notifications I am sometimes getting random vibrations from the notifications that are supposed to not be showing up. This wouldn't be an issue if it wasn't also occuring when my phone was on silent. I get multiple vibrations when my phone is on silent (a mode that has no virbrations). This is on a Galaxy Note 8 and only occurs when using filtered notifications
4 ★I love this app and have been using it for a few years! While I usually hate paying for app upgrades or subscriptions, I purchased the Pro version a few months and have been very happy with it so far. My only gripe is that I can't really change my home screen/lock screen wallpaper - everything will look normal using the "preview" setting during setup, but the wallpaper will become blurry & unrecognizable after actually changing the theme.
5 ★It really works! I open my phone and go on social media less since installing. The irony is that I HAVE been spending a lot of time optimizing, styling and organizing features... But once that's done, I'll be good to go. Some minor feature requests I would like: -independant controls to resize and align the home screen apps and widgets separately -possible bug: changing one custom font changes all three to the same (on Pixel 4a5g) -setting gestures to open an app (e.g. Swipe down to open Google)
5 ★This is easily the best launcher for Android - minimal, clean, perfect amount of customization without giving users cheap dopamine from colors and distractions. Fast def responses! But please, please 🙏 can you add the ability for Android shortcuts? I'd love to see the ability to add native Android app shortcuts i.e. when you *long press* apps, they show up, like normal. It's crippling to not have the ability to use shortcuts, especially with smart home automation and its convenience. Please? 😁
5 ★great launcher and good amount of functionality for a minimal one! there are issues with apps being updated in the main app selection when they are uninstalled, they still appear in the list. feature request for being able to rename and hide apps, as well as being able to apply the color wallpaper as a lock screen and home wallpaper for a more unified experience 😊
5 ★Before launchers free version allows for a very user friendly, minimal experience. With great levels of customization and a layout that allows for effective app navigation, I highly recommend this launcher to anyone who hates a cluttered homepage. As a side note, I also recommend this to anyone who loves the dark mode minimalism aesthetic.
4 ★UPDATED Reordering apps has been fixed for folders. Still has the annoyance of having to rename your custom app titles any time an app is updated by the Play Store. Otherwise this launcher feels nearly perfect. ≠========= I like it a lot. Stripped back in exactly the ways I want. Two annoyances. Any time an app is updated by the play store, the launcher reverts back to the app's label instead of your custom label. There's also no feature to easily reorder apps in folders.
5 ★This launcher is the greatest I have ever used, its virtually perfect. The simplicity of it makes your device much more functional and streamlined. Additionally, the notification silencer and home screen 14 app limit helps to mitigate distraction. It makes the phone more of a tool than a life/time sucking leech. The only suggestion I have is to make the sliding action of the notifications a bit smoother, but that's all.
5 ★Exactly what I was looking for. I wanted my home page to be icon free, logically organized, minimalistic and beautiful. This app does exactly that. And it's incredibly easy to use..maybe it doesnt offer tons of customizations....GOOD. It is so hard to find a launcher with the option to remove icons and then to find one which automatically organizes everything simply and efficiently...GOLDEN.
4 ★I have been going through a screentime cleanse, deleting apps that make me spend all my time staring at a phone instead of doing things I really want to do. I'm glad there are apps like this to help me focus on only the important features of the phone and not get distracted with the endless notification spam. This really needs to have the enable/disable work profile feature from the default launcher though. Otherwise excellent launcher!
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