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Escape Launcher 2.3.1

Minimalist home screen with features to help reduce phone distraction

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About Escape Launcher

Escape Launcher is a minimalist home screen launcher app with features to help with phone and social media distractions.

Features:
* Screen time tracking
* Support for work apps (Android 15+)
* Support for private space (Android 15+)
* Colour themes
* Fonts
* Weather
* Search
* Widgets
* Double tap to lock
* Hide apps
* Countdown before opening apps you choose
* You can disable the screen time dashboard
* Customisable alignments, positioning of items
* Fuzzy find in search

License: MIT
Release info Update on Jan 02, 2026
Release notes Escape Launcher 2.3.1 Update

> [!CAUTION]
> If you're having issues updating from an earlier version of Escape Launcher, clear the storage and uninstall any previous versions before reinstalling. I don't think there's any breaking changes with this update but I haven't tested updating.

Changelog for Release 2.3.1

Bug fixes
• Fixed crash when clicking on clock on Galaxy phones
• Fixed crash when pausing or un-pausing work apps when launcher is not default
• Fixed crash when loading widget previews
• Fixed crash launcher apps without normal main activity activity setups (e.g. Samsung Reminders)

Changelog for Release 2.3

Bug fixes
• Performance improvements
• Fixed crash when loading favourite apps in setup
• Fixed some fonts not being shown on older devices by packaging them with the app
• Fixed search showing fuzzy find apps before exact matches
• Haptic feedback would happen twice or not at all
• Bottom search is now positioned correctly

Features
• App shortcut support
• Work profile support
• Weather integration
• New dedicated FOSS version without analytics or any Google APIs
• Clock opens clock when tapped
• Weather opens weather when tapped
• Date opens calendar when tapped
• System theme colour theme

Changes
• Updated home screen to have an "at a glance" style UI
• Optimized performance in BulkAppManager
• Improved Onboarding flow
• Added appropriate font licences
• Double tap to turn off now uses accessibility APIs so you can use biometric authentication after using it
• Gradient at bottom of app drawer

Thanks!

Thanks for using Escape Launcher and supporting me! If you find any bugs or have a feature request, feel free to use the issues tab on GitHub. If you really like it, I would really apricate if you sponsored me on GitHub. We also have a Discord Server you can join if you want to chat with us.

As always, thanks for using Escape Launcher!
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