Facet

Facet is the home screen of a phone made of glass.

There are no tiles. Your apps are thin white marks printed on one clear slab, with a lit edge around it and a room out of focus behind it: a café, a studio, dusk, a forest, firelight, night. The clock is a hairline. Open the app drawer and a sheet of smoked glass rises over the room.

Prefer more? Switch the marks to badges of tinted glass, or to your apps' own icons, in one tap.

SIX ROOMS
Each room has a night and a day, and the launcher follows your phone's theme. Pick the room in settings; the glass stays the same.

EVERYTHING A LAUNCHER SHOULD DO
A dock, pages, folders, hide apps, drag to arrange, search that ranks as you type, swipe down to search, double-tap to lock, an agenda from your calendar, a media pane for what is playing, one hosted widget of your choice, and clock and battery panes drawn in the same glass.

IT STAYS YOURS
No ads. No account. Your apps, layout and settings never leave your phone. Fourteen days free, then one payment. Never a subscription. The launcher keeps working while you decide.

WHAT IT ASKS FOR
Facet needs no special permission to be your home screen. The agenda asks for your calendar only when you switch it on. The media pane asks for notification access only when you switch it on. Both are optional.

Requires Android 12 or newer: the live blur is the product and there is no honest way to fake it below that.