Hey everyone 👋

A few weeks ago, I made a small Android launcher for my parents. They used to find their phones overwhelming — too many icons, gestures, and pop-ups. I wanted to give them something calm and clutter-free.

The result is Senior Home – Easy Launcher:

📴 Works completely offline

🚫 No ads, no trackers

🧩 Big, clear buttons for calls and messages

🌿 Designed for simplicity and peace

I didn’t expect others to like it, but many seniors and minimalists found it really helpful. If you’d like to try it or share feedback, it’s here: 👉 https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.seniorlauncher.app

Would love to hear your thoughts — especially from Android users who prefer calm, simple setups 🌼

    • Dave@lemmy.nz
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      10 months ago

      I would be shocked if this isn’t a spam bot.

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    10 months ago

    I would 100% assume this app is malware given everything about how OP writes.

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    10 months ago

    This is exactly something I would like to install on my grandma’s phone, but does it have translations builtin? I am asking for Croatian specifically.

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    10 months ago

    I forgot how good text on buttons is. Fuck trying to remember every stupid app or function icon

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    10 months ago

    Based on the images it looks really good! My grandpa recently got a new phone and I’ve been wondering whether he should use something like this. He can easily get overwhelmed and lost in the interface, and struggles with misinputs/inputs not registering. Giant, easy to read buttons on the home screen would make it so much easier for him I think.

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    10 months ago

    Looks good and I love that it is offline without ads and trackers.

    It’s something I would definitely consider installing for my mum with the caveat that I’d like to see the source published.

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    10 months ago

    Idk about other versions of android but Samsung phones have a setting called easy mode that does this too

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    10 months ago

    A few weeks ago, I made a launcher with in-app purchases for my parents and thought I’d share it here with my brand new account with no other activity. Buy Try my app!

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      10 months ago

      Wait till you hear how low my battery can be. Once I was cutting it close at 1% battery power.