Retake: Home Launcher

Your phone has two kinds of apps.

Tools that serve you. And apps that pull you in.

Retake is a minimalist Android launcher that automatically keeps distracting apps out of sight, so your phone feels calmer from the moment you unlock it.

Instead of giving every app the same space on your home screen, Retake helps you separate the tools you actually need from the apps most likely to steal your attention.

How Retake works

When you set up Retake, it automatically identifies common distraction categories like social media, streaming, and gaming apps, then hides them from your main app selection and app drawer.

What remains is a cleaner, more intentional phone setup built around the apps that help you move through your day: calendar, notes, maps, messages, banking, camera, clock, and other practical tools.

Your hidden apps are not deleted. You can still access them when you really need to. Retake simply adds a small moment of friction between you and the apps you usually open without thinking.

That pause is often enough to stop a mindless scroll before it starts.

Features

🔒 Automatically hides common social media, streaming, and gaming apps
✨ Clean, distraction-free home screen
📱 Choose the essential apps you want visible
⏳ Simple setup in less than 5 minutes
🚫 No account required
🚫 No ads
🚫 Retake does not collect personal data
🌿 Lightweight by design

Retake is for you if you:

✨ Keep picking up your phone out of habit
✨ Want to reduce screen time without deleting your apps
✨ Have tried app blockers but keep bypassing them
✨ Like the idea of a dumb phone but still need a smart one
✨ Are doing a digital detox
✨ Want a calmer relationship with your phone

Why Retake is different

Most minimalist launchers make your phone look cleaner.

Retake is built to make your phone feel less addictive.

Instead of relying on willpower every time you unlock your screen, Retake removes the biggest distractions from your everyday view. You still have access when you need it, but the default experience becomes calmer, simpler, and more intentional.

This is what intentional phone use actually looks like.

✨ Try Retake free ✨

Monthly subscribers get a 7-day free trial. Yearly subscribers get a 14-day free trial.

Recent changes:
Retake is a minimalist Android launcher designed to help users reduce distractions, simplify their home screen, and use their phone with more intention.

* A clean minimalist home screen
* Custom app selection for the home screen
* App drawer with search
* Focus Mode functionality
* Sleep Mode functionality
* To-do list page
* Widget page
* Light and dark mode support
* Basic launcher settings and setup flow