# BasicLauncher > A clean, minimal home screen launcher with clock, weather, and dark theme. Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/ch.basiclauncher](https://chrome-stats.com/d/ch.basiclauncher) ## Overview - **ID:** `ch.basiclauncher` - **Platform:** Android - **Type:** Android app - **Status:** Available - **Publisher:** CENTINATED - **Category:** PERSONALIZATION - **Downloads:** 58 - **Version:** 1.8 - **Last updated:** 2026-07-25 - **First published:** 2026-06-15 - **Publisher country:** CH - **Size:** 23 MB - **Data as of:** 2026-09-10 - **Store listing:** [Google Play Store](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ch.basiclauncher) - **Website:** [https://www.basiclauncher.ch/](https://www.basiclauncher.ch/) - **Privacy policy:** [https://www.basiclauncher.ch/privacy.html](https://www.basiclauncher.ch/privacy.html) ## Description BasicLauncher is a distraction-free home screen replacement that puts the essentials front and center: the time, the weather, and your most-used apps — nothing else.

Designed for people who want a clean, fast, and customizable launcher without the clutter of widgets, news feeds, or bloatware.

**Clean home screen**
A large clock and live weather side by side. Date, high/low temperature, precipitation chance, and wind speed at a glance. Swipe left to open the full app drawer, sipe right for recent apps and swipe up for settings.

**Live weather**
Current temperature, conditions, daily high/low, rain probability, and wind speed — updated automatically. Uses your GPS location or a city you choose. Powered by Open-Meteo, a free and open-source weather service.

**Two clocks**
Add a second clock for any timezone in the world — useful when traveling or working across time zones. Each clock has its own label, weather panel, and location.

**App drawer**
All your installed apps in a clean alphabetical list with section headers. Jump to any letter instantly using the sidebar.

**20 app shortcuts**
Pin up to 20 apps in a 4×5 grid on the home screen for one-tap access. Long-press any slot to change it.

**Fully customizable**
- Choose your font: system default, serif, monospace, or cursive
- Set icon shape: system default, circle, rounded square, or square
- Icon color: full color, grayscale, or grayscale on home screen only
- Colorize grayscale icons with your primary text color
- Pick any color for background, primary text, and secondary text — with a full HSV color picker
- 12-hour or 24-hour time, custom date format, Celsius or Fahrenheit, km/h or mph

**Recent apps**
A swipe-right panel shows your recently launched apps for quick switching. Choose how many to display

**Notes**
Keep simple notes ready to access in the launcher.

**Privacy first**
No accounts. No ads. No analytics. No data collection. Your settings are stored locally on your device. The only network requests are to Open-Meteo for weather data. ## Rankings - #2,187,762 — Overall ## Permissions and access ### Permissions - `android.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION` - `android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION` - `android.permission.INTERNET` - `android.permission.QUERY_ALL_PACKAGES` - `ch.basiclauncher.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION` - `com.android.vending.CHECK_LICENSE` ## Similar extensions and apps - [Minimal Launcher](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.minimal.launcher) — 729 users - [Smart Launcher: Minimalist](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.anikaitgupta.weatherlauncher) — 14 users - [Basis – Minimal Launcher](https://chrome-stats.com/d/no.arild.launcher) — 128 users - [Minimalistic: Launcher](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.minimalistic.com) — 74 users - [Spade Launcher](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.spadelabs.spadelauncher) — 190 users - [Minimal Launcher](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.india.simple) — 121 users - [Clock Launcher](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.brainboost.clocklauncher) — 1,326 users - [Dev Launcher](https://chrome-stats.com/d/app.codeguyakash.launcher) — 42 users - [MY Launcher](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.paal.mylauncher) — 11 users - [MiniLauncher Elegant Simple](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.lavazzi.minimallauncher) — 10 users - [Minimalist Launcher Pro](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.myapp.minimalistic_launcher) — 663 users - [Scalator: Minimalist Launcher](https://chrome-stats.com/d/dev.nairnei.scalator) — 52,107 users, 3.90 / 5 --- Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/ch.basiclauncher)