# Material Pixel Launcher Lock

> Home launcher to personalize, customize, faster, easy and lightweight

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/dev.dworks.apps.alauncher](https://chrome-stats.com/d/dev.dworks.apps.alauncher)

## Overview

- **ID:** `dev.dworks.apps.alauncher`
- **Platform:** Android
- **Type:** Android app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** DWorkS
- **Category:** PERSONALIZATION
- **Downloads:** 464,712
- **Rating:** 3.84 / 5 (2,185 ratings)
- **Version:** 2.5.3
- **Last updated:** 2025-06-09
- **First published:** 2018-09-01
- **Publisher country:** AU
- **Size:** 3.14 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-18
- **Store listing:** [Google Play Store](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=dev.dworks.apps.alauncher)
- **Website:** [https://dworks.io](https://dworks.io/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://dworks.io/privacy](https://dworks.io/privacy)

## Description

Material Pixel Launcher Lock is a lightweight, customizable home launcher designed to enhance your Android device's speed and usability. Inspired by Google Pixel's design, it offers features like dynamic shortcuts, gesture controls, notification dots, and advanced search with voice and Google Assistant integration. The launcher is highly customizable, allowing you to adjust themes, grid layouts, icon sizes, and more.

Prioritizing your privacy, Material Pixel Launcher Lock requires minimal permissions and includes app lock and hidden space features to secure your apps. It supports RTL languages, accessibility needs, and is one of the smallest launchers, ensuring efficiency without compromising performance. Experience a sleek, organized, and secure home screen by downloading Material Pixel Launcher Lock today.

## Rankings

- #104,237 — Overall

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE`
- `android.permission.BIND_APPWIDGET`
- `android.permission.CALL_PHONE`
- `android.permission.EXPAND_STATUS_BAR`
- `android.permission.INTERNET`
- `android.permission.PACKAGE_USAGE_STATS`
- `android.permission.QUERY_ALL_PACKAGES`
- `android.permission.READ_DEVICE_CONFIG`
- `android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE`
- `android.permission.RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED`
- `android.permission.REQUEST_DELETE_PACKAGES`
- `android.permission.SET_WALLPAPER`
- `android.permission.SET_WALLPAPER_HINTS`
- `android.permission.SYSTEM_ALERT_WINDOW`
- `android.permission.VIBRATE`
- `android.permission.WRITE_SETTINGS`
- `com.android.launcher.permission.INSTALL_SHORTCUT`
- `com.android.vending.BILLING`
- `dev.dworks.apps.alauncher.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION`
- `dev.dworks.apps.alauncher.permission.ACCESSIBILITY`
- `dev.dworks.apps.alauncher.permission.READ_SETTINGS`
- `dev.dworks.apps.alauncher.permission.WRITE_SETTINGS`

## Review summary

Material Pixel Launcher Lock is praised for its simplicity, smooth performance, ad-free experience, and lightweight design, making it popular especially on low-end devices. However, users frequently complain that most customization features require paying for the pro version, which limits functionality. Common issues include bugs with hiding/unhiding apps, launcher crashes after installing new apps, display problems in settings on certain devices, and inconsistent icon theming. Overall, while it offers a clean and minimal pixel-like interface, significant improvements and more accessible customizations are needed to satisfy users fully.

### Pros

- Simple, lightweight, and easy to use launcher.
- Smooth performance, especially good for low-end devices.
- No ads in the free version.
- Good integration with devices and supports landscape mode properly.
- Offers a clean, minimalistic pixel-like user interface.

### Cons

- Key customization features (like hiding apps, changing icon packs, and gestures) are locked behind a paywall, frustrating many users.
- Bugs related to app hiding not working properly (apps can't be unhidden).
- Launcher crashes or stops working when installing new apps or clearing recent apps, particularly on some devices like Android 10.
- Settings menu has display issues on some devices (e.g., Pixel 9 Pro XL).
- Some UI inconsistencies like icons not being uniformly themed and search results disappearing after navigation.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/dev.dworks.apps.alauncher)