# Essentials Launcher — Your apps as a calm text list

> Your apps as a calm text list (iPhone/iPad app by Ricardo Sotolongo.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/essentials-launcher/id6817930201 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Ricardo Sotolongo](https://appshunter.io/developer/1895999897)
- Category: Productivity, Utilities
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 26.0 · 2 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2026-10-12
- Data updated: 2026-10-22

## What is Essentials Launcher?

Essentials turns your Home Screen into a calm, simple list of the apps you actually need. No icons, no badges pulling at your attention: just the names, in clean type. Tap a name and the app opens.

FREE
• Your apps as a plain list of names in a widget
• White or Black widgets, with a matching wallpaper so they blend into your Home Screen
• A quiet scene in your Dock: a tree line, a skyline or hills
• Only the word is tappable, so you open what you meant to
• Optional pause before opening an app, to break the habit of opening it without thinking
• Text size, spacing, letter case and alignment

ESSENTIALS PLUS: ONE-TIME PURCHASE, NO SUBSCRIPTION
• Slate, Paper and System colours, and the whole app follows your colour
• Your words in the Dock: write your own lines, with a new one every morning
• More lists: for work, evenings, weekends
• Automatic switching: lists follow your Focus or the time of day
• Companion widgets in the same style: Date, Calendar, Reminders, and Weather powered by Apple Weather
• Every font, weight and text colour

PRIVATE BY DESIGN
No accounts, no ads, no analytics, no tracking. Your lists stay on your iPhone, and the developer never receives your data.

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Essentials Plus | $4.99 | one-time |


## Is Essentials Launcher safe?

Not enough ratings yet to assess Essentials Launcher.

## Is Essentials Launcher legit?

Essentials Launcher appears legitimate, with a few gaps. The AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Essentials Launcher is 65 out of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.


## Version history (last 1 release)

### 1.0 — 2026-10-12

No release notes.

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All apps by Ricardo Sotolongo: https://appshunter.io/developer/1895999897

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