Grid - Tile Launcher

A home screen for Android, inspired by Windows Phone.

Grid puts your apps, contacts, and live information on a simple grid of tiles. Tap to open. Long-press to edit. Drop one tile on another to make a folder.

home screen

‣ Four tile sizes — 1x1, 2x2, 4x2, 4x4 — on an endless vertical grid.

‣ Drag-and-drop edit mode with smart grid snapping.

‣ Android widgets sit alongside tiles, on the same grid.

‣ Folders by dropping one tile onto another.

at a glance

Some tiles update in place, so you can see what's happening without opening the app. The time. Upcoming calendar events. Recent messages and the contacts behind them. What's playing right now. Notification counts animate quietly on the icon.

make it yours

‣ Six preset accent colors, plus a hex field for any custom color.

‣ System, light, and dark themes.

‣ Per-tile color, transparency, and icon overrides.

‣ Third-party icon pack support — Nova, ADW, Atom, KISS — plus Android 13+ monochrome icons.

‣ Any image from your gallery can be a tile icon.

‣ Wallpaper shown in full, blended behind tiles, or blurred.

apps

‣ Search every installed app from the drawer.

‣ Alphabetical A–Z sections and a recently installed row.

‣ Work profile apps alongside personal apps, each with their own badge.

‣ Pin Android app shortcuts via long-press.

‣ Hide any app you'd rather not see.

fast

‣ Smooth animations for edit mode, tile taps, and page transitions.

‣ Kind on your battery.

‣ Back up and restore your layout as a ZIP file, automatically or on demand.

A home screen that stays out of your way. Optional premium features — denser 6 and 8 column grid layouts and folder creation — help support continued development.

Grid is an independent project and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Microsoft Corporation.