If you are tired of the classic Android look and want to give a change of scenery to the your home screen, from today you have a new alternative within the category of launchers for Android, very different from all the others we have seen so far.
His name is Ratio and, although we talk about it while reviewing some of the lesser known launchers for Android, it hasn't been until now that the application started to be available.
And if it's such a cool app, it's yours minimalist essence. Its main focus is minimize distractions and increase productivity. To do this, yes entrust to an aesthetic simple but extremely careful and to integrations with which the developer, notepad, wants to help you understand how do you use your mobile
Ratio is a new free and minimalist launcher for Android.
Ratio, a launcher so minimal that it even gets rid of color
As soon as you install Ratio for the first time and complete the user guide proposed by the application, you will find three main "views" on your mobile home screen - even if one of them is not currently available -, each one of them to make your life easier in a different way.
First of all, we find the "Cards" tab. It's kind of a replacement for the Android app drawer, which view applications based on their category, automatically selected. You need to tap on each of the categories to show the applications that make it up.
Also, Ratio has a intelligent organization mode, which will automatically rearrange the app drawer for each time of day.
This is the "Panes" tab of the Ratio launcher.
On the other hand we have the "root" of the main screen. In the “Root” tab, we have all the essentials we might need from our mobile: the time, notes, activities, events, search, calculator, timer, stock exchange, settings and many more additions available in the form of widgets or cards that can be shown or hidden according to our needs. We also have one search bar located at the bottom, from which you can make any type of query.
In terms of design, the pitcher has an absolutely unique style. Its entire interface is dedicated to black with accents Detective stories and it does eliminating the color of the icons of the applications installed on the mobileso that they are all displayed in black and white.
This is Ratio Launcher dark theme.
However, the application offers the possibility of change theme and choose different modes, with a long press on the launcher icon located in the search bar at the bottom. Currently, in addition to the original black color mode, the app has a "sun mode" that changes black to white and maximizes contrast to facilitate the use of the mobile phone outdoors or in direct sunlight.
In addition to this, in un not too distant future a clear mode will be added, which in the words of the company will allow you to change the appearance of the launcher to add lighter touches and translucent elements.
This is Ratio Launcher's “Sun Mode”.
And let's not forget to mention the third of the three cards into which this launcher is divided. It's called "Trees", and it's a service that aspires to unify all the conversations of our different messaging services in the same mailbox, with the distinctive Ratio design.
Once available, this mode will allow the access to conversations from apps such as Telegram, WhatsApp, Instagram or Facebook Messenger, among others, from the same place and without the need to access the corresponding applications.
Its creators claim that Ratio is a totally safe launcher since all information is processed locally with double asymmetric 256-bit encryption based on RSA, without the need to send data to Blloc servers. Other interesting additions are the possibility of block access to certain apps and sections via our fingerprint, Or a granular management of permissions extremely clear and easy to understand.
The app can be downloaded for free via Google Play and contains no in-app purchases. However, once the “Trees” mode is available, it will be possible to pay for one premium version which will cost $ 1,25 per month.
