HomeTiles

HomeTiles is a home screen made of large, plainly labelled tiles, with a phone dialler and a messaging app in the same package. It is meant for small screens, unsteady hands and eyes that would rather not squint. Every tile can be anything you like: an app, a contact, a shortcut, a widget, a function such as the torch or Wi-Fi, or a jump to another screen. Grid size, tile size, colours and labels are all yours to set. What you get: * A home screen of big tiles, freely assigned, with an optional header showing time, date and battery. * A dialler with a keypad, speed dial on 2 to 9, a grouped call log and its own in-call screen. Taking over the phone role is offered, never forced. * Messages: thread list, conversation and composing. * Contacts with search, sorting by first name or surname, and favourites. * An SOS button with a countdown that calls several numbers in turn and can send an emergency message with your location. * Reading help: hold a tile to have it read out or shown large, and page through long lists with buttons instead of swiping. * Export your setup to a file and read it back on your next phone. * If the launcher ever fails to start, a simple fallback screen appears with phone, contacts and settings, rather than a black device. No account, no advertising, no tracking, and no internet permission at all. HomeTiles is a free replacement for BIG Launcher, whose features are now spread across three paid apps.