Organize Apps
With a few more apps installed, soon the question pops up: How to keep a clear overview? The list in the app drawer can grow quite long, and does not necessarily stay lucid. Scrolling up and down multiple times to find the app in question is no fun: How easily you push to strong, and the list flies by with ludicrous speed. Or you don't push enough, and the app below your finger gets started instead. Plastering your home screen with icons is no solution either. So what to do?
On this page you should find some tools to help you out on this topic. The list is far from being complete – but hopefully gives you at least an idea. Or maybe the ideal candidate for you is even contained on it?
App Organizer
How to organize apps in a way to always easily find the one looking for?
- JINA: App Drawer, Sidebar & Folder Organizer (5@11) Ǥ 22
2
Video Intro 8/2016
- CircleLauncher light (4.4@15,723) Ǥ 7
LastUpdate: 2018-10-12 / CircleLauncher (4.4@4,690; ~EUR 1.00) 6
LastUpdate: 2018-10-12
- Application Folder (4.3@7,351) 7 LastUpdate: 2013-02-11
- Draweroid (4.3@2,184) 11
/ Draweroid donation key (4.5@83; ~EUR 1.50) 0
LastUpdate: 2016-01-27
- Glextor Folder Organizer Basic (4.2@3,038) Ǥ 18
4
/ Glextor App Folder Organizer (4.6@977; ~EUR 6.50) Ǥ 15
2
- AppFinder - Alternative Drawer (4.2@216) Ǥ 6
LastUpdate: 2017-12-01
- Apps Organizer (4.1@11) 4
LastUpdate: 2013-11-10
- My Drawer - Smart & Organized Place for Your Apps (4@3,763) Ǥ 11
3
- App Launcher Free (4@503) 4
2
/ App Launcher Plus (4.7@124; ~EUR 2.50) 2
- Smart Drawer - Apps Organizer (3.8@2,970) Ǥ 23
2
Review 6/2017
- Smart Folder - App Organizer (3.8@1,704) Ǥ 4
LastUpdate: 2014-12-14
- Contextual App Folder (C.A.F.) (3.8@252) Ǥ 15
2
LastUpdate: 2017-02-15 Review 6/2017; „intelligent folder“ showing apps fitting your situation
- Folder Organizer lite (3.6@9,085) 11
6
LastUpdate: 2019-07-09 / Folder Organizer (3.9@8,453; ~EUR 1.00) Ǥ 12 2
LastUpdate: 2019-07-09
- Auto App Organizer free (3.6@3,769) 9
1
LastUpdate: 2018-08-29 / AutoAppOrganizer Full (ticket) (3.6@91; ~EUR 2.50) 0
LastUpdate: 2010-09-08
- Smart Shortcuts (3.5@4,560) 7
1
LastUpdate: 2013-12-26
- Drawers (3.4@750) 2
LastUpdate: 2017-11-14
- Assistive Drawer (3.4@304) Ǥ 14
5
LastUpdate: 2018-02-28
- Organized Drawer (3.3@767) 3
LastUpdate: 2019-01-29
- Auto App Category (3.2@248) Ǥ 7
1
LastUpdate: 2018-12-31
- CatApp - Smart Automatic Apps Folder Organizer (3@103) Ǥ 9
5
- Apps Organizer-Create Folders (3@57) 4
1
LastUpdate: 2017-01-11
Manage Default Apps
Starting an action, Android sometimes asks you to chose the App to use – and you can tell it to remember your choice. But how to change that at a later time, in an easy and convenient way? The following Apps come to help you out:
- Default App Manager (5@147; ~EUR 4.00) 2
- Better Open With (4.2@4,694) 0
- Target Home Launcher (4.2@176) 5
1
LastUpdate: 2014-02-20
- Home Control (3.8@291) Ǥ 7
1
LastUpdate: 2014-09-05
- Launch By Default App Reset (2.8@219) 2
1
LastUpdate: 2015-04-25
- Launch by default (2.3@197) 2
2
LastUpdate: 2015-01-06
- Alternate App Picker (KK) (0@0)
LastUpdate: 2014-12-19 1-tap „complete-with“ action with checkbox (as it was in ICS)
- AlternateAppPicker: ICS-style default app chooser for JB (0@0)
Github; 1-tap „complete-with“ action with checkbox (as it was in ICS)
- Doubletap in AppPicker (0@0)
double-tap to „use once“ (as introduced with JB 4.2) for JB 4.1
Additional candidates can be found in the section Manage Default Apps.
Remove apps
How to get rid of them again? Apart from on-board methods, there are some nice helpers available:
- Batch Uninstaller (5@33) 0
LastUpdate: 2020-04-06 Github
- Easy Uninstaller (4.7@3,720) Ǥ 10
2
LastUpdate: 2020-11-02
- Uninstaller - Uninstall App (4.5@21,766) 5
2
LastUpdate: 2020-10-17
- Easy Uninstaller App Uninstall (4.3@184,062) Ǥ 14
11
Review 7/2015
- APK Manager (4.3@3,094) 8
1
LastUpdate: 2020-01-08 install & uninstall
- Multi Uninstaller (4.2@819) 2
2
LastUpdate: 2014-06-28
- Uninstaller (4@70,578) 5
4
/ Uninstaller Pro (4.7@282; ~EUR 1.00) 0
LastUpdate: 2020-08-14
- Uninstall Perfect Uninstaller (4@31,299) 3
5
LastUpdate: 2020-02-06 Test 1/2017
- Revo Uninstaller Mobile (3.9@6,092) Ǥ 15
4
- AppRemover (3.6@6,050) Ǥ 5
3
LastUpdate: 2019-01-24
- Apps Uninstaller - Delete Multiple Applications (3.4@727) 1
LastUpdate: 2020-04-07
- UnApp — Batch Uninstall Apps (3.1@963) 2
Video Intro 1/2019
Remove pre-installed Apps
Starting with Android 4.0, the user finally can de-activate most unwanted apps (Settings → Apps → All, tap the unwanted app's entry, select "uninstall updates" (if available), select "deactivate") – but to really get rid of them, it still requires root (except you uninstall them per user):
- De-Bloater Pro (ROOT) (5@17; ~EUR 0.75) 7
Github; needs root & Magisk
- ROM Toolbox Lite (4.6@36) Ǥ 27
5
LastUpdate: 2019-04-04 / ROM Toolbox Pro (3.3@25,543; ~EUR 6.00) Ǥ 30
6
LastUpdate: 2019-04-03
- SystemCleanup (4.3@3,694) 3
LastUpdate: 2017-06-14
- App Freezer (3.8@44,079) 5
1
LastUpdate: 2020-09-15
- Titanium Backup (root needed) (3.6@372,870) 22
LastUpdate: 2019-11-24 / Titanium Backup PRO Key (root needed) (3.9@72,031; ~EUR 6.50) Ǥ 2
LastUpdate: 2019-10-27 Testbericht 5/2016; Howto EN 11/2013 | DE 11/2014; Video Tutorial 1/2014 (DE) | 9/2018 (EN); DroidWiki (DE)
- Root Uninstaller (3.6@3,310) Ǥ 8
3
- NoBloat Free (3.4@3,757) 3
LastUpdate: 2016-02-16 / NoBloat (4.4@524; ~EUR 1.50) 3
LastUpdate: 2015-12-26
- Bloatware Remover [Root] (3.4@1,821) Ǥ 15
6
LastUpdate: 2018-10-18 / Bloatware Remover VIP (3.8@26; ~EUR 12.00) 13
2
LastUpdate: 2018-09-18
- Service Disabler (3.3@1,584) Ǥ 8
3
- Root Uninstaller (2.9@39,126) 7
2
LastUpdate: 2018-12-17 / Root Uninstaller Pro ver 4.0 (4.6@78; ~EUR 2.50) Ǥ 7
2
LastUpdate: 2018-12-12
- Disable Bloatware - Hide Apps (2.9@1,575) 4
1
LastUpdate: 2014-08-07
- 自冻 - 冻结、加速、省电 (0@0) 20
Github; (un)freeze apps automatically, e.g. on display on/off, lauch/end, etc.
- Disabler (0@0) 1
Github
- App Mount (0@0) 3
LastUpdate: 2017-02-26 Github; (temporarily) disable (aka "unmount") apps you don't like on Android, without root
- /d/gapps (0@0) 1
LastUpdate: 2020-09-24 GitLab; delete/disable GApps
- Universal Android Debloater: Debloats via ADB
Move apps to your SD card (and back)
- DroidSail Super App2SD Lite (4.3@22) 14
3
LastUpdate: 2014-07-05
- App2SD Pro: All in One Tool [ROOT] (3.9@30,056) Ǥ 17
LastUpdate: 2018-09-12 Link apps, Dalvik & more 2 SD
- App2SD - poupa armazenamento (3.8@35,815) 6
9
LastUpdate: 2019-03-18
- Move app to SD card (3.5@353,018) Ǥ 10
2
- Link2SD (3.5@347,215) Ǥ 11
1
LastUpdate: 2018-06-21 / Link2SD Plus (New) (3.2@14,650; ~EUR 2.00) Ǥ 1
LastUpdate: 2015-01-02 Tutorial 1/2014 (EN) | 7/2017 (EN); Howto 8/2014; Vorstellung 10/2014; Video Howto 4/2015
- AppMgr III (App 2 SD) (3.1@13) Ǥ 18
3
Screentime & App Usage
- ActivityWatch (5@85) 3
Github; track how you spend your time on your devices
- AppsMonitor - Monitor app time and traffic usage (4.5@17) 7
1
LastUpdate: 2020-01-09 Github
- StayFree - Stay Focused (4.4@122,245) Ǥ 12
5
app stats: how much time did you spend in which app?
- ActionDash: Screen Time Helper (4.3@43,819) Ǥ 20
4
Video Intro 1/2019; granular app stats
- App Usage Tracker (3.6@1,082) 5
LastUpdate: 2019-07-18
- QualityTime : Phone Addiction (3.1@20,333) Ǥ 24
17
Vorstellung 1/2015 | 1/2015; Video Promo 1/2015; Intro 1/2015 | 5/2015; Review 2/2015
- usageDirect (0@0) 2
/ Museum of a broken API (0@0) 1
Codeberg; app usage stats, with graphs and more. See what you did when / Codeberg
- Beat Addiction (0@0) 3
Github; track your daily app usage time
Other app helpers
- 应用管理 (5@174) Ǥ 18
LastUpdate: 2019-11-12 / Thanox (0@0) Ǥ 13
Github; X-APM app manager (needs Xposed framework) / Github; successor of X-APM
- Pie Launcher (5@38) 2
Github; alternative app drawer with Pie Menu for favorites
- Skit - apps manager (4.2@1,799) Ǥ 14
2
/ Skit Premium - apps manager (4.4@313; ~EUR 2.50) Ǥ 8
Video Review 6/2020; app manager
- ML Manager: APK Extractor (4.1@2,792) Ǥ 5
2
Intro 5/2015; Github
- Aplin (4@136) Ǥ 5
5
Github; app manager
- OpenAPK (4@1) 3
LastUpdate: 2017-12-15 Github
- ManageApps (MoveApps - App2SD) (3.8@7,976) 8
3
LastUpdate: 2016-11-13
- Package Manager & Split APK/App bundle Installer (3.7@220) 8
Github
- /system/app mover ★ ROOT ★ (3.6@8,904) 1
LastUpdate: 2017-12-09 Github
- AppMgr III (App 2 SD) (3.1@13) Ǥ 18
3
- ( OFFTIME ) - Distraction Free (2.9@18,269) Ǥ 28
2
LastUpdate: 2020-11-10
- FolderMount [ROOT] (2.2@34,756) Ǥ 9
LastUpdate: 2018-05-23 Video Tutorial 8/2014; Tutorial 5/2014
- TimesApp - App timer for better productivity (2@110) Ǥ 11
2
LastUpdate: 2020-07-21 Github
- SAI (0@0) 5
Github; install and export split APKs
- Hail (0@0) 10
Github
- APK Explorer & Editor (0@0) 5
Github; incl. (split-) APK/ABB installer
- SimpleAppDowngrader [ROOT] (0@0) 1
LastUpdate: 2020-07-16 Github; uses root powers to downgrade apps
- Mini App Manager (0@0) 5
3
- Watt (0@0) 2
Github; disable or enable components
- xSuite (0@0) 3
LastUpdate: 2014-05-22 change names & icons of your apps
- Installalogs (0@0) 2
Github; check installation logs: what was installed when, and more
- UnApkm - Convert APKM to APKS (0@0) 0
Github; decrypt Apk Mirror's APKM files
Postscriptum: Some Launchers have some of those functionalities integrated already . Or you might even be content with the app folders on the home screen itself, which were introduced with Android 4.0 aka Ice Cream Sandwich?
Further Readings:
- App Organizer
- Five best Android app organizers recommended for you (11/2013 - 7/2015)
- App Remover
- How to Remove Unwanted Pre-Installed Apps on Android Without Root (8/2021)
- How to delete preinstalled apps on Android (6/2019)
- How to remove unwanted apps from your Android phone (2/2017)
- Windows/OS X: Debloater Blocks, Disables, or Removes Bloatware on Android
So könnt Ihr vorinstallierte Apps löschen und deinstallieren (10/2015) - How to completely uninstall an app on Android Lollipop? (12/2014)
- How to Remove Bloatware or Unwanted Apps from Your Android Smartphone (2/2014)
- Miscellaneous