Hey Product Hunters, we are really excited to launch and share Ratio with you! We have been working hard the past couple of months with our outstanding community and beta testers (you guys are amazing) to finally deliver it to you as well! Ratio is a minimal and distraction free Android launcher that is aiming to boost your productivity and clear up cluttered mobile screens. The same screen that is seeking your attention and time 5 hours a day. Imagine if Superhuman and WeChat had a baby :) My cofounder @mladen_hoyss1 and I started tinkering with Android home screens with one mission, to help people use their phone less without compromises. We see smartphone hazing / excessive use of social media as one of the most severe problems in our social lives. Consumer apps incentivised by eyeball economics have mastered the art of indulging us on their screens beyond whats useful or healthy. We find measures to block, ration or shame usage as extreme and unfruitful. We believe there could be an alternative; social media and smartphones can offer amazing connectivity and social life if used and accessed well. We at Blloc believe in merging mindful UX and minimal UI design into our product so you can get to be the best version of yourself. And this is why we created Ratio. As long-standing iOS users we saw an opportunity in the flexibility of Android to build the perfect mobile experience: a clean UI, no distraction, no time wasted and getting stuff done fast. Ratio consists of 3 essential screens designed to give you what you need at a glance: Information, Apps and Messaging. - Access core functionalities on unlock - The Root 🌥 Weather 📝 Notes 🗓 Calendar 📰 News 📹 Youtube 🎧 Spotify and more... - Your app drawers - The Tiles A new and calmer way to organise your apps and find them easier. Every app shows usage time under the title to give you quick awareness of time spent and help you build positive habits. - A messaging hub - The Tree 65% of phone usage is messaging. A lot of Social networks utilise messages to get you back on their endless feeds. We extract and aggregate messages from all platforms into one screen, giving you control and connectivity without dependancy. The tree will save you the tedious time you spend switching between apps to check and reply to messages. We fully integrated with our API independent solution sending and receiving text and media on WhatsApp, Telegram, Instagram DM and Facebook Messenger. We have SMS (launching soon), Twitter, discord and Slack in the pipeline.

I've started using Blloc Ratio in May & downloaded the APK & right away it was visible that the product shows immense promise. I've played with it for a bit & sadly deleted it after a couple of weeks but just downloaded it again today and it's the bomb! The progress is incredible, Root & Tree are much improved since my last visit, the auto-categorizing is amazing & don't get me started on all the customization options. I would like to see the BllocDesk app return in the future & maybe add support for multiple search engines (I'm a DDG user in general) but for now all good - continue with the great work guys! 💪

What's not to love: It works brilliantly; feels clean, minimalistic and focused; looks awesome, and has features that are nowhere else (such as the much anticipated tree which is apparently coming out tonight (at the time of me writing this)) As a software developer, I'm looking forward to the release of the SDK which will allow me to make custom cards, but the ones they have are already useful and well-implemented. Good job Blloc.

It's a unique os more than launcher, I am appreciated blloc team for this product, it's really worth trying. Thanks blloc team for your efforts.

So good it makes me want to ditch iOS once and for all 😭

One of the true game-changing ways to use an Android. Slick, simple and efficient. With the launching of Tree, it offers a very unique selling proposition other launchers don't – and more.

Digital minimalism at it's best.

I had to make a bunch of folders on home screen to start doing what you guys do automatically and elegantly. Will try it out and see if it is aligned with how I use my phone.

Love the function to see all messages in one place regardless of platform! Makes so much sense!

The best feature packed , extraordinary , useful , minimal , gorgeous looking , mind blowing launcher I've ever tried . There is no other thing like tree in the whole play store. Absolutely loved the concept !

This is 100% what I've been looking for. I'm struggling between the fact that I want to use my phone as an agenda and to manage personal stuff, but I want to increase my productivity and stay focused. Ratio is helping me get the best of both worlds with great design and a customizable interface. And since it's not a launcher, it doesn't ask for a lot of memory. Thank you for building that! :)

I've been a huge fan of Blloc from the beginning when they customised their own mobile phone. Luckily I seem to be the first one who got the Blloc Z18. Amazing experience since then. And moving this great UI as a launcher/homescreen/communication tool on so many Android phones was a really clever step. Ratio is my everyday tool that just keeps getting better with every update. Don't want to miss it any longer... Definitely worth trying! 🤩

Will Tree offer any other messaging platforms other than what's currently available? I don't use any of the platforms full-time that are currently offered, I mainly use Google's Messages and would like that be an option there instead of just Internet based options like WhatsApp and Telegram.

Hi, I think I've got lost since I installed and changed to Ratio. Would you tell me how to go back to the old screen I'd used before? I tried to find a clue in Settings but it's hard to find.

Sleek design on the product page. I am curious to see how this works. I’ll give it a try!

I've been using the Ratio Launcher for quite some months and my experience has been awesome. The whole team is very open about their goals and strategies (since the early beta versions). They communicate everything to the community and listen to us. I can say they are very passionate about this project and so are most of the users. This launcher requires a lot of permissions to be granted on your phone; so I'm very glad the app is straightforward at showing the user why every single permission is needed. Overall, my experience with this launcher couldn't be better!

Absolutely awesome - *awesome* - to see this. As an avid watcher of the launcher space (with my current fave being Posidon [spelled/stylized as such] for a number of reasons) - a space heavily congested with spamware, fluff, and lookalikes - Ratio is something to get hype about... Between an aesthetic appeal that will tickle even the most ardent of iFans in tandem with features/an ethos that champions productivity, usability, and - honestly - *sensibility* - in equal measure, Ratio’s the 2020 glow-up that your Android device (and, maybe - just maybe! - your very relationship with your tech/screen time...) needs. (And, no - disclaimer unnecessary, haha - despite my glowing praise, here, I’m not employed by or affiliated with the #bllocgang ... but, I mean... hit me up, guys. ;) )

I really love Ratio 4! It's really nice. looks fantastic and is the best launcher for android Phones in my oppinion, you should all give it a try!

I literally posted to product hunt today and I'm still gonna say I love this - if you bring your Tree messaging super app to desktop I will love you forever

Nice! Congrats on the launch guys - looks super cool