Margin

iPhone app · in beta

A quiet home screen, made of widgets.

Margin replaces rows of bright icons with a page of calm text: the time, the weather, your next event, and your apps as a list of names. One typeface, and a wallpaper in exactly the same colour, so the widgets disappear into it.

Coming to the App Store See the widgets

For iPhone · Requires iOS 27 · Setup takes about three minutes

The idea

Fewer things asking for your attention.

Icons are designed to be tapped. Every badge, colour and logo on your home screen is competing for a look. Margin keeps what you need and lets the rest go quiet.

Text instead of iconsYour apps become a short list of names. Tap one and it opens, just like an icon.
One typefaceEvery widget uses the same type: Sans, Serif or Mono. Nothing shouts louder than anything else.
A wallpaper that matchesMargin saves a plain wallpaper in your theme's colour, so widget backgrounds blend away and only the words are left.
Still your iPhoneNothing is uninstalled or locked. Other apps stay in the App Library and search, one swipe away.
Widgets

Everything on the page is a widget.

Mix and match them on the Home Screen and the Lock Screen. They all share your theme, typeface and alignment.

Medium · Large

Today

The time and date, with the weather and your next event.

Medium · Large

Launcher

Your apps as a list of names. Tap one to open it.

Small · Medium · Lock Screen

Next up

Your next event and how long until it starts.

Small · Medium · Lock Screen

Weather

The temperature and conditions, in words.

Small · Medium · Lock Screen

Note

A line of your own: a reminder, an intention, a quote.

Large · Extra large

Home page

The time, your apps and your note in one widget. At extra large, it fills the whole page.

Small · Medium

Clock

The time in large type, and nothing else.

Lock Screen

Lock Screen widgets

Next up, weather and your note, plus App shortcut: open one app straight from the Lock Screen.

Themes

Four colours. Three typefaces. Try them.

Each theme is a wallpaper colour and the ink that sits on it. Margin saves the matching wallpaper to Photos for you, so it's an exact match.

Theme
Typeface
Alignment
Lists and Focus

Work apps at work. Fewer at bedtime.

Keep a few lists of apps and let a Focus switch between them. When Work Focus comes on, your launcher changes with it. Each list can span up to three Home Screen pages.

Default

Everyday

  • Messages
  • Mail
  • Calendar
  • Maps
  • Music
Work Focus

Work

  • Mail
  • Calendar
  • Slack
  • Notes
  • Reminders
Personal Focus

Personal

  • Messages
  • Photos
  • Music
  • WhatsApp
  • Maps
Sleep Focus

Sleep

  • Music
  • Podcasts
  • Books
  • Messages
Private by design

It stays on your phone.

No accounts, no analytics and no servers of our own. Margin only uses what it needs to fill in your widgets.

Your calendarRead on your iPhone to show your next event. It's never sent anywhere.
Your locationUsed once, to choose where the weather is for. Only that place is saved.
WeatherComes from Apple Weather, which sees only the place you chose.
Nothing collectedNo tracking or third-party code. Read the privacy policy.
FAQ

Questions you might have.

Does Margin replace my Home Screen?

No. iOS doesn't allow that, and Margin doesn't need to. It's a set of widgets you place on your Home Screen and Lock Screen. You move your other apps to the App Library, and they're still there in search and the App Library whenever you want them.

Which apps can the launcher open?

Apps that can be opened by a link, which covers most of Apple's apps and popular ones like WhatsApp, Spotify, Slack, Signal, Notion and Obsidian: 46 in all, with more added in updates. iOS only lets a widget open another app by its link, so apps without one can't be listed.

Why does the wallpaper matter?

Widgets always sit on a background. When the wallpaper is exactly the same colour as that background, the edges vanish and the text looks like it's printed on the page. Margin saves the right wallpaper to Photos during setup, so you just set it in Settings › Wallpaper.

Do I have to give it my calendar and location?

No, both are optional. Without them, Today shows just the time and date, and you can leave out the Next up and Weather widgets.

How does switching lists with a Focus work?

In Settings › Focus, choose a Focus, then add a Margin filter under Focus Filters and pick a list. When that Focus turns on, every Launcher widget switches to the list.

Is there an iPad version?

Not at the moment. Margin is made for iPhone, and needs iOS 27.

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Coming soon to the App Store.

Margin is in beta on TestFlight now, and will be on the App Store soon.

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