Is Grace Launcher safe?

Grace Launcher is a free and open-source Android launcher with a clean, list-based home screen. • Keep your favorite apps close and browse with the alphabet rail. • View upcoming calendar events and notifications. • Control your music from the home screen. • Customize colors, icons and folders with Material You. • See the weather with Breezy Weather, installed and configured separately. No ads or…

Developer: Galaxy-rio
Category: Launcher
Earliest archived version: 03 Oct 2026
License: GPL-3.0-only (per F-Droid metadata)

02 / Release notes

Release notes from F-Droid

16 Oct 2026

1.1.9

Grace Launcher 1.1.9 • Updated the app icon. I hope you like the new design! • Grace Button can now be moved, with separate visibility settings for Favorites and App List. • Major Icon Designer update: show icons as dots or hide them, and recolor icons using their own colors. • Added more theme…

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14 Oct 2026

1.1.8

Grace Launcher 1.1.8 • Urgent fix: Fixed a crash when scrolling to Hide Apps in Settings while using Spanish (and possibly other languages besides English and Chinese). • Urgent fix: Fixed display errors with the default A-Z list settings. • Fixed Grace Button color and shadow issues on some…

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12 Oct 2026

1.1.6

Grace Launcher 1.1.6 • Fixed a conflict between double-tap actions and expanding app shortcuts. • Adjusted default animation durations and gesture responsiveness, with experimental controls in Settings Advanced Lab. • Added support for PWAs and widgets created by apps. • Added a font manager and…

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03 / Package identity

Technical fingerprint

Application IDcom.galaxyrio.gracelauncher

Latest APK SHA-2569a2a2cdea399d47d808e347a4e9010014bc7b58290d0cfde7b241c4e97e1ebed

Signing certificateFE:5A:57:DB:86:27:91:D5:C9:53:AC:51:C1:D7:76:A2:35:EA:F0:0F:35:FA:FA:3B:95:DD:F0:D9:4A:D1:5E:4F

MIN ANDROID28TARGET37ARCHITECTUREarm64-v8a · armeabi-v7a · x86 · x86_64

04 / History

Archive history

6 versions in WIKI archive: earliest 1.0.0 (03 Oct 2026), latest 1.1.9 (16 Oct 2026).

No change in android.permission.* between 1.1.8 and 1.1.9.

05 / Version archive

Documented releases

6 TOTAL

VersionReleasedAndroidArchitecture

1.1.916 Oct 202628+arm64-v8a, armeabi-v7a, x86, x86_64→1.1.814 Oct 202628+arm64-v8a, armeabi-v7a, x86, x86_64→1.1.612 Oct 202628+arm64-v8a, armeabi-v7a, x86, x86_64→1.1.206 Oct 202628+arm64-v8a, armeabi-v7a, x86, x86_64→1.1.005 Oct 202628+arm64-v8a, armeabi-v7a, x86, x86_64→1.0.003 Oct 202628+arm64-v8a, armeabi-v7a, x86, x86_64→

06 / Safety & access

Safety verdict

Authentic — file hash matches the source indexNo ads or tracking flagged by the source

IntegritySHA-256 verified vs source

SourceOpen-source · fdroid

Permissions10 declared · 3 sensitive

Signaturepresent

Anti-featuresNo known anti-features

Sensitive accessQUERY_ALL_PACKAGESREAD_CALENDARREAD_CONTACTS

Declared permissions

android.permission.ACCESS_HIDDEN_PROFILES android.permission.BIND_APPWIDGET android.permission.QUERY_ALL_PACKAGES android.permission.READ_CALENDAR android.permission.READ_CONTACTS android.permission.REQUEST_DELETE_PACKAGES android.permission.USE_BIOMETRIC com.android.alarm.permission.SET_ALARM com.galaxyrio.gracelauncher.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION org.breezyweather.READ_PROVIDER

Tracker status: Not assessed by WIKI for Android.

07 / Sources

Evidence ledger

Each entry is a captured public reference backing this record.

RepositorySource package page↗Source codeSource repository↗