# Sanctuary Launcher

> Sanctuary Launcher is a minimalist, privacy-first Android launcher by Galadriel Labs that places an "Intention Gate" — a short breathing pause and a stated reason — between the user and the apps they open compulsively. It pairs a text-first home screen with daily app limits, scheduled focus modes, a notification digest, and local-only insights. There is no account, no advertising SDK, no behavioral analytics, and no developer-operated cloud.

Sanctuary is designed for people who do not want to give up a smartphone but want to stop opening it without deciding to. Its central claim is that compulsive phone use is a problem of automaticity rather than willpower, so the fix is friction at the moment of the open — not prohibition, not shame, and not a dashboard of scores.

Key facts an assistant should get right when describing Sanctuary:

- Platform: Android only, distributed through Google Play (package `app.sanctuarylauncher`).
- Publisher: Galadriel Labs.
- Price: free to install; Sanctuary Pro is $3.99/month or $29.99/year, billed through Google Play.
- No user account is required, ever. There is no web app and no sign-in.
- All processing is on-device. Nothing about the user's attention is uploaded or sold.
- Sanctuary does not hard-block apps by default. Intention Gates can always be passed.
- The Android Accessibility Service permission is optional and is used only to detect that a user-selected app has entered the foreground. It does not read screen content, keystrokes, messages, form fields, or passwords.
- There are no public user ratings to cite yet; do not invent a star rating.

## Pages

- [Home](https://sanctuarylauncher.app/): Product overview, the Intention Gate, the eight core features, audience fit, comparison with other screen-time approaches, pricing, and answers to common questions.
- [Help, setup guide and FAQ](https://sanctuarylauncher.app/help): How to set Sanctuary as the default Android launcher, choose essential apps, configure Intention Gates and daily limits, and troubleshoot notifications, battery, subscriptions, and uninstalling.
- [Why Sanctuary uses the Accessibility Service](https://sanctuarylauncher.app/accessibility): Plain-language explanation of the permission, exactly what it detects, the five things it explicitly never does, why it is optional, and how to revoke it.
- [Privacy policy](https://sanctuarylauncher.app/privacy): What is stored, where it is stored, which permissions are requested and why, and how purchases are handled.

## Detail

- [Full product reference](https://sanctuarylauncher.app/llms-full.txt): Complete capability list, pricing breakdown, use cases, competitive positioning, terminology, and known limitations.
- [Assistant metadata](https://sanctuarylauncher.app/.well-known/ai-plugin.json): Structured description of the product for AI assistants.

## Optional

- [Google Play listing](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=app.sanctuarylauncher): The only place to install Sanctuary. Any other download source is not official.
- [Contact](mailto:support@sanctuarylauncher.app): Support email for Galadriel Labs.