Martijn has Bear

As of 2026-04-05 I have 78 “Apps & Games” on my phone, according to Google Play Store’s “Manage apps and device”. Of these most are hidden away, either because they are system applications without an icon or because I put them in Nothing Launcher’s Hidden section.

This means my app drawer is 7 rows of 5 icons, with the last spot taken by the “Hidden” category. The following applications made it to being instantly available:

  1. 1Password: my digital live is stored here, some 2FA codes, and other identifiers I could need at different times.
  2. BankID: the premier Swedish eID provider.
  3. Bose: really just to manage my noise cancelling headphones.
  4. Calendar.
  5. Camera.
  6. Capy Reader: prefered open-source RSS reader.1
  7. Clock.
  8. Contacts.
  9. Discord.12
  10. Firefox.1
  11. Instagram: for the private messaging only.12
  12. Keep notes: a Google note-keeping app that I should really swap for something open-source.
  13. Klarna: not for going in debt. I should maybe write about how I use this.
  14. Maps.
  15. Messages: horrible name for an application, it is for SMS.12
  16. Messenger: the Facebook one, though it tells me it might be going away and force me into the Facebook application just like Instagram does‽12
  17. Mihon: for reading webtoons.
  18. Phone.
  19. Photos.
  20. PhotoScan: mostly used to scan receipts, it does some glare correction.
  21. Pocket Casts.1
  22. Puzzles: these are the Simon Tatham’s Portable Puzzle Collection and my alternative to doomscrolling. Great option when mindlessly pulling up your phone while waiting for the bus.
  23. Qalculate!: a third-party calculator I am trying out.
  24. QR Scanner: a third-party QR scanner I am trying out.
  25. Quasseldroid: for accessing IRC.12
  26. Settings.
  27. Signal.12
  28. Sunderfolk: we have a weekly digital board game night, and are currently playing through Sunderfolk.
  29. Swish: Swedish payment application bound to phone numbers, used by consumers and businesses alike.
  30. Unblock Jam: an open-source Rush Hour puzzle game, get your block out of the grid.
  31. Västtrafik: the local public transport application for my commute.
  32. Verisure: home security.
  33. WhatsApp.12
  34. YouTube.1

  1. Applications that are accessible through my home screen must also be in the drawer. Nothing Launcher’s Hidden section does not allow icons to show up anywhere else.↩

  2. Applications used for messaging are a double-edged sword. I might not want to use some of these, but people I want to communicate with do.↩