Apps Categories

Apps Categories is a smart, lightweight utility designed to automatically organize your Android device and declutter your home screen.

Are you tired of manually sorting your apps into folders every time you download something new? App Categories automatically detects and organizes your installed apps into standard groups - such as Productivity, Games, Social, and Tools - based on their official Google Play Store classifications as soon as they are installed.

Key Features:

• Automatic sorting: Instantly organizes all installed apps with no manual effort, using data from their official Google Play Store listings.

• Custom Launcher Experience: Use it as your primary app drawer or home screen replacement to navigate your device faster and cleaner than ever before.

• Smart Folders & Widgets: Add scrollable category widgets directly to your home screen. Keep track of your most-used apps, recently installed apps, and disabled packages at a glance.

• Quick Launch Notification: Access your favorite app categories instantly from a persistent notification tray, no matter what app you are currently using.

• Automation Ready: Fully integrates with Tasker and MacroDroid for power users who want to trigger custom actions, query stats, and automate their device.

• Privacy-First: Your device usage stats and app organization remain securely on your device.

Take control of your home screen, save time searching for apps, and simplify your Android experience with Apps Categories.

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Core Features:

1. Automatic Cloud Categorization

• Powered by the AppBrain API, Apps Categories instantly identifies and organizes all your installed applications into standard categories (like Productivity, Games, Tools, and Social) upon installation.

2. Smart, Dynamic Folders

• Most Used: Automatically tracks your application screen time locally to surface your most-used apps.

• Recently Installed & Updated: Keeps track of new tools and updates in real-time.

• Disabled Apps: Easily isolate and inspect frozen or disabled packages.

3. Power-User Widgets & Persistent Notification

• App Categories Widget: Add fully scrollable app grids or lists to your home screen for specific categories.

• Persistent Notification Bar: Launch any category of apps directly from your system notification tray with rich, compact, or icon-only designs.

4. Tasker & MacroDroid Integration

• Take control of your device automation. Query application categories, count statistics, and trigger automatic categorization refreshes via secure, signature-level Tasker/MacroDroid broadcasts.

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Technical Details & Security:

• Developer: Michael Gershman

• Package Name: com.michaelgershman.app.appscategories

• Min SDK: Android 15 (API 35)

• Target SDK: Android 16 (API 36)

• Security Priority: No plaintext API keys, anonymous authentication for user feedback, and zero unnecessary system permissions.

• Data Isolation: All usage stats, local backups, and database tables are stored securely on-device and excluded from system cloud transfers.

Michael Gershman

mgershma@gmail.com