Mobile app · Internet & communication

SearchLauncher

Search apps, contacts and the web, and open results in an ad-free browser.

Free, with trade-offs
Android
Open source

Ad-supported exit link (Clictune): an intermediate page may show for a few seconds before the official website. Direct link to the website, no intermediate page

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Technical details

Pricing: Free, with trade-offsconfirmed by F-Droid
License: MIT — Open source (permissive)confirmed by F-Droid
Open source: Yes
Commercial use: Yesconfirmed by F-Droid
Account required: not documented
Credit card required: Noconfirmed by F-Droid
Watermark: Not applicable
Ads: No
Platforms: AndroidEstablished by Android: F-Droid
Distribution: Available on F-Droid
Publisher: Joep Meindertsma
Latest version: 0.0.51 (2 October 2026)
Latest activity: 2 October 2026
Source code: github.com/ontola/searchlauncher

Overview

Features described in its F-Droid listing and in its GitHub repository: ad and tracker blocking, keyboard shortcuts.

Overview written by LicitPro from the documentation published by the authors and the cited sources; we have not tried the resource ourselves.

Excerpts that establish this information

“One bar finds everything on your phone and everything on the web, and opens what you find in a browser that blocks ads.” — F-Droid, 10 November 2026
“Private windows, file uploads, picture-in-picture video and hardware keyboard shortcuts are all included.” — F-Droid, 10 November 2026
“Dark mode, a true black OLED mode, a row of favourites, voice search, and export and import of everything you have set up.” — F-Droid, 10 November 2026
“Dark mode, a true black OLED mode, a row of favourites, voice search, and export and import of everything you have set up.” — F-Droid, 10 November 2026

At a glance

SearchLauncher is free, with trade-offs: it relies on a non-free online service and it sends tracking data.

Its licence (MIT) is a permissive open source licence: use, modification and redistribution are allowed, including in commercial projects.

Strengths

Open source code
No advertising
Commercial use allowed

Weaknesses

Flagged by F-Droid: relies on a non-free online service
Flagged by F-Droid: tracks user activity

Sources and checks

Facts collected from F-Droid (credit card, source code, publisher, licence, free status, platforms, ads, commercial use, version) — 6 November 2026
Last technical check: 6 November 2026
Description from F-Droid — F-Droid (citation courte)

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