L9 Beta
Launcher on 9 keys. A home screen for phones with a physical keypad — numbers launch apps, the d-pad moves the selection.
Android apps · keypad phones
Built for phones
with actual buttons.
A suite of Android apps for phones with a physical keypad and no touchscreen. Press a number, something happens — no swiping, no app drawer, no wallpaper.
Supported and looking nice on Dumber Mini — maybe more to come.
Mockups, not screenshots — built to match each app, but not pixel-for-pixel.
The suite
Five apps, one keypad
Each app installs separately — pick just the ones you want. All of them share the same keypad-first design.
C9 Beta
Calendars and Contacts on 9 keys. A calendar and address book client for the same phones, reading and writing straight to Android's own calendar and contacts.
P9 Alpha
Phone on 9 keys. Dialing, call history and call handling for the same phones — an all-black dialer that doubles as call history, and a call screen driven blind with the green key, the red key and the d-pad.
T9 Alpha
Tasks on 9 keys. A task list and editor for the same phones, reading and writing to whatever CalDAV tasks provider is installed on the device.
M9 Alpha
Messages on 9 keys. Texting for the same phones: conversations newest-first, a thread you read top to bottom, and a reply row one key away. Sends and receives SMS as your default messaging app. No MMS yet.
Philosophy
Built the other way around
Most Android software assumes a touchscreen, a search bar, and a drawer with three hundred icons. Nine assumes nine keys and enough restraint to leave it at that.
Keypad phones exist because someone decided a phone should do fewer things, on purpose. Stock Android doesn't know that — it still wants you to scroll, search, and swipe. Every app in this suite is built the other way around: press a key, get on with your day. If a feature needs a second screen of settings to explain, it probably doesn't belong here.