What’s on my Phone - Karl
A minimal and focused home screen setup of an indie app developer.
Jun 1, 2025, 7:01 PM
Karl is a Year 3 student at NTU, passionate about building iOS apps that integrate seamlessly with his personal workflow and help others stay productive.
He uses an iPhone 15 Pro Max with a home screen setup designed to minimize distractions and support deep focus. He makes extensive use of Shortcuts in the Control Center and apps that align with his routine.
Threads: /tohkarle
Twitter/X: /karl_apps

Home Screen 1: A large SyncTasks widget displaying today's to-do list. The widget seamlessly blends with the home background by matching its color.
Home Screen 2: Three medium widgets from the Experiments app that display streaks for various habits and challenges in progress.
Dock: The dock contains Phone, Arc Search, Messages, and Settings apps. They use custom minimalist icons setup through Apple Shortcuts.
Control Center: Beyond the standard controls, the Control Center features a Budget shortcut for adding expenses to Notion, a control to add tasks to SyncTasks, and a shortcut to ask ChatGPT without opening the app.