Ok, I can’t blame you for that. Congrats on making the jump into the world of privacy. You’ll spend most of your time on Apostophy’s main screen which is entirely in greyscale and has your Aphy Store, Calendar, Contacts, VPN (called “Digital Nomad”), File manager, GMS Wizard (for sideloading the Google Play Store, Email, Account Settings and Tasks. I felt confident listing these apps in order because that is the only order in which you can display them.
The home screen is not customizable at all.
What’s funny about this is that the GMS Wizard is there, in the middle of all your other apps, and you will only ever use it once. Then it’s stuck there, forever. That’s not the only software quirk with the OS though.
During the onboarding process, you’ll be requested to sign in with your account. By the way, you’ll need to visit Apostrophy’s website before onboarding so you can create that Apostrophy account to sign into. So keep that in mind.
Apostrophy OS also has a few bugs in it. For example, when installing the Google Play store, you are warned that doing so “may expose you to applications that monitor and stores your personal data”. If you didn’t catch the typo in there, don’t feel bad; neither did Apostrophy. Also, in the sandboxed area, I discovered a bug that prevented you from creating folders with apps in the top row of icons. These are all minor issues that will hopefully be worked out over time, but they really shouldn’t be there in a final product.
