diff --git a/app/src/main/java/de/jrpie/android/launcher/preferences/LauncherPreferences$Config.java b/app/src/main/java/de/jrpie/android/launcher/preferences/LauncherPreferences$Config.java
index de3fca1..0f6e91c 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/de/jrpie/android/launcher/preferences/LauncherPreferences$Config.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/de/jrpie/android/launcher/preferences/LauncherPreferences$Config.java
@@ -1,15 +1,11 @@
 package de.jrpie.android.launcher.preferences;
 
-import android.util.Log;
-
 import org.json.JSONException;
 import org.json.JSONObject;
 
-import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.HashSet;
 import java.util.Set;
-import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 
 import de.jrpie.android.launcher.R;
 import de.jrpie.android.launcher.apps.AppInfo;
@@ -39,6 +35,9 @@ import eu.jonahbauer.android.preference.annotations.serializer.PreferenceSeriali
                         @Preference(name = "custom_names", type = HashMap.class, serializer = LauncherPreferences$Config.MapAppInfoStringSerializer.class),
                         @Preference(name = "hide_bound_apps", type = boolean.class, defaultValue = "false"),
                 }),
+                @PreferenceGroup(name = "list", prefix = "settings_list_", suffix = "_key", value = {
+                        @Preference(name = "layout", type = ListLayout.class, defaultValue = "DEFAULT")
+                }),
                 @PreferenceGroup(name = "gestures", prefix = "settings_gesture_", suffix = "_key", value = {
                 }),
                 @PreferenceGroup(name = "general", prefix = "settings_general_", suffix = "_key", value = {
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/de/jrpie/android/launcher/preferences/ListLayout.kt b/app/src/main/java/de/jrpie/android/launcher/preferences/ListLayout.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e20945a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/main/java/de/jrpie/android/launcher/preferences/ListLayout.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+package de.jrpie.android.launcher.preferences
+
+import android.content.Context
+import androidx.recyclerview.widget.GridLayoutManager
+import androidx.recyclerview.widget.LinearLayoutManager
+import androidx.recyclerview.widget.RecyclerView
+import de.jrpie.android.launcher.R
+
+
+// TODO: move this to de.jrpie.android.launcher.ui.list.apps ?
+@Suppress("unused")
+enum class ListLayout(
+    val layoutManager: (context: Context) -> RecyclerView.LayoutManager,
+    val layoutResource: Int,
+    val useBadgedText: Boolean,
+) {
+    DEFAULT(
+        { c -> LinearLayoutManager(c) },
+        R.layout.list_apps_row,
+        false
+    ),
+    TEXT(
+        { c -> LinearLayoutManager(c) },
+        R.layout.list_apps_row_variant_text,
+        true
+    ),
+    GRID(
+        { c ->
+            val displayMetrics = c.resources.displayMetrics
+            val widthSp = displayMetrics.widthPixels / displayMetrics.scaledDensity
+            GridLayoutManager(c, (widthSp / 90).toInt())
+        },
+        R.layout.list_apps_row_variant_grid,
+        false
+    ),
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/de/jrpie/android/launcher/ui/list/apps/AppsRecyclerAdapter.kt b/app/src/main/java/de/jrpie/android/launcher/ui/list/apps/AppsRecyclerAdapter.kt
index 10f149a..555e771 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/de/jrpie/android/launcher/ui/list/apps/AppsRecyclerAdapter.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/de/jrpie/android/launcher/ui/list/apps/AppsRecyclerAdapter.kt
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ import android.app.Activity
 import android.content.Intent
 import android.graphics.Rect
 import android.os.AsyncTask
-import android.text.InputType
 import android.util.Log
 import android.view.LayoutInflater
 import android.view.View
@@ -25,9 +24,11 @@ import de.jrpie.android.launcher.apps.AppFilter
 import de.jrpie.android.launcher.apps.AppInfo
 import de.jrpie.android.launcher.apps.DetailedAppInfo
 import de.jrpie.android.launcher.appsList
+import de.jrpie.android.launcher.getUserFromId
 import de.jrpie.android.launcher.loadApps
 import de.jrpie.android.launcher.openAppSettings
 import de.jrpie.android.launcher.preferences.LauncherPreferences
+import de.jrpie.android.launcher.preferences.ListLayout
 import de.jrpie.android.launcher.transformGrayscale
 import de.jrpie.android.launcher.ui.list.ListActivity
 import de.jrpie.android.launcher.uninstallApp
@@ -47,7 +48,8 @@ class AppsRecyclerAdapter(
     private val intention: ListActivity.ListActivityIntention
     = ListActivity.ListActivityIntention.VIEW,
     private val forGesture: String? = "",
-    private var appFilter: AppFilter = AppFilter(activity, "")
+    private var appFilter: AppFilter = AppFilter(activity, ""),
+    private val layout: ListLayout
 ) :
     RecyclerView.Adapter<AppsRecyclerAdapter.ViewHolder>() {
 
@@ -74,7 +76,15 @@ class AppsRecyclerAdapter(
 
 
     override fun onBindViewHolder(viewHolder: ViewHolder, i: Int) {
-        val appLabel = appsListDisplayed[i].getCustomLabel(activity).toString()
+        var appLabel = appsListDisplayed[i].label.toString()
+
+        if (layout.useBadgedText) {
+            appLabel = activity.packageManager.getUserBadgedLabel(
+                appLabel,
+                getUserFromId(appsListDisplayed[i].app.user, activity)
+            ).toString()
+        }
+
         val appIcon = appsListDisplayed[i].icon
 
         viewHolder.textView.text = appLabel
@@ -212,9 +222,12 @@ class AppsRecyclerAdapter(
     }
 
     override fun onCreateViewHolder(parent: ViewGroup, viewType: Int): ViewHolder {
+
+        val layout = LauncherPreferences.list().layout()
         val inflater = LayoutInflater.from(parent.context)
-        val view: View = inflater.inflate(R.layout.list_apps_row, parent, false)
-        return ViewHolder(view)
+        val view: View = inflater.inflate(layout.layoutResource, parent, false)
+        val viewHolder = ViewHolder(view)
+        return viewHolder
     }
 
     init {
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/de/jrpie/android/launcher/ui/list/apps/ListFragmentApps.kt b/app/src/main/java/de/jrpie/android/launcher/ui/list/apps/ListFragmentApps.kt
index fa48d14..d6443b2 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/de/jrpie/android/launcher/ui/list/apps/ListFragmentApps.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/de/jrpie/android/launcher/ui/list/apps/ListFragmentApps.kt
@@ -70,15 +70,15 @@ class ListFragmentApps : Fragment(), UIObject {
                     "",
                     favoritesVisibility = favoritesVisibility,
                     hiddenVisibility = hiddenVisibility
-                )
+                ),
+                layout = LauncherPreferences.list().layout()
             )
 
         // set up the list / recycler
         binding.listAppsRview.apply {
             // improve performance (since content changes don't change the layout size)
             setHasFixedSize(true)
-            layoutManager = LinearLayoutManager(context)
-            // TODO: option to change this to GridLayoutManager(context, numCols)
+            layoutManager = LauncherPreferences.list().layout().layoutManager(context)
             adapter = appsRViewAdapter
         }
 
diff --git a/app/src/main/res/layout/list_apps_row_variant_grid.xml b/app/src/main/res/layout/list_apps_row_variant_grid.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1a9058c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/main/res/layout/list_apps_row_variant_grid.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout
+    xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
+    xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
+    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
+    android:id="@+id/list_apps_row_container"
+    android:layout_width="match_parent"
+    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
+    android:layout_margin="5sp">
+
+    <ImageView
+        android:id="@+id/list_apps_row_icon"
+        android:layout_width="40sp"
+        android:layout_height="40sp"
+        app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
+        app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent"
+        app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
+        tools:ignore="ContentDescription" />
+
+    <TextView
+        android:id="@+id/list_apps_row_name"
+        android:layout_width="0dp"
+        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
+        android:gravity="center_horizontal"
+        android:paddingTop="5dp"
+        android:text=""
+        android:textSize="11sp"
+        tools:text="some app"
+        app:layout_constraintTop_toBottomOf="@id/list_apps_row_icon"
+        app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
+        app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
+        app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="parent" />
+
+</androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/app/src/main/res/layout/list_apps_row_variant_text.xml b/app/src/main/res/layout/list_apps_row_variant_text.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..053568b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/main/res/layout/list_apps_row_variant_text.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout
+    xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
+    xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
+    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
+    android:id="@+id/list_apps_row_container"
+    android:layout_width="match_parent"
+    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
+    android:layout_margin="5sp">
+
+    <ImageView
+        android:id="@+id/list_apps_row_icon"
+        android:layout_width="0sp"
+        android:layout_height="0sp"
+        app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="parent"
+        app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
+        app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent"
+        android:visibility="gone"
+        tools:ignore="ContentDescription" />
+
+    <TextView
+        android:id="@+id/list_apps_row_name"
+        android:layout_width="0dp"
+        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
+        android:gravity="start|center_horizontal"
+        android:padding="5dp"
+        android:paddingStart="20dp"
+        android:text=""
+        android:textSize="20sp"
+        app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="parent"
+        app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
+        app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
+        app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent"
+        tools:text="some app" />
+
+</androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/app/src/main/res/values/donottranslate.xml b/app/src/main/res/values/donottranslate.xml
index 21a2514..d51bd35 100644
--- a/app/src/main/res/values/donottranslate.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/res/values/donottranslate.xml
@@ -9,12 +9,25 @@
         <string name="settings_internal_started_key" translatable="false">internal.started_before</string>
         <string name="settings_internal_started_time_key" translatable="false">internal.first_startup</string>
         <string name="settings_internal_version_code_key" translatable="false">internal.version_code</string>
-    <string name="settings_apps_favorites_key" translatable="false">apps.favorites</string>
-    <string name="settings_apps_hidden_key" translatable="false">apps.hidden</string>
-    <string name="settings_apps_custom_names_key" translatable="false">apps.custom_names</string>
-    <string name="settings_apps_hide_bound_apps_key" translatable="false">apps.hide_bound_apps</string>
+        <string name="settings_apps_favorites_key" translatable="false">apps.favorites</string>
+        <string name="settings_apps_hidden_key" translatable="false">apps.hidden</string>
+        <string name="settings_apps_custom_names_key" translatable="false">apps.custom_names</string>
+        <string name="settings_apps_hide_bound_apps_key" translatable="false">apps.hide_bound_apps</string>
+        <string name="settings_list_layout_key" translatable="false">list.layout</string>
+        <string name="settings_general_choose_home_screen_key" translatable="false">general.select_launcher</string>
 
-    <string name="settings_general_choose_home_screen_key" translatable="false">general.select_launcher</string>
+        <!-- values of de.jrpie.android.launcher.preferences.ListLayout -->
+        <string-array name="settings_list_layout_values" translatable="false">
+                <item>DEFAULT</item>
+                <item>TEXT</item>
+                <item>GRID</item>
+        </string-array>
+
+        <string-array name="settings_list_layout_items" translatable="false">
+                <item>@string/settings_list_layout_item_default</item>
+                <item>@string/settings_list_layout_item_text</item>
+                <item>@string/settings_list_layout_item_grid</item>
+        </string-array>
         <!--
           -
           - Settings : Gestures
diff --git a/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml b/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
index d0e8dea..c10fda4 100644
--- a/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
@@ -145,6 +145,11 @@
     <string name="settings_launcher_section_apps">Apps</string>
     <string name="settings_apps_hidden">Hidden apps</string>
     <string name="settings_apps_hide_bound_apps">Don\'t show apps that are bound to a gesture in the app list</string>
+    <string name="settings_list_layout">Layout of app list</string>
+
+    <string name="settings_list_layout_item_default">Default</string>
+    <string name="settings_list_layout_item_text">Text</string>
+    <string name="settings_list_layout_item_grid">Grid</string>
 
     <!--
       -
diff --git a/app/src/main/res/xml/preferences.xml b/app/src/main/res/xml/preferences.xml
index f075e85..b91324a 100644
--- a/app/src/main/res/xml/preferences.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/res/xml/preferences.xml
@@ -135,6 +135,14 @@
             android:title="@string/settings_apps_hide_bound_apps"
             android:defaultValue="false" />
 
+        <DropDownPreference
+            android:key="@string/settings_list_layout_key"
+            android:title="@string/settings_list_layout"
+            android:entries="@array/settings_list_layout_items"
+            android:entryValues="@array/settings_list_layout_values"
+            android:summary="%s"
+            android:defaultValue="DEFAULT"/>
+
     </PreferenceCategory>
     <PreferenceCategory
         android:title="@string/settings_launcher_section_display"