diff --git a/apps/tapelauncher/ChangeLog b/apps/tapelauncher/ChangeLog
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+0.01: Initial version
+
diff --git a/apps/tapelauncher/README.md b/apps/tapelauncher/README.md
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+# The Tape App Launcher
+
+Reminiscent of a Telegram or Turing machine tape.
+
+![](screenshot.jpg)
+
+## Controls
+
+**BTN1** - move backward to the previous app icon
+
+**BTN2** - run the selected app
+
+**BTN3** - move forward to the next app icon
+
+**Swipe Left** -  move forward to the next app icon
+
+**Swipe Right** - move backwards (to the left) to the previous app
diff --git a/apps/tapelauncher/app.js b/apps/tapelauncher/app.js
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+/*
+ * Tape Launcher
+ *
+ */
+
+var s = require("Storage");
+var apps = s.list(/\.info$/).map(app=>{var a=s.readJSON(app,1);return a&&{name:a.name,type:a.type,icon:a.icon,sortorder:a.sortorder,src:a.src};}).filter(app=>app && (app.type=="app" || app.type=="clock" || !app.type));
+apps.sort((a,b)=>{
+  var n=(0|a.sortorder)-(0|b.sortorder);
+  if (n) return n; // do sortorder first
+  if (a.name<b.name) return -1;
+  if (a.name>b.name) return 1;
+  return 0;
+});
+
+var Napps = apps.length;
+var selected = 1; // assumes we have at least 2 apps
+
+function draw_icon(pos, id, select) {
+  var x = ((pos % 3)*80) + 2; 
+  var y = 80;
+
+  if (select) {
+    //g.setColor(0.3,0.3,0.3).fillRect(x,y,x+79,y+99); // bigger than icon
+  } else {
+    // some icons will vanish on a black background, so draw a box smaller than the icon to sit on
+    //g.setColor(0.3,0.3,0.3).fillRect(x+5,y+11,x+73,y+73);
+  }
+
+  g.setColor(-1);
+  g.drawImage(s.read(apps[id].icon),x+2,y+11,{scale:1.625});
+
+  if (select) {
+    // white bounding box
+    g.setColor(1,1,1).drawRect(x,y,x+79,y+99); 
+  }
+}
+
+function draw() {
+  g.setColor(0,0,0).fillRect(0,0,239,239);
+
+  if (selected -1 > -1)
+    draw_icon(0, selected -1, false);
+
+  draw_icon(1, selected, true);
+
+  if (selected + 1 < Napps)
+    draw_icon(2, selected + 1, false);
+
+  g.setColor(-1).setFontAlign(0,-1,0).setFont("6x8",3);
+
+  if (apps[selected].name.length <= 12) {
+    g.drawString(apps[selected].name, 120, 40, true);
+  } else {
+    // some app names are too long for one line
+    var name = apps[selected].name;
+    var first = name.substring(0, name.lastIndexOf(" "));
+    var last = name.substring(name.lastIndexOf(" ") + 1, name.length);
+    g.drawString(first, 120, 40, true);
+    g.drawString(last, 120, 200, true);
+  }
+}
+
+Bangle.on("swipe",(dir)=>{
+  (dir<0) ? nextapp(1) : nextapp(-1);
+});
+
+function nextapp(dir){
+  selected += dir;
+
+  if (selected > Napps - 1) {
+    selected = Napps - 1;
+  } else if (selected < 0) {
+    selected = 0;
+  }
+  draw();
+}
+
+function doselect(){
+  load(apps[selected].src);
+}
+
+setWatch(nextapp.bind(null,-1), BTN1, {repeat:true,edge:"falling"});
+setWatch(doselect, BTN2, {repeat:true,edge:"falling"});
+setWatch(nextapp.bind(null,1), BTN3, {repeat:true,edge:"falling"});
+
+draw();
diff --git a/apps/tapelauncher/icon.js b/apps/tapelauncher/icon.js
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+require("heatshrink").decompress(atob("AH4A/ACXd7vQC6vUpoBBDaQXEDaQXIDZwXMAIQZHC4R6BAAIZJDAwXIDY4XHAAodJ7oXMDpQXSAAiRHhoWN7zFLDY/e9ve9zeMhvQCIIBFC5ARIC5oVNC5EOCpwABC4vuCZYXPCIwXOCJAAFC5gAJ8AXFCpwuHgDjCFqQXC6lN6gbFf5gXEAInd6AXVDYndhoXKBoIbMC5QZLC44AFDpIXNDpQXdhoYMAAbwIC6oZQbxhOKC5gbKC6BUGC6oA/AHgA==");
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