In depth

A closer look at substratum theme engine

Take over control of the finest aspects of the system UI and personalise your Android experience without limits with the official Substratum theme engine, free to use and powered by the constantly growing, community-driven collection of beautiful overlays.

Attention:
Google is preventing stock OMS users from utilising custom overlays. To help us bring back rootless theming support to Android

Theme engine support:
• Stock Nougat (RRO): Requires root, exposures unsupported, not all themes compatible
• Stock Oreo (OMS): Compatible with rooted and unrooted devices, in the case of the latter the Andromeda plugin is needed for Substratum to function correctly
• Stock Samsung Nougat (RRO): Sungstratum addon required for full compatibility
• Custom Nougat (OMS): Requires a custom ROM with an interfacer installed

Requirements

Device requirements

Android 7.0+

Verdict

Should you install substratum theme engine?

substratum theme engine is an Android application available under the Freeware license — the APK is 8.7 MB. We’ve catalogued it under Security.

Verified clean. Every substratum theme engine APK on SoftLookup is scanned for malware, spyware, and adware. We re-test on every update.