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Smart Launcher 5
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Easy App Drawer categorization
One of Smart Launcher 2's ways of keeping things simple is to categorize your apps. The categorization is quite accurate and is very useful once you learn the categories.
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Drains battery faster than stock Android
This may be due to some of the extra features in the app as well as some of the workarounds need for support of things like "Ok Google".
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Minimalist, functional design that gives quick access to most important apps
Smart Launcher uses a simple circular layout of apps. It display 6 user-selected apps, date and time and hides everything else from view.
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Freemium
Extra widget pages, remove ads, edit categories, popup widget, etc are only for pro users
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Lightweight
Smart Launcher uses very little resources which is good for performance and saving battery power.
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Notifications don't work for some users
Multiple people have reported that app notifications don't work at all with SL2 and they are forced to open each app individually to see if there are changes.
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Allows accessing everything quickly
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Hides apps easily
If you have tons of apps that clutter your app drawer even after they’ve been categorized, you can choose to hide certain apps from view.
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Good in both Portrait and Landscape modes
Smart Launcher is designed with both Portrait and Landscape modes in mind, which means no matter the orientation one wants to use it in it adapts well to either.
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Easy to set up
As soon as you open Smart Launcher 3 for the first time you will begin the setup process. The steps are easy and you will be up and running in no time.
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Extendable with unread counts plugin
There is an extra download called Plugin Notifications that allows for the function of notification counts on the users app icons in the drawer and shortcuts on the home screen. It is available for free for Smart Launcher 3 and 2.
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Easy theming with icon pack support
Smart Launcher supports using icon packs that are meant for ADW Launcher, Apex Launcher, Nova Launcher, and LauncherPro. You can also change icons on a per-app basis.
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Supports gestures
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Lock screen is redesigned to provide a cohesive experience
Smart Launcher 3 provides a lock screen which helps to maintain an overall cohesive design on your Android device. It is optional for those that still want to use their stock lock screen.
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Hundreds of downloadable themes
The themes change icons, wallpapers, and colors. Each has its own unique feel, but they all adhere to the same layout.
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Widgets can be used on secondary home screens
There is an optional function (on at stock start) that allows users to set their own widgets on extra home screen pages.
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Gesture support for quick launching
Gestures can be enabled to perform Smart Launcher actions or just to open apps. Smart Launcher actions include but not limited to: open app drawer, show/hide status bar, show notifications panel, and show toggle panel.
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One search for everything
One search for apps, contacts and web browsing. Also lets use of Google Now.
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Folders on main screen provides fast access to apps
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"Okay Google" support
Users can add "Okay Google" support for voice search by downloading the Plugin Extra plugin from the Play Store.
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Can be personalized with themes
Smart Launcher 2 offers a selection of themes that change the look of the homescreen.
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Live wallpaper support
Live wallpapers are a special type of wallpaper that is animated. Despite the simple and sleek design of Smart Launcher, you can still make it look and feel great, and live wallpapers are just one in a few ways for doing so.
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HD Wallpaper
Smart Launcher has HD wallpaper. Very impressive
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Publisher:
Smart Launcher Srl
File Size:
5.71MB
Required Android Version:
4.0 and up
In App Purchases:
None
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Nova Launcher Prime
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23
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Has a more customizable stock Android experience
Nova Launcher provides an experience that's similar to stock Android, but adds multiple customization options. Customization ranges in ways that interactions and the user interface can be changed both aesthetically and functionally.
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Lacks automatic backup
There is no way to automatically back up settings or content. Reinstalling the launcher on the same device will lose all settings and content.
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Fast
Speed of Nova Launcher is one of the app's key points. Even with a lot of widgets Nova Launcher performs speedy.
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Overwhelming at first
Nova Launcher offers such a huge amount of customization that at first it is quite a bit overwhelming. There are settings everywhere and other launchers offer more of a step-by-step setup process. Nova Launcher could take you hours to set up how you like it. On the other hand the pure amount of settings allows you to set it up almost exactly how you like it.
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Drawer style options
Options include horizontal pages, vertical scrolling or list. The user is also able to adjust the background transparency. This way the users drawer can look unique while also offering more or less apps on the page depending on their preference.
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Notification count not included
Notification count need tesla Unread app to be installed
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Custom grid size
From the Nova Settings menu, users can create a custom grid size for their desktop and app drawer, up to a maximum of 12 columns and rows. Discriminating users can also adjust the size of the margins on the top, bottom, left and right. This allows for users to set how many widgets and apps can fit on these screens.
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unable to inherit icon size on dock - dekstop - drawer
you need to set icon size separately on dock - dekstop - drawer
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Custom icon packs
Not all custom launchers allow custom icon packs. Nova supports most custom icon packs that are in the Play Store.
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Less icon packs
This launcher has less icon packs. The system icons it has, are not HD quality.
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Infinite home screen scroll
Turning on infinite scrolling allows the user to move seamlessly among all of their home screens, rather than having to scroll backward when the last page is reached. This proves particularly useful if the user has a large number of homescreens. Infinite scrolling can also be enabled in the app drawer.
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Memory utilisation is a bit high
With all of the features and options Nova Launcher offers there is an understandable loss of RAM, though it could always be optimized better.
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Extra dock pages
There are extra bottom row dock pages accessible when swiping left or right on the dock. In Nova's settings there is support for a maximum of five dock pages and a minimum of one. This way you can set up to 25 shortcuts in the dock that can be scrolled though, leaving plenty of room on the home screen for widgets and other apps.
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Tapping & swiping a shortcut can have different results
Nova has the ability to add an assortment of action shortcuts to the home-screen which can be performed when swiping on particular areas or icons (as opposed to when tapping).
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Folders in the app drawer
Nova Launcher has the ability to add folders into the app drawer making for easy sorting of many apps.
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Can automatically sort inside of folders alphabetically
The user can sort their folders in the drawer and home-screen alphabetically.
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Tablet support
The app drawer and widgets take full advantage of a tablets extra screen real estate.
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Outstanding widget support
With the custom grids, most widgets can be sized to specifications which give added control over Android home screens.
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Allows hiding the status bar
Within Nova's setting the user can set the notification bar to stay hidden, allowing for more screen real estate.
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Desktop lock
It has an option to lock the icons and widgets in place as well as locks out the ability to delete apps, preventing accidental rearranging or deletions.
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Folder contents synced between drawer and homescreen
Create a folder in the drawer. Drag the folder from the drawer to a home screen. Add more items to the drawer folder. The item gets added automatically to the home screen folder (because it is the same folder). In addition, the user can set a custom icon for the folder (or for each shortcut).
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Google widget customizations
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Sesame Shortcuts integration
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Gesture support
Use gestures (swipe up, double tap, etc.) to easily launch apps.
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Stable
Solid performance for getting work (and play) done, no crashes, no slow downs.
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Useful visual customization options
Allows you to customize scroll effects, scroll speeds, animation speed, app animations, gestures. All of these options allow for very individualistic differences in how the launcher performs and looks, making for a great way to set ones phone apart from others.
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A free version available
A free version, Nova Launcher is available, but it lacks gestures, unread counts, custom drawer groups, ability to hide apps from the app drawer, icon swipes and additional scroll effects.
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Backup option available.
Users can save their configuration in a backup file and quickly restore it.
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Unread counts
Nova Launcher Prime offers unread counts for all supported apps, a feature not available on all launchers. Although it requires the free installation of TeslaUnread. What TeslaUnread does is add unread count numbers to certain application icons in ones application drawer and home screen, giving a quick overview of how many unread notifications they have in that supported application.
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Publisher:
TeslaCoil Software
File Size:
8.35MB
Required Android Version:
4.1 and up
In App Purchases:
None
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Apex Launcher Pro
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Highly customizable app drawer
Apex Launcher lets the user customize the app drawer, including its style (Horizontal Paginated, Vertical Paginated, Vertical Continuous or Vertical List), the method of sorting and the background transparency.
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Can be overwhelming at first
Apex Launcher offers lots of customization in terms of user interface and functionality that can be overwhelming at first.
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Customize grid size
Apex Launcher allows the user to change the grid size of their home screens (up to a maximum size of 10 rows and columns) and adjust the margins on the left, right, top and bottom. Icons can be made larger by as much as 150% or reduced to as little as 50% of their original size.
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Slow to implement new features
Development of Apex Launcher can some times be slow, lagging behind in features when compared to more frequently updated launchers.
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Stock Android experience
Made to look like stock Android with additional features.
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Version 4 changed everything
The look, the options, animations and sizes.
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Has a theme shop
A marketplace where the user can download extra themes is provided. Some of the themes must be purchased via Google Play, but many are free. Paid version allows the use of themes from other launchers.
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Sort drawer by most used
There is an option in the Apex Launcher drawer to sort apps by the most used, making for a convenient way for users to get back to their most often used apps.
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Can hide apps
Apex Launcher also allows users to hide unused or unwanted apps from the drawer.
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Gestures are free
The free version of Apex comes with swipe gesture support.
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Unread count (paid version)
Unread count notifications create badges for home screen, dock and drawer icons that let the user know how many unread messages they have.
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Infinite scrolling
Infinite scrolling allows you to cycle among your home screens without ever changing directions.
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Tablet support
Apex, which requires Android 4.0 or later, boasts a dedicated tablet UI mode. Turning this on enables the persistent search bar at the top of the display, and somewhat inexplicably disables the dock at the bottom of the screen.
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Publisher:
Android Does
File Size:
4.7M
Required Android Version:
4.0 and up
In App Purchases:
None
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Microsoft Launcher
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11
Cons
5
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Easy to organize
It has different pages that help you to have your contacts, reminders, last files opened, and more.
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High resource usage
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Simple design
Very simple drawer for productivity. Requires little time.
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Widgets not available for new page
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To-do list reminder
It has a very helpful integrated to-do card/widget. If you use Wunderlist, you may connect this, and have your tasks synced between Microsoft Launcher and Wunderlist.
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Need microsoft account to use
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Utility page
Microsoft Launcher has a powerful utility page, which contains the card widgets, which are powerful widgets integrated within Microsoft Launcher. It is a page which by default is to the left of your home screen.
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Limited Icon Customisation
You can select icons from icon packs but not from individual icon images.
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Notes card/widget
Microsoft Launcher has its own Notes card/widget, which you may use for easy to access notes and checkbox-lists.
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App organization
There is no option to automatically sort apps by type and put them into one folder. You'll have to do that manually, which is a pain in the neck if you have lots of apps and want to organize them into folders.
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Icon packs
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Vertical scrolling
You may enable vertical scrolling for your home screen, which enables you to add multiple pages for your apps and widgets.
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Recents
Microsoft Launcher has a Recents card/widget, which can show you recent phone calls, social messaging, SMS, files, clipboard and camera activity.
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Gestures customisation
There's customisation for gestures, i.e double tap to lock phone, swipe up for app drawer, etc.
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Built-in search engine
Microsoft Launcher features a built-in search engine, which you may use to search the internet and your installed apps. You may choose to use Bing, Google, or Yahoo as your search engine.
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Arrow Hub
Share files directly to your Arrow Hub, which you can connect to from a PC via an URL and your Microsoft Login.
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License:
Freeware
Publisher:
Microsoft Corporation
Developer:
Microsoft Garage
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Poco Launcher
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5
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5
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booster included
it can free up some ram to speed up your system
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Dark theme supported
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auto group apps
Group apps by category automatically or create custom groups to always keep important things just a tap away.
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notification badges included
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Advanced Filter
App suggestions, icon color categories, and lots of other customizable features allow you to find what you need much faster.
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Z Launcher Beta
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Pros
6
Cons
2
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Apps can be searched for by scribbling letters
Users use their finger or a stylus to write the first letter of an app they are looking for in order to find it and launch it. It allows for a fast way to find and launch apps.
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A severe lack of customization options
Being that this is meant as a minimal style launcher, there is not many customization options. It is of course still in beta, so more options may wind up in the app over time.
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Allows searching contacts and websites directly from the launcher
By gesture writing the name of a contact or website on the home screen the launcher will show results for the user to click on to go to the corresponding contact or webpage.
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Scribble feature is inconsistent
Just as with writing recognition for keyboards it is not always exact, especially depending on the users own handwriting.
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Keeps your most used apps at the forefront
The launcher learns what the users most used apps are and adapts what it shows on the home-screen to that usage.
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Simplifies your homescreen
Z Launcher is a very minimal launcher where the home screen is 4 shortcuts at the bottom, 6 of the most used apps and phone numbers on the home screen and a clock at top.
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Nicely designed context-aware multi-app widget on homescreen
A clean and minimal designed widget that contains info from multiple apps, letting the user scroll between them intuitively.
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Unread Counters for docked Apps
Having apps like Hangouts or the Phone Dialer in the docked apps will allow for unread counts on the icons.
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Publisher:
Nokia Apps LLC
File Size:
14M
Required Android Version:
4.1 and up
In App Purchases:
None
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Essential Launcher
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3
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Pros
1
Cons
2
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Widget support
In spite of being a basic minimal launcher, it supports widgets.
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No customization
In terms of total customization, it is even more spartan than KISS.
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Only one widget
In spite of this, the widget chosen takes up all the desktop space.
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TSF Shell 3D
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8
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6
Cons
1
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Lots of eye-candy
The launcher has a huge amount of flashy animations and transitions, including smooth 3D animations.
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Abandoned
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Highly customizeable with low learning curve
The launcher offers a variety of animations and themes for different parts of the UI that can all be changed to suit individual preferences.
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It is free
It is absolutely free.
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Desktop element editor
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Supports themes
Icon themes and more...
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Includes a collection of visually impressive widgets
Comes with a 3D calendar, mail widget
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Publisher:
TSFUI
File Size:
11M
Required Android Version:
2.2 and up
In App Purchases:
None
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Free
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Linux CLI Launcher
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Pros
7
Cons
1
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T-UI Commands
You can uninstall, open, SMS, call and calculate directly from the launcher. You can even search from the launcher, on Google, the Play Store, Youtube or for .files on your phone.
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Text all the way down
There is no graphical interface with this launcher, so bring a good keyboard.
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High Performance
This is a very powerful launcher which doesn't burden the system.
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App installation status
You can track your latest app install changes directly on your homescreen.
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Customizable
You can customize a wide variety of settings for the launcher.
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Aliases
You can assign aliases to access your favorite commands faster.
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Suggestions
The launcher has a powerful suggestions feature, where it will suggest commands and apps as you type.
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Clean UI
Clean UI without clutter.
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Lawnchair 2
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7
Cons
3
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Google Now
Offers Google Now page via Lawnfeed add-on.
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Weather settings
Weather widget has to be set up manually with API and has some localization issues.
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Gestures
Has gestures, such as swipe on fingerprint sensor to pull down notification menu / pull up app drawer.
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Lawnfeed has to be downloaded from an untrusted source
It's the only way to get Google Now feed.
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Pixel-like features
Has a Pixel home screen overview widget that can be cutomized.
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Updates
Resets certain features with Google/Lawnfeed updates.
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Widgets
Widgets can be stretched to full-screen.
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Dock
Possibility to have single- / double-row dock.
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App icons
Supports icon packs and offers different app icon shapes.
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Customizable
Offers amazing customization options.
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Lightning Launcher eXtreme
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Pros
7
Cons
1
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High learning curve to fully customise
It will take a lot of time and patience to perfect your screens to exactly what you want. You can, however, download and build off of other users' models. The dev provides several YouTube how-to guides as well.
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Highly customisable
You can choose a grid of any size or drop the grid completely and arrange everything freely on the canvas. It even comes with its own scripting language if you want to completely customise any aspect of the launcher.
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Supports icon packs
specify per item - icons from packs can be set as foreground or background icons and can be scaled independently.
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Great themes available
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Small Memory Footprint
Depending on how how in-depth you customize, a bare-bones launcher experience uses very little memory.
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Practically unlimited number of desktops
By utilizing folders users can create what are essentially mini desktops with each one.
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Desktops can be greater then the visible area, allows for panning around
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How-to videos available
The developer, Pierre Hébert, provides YouTube video guides.
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Publisher:
PierroX
File Size:
N/A
Required Android Version:
2.2 and up
In App Purchases:
None
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KISS Launcher
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8
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Pros
6
Cons
2
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Simple
There's not exactly much to go wrong with KISS, because of the philosophy of the same name it uses.
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Rigid
As a result of the KISS philosophy, there is very little to customize. Not even widgets are allowed.
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Open source
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Apps are presented as long list
Rather than being presented as a grid, all the apps are shown in a long list format.
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Minimal mode
You can go completely minimal with no status bar, favourites bar, History. Favourites and history will appear only when you touch the screen. Otherwise it will be completely blank. You can enjoy the wallpaper fully and when you need to see the apps, just touch the screen. It's a feature no other launcher has. It's simple and powerful.
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History mode
All the apps, calls and shortcuts you used will be shown as a long list on the home screen. It will adjust to usage patterns so most used items will be always within the reach.
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Incredible search functionality
You can search everything from apps, contacts, shortcuts, web. You can even add custom search providers as you wish. Search results are shown near the keyboard which is great for one hand usage.
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Complete
Supports icon packs, customize search engine, etc.
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ADW.Launcher
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9
Experiences
Pros
7
Cons
1
Specs
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Last updated July 27, 2013
ADW.Launcher has not been updated since 2013, basically meaning it is abandoned.
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Great theme support
New themes compatible with ADW Launcher can be downloaded directly from Google Play. The launcher conveniently provides a link from the Themes page in the ADW Settings menu. More impressively, the Themes page provides previews of each theme you've installed on your device, as well as info about whether the theme supports icons, folders, the dock and the wallpaper. However, the best feature, by far, proved to be the ability to mix and match functionalities from a variety of themes to create an entirely custom look. And most of the themes are free.
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Infinite scrolling
Infinite scrolling lets you loop through home screens without requiring you to change direction.
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Tablet support
ADW.Launcher, despite being old and abandoned does work well on a tablet with the icons and everything else scaling correctly.
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Customizable app drawer
The margins, rows and columns of the app drawer also can be modified to fit your preferences. In addition, ADW Launcher supports a variety of visual styles for the app drawer, such as Horizontal Paginated, Vertical New and the standard Ice Cream Sandwich Paginated style.
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Customizable desktop
Adjust the size of the margins or the number of columns and rows on the desktop to a maximum grid size of 10 rows and columns.
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Stock Android experience
Made to look like stock Android with additional features.
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Group app drawers
ADW Launcher allows you to create your own groups in the app drawer.
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Publisher:
AnderWeb
File Size:
2.5M
Required Android Version:
1.6 and up
In App Purchases:
None
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Yahoo Aviate Launcher
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11
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Pros
8
Cons
2
Specs
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Groups apps by their functionality
Calendar, social, etc, and only shows the five most important apps to you at the time, keeping clutter out of the way.
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Limited customization
Aviate limits customization because it aims for a simple design. Although a little more customization would be useful.
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Time and location-aware launcher
For each period of the day Aviate provides different apps and information by learning from the users behavior (similar to Google Now). This can come in handy as the apps one would use in the office will most likely be different from the ones they use at home.
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Limited shortcuts
Unable to shortcut to call/message individual contact or direct access a web page.
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Minimalist design
Clean and simple visuals allow for easy navigation and understanding of how to interact with the launcher.
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Free
The Yahoo Aviate Launcher is completely free to download and use with zero in app purchases to be found.
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Fluid interface
Swiping to the right opens your spaces (home, work, listening, etc), swiping to the left opens up your apps, and swiping down opens useful contextual information. Luckily all of this swiping works very smoothly.
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Notification badges (unread count) for select apps
Aviate supports notification badges for: Unread emails via the Gmail app Missed calls via your favorite Phone app Unread text messages from your default SMS app Apps with notification badges on the default Samsung launcher This allows the user to easily see what apps have what amount of notifications.
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Support for icon packs
Aviate Launcher has built in support for icon packs. this way users can theme their launcher icons to their liking.
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Shortcuts
Allows one-tap access to create shortcuts to contacts, documents, websites, and even email folders.
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Publisher:
Yahoo (Formerly ThumbsUp Labs)
File Size:
18.55MB
Required Android Version:
4.1 and up
In App Purchases:
None
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Action Launcher Plus
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20
Experiences
Pros
15
Cons
4
Specs
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Covers
A more powerful alternative to folders, Covers allows the user to disguise what would normally be a folder as an app one of the apps in the folder. One tap opens the app normally, but swiping up on the icon reveals the folder that the icon is covering. The use of covers is also optional for those that would rather use a regular folder.
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Misleading description of the free version
Most of the features are in the upgrade version.
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Quicktheme
The action bar and search bar change colors according to the wallpaper, making for a great way to have a consistent color theme.
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No trial for the pro version
There's no way to try the pro version before buying it.
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Supports icon packs
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Confusing upgrade procedure
Action Launcher can be upgraded to the Pro version using an in-app purchase. The confusion comes from the fact that there's a Pro version available on the Play store, but the correct version to upgrade is through the in-app purchase.
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Active, Innovative Developer
The dev constantly releases betas and trials new features. Bugs are found and sorted out quickly. App innovations are often ahead of the curve -- e.g., quickdrawer, instant theming, pixel integration before Nova, gesture integration. When upgraded from AL2 to AL3, the dev also explained the rationale behind the move to a whole new app and payment, and discounted supporters.
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Cannot change icons without upgrading
Cannot change the icons individually without upgrading. Some icon packs do not change all the icons when initially applied.
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Gestures for shortcuts
Use swipes, pinches, and multi-finger gestures on the homescreen as shortcuts to your favorite features. A favorite is a down swipe anywhere on the homescreen, to bring down the notification tray so users don't have to reach up to the top of their screen. Additionally customise double- and triple-taps on the homescreen to launch a variety of options.
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Pixel Launcher look & feel
Use the Pixel theme to add a dock background, and add a Google pill button instead of the search bar. this way users can mimic the look of the Pixels launcher.
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1 Google Now page
With a companion app Action Launcher, you gain access to the Google Now page.
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Sliding quickdrawer allows for quick access to apps
The quick drawer allows for quick access to apps, from anywhere on the device. This way users do not have to go to the home screen in order to open the app drawer.
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Shutters
Shutters is a feature that allows the user to swipe up on an icon to load the app's widget in a small window, and then hide when done. Saves tons of screenspace without losing the functionality of your favorite widgets.
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Lightweight
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Google Now support
Action Launcher 3 supports Google Now "Ok Google" voice search allowing users to voice search from the home screen.
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3D Touch-like app shortcuts
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Does not slow down under load
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'Vertical grid' app tray option
Action Launcher has the option to enable a vertical grid app tray that acts like most menus that slide out from the left of the phone's screen. Apps are organized alphabetically, and touching a letter will take you to apps that start with that letter.
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Feels great with curved displays
Action Launcher 3 feels like it was made for curved displays, like the Galaxy S6/7 Edge, BlackBerry Priv, and Nexus 4. Swiping in from the edge for the vertical app drawer or quickpage feels even more natural on these phones.
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Publisher:
Chris Lacy
File Size:
14.67MB
Required Android Version:
5.0 and up
In App Purchases:
$4.99 - $12.00 per item
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Dodol Launcher
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Drawer tabs
There are drawer tabs that allow for easy sorting of installed apps on the device. Two being Recent and Running. Recent allows the user to find the most recently used applications while running allows the user to see what apps are still open and running on the device.
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Only runs on Android 4.0.3 or higher
Users who have Android versions below 4 will not be able to use this launcher.
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Customizable
Dodol Launcher offers themes for free for the launcher, making it easy to customize to ones taste.
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Publisher:
dodol.com
File Size:
11M
Required Android Version:
4.0.4 and up
In App Purchases:
None
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Hyperion Launcher
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Fast Performance
It runs very fast.
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Freemium
Following features are not available for free version : • Gestures • Further icon customizations including label size, text color, display/hide text shadow and multiple lines for labels • Custom launcher font (by importing your own .TTF files) • Disabling app suggestions from the top of your drawer • Two row dock • Google Smart Widget + customizations
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User friendly
The interfaces are easy to use.
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High Customization
You can change any theme, colour, icon, font, and behaviour of the launcher.
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LAUNCHER 8 PRO
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Windows Live Tile-like vibrant interface
Like Windows Phone 8, the design of Launcher 8 consists of brightly colored tiles on either a black or white background. The result is a simple and appealing design. Although simply changing the tile color is not as personal as wallpaper in conventional launchers. Fortunately though any color is possible on Launcher 8 not just the preselected colors on Windows Phone 8.
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Difficult to set up
As expected this launcher is much harder to set up than the real Windows Phone 8 launcher. Apps must be assigned to their their corresponding tiles, live tiles are difficult to set up, and setting tiles up to display contextual information is difficult. Fortunately though the developer has been consistently improving these issues.
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Separate widget pages
Windows Phone 8 was never designed to work with Android widgets but that doesn't mean you can't use them with Launcher 8. The developers of Launcher 8 have finally found the right solution to using widgets on the tile interface with new separate pages. In the previous version of the launcher, Launcher 7, the widgets would be squeezed into tiles and the result was rarely good. The new separate widget pages accessible with a swipe to the right are a big improvement.
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Transition effects
Launcher 8 uses the same transition effects when opening apps and returning to the home screen as the Windows Phone 8. Not only is this appealing but apps seem to load quicker. The transition to open an app takes a few hundred milliseconds which gives apps extra time to load. The result is an interface that seems quicker than it actually is.
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Notification bar can be hidden
This feature may seem counterproductive at first but it provides a minimalistic appearance that stays true to the original Windows Phone 8. The notification bar will still appear everywhere else on your Android but Launcher 8 will be just tiles.
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Unread counts
Launcher 8 supports basic unread counts like phone calls and text messages in the free version.
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Publisher:
Xinyi Network
File Size:
8.5M
Required Android Version:
2.2 and up
In App Purchases:
None
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Blur - A Launcher Replacement
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2
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Provides an open alternative to Google Now cards
Allows developers to create Google Now-like pages and cards through their API.
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Unstable
Blur is still in early stages of development and tends to have hiccups and crashes often.
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Free to use
Blur is free to download and use, though it does offer in app purchases that range from $0.99 - $99.99 per item.
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Publisher:
Klinker Apps
File Size:
4.8M
Required Android Version:
4.1 and up
In App Purchases:
$0.99 - $99.99 per item
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Buzz Launcher
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Cons
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Con
Buzz widget are not included
Needs to be downloaded from the Playstore.
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Extremely customizable
Buzz Launcher allows for amazing customization, the reason why there is so many different and unique homepacks available. Buzz Launcher has gesture support, custom grid sizes (up to a maximum of 12 rows and columns) with adjustable size of margins, and even allows different wallpapers on each home screen. The Buzz Custom Widget App also allows you to create your own widget.
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Icon packs at the Play Store are usually not compatible with Buzz Launcher.
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Has over 500,000 user created themes
Unlike other launchers that force you to waste time customizing your launcher, Homepack Buzz allows you to simply download other's amazing creations. The Homepacks are also so different that you'll never get bored. Over 500,000 Homepacks to choose from.
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No landscape mode
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Create your own unique widgets using the Buzz Custom Widget app
Buzz Launcher takes the concept of widgets a step further, allowing you to create your own unique widgets using the Buzz Custom Widget app. The app lets you adjust the size of the widget, as well as its color, borders, fill and shadow. Moreover, you can insert and edit text and images, assign the order of object layers, and rotate objects 360 degrees.
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Not tablet optimized
The only tablet Buzz Launcher is compatible with is the Nexus 7.
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Free
Buzz Launcher is completely free to use with zero in app purchases.
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App drawer customization
You can sort your apps according to title, date of installation or frequency of use. Buzz Launcher also lets you hide unwanted apps -- a feature most other launchers only provide in their paid versions.
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Fast
Buzz Launcher performs slightly faster than stock Jelly Bean.
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There are so many different styles that collecting and organising your favorite ones becomes more of a hobby and a lot of fun.
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Buzz Launcher has a strong community of artists, developers and those who appreciate the work put into each pack.
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Publisher:
Buzz Launcher Team
File Size:
8.5M
Required Android Version:
4.0.3 and up
In App Purchases:
None
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