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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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Con
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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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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Microsoft Launcher
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17
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Pros
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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Evie launcher
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14
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10
Cons
3
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Very responsive
Evie launcher is pretty light and straightforward enough. Really snappy animations without too much eyecandy, it really drives home with how much it improves your efficiency in using your phone.
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Doesn't provide much customization options
It doesn't offer a lot of customization, and it's pretty basic in providing a widgets, icons, and the sizes etc.
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Animations are very smooth
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Con
No Twin/Dual app support
Eventhough my phone has twin support enabled for Whatsapp. The Evie Launcher doesnot not recognize it.
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Unread notifications badges on icons
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No auto backup
You need to manually toggle backup.
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Great search capability
It finds the settings on your phone without having to fiddle through and search and scroll from the settings app, it also finds your local apps almost instantly as you type it with a swipe gesture. It also does the aggregated search through all your apps. So instead of having to open your imdb apps to find your movie, you can just use Evie to search from your homescreen.
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Hide apps
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Backup and restore of configuration to Google account
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Icon resize with Inherit options for dock, dekstop, and app drawers
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Auto sort apps by name
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Support Gestures
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Grid/List view toggle on app drawer
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Developer:
Evie Labs Inc.
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Lightning Launcher eXtreme
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9
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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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ADW.Launcher
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Pros
7
Cons
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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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Apex Launcher Pro
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14
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Pros
10
Cons
3
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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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Tasker
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6
Cons
2
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Infinitely tweakable
Tasker has an impressive amount of triggers, actions, and parameters that can be used together in an incredible variety of ways. It can even accept scripts to follow instructions.
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Awful user interface
While it's incredibly powerful, Tasker's user interface is counter-intuitive, confusing, and just plain clunky at every turn.
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Create powerful custom applications
Tasker has the ability to create custom applications, effectively replacing multiple installed apps in your phone with tasks that are triggered automatically. What's even better is that they will be custom tailored to fit your specific needs.
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Steep learning curve
Tasker lacks good documentation or tutorials, which is important as the learning curve is very high if you want to use its advance features where this app actually shines.
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Can adjust system software
With Root access it can also dabble with system software which other apps are not likely to achieve at the moment.
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Export tasks as standalone apps
Tasker allows exporting workflows you've created as standalone applications that can then be shared or even put on the Google Play store.
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Awesome plugin support
Tasker has awesome plugin support to connect with hardware that usually requires installing specific apps. For example, it has a plugin for Pebble smartwatch so that you can automate tasks that require using Pebble.
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Purchase only once
The dev does not keep bringing out revised apps expecting you to pay each and every time; the same app has been developed consistently for nearly a decade.
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Z Launcher Beta
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9
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Pros
6
Cons
2
Specs
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Pro
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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Launcher <3
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Decent looking
Though, beauty is in the eye of the beholder, this looks really nice, especially if you're used to something like Android 4.
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Simple
It does what it does, and adds nothing more.
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Low resource consumption
2gb of ram is plenty!
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TSF Shell 3D
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Pros
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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Con
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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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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AdAway
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7
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Pros
4
Cons
2
Specs
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System wide blocking
Use the hosts files to block ads, so it works for everything.
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Needs root (by design)
Needs root to update the hosts file.
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Doesn't consume CPU time or memory
The app updates the hosts file periodically but doesn't need to run in the background in order to block ads, which is especially convenient for older phones.
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Won't block same domain ads
Because the host file can only redirect domains, if the ad and content are on the same domain the ad will be displayed.
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Can use systemless host
Can be used without modifying the system if rooted with magisk.
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Can use custom host files
Lots of people and keep their own updated host files used for blocking ads and ad away supports loading them in or even adding their source for autoloading.
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Platforms:
Android (Host-file)
Blocking:
System-wide
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IFTTT
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5
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Pros
2
Cons
2
Specs
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Pro
Free
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Recipes aren't guaranteed to work
Sometimes recipes don't work as expected, or fail to launch completely.
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Extremely simple
While this app can complete complex tasks, it is very easy to use.
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Limits only one action per trigger
Instead of allowing users to have a large amount of actions launch based off of one trigger, the limit is only 1:1.
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Platforms:
Web, Mobile
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Zenkit
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4
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Pros
3
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Powerful and simple to use tool with a clean design
Easy to use and easily understandable for everyone.
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Many important data views
Data views include Mind-Map, Kanban-Board, Spreadsheet, List, and Calendar. Views can be switched easily.
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Native apps
Native apps for iOS, Android, macOS, Windows, and Linux.
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Platforms:
Web, Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, iPhone
Languages:
English, German, Portuguese, Spanish, French, Chinese (traditional), Korean, Russian
API:
Yes
Collaborative:
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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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OsmAnd Maps & Navigation
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Pros
11
Cons
8
Specs
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Based around crowdsourced OpenStreetMap data
OSM provides a map editable by everyone; just like the web-based encyclopedia, Wikipedia. Using a community edited map allows one to correct isses they encounter. Combined with the monthly turn around, these edits are added for navigation quickly.
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Slow and sometimes poor search
Most often does not find what you are looking for (which is not caused by bad OSM data).
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OpenStreetMap contributing made convenient
One can also utilize features to contribute back to OSM. This includes reporting a bug or adding a POI. This feature doesn't require an internet connection as the points can be uploaded latter upon request.
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Slow rendering
It can take some time for an area to be rendered. This tends not to be a problem during navigation since only a small area must be rendered as the map moves, and this area isn't immediately needed; though likely a bigger issue with smaller screens.
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Works offline once the maps are downloaded
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Poor navigation interface
The interface is not the most intuitive, though is continually progressing. It doesn't provide a 3D view like many navigation apps.
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Helpful lane guidance
Lane guidance can assist in deciding if one should stay in the right or left lanes. OsmAnd provides detailed information on the number of lanes and which are valid for your chosen destination; based on the data available it may show too many or too few lanes.
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Near impossible to scroll through map
Due to the slow rendering (already mentioned) it is near impossible to scroll through OsmAnd's maps. You move the map only slightly and it takes ages to redraw all vector layers.
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Excellent general map viewing
Sometimes one needs more than just navigation, they have a need to view a map or specify a specific route. OsmAnd provides a very nice, detailed map. This can be good for seeing what is around you or showing a place you are talking about to a friend. It also provides a means to add waypoints on the map which can be used to dictate a specific route (not simple enough to do routinely).
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No display when the next speed limit occurs
When driving on unknown streets you are often surprised by speed limits or town signs, so you have to friction brake.
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Routinely updated maps
Utilizing the community driven OpenStreetMap data has allowed for monthly publishing of new maps that the user can use. Though that doesn't necessarily mean the map data has changed.
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Terrible address data
This is a limitation of OSM's data, but it is unreliable for locating an address while offline. Even with internet it doesn't appear that it can locate most addresses.
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Free and open source
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No recorded voices can be found for download, only text-to-speech
Though not generally a problem, since OsmAnd+ favours TTS-based voice prompts it does advertise also supporting recorded voice prompts. However they cannot be downloaded or selected anywhere in the app, so you'll end up with awkward pronunciation, depending on your device's TTS engine, especially when setting your language to English in a non-English speaking area. Disabling street names will help as a limited workaround, but for those looking for clear and well-pronounced instructions, it's better to look elsewhere.
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Shows speed limit
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Being based on OpenStreetMap data can be lacking
The use of OSM also has the drawback of many places not getting the attention needed for updates. Depending on the geographic location OSM may have the most detailed maps or the most bare/outdated map.
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Contour lines enable understanding the terrain
Through the use of an additional plugin OsmAnd Maps & Navigation is able to utilize contour lines on its maps which helps view the landscape and terrain.
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For car navigation, vehicle parameters and specifications can be entered
This helps in optimizing route calculations based on vehicle's maximum speed or a country's maximum speed limits, typical driving speeds, width and height of the vehicle and so on.
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Has an option to FAVOUR (rather than avoid) unpaved roads (remember when you have this selected!)
This helps in avoiding often congested main roads and in casually discovering alternative routes, sometimes dirt roads as well, which are commonly far less-travelled in most places. Odd place for this option though, should be near the section where you can select which types of roads to avoid instead.
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GPLv3
Supported platforms:
Android, iOS
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Highly acclaimed for its constantly improving prediction engine
The prediction engine of SwiftKey is continuously being improved by using data from social networks, text messages or even emails from the user's device. Predictions appear above the keyboard as soon as a letter is typed. By adjusting to the user's writing habits and style, it really helps to save time when writing.
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Swipe recognition not as smart as Swype
It requires much more precision, if you miss one letter you have little chance of having the desired word, which makes it difficult to use in some situations.
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Can be customized with plenty of themes available
Swiftkey offers a wide range of different themes to add personality to your keyboard (some are free.. others paid for via in app purchases).
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Privacy, automatically saves unknown words
E.g. passwords entered in plain text fields, place names, people names etc.
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Has a large number of languages available
Has 61+ languages available that can be downloaded. So chances are the languages you need will be available.
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High data bandwidth usage
This product consumes several MB per week, sometimes per day. The fact that SwiftKey doesn't fix the bug despite many similar reports is not really reassuring.
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Multiple simultaneous languages
Keyboard can integrate multiple languages into one seamless autocorrect engine.
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No language separation or weighing
If you load several languages, you can choose any keyboard for any of them, but it won't help the recognition algorithm, which insists on giving other language words in the most absurd situations. Again, no help from their support to arrange the situation.
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Can be resized to as large or as small as you want
You can choose between five different sizes to resize the keyboard.
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Cannot remove some options
You cannot remove the emojis or Info button from the keyboard.
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Can be undocked
The feature may seem odd but the ability to undock the keyboard is extremely useful in certain situations. For example when creating content or using difficult websites.
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Themes are in app purchases
Like most third party keyboards, Swiftkey offers tons of themes but of course they cost money and have to be purchased through the app.
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Ad-free
SwiftKey is competely ad-free.
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The smallest layout is too big
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Can be customized to have a numbers row in easy reach
Users can optionally display a number pad above the keyboard.
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High processor/memory usage makes it unusable on older devices
SwiftKey is extremely resource-intensive compared to many of its competitors, and will often lag even on high-end smartphones.
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Gestures typing or tap typing
Swiftkey supports both popular methods of typing. Either way the methods integrate perfectly with the predictions featured above the keyboard.
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Predicting and inserting word combinations faulty
Recent update enabled Swiftkey to predict short word combinations. In principle this should be quite convenient, but so far it turns out this new algorithm is defective and way too aggressive. Too often it inserts combinations that are completely meaningless, or inserts English combinations in Dutch sentences or the other way around. Has almost doubled the amount of corrections needed.
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Fast access to Emojis
When users type the name of the desired Emoji, a small list will come up where the right one can be selected.
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Bought by Microsoft
Will undoubtedly lead to less innovation.
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Free
Swiftkey is free to download and use, though there are in app purchases to unlock more features.
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Users can view in-depth usage statistics
SwiftKey will even provide you exciting data about how you type such as a heatmap. The more you use SwiftKey, the more your heat map will transform from perfect circles into blobs where you tend to press. From the Heatmap you'll know where you tend to make mistakes and how SwiftKey is improved. Other stats provided include: Distance flowed in meters Keystrokes saved Typos corrected Words completed
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Supports Google voice dictation
Even though SwiftKey is a third party keyboard, Swiftkey still uses the preferred Google voice dictation.
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All the typing information saved from SwiftKey is synced across devices
Any learned words, phrases (inc. email addresses) will be backed up to the cloud and available across multiple devices.
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Various convenient layouts available, also for tablets
Among the layout choices is a split keyboard which anchors each half to the lower corners of the screen, where one would naturally hold a tablet device while typing, with the option to place a dedicated 10-key number pad in the unused space between them.
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Cloud backup
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Social Account Integration for learning new languages
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Android
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