Introducing
The Slant team built an AI & it’s awesome
Find the best product instantly
Add to Chrome
Add to Edge
Add to Firefox
Add to Opera
Add to Brave
Add to Safari
Try it now
4.7 star rating
0
What is the best alternative to Launcher <3?
Ad
Ad
Poco Launcher
All
5
Experiences
Pros
5
Top
Pro
booster included
it can free up some ram to speed up your system
See More
Top
Pro
Dark theme supported
See More
Top
Pro
auto group apps
Group apps by category automatically or create custom groups to always keep important things just a tap away.
See More
Top
Pro
notification badges included
See More
Top
Pro
Advanced Filter
App suggestions, icon color categories, and lots of other customizable features allow you to find what you need much faster.
See More
Hide
Get it
here
10
0
Smart Launcher 5
All
24
Experiences
Pros
20
Cons
3
Specs
Top
Pro
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.
See More
Top
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".
See More
Top
Pro
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.
See More
Top
Con
Freemium
Extra widget pages, remove ads, edit categories, popup widget, etc are only for pro users
See More
Top
Pro
Lightweight
Smart Launcher uses very little resources which is good for performance and saving battery power.
See More
Top
Con
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.
See More
Top
Pro
Allows accessing everything quickly
See More
Top
Pro
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.
See More
Top
Pro
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.
See More
Top
Pro
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.
See More
Top
Pro
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.
See More
Top
Pro
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.
See More
Top
Pro
Supports gestures
See More
Top
Pro
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.
See More
Top
Pro
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.
See More
Top
Pro
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.
See More
Top
Pro
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.
See More
Top
Pro
One search for everything
One search for apps, contacts and web browsing. Also lets use of Google Now.
See More
Top
Pro
Folders on main screen provides fast access to apps
See More
Top
Pro
"Okay Google" support
Users can add "Okay Google" support for voice search by downloading the Plugin Extra plugin from the Play Store.
See More
Top
Pro
Can be personalized with themes
Smart Launcher 2 offers a selection of themes that change the look of the homescreen.
See More
Top
Pro
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.
See More
Top
Pro
HD Wallpaper
Smart Launcher has HD wallpaper. Very impressive
See More
Specs
Publisher:
Smart Launcher Srl
File Size:
5.71MB
Required Android Version:
4.0 and up
In App Purchases:
None
Hide
See All
Experiences
$3.92
70
5
Lightning Launcher eXtreme
All
9
Experiences
Pros
7
Cons
1
Specs
Top
Con
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.
See More
Top
Pro
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.
See More
Top
Pro
Supports icon packs
specify per item - icons from packs can be set as foreground or background icons and can be scaled independently.
See More
Top
Pro
Great themes available
See More
Top
Pro
Small Memory Footprint
Depending on how how in-depth you customize, a bare-bones launcher experience uses very little memory.
See More
Top
Pro
Practically unlimited number of desktops
By utilizing folders users can create what are essentially mini desktops with each one.
See More
Top
Pro
Desktops can be greater then the visible area, allows for panning around
See More
Top
Pro
How-to videos available
The developer, Pierre Hébert, provides YouTube video guides.
See More
Specs
Publisher:
PierroX
File Size:
N/A
Required Android Version:
2.2 and up
In App Purchases:
None
Hide
See All
Experiences
$3.49
25
4
ADW.Launcher
All
9
Experiences
Pros
7
Cons
1
Specs
Top
Con
Last updated July 27, 2013
ADW.Launcher has not been updated since 2013, basically meaning it is abandoned.
See More
Top
Pro
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.
See More
Top
Pro
Infinite scrolling
Infinite scrolling lets you loop through home screens without requiring you to change direction.
See More
Top
Pro
Tablet support
ADW.Launcher, despite being old and abandoned does work well on a tablet with the icons and everything else scaling correctly.
See More
Top
Pro
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.
See More
Top
Pro
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.
See More
Top
Pro
Stock Android experience
Made to look like stock Android with additional features.
See More
Top
Pro
Group app drawers
ADW Launcher allows you to create your own groups in the app drawer.
See More
Specs
Publisher:
AnderWeb
File Size:
2.5M
Required Android Version:
1.6 and up
In App Purchases:
None
Hide
See All
Experiences
Get it
here
16
3
Nova Launcher Prime
All
30
Experiences
Pros
23
Cons
6
Specs
Top
Pro
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.
See More
Top
Con
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.
See More
Top
Pro
Fast
Speed of Nova Launcher is one of the app's key points. Even with a lot of widgets Nova Launcher performs speedy.
See More
Top
Con
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.
See More
Top
Pro
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.
See More
Top
Con
Notification count not included
Notification count need tesla Unread app to be installed
See More
Top
Pro
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.
See More
Top
Con
unable to inherit icon size on dock - dekstop - drawer
you need to set icon size separately on dock - dekstop - drawer
See More
Top
Pro
Custom icon packs
Not all custom launchers allow custom icon packs. Nova supports most custom icon packs that are in the Play Store.
See More
Top
Con
Less icon packs
This launcher has less icon packs. The system icons it has, are not HD quality.
See More
Top
Pro
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.
See More
Top
Con
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.
See More
Top
Pro
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.
See More
Top
Pro
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).
See More
Top
Pro
Folders in the app drawer
Nova Launcher has the ability to add folders into the app drawer making for easy sorting of many apps.
See More
Top
Pro
Can automatically sort inside of folders alphabetically
The user can sort their folders in the drawer and home-screen alphabetically.
See More
Top
Pro
Tablet support
The app drawer and widgets take full advantage of a tablets extra screen real estate.
See More
Top
Pro
Outstanding widget support
With the custom grids, most widgets can be sized to specifications which give added control over Android home screens.
See More
Top
Pro
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.
See More
Top
Pro
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.
See More
Top
Pro
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).
See More
Top
Pro
Google widget customizations
See More
Top
Pro
Sesame Shortcuts integration
See More
Top
Pro
Gesture support
Use gestures (swipe up, double tap, etc.) to easily launch apps.
See More
Top
Pro
Stable
Solid performance for getting work (and play) done, no crashes, no slow downs.
See More
Top
Pro
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.
See More
Top
Pro
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.
See More
Top
Pro
Backup option available.
Users can save their configuration in a backup file and quickly restore it.
See More
Top
Pro
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.
See More
Specs
Publisher:
TeslaCoil Software
File Size:
8.35MB
Required Android Version:
4.1 and up
In App Purchases:
None
Hide
See All
Experiences
$4.99
295
37
Microsoft Launcher
All
17
Experiences
Pros
11
Cons
5
Specs
Top
Pro
Easy to organize
It has different pages that help you to have your contacts, reminders, last files opened, and more.
See More
Top
Con
High resource usage
See More
Top
Pro
Simple design
Very simple drawer for productivity. Requires little time.
See More
Top
Con
Widgets not available for new page
See More
Top
Pro
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.
See More
Top
Con
Need microsoft account to use
See More
Top
Pro
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.
See More
Top
Con
Limited Icon Customisation
You can select icons from icon packs but not from individual icon images.
See More
Top
Pro
Notes card/widget
Microsoft Launcher has its own Notes card/widget, which you may use for easy to access notes and checkbox-lists.
See More
Top
Con
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.
See More
Top
Pro
Icon packs
See More
Top
Pro
Vertical scrolling
You may enable vertical scrolling for your home screen, which enables you to add multiple pages for your apps and widgets.
See More
Top
Pro
Recents
Microsoft Launcher has a Recents card/widget, which can show you recent phone calls, social messaging, SMS, files, clipboard and camera activity.
See More
Top
Pro
Gestures customisation
There's customisation for gestures, i.e double tap to lock phone, swipe up for app drawer, etc.
See More
Top
Pro
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.
See More
Top
Pro
Arrow Hub
Share files directly to your Arrow Hub, which you can connect to from a PC via an URL and your Microsoft Login.
See More
Specs
License:
Freeware
Publisher:
Microsoft Corporation
Developer:
Microsoft Garage
Hide
See All
Experiences
Free
77
16
Built By the Slant team
Find the best product instantly.
4.7 star rating
Add to Chrome
Add to Edge
Add to Firefox
Add to Opera
Add to Brave
Add to Safari
Try it now - it's free
{}
undefined
url next
price drop