Go Launcher EX vs ADW.Launcher

GO Launcher offers over 10,000 personalized themes and over 25 transition effects.

The launcher lets the user customize the desktop to their heart's content, giving the option to increase the desktop grid size to a maximum of 10 rows and columns, or disable the status bar, dock and icon labels. Users can also adjust the font and size of icons.

Infinite scrolling can be enabled to allow the user to cycle through their homescreens and app drawer pages without needing to change direction when they hit the last page.

Users can hide apps in the free or paid version in the app drawer.

GO Launcher EX allows the user to sort their apps by title, date of installation or frequency of use; create folders for apps; and hide unwanted apps.

Go Launcher EX is free to download and use, though there are in app purchases to unlock certain features and theming elements. There are also in app advertisements in the free version.

The GO Launcher Dev Team wants the users device to be customized with more than just a launcher. GO Weather, GO Locker (a lock screen replacement), and GO SMS Pro offer even more customization to the device. This is great those that are looking for a consistent design.

It is easy to sort apps into folders in the app drawer, on the desktop, and on the quick launch bar.

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.

Infinite scrolling lets you loop through home screens without requiring you to change direction.

ADW.Launcher, despite being old and abandoned does work well on a tablet with the icons and everything else scaling correctly.

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.

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.

Made to look like stock Android with additional features.

ADW Launcher allows you to create your own groups in the app drawer.