ADW.Launcher vs KISS Launcher

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.

There's not exactly much to go wrong with KISS, because of the philosophy of the same name it uses.

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.

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.

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.

Supports icon packs, customize search engine, etc.