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Add to SafariWhen comparing ADW.Launcher vs Themer: Launcher, HD Wallpaper, the Slant community recommends ADW.Launcher for most people. In the question“What are the best launchers for Android?” ADW.Launcher is ranked 10th while Themer: Launcher, HD Wallpaper is ranked 32nd. The most important reason people chose ADW.Launcher is:
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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Pros
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.
Pro Infinite scrolling
Infinite scrolling lets you loop through home screens without requiring you to change direction.
Pro Tablet support
ADW.Launcher, despite being old and abandoned does work well on a tablet with the icons and everything else scaling correctly.
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.
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.
Pro Stock Android experience
Made to look like stock Android with additional features.
Pro Group app drawers
ADW Launcher allows you to create your own groups in the app drawer.
Pro Offers a wide variety of themes to choose from
Once Themer is installed it will direct the user to a theme library with hundreds of unique themes that can then be set up with a single click.
Pro Provides a way to create a completely unique homescreen
Themer includes a powerful theme editor that allows creating unique homescreens. It includes a collection of highly customizable widgets as well as custom icons and wallpapers that can be used to customize the homescreen in a wide variety of ways. It of course also allows using any other third-party components.
Homescreen customizations including settings and various components can be bundled as shareable themes by exporting them as zip files.
Cons
Con Last updated July 27, 2013
ADW.Launcher has not been updated since 2013, basically meaning it is abandoned.
Con Drains battery quickly and uses up a lot of resources
Themer is not yet well optimized. It will considerably reduce how long the battery lasts and requires a a mid to high end phone to run smoothly.
Con Lots of poor quality themes
Majority of themes lack animations, tend to stutter or have clunky functionality.
