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Add to SafariWhen comparing Yandex.Shell (Launcher+Dialer) vs Lightning Launcher eXtreme, the Slant community recommends Yandex.Shell (Launcher+Dialer) for most people. In the question“What are the best launchers for Android?” Yandex.Shell (Launcher+Dialer) is ranked 14th while Lightning Launcher eXtreme is ranked 16th. The most important reason people chose Yandex.Shell (Launcher+Dialer) is:
Quick setup and easy customization without sacrificing eye candy.
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Question Ranking
Pros
Pro Easy setup
Quick setup and easy customization without sacrificing eye candy.
Pro Categories in apps menu
Pro Number of Yandex widgets
Yandex.Shell’s default widgets include: an indicator bar which you can use to toggle various settings, like WiFi and brightness; a weather widget to show local forecasts; a call log widget to show you recent calls; even a birthday widget to track your friends’ birthdays. There are over 25 widgets available.
Pro Transforms your dialer
Not only is Yandex.Shell a launcher replacement, it transforms your dialer as well by giving it a new interface and some new features.
Pro Clean interface
Clean without loosing detail and variety.
Pro Customizable with themes
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.
Pro Supports icon packs
specify per item - icons from packs can be set as foreground or background icons and can be scaled independently.
Pro Great themes available
Pro Small Memory Footprint
Depending on how how in-depth you customize, a bare-bones launcher experience uses very little memory.
Pro Practically unlimited number of desktops
By utilizing folders users can create what are essentially mini desktops with each one.
Pro Desktops can be greater then the visible area, allows for panning around
Pro How-to videos available
The developer, Pierre Hébert, provides YouTube video guides.
Cons
Con Not enough functionality for advanced users
The in built options are a bit limiting when compared to other popular launchers, which makes it difficult to fit all use cases of users.
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.
