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Add to SafariWhen comparing APUS Launcher vs SF Launcher 2, the Slant community recommends APUS Launcher for most people. In the question“What are the best launchers for Android?” APUS Launcher is ranked 27th while SF Launcher 2 is ranked 51st. The most important reason people chose APUS Launcher is:
APUS Launcher launcher puts all apps on the homescreen and tries automatically categorizing them. If it fails, they can be manually reorganized.
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Pros
Pro Smart folders for app categorization
APUS Launcher launcher puts all apps on the homescreen and tries automatically categorizing them. If it fails, they can be manually reorganized.
Pro Lightweight and fast
Due to APUS launcher being just 1MB, it is very fast.
Pro Curated app search and recommendations
The launcher suggest apps other people are using.
Pro Quick-access to battery saving mode
A battery saving mode, called Boost, can be accessed from the notifications menu.
Pro Easy to use, card-based interface
The home screen is organized into cards that can be scrolled vertically. Cards can contain widgets or collections of apps. Swiping from the left gives access to all apps and swiping from the right gives access to all widgets. These can then be added to the homescreen. It's possible to customize the order, color, transparency, size and what how much information or apps a card displays.
Pro Clean, material design inspired aesthetic
The look of the launcher is inspired by Android 5.0 Lollipop and material design. It follows material design color scheme, has a card-based layout and a Google Now-like, header with a stylized image of a city at the top of the homescreen that changes throughout the day.
Cons
Con Sketchy advertising
Ads for Apus Launcher are very, very ugly and misleading
Con Sacrifices commonly expected customization options
The launcher allows changing the wallpaper and offers a choice of having it be blurred out or not. And that's about all customization that is offered by APUS launcher.
Con Has non-removable clock widget on the default screen
Con Interface is not optimized for widgets that can be scrolled
Since the interface is based on vertical scrolling cards, widgets that can be scrolled (like a calendar widget) can get in the way of easily scrolling through the list of cards. It is possible to turn off widget scrolling in the settings to avoid these issues, but limits functionality of widgets.
