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Add to SafariWhen comparing Zero Launcher vs ADW.Launcher, 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 Zero Launcher is ranked 50th. 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 The App Drawer is cool
Everything is listed alphabetically in neat rows with HD icons. Very cool!
Pro Easily themed
There are numerous wallpapers, icon themes and full launcher themes available for Zero Launcher, allowing the user to customize the looks to their desire.
Pro Widget and notification for power toggles
There is a widget and notification shortcut for a power toggle feature where users can turn on and off features of their device. While most devices now have features like this built in, it is still nice to have a customizable option for those that may have older devices or just want a different selection of toggles.
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.
Cons
Con If you like cartoonish, cats or flower types of setups this probably isn't for you
Con Advertisements in notification drawer
There are in app advertisements where there will be a notification in the users drawer to utilize on of the other apps created by this developer. these can of course get annoying, though they can be turned off in Androids setting, which may limit other functionalities such as the notification shortcut toggles.
Con No app drawer
There is no app drawer in Zero Launcher, which means all icons will be on the home screens. More or less like on iOS or MIUI.
Con Last updated July 27, 2013
ADW.Launcher has not been updated since 2013, basically meaning it is abandoned.
