When comparing SF Launcher 2 vs KISS Launcher, the Slant community recommends KISS Launcher for most people. In the question“What are the best launchers for Android?” KISS Launcher is ranked 13th while SF Launcher 2 is ranked 51st. The most important reason people chose KISS Launcher is:
There's not exactly much to go wrong with KISS, because of the philosophy of the same name it uses.
Specs
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Pros
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.
Pro Simple
There's not exactly much to go wrong with KISS, because of the philosophy of the same name it uses.
Pro Open source
Pro Minimal mode
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.
Pro History mode
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.
Pro Incredible search functionality
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.
Pro Complete
Supports icon packs, customize search engine, etc.
Cons
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.
Con Rigid
As a result of the KISS philosophy, there is very little to customize. Not even widgets are allowed.
Con Apps are presented as long list
Rather than being presented as a grid, all the apps are shown in a long list format.