When comparing SF Launcher 2 vs Lucid Launcher Pro, the Slant community recommends SF Launcher 2 for most people. In the question“What are the best launchers for Android?” SF Launcher 2 is ranked 51st while Lucid Launcher Pro is ranked 53rd. The most important reason people chose SF Launcher 2 is:
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.
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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 Interesting layout
Swiping horizontally switches between home screens, app drawer and browser while swiping vertically switches home screens.
Pro Includes innovative features
Lucid allows having the browser as one of home screens, changing what's displayed on a home screen depending on device's orientation and quickly launching apps from a favorites sidebar that can be accessed anywhere by swiping from the left edge.
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 Sidebar only on one side
The side where the sidebar appears can not be switched, making for a difficult launcher to use in the left hand.
