When comparing SF Launcher 2 vs Dodol Launcher , the Slant community recommends Dodol Launcher for most people. In the question“What are the best launchers for Android?” Dodol Launcher is ranked 38th while SF Launcher 2 is ranked 51st. The most important reason people chose Dodol Launcher is:
There are drawer tabs that allow for easy sorting of installed apps on the device. Two being Recent and Running. Recent allows the user to find the most recently used applications while running allows the user to see what apps are still open and running on the device.
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 Drawer tabs
There are drawer tabs that allow for easy sorting of installed apps on the device. Two being Recent and Running. Recent allows the user to find the most recently used applications while running allows the user to see what apps are still open and running on the device.
Pro Customizable
Dodol Launcher offers themes for free for the launcher, making it easy to customize to ones taste.
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 Only runs on Android 4.0.3 or higher
Users who have Android versions below 4 will not be able to use this launcher.
