When comparing SF Launcher 2 vs Lawnchair 2, the Slant community recommends Lawnchair 2 for most people. In the question“What are the best launchers for Android?” Lawnchair 2 is ranked 24th while SF Launcher 2 is ranked 51st. The most important reason people chose Lawnchair 2 is:
Offers Google Now page via Lawnfeed add-on.
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 Google Now
Offers Google Now page via Lawnfeed add-on.
Pro Gestures
Has gestures, such as swipe on fingerprint sensor to pull down notification menu / pull up app drawer.
Pro Pixel-like features
Has a Pixel home screen overview widget that can be cutomized.
Pro Widgets
Widgets can be stretched to full-screen.
Pro Dock
Possibility to have single- / double-row dock.
Pro App icons
Supports icon packs and offers different app icon shapes.
Pro Customizable
Offers amazing customization options.
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 Weather settings
Weather widget has to be set up manually with API and has some localization issues.
Con Lawnfeed has to be downloaded from an untrusted source
It's the only way to get Google Now feed.
Con Updates
Resets certain features with Google/Lawnfeed updates.
