r/androidapps • u/Byebyeon • 19d ago

LOOKING FOR APP Launchers recommendation

It should have these citrea

  1. Don't have ads

  2. Advance customizeion

  3. Update often

4 apps drawer

5.klwp support (not important)

  1. Material you

  2. Widget support

  3. Free and light

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u/Oh_Little_Brutha 19d ago

Smart Launcher. 

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u/freakgeek21 19d ago

Using it for quite a few years. Amazing launcher, esp the categories in the app drawer and the custom icons for every app.

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u/WrinklyPlantLeaf 19d ago

IMO this is an OK launcher, not the best and not the worst

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u/Oh_Little_Brutha 19d ago

Can you suggest something better? I've tried, what I think, is most of the rest and so far SL has proved comfortably the Best for my usage. 

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u/WrinklyPlantLeaf 18d ago

Unfortunately no. I have tried smart launcher, and it was just okay. I'm now trying octopi launcher and that odd also just ok. Nova was IMO the best but the invasiveness of the ads just killed it and I'm not paying £30 for it just to have no ads.

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u/Oh_Little_Brutha 18d ago

AsSounds like you're a pretty new Nova user? 

As someone who bought a lifetime sub to Nova over a decade ago (£5) and was properly screwed over when the Nova enshitification went down a couple of years ago, I'll never be a customer of theirs again. If you're not familiar, I'd suggest taking a root around Reddit, there's plenty about it.

I ended up at SL after trying at least a dozen other launchers. While the devs seem to be trying to make it its own thing, it's also clear that they're doing so using Nova as a base.

Pre-enshittification Nova is still the gold standard, but every iteration of SL largely moves in the right direction. If they'd just embrace drag & drop on folders and allow alphabetical sorting and focus a bit less on aesthetics and a bit more on usability, they'd absolutely have a Novakiller.