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evilfantasy

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Third party launchers for Android
« on: July 04, 2015, 02:26:52 PM »
I don't write much anymore so sorry this is so long. I lost interest in blogging...

Back story - I have 2 Samsung Galaxy S4's because I recently had to change mobile providers so got a free phone with the contract. Looking back I REALLY wish I would have gone with the LG G3 instead of another S4 (I don't much care for the S5) but that's another topic...

My non-networked Sprint S4 updated to Lollipop recently and that's cool except for the fact that it completely borked TouchWiz. (FYI - TouchWiz is Samsungs 'touch user interface' software). I still use my non-networked Sprint S4 at home with Wifi mainly as a docked Wifi/Bluetooth music player so I have really grown used to it to working as it should.

I have tried several launchers in the past out of curiosity but they never had any lasting appeal. Now I am forced to use one to replace my broken Sprint S4 TouchWiz. Launchers have come a long way over the years and I'm kind of glad I had to check them out again. It took a while but I narrowed the field down to two.

For a robust "free" option my choice might be EverythingMe Launcher. If you want to get lost for a few hours in mindless non-productive tweaking this is a good solution. The downside for me is that it's loaded with non-intrusive adware in the form of suggested apps. I may have went with this launcher if they had a paid version without the adware.

What I settled on is the paid version of Nova Launcher. Compared to most of everything else I tried it's more my style in what it offers and how it works. I had no problem buying the $4.99 full version before I even finished exploring the free versions abilities. To me it is that good and I don't mind helping out developers by buying the full version app when I can.

For honorable mentions and different styles of launchers check out this Android Central article. The best Android launchers of 2015

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Re: Third party launchers for Android
« Reply #1 on: July 04, 2015, 03:13:14 PM »
I've been using the paid version of Apex Launcher for years and am very happy with it. Nova and Apex are VERY similar.

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Re: Third party launchers for Android
« Reply #2 on: July 04, 2015, 03:19:44 PM »
I don't know why but I never installed Apex. I kept meaning to but then forgot, several times.