KISS: https://f-droid.org/en/packages/fr.neamar.kiss/

I wish they were sold in the States at a more reasonable price. Murena's prices are ridiculous.

Based.

posted from my Fairphone 5

kvaesitso is pretty nice and is what I use

https://f-droid.org/packages/de.mm20.launcher2.release/

I use Pie Launcher on mine, but then again i am a bit strange at times.

Here is how it looks like for me.

i like this one https://github.com/MM2-0/Kvaesitso

Faiphone is being frog marched out of Australia. Each telco is shutting it down and blocking IMEIs. Sucks for the people that imported them.

Cant even use it as data only. So unless you use it as puerly on WiFi it's going to landfill. 🙃.

Also. Lawnchair nightly/beta.

Use this table and try a few. Find one you like. You can check the privacy report for trackers etc on the Exodus site.

I tried a whole bunch of launchers and settled on Pear launcher. I keep KISS launcher solely for the search (launch KISS search on double tapping the home button). Neo launcher was on its way to greatness, but then development was abandoned.... So if anyone has the skills/time/interest in forking that, that would be great.

The correct one, Niagara Launcher

I couldn't be happier than with my Fairphone. Of course, I ditched the original firmware and went for something more lean and privacy-focused.

It has lots of storage which I also extended with micro SD. Now I have my whole music collection for offline-listening.

I can even turn the phone completely off by pulling the battery.

If you complain about your FP, you may wanna try flashing /e/OS or CalyxOS (once they are back) or GrapheneOS (They will port it, soon for the device).

Really hard to beat the Fossify launcher. Very similar to vanilla android, available on F-Droid... Far superior to /e/os having icons scattered everywhere.

Kvaesitso is really nice ! And it's open source

Dragon Launcher. You'd be surprised of how well Radial menus actually work with touchscreens. It's great, you don't want to go back afterwards.

Edit: radial

Why not both?

Fuck I misread bottom text

Dragon launcher is what I use, lawnchair is also alright

Long time Nova user, trying out others now because the Pixel launcher is too boring.

Niagara for a scaled down ui. 8 apps on the home screen, rest is in a super easy to reach list on the edges of the screen. Currently on day 3 and liking it. Paid version is either €12 a year or €40 lifetime. Basically all the flashy stuff you see of it is locked behind the paywall.

Hyperion is good, pretty close Nova relative. UX needs tweaking. Dock and home screen are completely separated so you can open a folder in the dock and one on the home screen at the same time. Minor things like that.

Octopi I did a quick review of on the other site. Tl;dr navigation / interaction is kinda laggy (gestures, tapping, moving things), doesn't have google feed integration but customization is top tier, better than nova imo. I left it because of the interaction issues.

Smart Launcher is built around a search function. Not my thing so I moved on quickly. UI/UX is good though.

I still cry myself to sleep after the premature death of Windows Mobile, so I use Launcher10, which brings the Tiles back to life.

I started experimenting with a super minimalist Folder Launcher, but it doesn't seem ready for release yet, a couple of crucial (IMO) features (like default settings, bulk edits, proper apps list) are still missing.

There's also Fossify Launcher Beta, which is an open source launcher. It's fairly basic, but gets the job done. A super cool feature of the Fossify apps (since two releases ago) is the option to set your own fonts from a file, so I'm running their Calendar, Phone, Contacts, Calculator, etc., all with the Nothing Phone's dot font.

have they come up with a reasonably priced “dumb” phone with an eink display?

I wish they'd get their security in order.

It would be the perfect Graphene phone if they did.

To answer OP, Niagara Launcher.

I really like octopi launcher

I'd like to buy a Fairphone, but the missing IP68 rating is concerning to me. I really don't want to have to worry about my phone dying if I get into a rainstorm for example, especially while traveling.

Been using Octopi Launcher, and it's a decently solid replacement for Nova. I actually think it's more flexible as you have customization tucked behind the single long press on your home screen. With Nova I always had to figure out the best way to swipe up from the bottom and more than half the time end up opening the app drawer.

wish i could buy one for me :((((

Try out Niagara. It only takes about 5 minutes to set up.

If you're like me, you'll think it's too simplistic, you think you want all that nova launcher shit. But do yourself a favor and give it a try. Pick a background, pick an icon pack, select a few favorites and that's all you need to try it out.

After that if you want to really dig in there isn't much (some of these things are pro features, I can't remember which because I decided to get it so soon after trying it out), it's like 45 minutes at the most to customize your clock, do the custom widget (multiple widgets can share space, you just swipe through), decide if you want music controls on the home screen, and set up pop-ups (like a folder but more, can be in your favorites or your app list), and hide apps from the list (either because they're in a pop-up or you just never use it). And then...that's it, there's nothing else to do.

I tried it out a while ago when the original developer for nova quit the company that bought nova. Did a quick setup, played around for 30 minutes and bought pro right away. I was very surprised at how much I liked a simplistic launcher.

You've got nothing to lose but 30 minutes, check it out.

Edited for clarity about the nova developer quitting.

Lawnchair

I use the fossify launcher

i use Niagara and I like it, but its a little different. if you want a more traditional one ive heard lawnchair is good.

I just tried total launcher. Love most of it, but still trying to figure out things like multiple docks, etc. 

Octopus Launcher has been great so far!

I wish Fairphone is availabke in my country. Well at least he still have HMD/Nokia, but looks like they recently limited the models they sell here

Tried several and landed on action launcher.

Pear Launcher is nice. Fossify Home is good, too. I prefer Pear since it lets you use icon themes.

Lawnchair.

you wanna get weird? give KISS a try

There's tons of search focused ones, which is weird to me. If you want a normal layout with folders then I suggest you go with Lawnchair: https://lawnchair.app/

ew an ad

Is there something wrong with the Nova Launcher that I should know about?

I just switched to Dragon-Launcher and like it a lot. Gestures are great to use and the devs are super responsive.

You're the real MVP mate

YAM Launcher

Checkout Yantra, a minimal launcher that mimic a command line, distraction free but still has a lot of features and is open source!

Yeah every battery in my 4 lasted a winter before having to be replaced. Not sure that's all that environmentally friendly.

Just discovered graphene runs on my two year old Motorola. Very cool that they support multiple manufacturers.

So, I use Nova on my Galaxy Note 9. Nova asked me to allow ads. I just kept closing the message until it stopped popping up.

I don't see ads anywhere on my phone.

Where are the ads supposed to be? Or is the concern more data harvesting than actually displaying ads?

lawnchair