I’m looking for something as close to Nova Launcher as possible.

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Apex has been my launcher for years, I liked it better than nova

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Apex has not been in development for years sadly - and is no longer available at the playstore, at least for newer versions.

I had to change to another launcher due to it,sadly.

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I just found Lawnchair. I’m going to try it out today. Thanks for letting me know of Nova’s potential privacy concerns.

Edit: looks like Lawnchair has not been updated in 4 years. I will be trying Olauncher instead.

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So lawnchair is still maintained here’s their github

And if you want to try Olaucher try the clutter free version on fdroid

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I did not check github, just the info on f-droid. I may try Lawnchair again.

I like the minimalist way of Olauncher, but I would like to see app icons on my home screen instead of just the names of the apps. In the few minutes of trying Olauncher I was not able to find a setting to switch to icons.

Now, I’m trying Kvaesitso. So far I like it. Again there are no icons on the home screen. There are no app names either. For some reason I like this better. I’m going to have to try and get used to swipping up to see my widgets and swipping down to get to the app drawer. This is reversed from what I’m used to.

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Olauncher doesnt support icons

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Nova launcher prime lol

Like really, I tried every launcher, but Nova is the best, and I actually used the Prime Hack 7.x not updated since forever.

Make sure to block internet access. If your OS cant do that, maybe switch devices.

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What’s Prime hack?

I bought Nova Launcher Pro and used to happily donate to them because there really was nothing else that could compare.

It sucks that Branch bought them, and why I stick with the Stock Google launcher now.

Does the Prime hack give you Nova Launcher again without anything going back to Branch?

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It just unlocks pro haha. On GrapheneOS I just block internet permission for the app.

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