Andrew Bonwick
Vice President of Product Development at Relm Insurance
Madhav Sheth
CEO of Ai+ Smartphone
Varun Kashyap & Sridevi Reddy
Co-Founders, Zithara.ai
Transforming Indian Offline Retail and Customer Engagement Using AI

Bored of staring at your old screen on your Android smartphone? One of the Android’s main strengths has been the ability to customise your device as per your liking. You can tinker and tweak home screen of your smartphone until you have your dream screen.

One of the easiest way to completely change the looks of your interface is to use an Android launcher. The launcher is responsible for the home screen, app grid, colour scheme, icons, backgrounds and lot of other details. But there are a number of launchers available on Google Play Store and determining the best is quite a hard job. We have picked up top 5 android launchers which are worth trying.
Nova Launcher
Nova is one of the standout Android home screen launchers by Teslacoil Software. The Nova launcher is one of the best Android launchers out there with enough features for customisation without compromising on performance. For many, it is the go-to launcher for its extensive customisation, speed, and quick implementation of new features.
One of the USPs of Nova launcher is the control it provides with even the free version. You get to change animations, colours, layouts, icons, and more. Additional features can be unlocked via their beta program.
Nova Launcher also has a paid Prime version which retails for $5. With Prime, you can customise gestures, unlock extra scroll effects, and ability to create apps groups within app drawer, but the free version should be enough for most people.
Apex Launcher
Similar to Nova, Apex launcher is for power users who love tweaks and customisation. It blends performance and ease of use with a good level of customisation to deliver an appealing alternative to most standard Android launchers.
The highlight feature of Apex includes a superb tablet mode and a theme manager for a uniform look throughout your home screen. Much like Nova, the majority of features are available for free. There is also a Pro version for $3.99 which offers additional features such as App Groups to let you create tabs in the app drawer, unread counters, widgets in the dock and other useful gestures.