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I use smart launcher. Have for probably 7 or 8 years. Never paid for it... Free version is perfectly functional. Pixel 6 pro.
I have six icons on my home screen, I love the double tap feature that can launch another app from those home screen apps. The app pages take no more than 3 buttons to find any app since it is sorted by letter or category.
It's easy. I haven't even really thought about using anything else.
Well, as my main stock launcher is the cringe Poco Launcher, I'd say Pixel Launcher Extended.
I've used ton of diffefent ones over the years but always come back to Nova
Pixel 7, Niagara launcher. I find it much easier to find apps by starting letter then any other method, it looks very clean and has everything I need
I used Smart Launcher for a long time but have been using Niagara for the last few years. I appreciate the minimal interface but being able to find things quickly. Currently using a Pixel 6.
Another vote for KISS. Took some getting used to, but now I have trouble using any others.
The search is so handy.
Pixel 6 Pro here, had been using Nova Launcher for ages and purchased a license for it. Once it changed owners I swapped to Hyperion launcher, while it is decent and has similar functionality to Nova is just not quite the same. I suppose it depends on how picky you are about privacy...
I'm using Lawnchair, have been for a few years now. It does everything I need it to without getting in the way.
Stock Launcher is boring and doesn't have the features I'm looking for. It's been two or three years since I'm using Niagara Launcher and I absolutely love it. It's clean, innovative and makes my phone way more usable imo
I use KISS launcher. It is simple and I love it.
I use mLauncher, a fork of OLauncher. I like how simple and clean my screen is.
Currently using Lawnchair 12.1 and their icon set, and I'm quite happy with it!
Ive used Niagara a lot, but eventually got bored and started using Smart Launcher.
I love the simplicity of Niagara and customization and organization of Smart.
Olauncher, Foss and actually minimal
Apex Launcher. Left Nova a while back and it offers basically the same features without the aggressive bullshit. And while the pro version is somewhat subscription based the lifetime price (7โฌ here) is absolutely reasonable. `
Olauncher. Super minimalist. Love it. The best part imo is the app drawer. Instead of cycling through endless pages of icons that are always being changed so that I can never remember what I am actually looking for, it uses a text list of all apps. Just start typing the name and it will automatically complete and open the app. It's literally changed my life ๐
Maybe not life changing but it is sooooo much nicer for my flow
Lawnchair. It mimicks the Pixel launcher quite well, which is my favorite stock Android launcher, and is much better than default OneUI. To be honest, I dont care for phone customization as much as I used to, but Lawnchair just works. Not to mention its FOSS and has a great themed icon pack that covers every app I use daily except for the Lemmy app Liftoff.