Home Replacements (Launchers/Homescreens)

Car Launcher

2019-10-20

TabCar Dock DEMO (4.7@15) 2 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2017-06-28 / TabCar Dock Client (4.4@7) 3 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2017-06-21 / TabCar Dock PRO (5@3; ~EUR 2.00) Ǥ 7 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2017-07-01
Droid Car Trial (4.6@25) 9 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ / Droid Car Pro (1@1; ~EUR 2.25) 9
Drivemode: Handsfree Messages And Call For Driving (4.3@30,264) Ǥ 47
Car dashdroid-Car infotainment (4.1@9,365) Ǥ 27
Car Home Ultra (4@11,847) 22 / CarHome Ultra Unlocker (4.1@2,015; ~EUR 4.00) Ǥ 1 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2013-06-18 Intro 11/2013
AutoMate - Car Dashboard: Driving & Navigation (4@6,217) Ǥ 35 Kurzvorstellung 1/2016
iBOLT Dock'n Drive (4@1,928) 28 LastUpdate: 2018-03-23 Video Promo 4/2013 (~10 min)
Smart Car Dock (4@103) Ǥ 23
CarAuto BT: Bluetooth Car Home (3.9@205) Ǥ 17 / CarAuto BT Unlocker (4.2@6; ~EUR 2.50) Ǥ 1 LastUpdate: 2015-05-09
Custom Car Dock with swipe (3.9@56) 2 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2013-03-07 / Car Dock with swipe control (3.4@8) 2 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2013-07-12
Ultimate Car Dock (3.8@2,217) Ǥ 24 / Drive Safe Hands Free (Pro) Driving App - UCD (4@161; ~EUR 5.00) 15
InDrive: Custom Car Home (3.7@790) 15 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2015-09-21
Frontend car launcher (3.7@170) 12 $Contains no known trackers \o/$
Car GPS Expert, Speed Limit &Floating speedometer. (3.5@198) Ǥ 30 $Contains no known trackers \o/$

Desk and Nightstand Launcher

2019-10-20

Weather Night Dock Free (4.5@6,901) 10 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ / Weather Night Dock PRO (4.4@687; ~EUR 1.75) Ǥ 12
Day and night clock (4.5@3,743) Ǥ 14
Night Clock (Alarm Clock) (4.4@2,479) 10 LastUpdate: 2017-06-11 / NightClock Donate (4.3@375; ~EUR 2.50) Ǥ 12 LastUpdate: 2017-05-15
Dock Station Digital Clock (4.3@16,431) 3 LastUpdate: 2014-04-11
Night Alarm Clock (4.3@3,176) Ǥ 11
Night Clock (3.8@288) 3 LastUpdate: 2017-09-27

Tablet optimized Launcher

2019-10-20

… doesn't mean they can't be used on non-tabbies. Neither does it mean those of the section General Launcher cannot be used on tablets. This is just a selection of tablet optimized launchers.

Nova Launcher (4.6@1,200,885) Ǥ 23 / Nova Launcher Prime (4.7@323,247; ~EUR 5.25) Ǥ 1 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ Review 3/2012 | 7/2013; Testbericht 6/2012; Video Review 8/2013; Free vs. Prime 7/2014; Test 2/2017
Apex Launcher - Customize,Secure,and Efficient (4.4@295,830) Ǥ 30 / Apex Launcher Pro (4.5@20,416; ~EUR 7.50) Ǥ 1 XDA Home Intro 1/2012; Video Review "Apex vs. Nova" 4/2013; Video Review 4/2013; IzzyOnDroid recommendation for phone & tab
ADW Launcher 2 (4.4@182,423) Ǥ 25 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ / ADWLauncher 1 EX (3.8@28,658; ~EUR 2.50) 11 Github; Testbericht 2/2012; Review 10/2012; Test 6/2013
Holo Launcher for ICS (4.3@32,769) 13 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ / Holo Launcher Plus (4.2@2,260; ~EUR 5.50) Ǥ 1 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2014-01-06 Review 6/2012
Google Now Launcher (4@869,611) 3 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2017-12-07 Vorstellung 2/2014; Intro 2/2014; Video Review 2/2014
Action Launcher: Pixel Edition (4@97,478) Ǥ 26 Vorstellung 12/2012 | 5/2013 | 12/2013 | 12/2013

Launchers for "old folks"

2019-10-10

Don´t get me wrong here – it´s in no way meant derogative. But with a certain age comes the wish for more simplicity, "bigger letters", and the like …

Koala Phone Launcher Free (4.4@1,414) Ǥ 32
Help Launcher (4.1@689) Ǥ 17 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ / Help Launcher Deluxe (4.3@251) Ǥ 17 $Contains no known trackers \o/$
BIG, EASY PHONE CALLS for senior (4.1@141) Ǥ 20
BIG Launcher (4@4,338) 24 Video Demo 6/2013
Necta Launcher(for senior) (4@1,772) Ǥ 44
GrandPhone Senior Launcher (4@209) 15 LastUpdate: 2017-03-06
Crescendo Launcher (3.8@250) Ǥ 13 LastUpdate: 2017-07-07
Fontrillo - The easy launcher (3.8@186) 28 LastUpdate: 2014-05-22
Senior Safety Phone - Big Icons Launcher (3.8@89) 16
Senior Homescreen (3.8@85) Ǥ 4 / Senior Homescreen Pro (4.5@33; ~EUR 2.00) Ǥ 4
Oscar Senior (3.6@99) Ǥ 26
Simple Senior Phone (3.4@302) Ǥ 37
Grand Launcher Demo - big launcher for seniors (3.1@47) 16 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ / Grand Launcher - big launcher for seniors (3.9@24; ~EUR 9.00) 16
Phonotto Simple Phone Launcher (2.8@304) Ǥ 31
BaldPhone (0@0) 19 Github
Senior Launcher (0@0) 2 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ Github

General Launcher

2019-10-20

Niagara Launcher ???? fresh & clean (5@2) Ǥ 16 Video Intro 12/2018; Video Walk-Through 5/2019
Card Launcher: a textual home screen for everyone (5@2) 0 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ Github
MXHome Launcher 3.1.8 (4.7@18) 26 LastUpdate: 2014-03-13
Microsoft Launcher (4.6@950,220) Ǥ 60 Review 9/2019
Evie Launcher (4.6@168,985) Ǥ 31
Linux CLI Launcher (4.6@12,329) 22 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ Github; Video Review 9/2017; Video intro 7/2019; emulates a Linux Shell and its interface
AIO Launcher (4.6@6,469) Ǥ 30
GO Launcher - 3D parallax Themes & HD Wallpapers (4.5@7,528,460) Ǥ 67 Vorstellung 3/2014
APUS Launcher - Theme, Wallpaper, Hide Apps (4.5@5,848,595) Ǥ 44
Lean Launcher (4.5@6,521) Ǥ 15 Github; Video Review 3/2018; Pixel Launcher with a few added useful options
KISS Launcher (4.5@2,368) 6 Github
Minimalist launcher for focus | Before Launcher (4.5@1,061) Ǥ 11 Video Intro 8/2018; minimalistic, distraction-free launcher
LINE Launcher (4.4@718,570) Ǥ 35
Smart Launcher 5 (4.4@508,943) Ǥ 26 / Smart Launcher 3 (4.4@39,338; ~EUR 4.00) Ǥ 20 Intro 10/2012; Vorstellung 5/2013 | 2/2014; Kurztest 7/2013; Test 7/2015; Free vs. Pro 8/2014
WP Launcher (Windows Phone Style) (4.4@408,945) Ǥ 39 Vorstellung 6/2013
KK Launcher -Cool,Top launcher (4.4@187,109) 42 LastUpdate: 2017-02-21 Video Review 2/2014
Rootless Launcher (4.4@13,180) 9 Github
Lawnchair Launcher (4.4@11,955) 30 / Pixel Launcher 3 ( Lawnchair Beta) (5@1) 11 Github; Video Review 11/2017 | 5/2018 | 7/2018 / Github
Lucid Launcher (4.4@10,491) Ǥ 15 Kurztest 2/2014
Lens Launcher (4.4@9,655) 0 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ Kurzvorstellung 7/2016
Lightning Launcher Trial (4.4@9,106) Ǥ 16 LastUpdate: 2016-11-27 / Lightning Launcher (4.2@3,209; ~EUR 4.50) Ǥ 16 Kurzvorstellung 3/2012; if you thought you knew what "customize" means, check this!
Anole Launcher (4.4@3,568) Ǥ 27 LastUpdate: 2017-07-28 incl. app-locker & more
Hayai Search Launcher (4.4@83) 0 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2017-03-04 Github; small, light-weight, no permissions!
Solo Launcher-Clean,Smooth,DIY (4.3@2,736,112) Ǥ 38 Vorstellung 10/2013; Intro 7/2014
ASAP Launcher (4.3@13,176) Ǥ 24 Intro 7/2016
hyperion launcher (4.3@8,881) Ǥ 22 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ Video Review 9/2019
UR Launcher (4.3@5,869) Ǥ 46 LastUpdate: 2018-03-06 / UR 3D Launcher—Customize Phone (4.1@32,358) Ǥ 32 LastUpdate: 2017-07-17 Test 4/2016
LessPhone - The Original Distraction Free Launcher (4.3@2,328) Ǥ 2
TSF Launcher 3D Shell (4.2@157,823) Ǥ 22
Hg Launcher (4.2@22) 5 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ Github
VIRE Launcher (4.1@15,911) Ǥ 24 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2016-01-17
Launcher+ (4.1@7,380) 9 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2017-07-28 Vorstellung 12/2013
SquareHome.Phone (Launcher) (4.1@3,208) 16 LastUpdate: 2016-01-11 / SquareHome.Tablet (Launcher) (4@4,668) 16 LastUpdate: 2016-02-22 Kurzvorstellung 8/2014; Win8 style
Slim Launcher - Fewer distractions, more life (4.1@782) 1 Github; very minimalistic launcher
Siempo - A Launcher for Humans (4.1@644) Ǥ 40 Github; Video Intro 7/2018
OpenLauncher (Alpha/Unstable) (4.1@186) 8 Github
DistroHopper • The Linux desktop in your pocket (4.1@109) Ǥ 7 Github; make your homescreen look like your favorite Linux distro
ICS Launcher (4.1@11) 12 LastUpdate: 2013-12-09
BlackBerry Launcher (4@11,062) Ǥ 29
Blinq Lollipop Launcher (4@4,739) 20 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2015-03-02
Mega Launcher : Home Screen (4@4,155) Ǥ 22
Kcin Launcher (4@964) Ǥ 15 LastUpdate: 2014-11-27
Aris - Terminal Launcher (4@781) Ǥ 17
Piping (4@14) 15 LastUpdate: 2017-08-08 Github; Geeky launcher
Bazooka Launcher (3.9@2,122) 14 LastUpdate: 2016-09-01 Vorstellung 1/2013
Essential Launcher (3.9@127) 1 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ Github; simple no-frills launcher
ssLauncher (3.9@18) 12 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2015-02-26
SF Launcher Classic (3.8@2,713) 10 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2015-01-17 / SF Launcher Classic Unlocker (4.2@314) 0 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2013-11-29
Flick Launcher (3.7@49) Ǥ 31 / Flick Launcher PRO (5@8; ~EUR 3.75) Ǥ 4 Github; Pixel style launcher
ZenUI Launcher (3.7@23) Ǥ 41
Wallfeed (3.6@3,260) Ǥ 15 LastUpdate: 2015-05-13
Blur - A Launcher Replacement (3.6@3,252) 20 LastUpdate: 2016-09-26 Vorstellung 8/2012; Kurzvorstellung 8/2012
Qute Launcher - Beta (3.6@12) Ǥ 4
EZ Launcher (3.3@21) 21 LastUpdate: 2013-09-30 Video Intro 11/2012
Next Launcher 3D Shell Lite (0@129) Ǥ 42 LastUpdate: 2017-10-03 Vorstellung 12/2012; Kurzvorstellung 8/2013
Hola Launcher-Simple,Fast (0@47) Ǥ 37 Video Promo 11/2014; Vorstellung 1/2015; Test 3/2015
Atom Launcher (0@20) Ǥ 29 LastUpdate: 2017-03-06
Yahoo Aviate Launcher (0@19) Ǥ 48 LastUpdate: 2017-05-20 Vorstellung 6/2014 | 6/2014; Video Promo 6/2014
EverythingMe Launcher (0@19) Ǥ 59 Review 6/2013; Vorstellung 2/2014 | 2/2014; Kurzvorstellung 2/2014
Buzz Launcher-Smart&Free Theme (0@17) Ǥ 33 LastUpdate: 2017-11-15 / Buzz Widget (4.1@83,792) Ǥ 14 Vorstellung 4/2013 | 2/2014; Review 4/2013 / Vorstellung 8/2014
Keikai Launcher (0@0) 1 Github
ReLaunchX (0@0) 11 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2018-03-26 Github; for eInk devices
Light Android Launcher (0@0) 0 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ Github; minimalistic launcher
LaunchTime (0@0) 5 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ Github; Website w/ screenshots
* HPROF (0@0) 17 $Contains no known trackers \o/$
Fairphone 1 Launcher (0@0) 15 $Contains no known trackers \o/$
Last Launcher (0@0) 0 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ Github; simple, minimalist launcher
Zim Launcher (0@0) 27 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ Github
Emerald Launcher - Light & Fast (0@0) 3 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ Github; simple and light-weight

Default Launcher Switcher

2019-10-20

Home Manager (4.4@2,073) Ǥ 8 LastUpdate: 2016-11-25
Home Control (4.3@292) Ǥ 6 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2014-09-05
Home Switch (4.2@797) 0
Target Home Launcher (4.2@145) 5 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2013-03-10
Home Switcher / Manager (4.1@1,489) 0 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2017-07-14

Other Launcher Helpers

2019-10-20

Activity Launcher (4.1@5,105) 2 Github
Launcher for XBMC™ (3.9@661) 0 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ Github; helper to use XBMC as launcher

Further Readings:

Android launchers for seniors
Best Android Launchers (4/2019)
Best Android Launcher (1/2019)
Die 15 besten Android-Launcher (10/2018)
Die besten Android-Launcher (9/2018)
7 Android Launchers That Completely Transform The Look of Your Phone (6/2016)
App launchers for senior citizens (9/2014)
5 Best Simple Android Launchers For Seniors (7/2014)
Freiheit vs. Komfort: Wie intelligent dürfen Launcher sein? (6/2014)
3 mädchenhafte Launcher: Niedlichkeit auf dem Homescreen (6/2014)
Drei weniger bekannte Launcher, die jeder ausprobieren sollte (5/2014)
Nova und Apex: Launcher im Vergleich (5/2013 - 6/2014)
Android-Launcher im Vergleich (5/2013 - 12/2018)
Best Launcher apps for Android tablets (12/2012 - 10/2016)
Ford Sync with Tasker, Android CarHome Ultra and Vlingo via Bluetooth (Video 3/2012)

2019-10-23

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