10 launchers for Android without annoying ads

2024 Author: Malcolm Clapton | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 03:44

A list for those tired of the annoying offers of paid widgets and premium themes.

1. Evie Launcher

A simple and cute launcher that is lightweight and fast. It supports customizing the size of icons, allows you to change the number of columns and rows with icons on the home screen, has a simple and convenient application menu, and can hide rarely used programs. In short, it can do everything that a respectful launcher should be able to do.

You can control Evie Launcher with customizable gestures. The search bar, which is located on the home screen, allows you to search not only in Google, Bing and DuckDuckGo, but also among installed applications.

2. Microsoft Launcher

One of the most functional free launchers on Google Play. At first, you can even get confused in the abundance of its settings. The launcher is able to automatically download Bing images and set them as wallpaper. It supports themes and icon packs, shows a news feed and Quick View with widgets, calendar events, weather, tasks, and more.

Microsoft Launcher is part of the Microsoft ecosystem on Android, so during installation it will ask if you need to connect to your account (this is optional), and then unobtrusively prompts you to install Office, Skype, SwiftKey Keyboard and other applications. All this is completely free, and the applications will sync with your Windows 10 computer.

3. Lawnchair Launcher

This launcher is made for those users who are unevenly breathing Google's Pixel Launcher, but have not yet purchased a Pixel smartphone. It is open source and has a few additional settings, but externally it almost completely mimics the Pixel Launcher.

Although the Lawnchair Launcher weighs less than 4MB, it has plenty of options. The launcher offers light and dark themes, it supports icon packs, and the icon grid, size, and caption text are customizable. The dock bar with frequently used apps at the bottom expands to accommodate two rows of icons when needed.

4. Rootless Launcher

Like the previous app, Rootless Launcher is open source. The launcher looks nice, takes up little space and does not try to impress the user with a bunch of settings. And it also mimics the Pixel skin.

The launcher supports third-party icon packs, has built-in light, dark and transparent themes. Allows you to choose the shape of the icons: round, drop-shaped, square, and so on. However, the latter function does not work with all icons. There are no other bells and whistles here, but it's for the best.

5. Lean Launcher

Lean Launcher is like Rootless and Lawnchair like two peas in a pod. Here, too, there are light and dark themes, which, in addition, can automatically change to match the wallpaper. The launcher can be controlled with simple gestures. Swipe down with two fingers opens the settings, and a double tap locks the screen.

In Lean Launcher, it is allowed to change the shape of icons and install third-party icons. If necessary, you can hide label signatures and hide unnecessary applications, adjust the grid size and color of the search bar at the bottom of the screen.

6. TSF Launcher 3D Shell

A very peculiar launcher, not like the others. His trick is cool animations. Three-dimensional rotations, objects floating on the desktop, an abundance of effects - TSF Launcher is unlikely to appeal to owners of low-power smartphones. But he will definitely conquer lovers of beauty.

Deleting objects, opening menus, flipping through desktops in TSF Launcher is accompanied by beautiful effects, the choice of which is quite large. Together with the launcher, you can also download 3D widgets from TSF: they also look very, very impressive. The launcher is controlled by both buttons and gestures. If desired, its appearance can be diversified using third-party themes.

7. Nova Launcher

The most popular launcher on Google Play, and deservedly so. Nova Launcher supports a bunch of themes and icons, lets you customize every icon on your home screen in detail, and provides a handy scrollable dock for the apps you need most. And yet he is very fast.

This launcher has a premium version which contains some advanced features. By purchasing Nova Launcher Prime, you can enable notifications to appear on app icons, hide unwanted apps, and use gestures. However, the free version is also quite usable and does not contain any ads.

8. Action Launcher

Another popular launcher with no ads in the free version. It is designed in the style of stock Material Design. Action Launcher provides users with an easy-to-use dock with a Google search bar and a customizable app menu with a feature to hide unhelpful icons.

In the paid version, you can turn on the automatic adjustment of the theme to the color of the wallpaper, as well as pin the desktop settings so that you do not accidentally change them. In addition, a weather widget is available in Action Launcher Plus.

9. Poco Launcher

Nice launcher used on Pocophone F1. It is very similar to the home screen of the MIUI system, but with one significant difference: Poco Launcher has an application menu in which programs are sorted into categories. This is much nicer than the apps scattered all over the home screen in MIUI.

In the settings, you can select a pack of icons, correct the grouping of applications in the menu, change the size and layout of icons, and even enable sorting of the latter by color, so that it is easier for you to navigate among them. This is a simple and convenient launcher that took all the best from the MIUI shell.

POCO Launcher 2.0 Xiaomi Inc.

10. Siempo

The Siempo Launcher takes minimalism to the absolute. There is nothing here for the eye to catch. Only black text and icons on a white background. Siempo's goal is to prevent you from being distracted by anything: social media, instant messengers, and other nonsense. It is designed to increase focus and productivity.

Siempo replaces your home screen with a simple monochrome menu that displays only the most essential applications in an outline. The same icons that might distract you are hidden in the depths of the launcher. You can also configure Siempo so that it displays notifications only after certain periods - so they will not distract you once again. The only thing that is depressing in this kingdom of minimalism is the lack of Russian localization. But there are few settings here, and it's hard to get confused in them.