Nova Launcher

“Still the best navigable phone I had when coupled with the Nova Launcher gestures.”

“getting my Nova Launcher screen back (version pinned to before it was sold - alternatives just aren't good enough yet)”

“That's because Nova launcher sold to new owners (whose presumed only goal is to serve ads)”

“I've checked many alternatives and none are as polished as Nova.”

“why would you use a proprietary program like Nova and not expect these kinds of behaviors”

“Nova remembers app locations when I change phones.”

“Nova caused the battery to appear to fail, and would drain the battery still on a new phone”

“Somehow only Nova does tabbed app drawer pages (and allows folders within them).”

“I used Nova mainly because I use 2 phones and it is easier to keep things similar.”

“I want predictable, user ordered apps in tabs so I can open one by heart with my eyes closed.”

“for the sole reason of not having to reconfigure Nova on a new phone”

“I was having issues recently with my Pixel phone hanging/freezing/going stupid, it was Nova.”

“They recently added a bottom dock option, and I was very happy to have that back.”

“Anything is better than the slow decay it has been enduring the last year or two.”

“Back then Nova was a huge upgrade to usability, but stock launchers eventually caught up”

“Nova carried me for almost a decade, and I'll miss it.”

“I don't have much confidence that I'm not being sold off for ad exploitation”

“I basically have zero faith that being a paid member will turn off any of their shady tracking stuff”

“They've started displaying ads: https://www.reddit.com/r/NovaLauncher/comments/1qhzbws/is_no...”

“The original CEO who made that promise was kicked out, and the new one didn't care to follow it”

“it retries some failed connections every minute, so while removing network access might fix the privacy side of things, it may have an impact on your battery life”

“I would honestly have stayed in version 6 of Nova because of the as yet unrecreated magical feature”

“I can't seem to get the launcher to downgrade after it automatically updated last night.”

“Nova served me well for more than 10 years, and I built my flow around this one feature.”

“changing launchers when you have 200+ apps neatly grouped in folders would suck”

“Nova served me well for more than 10 years”

“Nova really made the perfect product.”

“It's really frustrating, because it otherwise just gets out of your way, which is why I like it.”

“it does exactly what a launcher should do”

“Hyperion (only with 6 columns) and Nova (always) get it right”

“There have been enshitification clouds looming on the horizon for Nova Launcher for so long”

“increasing the density of app icons able to be displayed on the home screen and app drawer”

“I can't remember why I didn't go with Nova Launcher again, might have been related to the permissions required.”

“I have been trying to figure out why my phone has beep going stupid and laggy with the launcher lately”

“I've been using Nova Launcher to mimic webOS for almost 10 years.”

“it's been essentially feature-complete for several years”

“Nova feels like a no nonsense launcher that does what I need”

“the latest update comes with the Facebook Ads and Google AdMob SDKs and require extra permissions”

“opportunities exist to improve your phone experience without needing to depend on Google to come to its senses”

“I miss Nova though; none of the other launchers I tried came near”