LaunchTime Homescreen vs Rootless Pixel Launcher
Side-by-side comparison of two open source alternatives
LaunchTime Homescreen
Highly configurable alternative homescreen/launcher which features a side menu to automatically and/or manually organize your apps into common-sense and customizable categories. Latest features: Resizable widgets, hideable menu, action menus, appinfo, better appearance, animated transitions, and an experimental "dumbphone" mode. More features: * Configurable app categories in a scrollable/hideable side menu. * Scrolling QuickBar on the bottom for easy access to your favorite apps. * Text search to find apps. * List of recent apps. * Quick access to settings. * Multiple widget support. * Rearrange/sort icons and menu items. * Toddler/child mode * Shortcut/link and Oreo Pinned shortcut support. * Android 7.1+ shortcut actions / menus. * Unread badges. * Adw/nova/apex icon-packs. * Supports both portrait and landscape mode. * Can hide apps you don't want but can't uninstall. * Back up and restore your settings. * Configurable colors. * Customize icons and labels. * Built-in themes.
Rootless Pixel Launcher
Pixel Launcher is a close to AOSP launcher that only changes the necessary code to allow for small extensions and backporting to older Android versions. If you want a more feature packed launcher use Nova, Action or Lawnchair. Pixel Launcher is focused on simplicity and rock solid stability. Features include: * Search bar at the bottom * Wallpaper based theme selection * Regular Icon Packs * Adaptive Icon Packs, such as my Google Icons * Icon Shape selection on Android 8.0 For Pixel users, there's also a Magisk version.
| Feature | LaunchTime Homescreen | Rootless Pixel Launcher |
|---|---|---|
| License | GPL-3.0-or-later | Apache-2.0 |
| Install sources | F-DroidGitHub | F-DroidGitHub |
| Categories | ProductivityLauncher | ProductivityLauncher |
| Features | Ad-FreeOpen SourceNo Tracking | Ad-FreeOpen SourceNo Tracking |
| Platforms | Android | Android |
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