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[–] [email protected] 85 points 6 months ago (39 children)

Are there comparable alternatives? I never found another launcher that I like as much.

[–] [email protected] 35 points 6 months ago (3 children)

Free - Lawnchair | Kvaesisto
Paid - Niagara Launcher

[–] [email protected] 11 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Shoutout for Niagara. High quality reliable launcher. Only switched away after 2+ years cuz I got a little bored of the interface

[–] [email protected] 9 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I got bored but then I noticed almost immediately how I spend so much extra time just navigating my phone on other launchers. So I switched back and then they released a wallpaper that has a fun cat in it and now he's my home screen homey and I'm good

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I'm also waiting for lemonparty to show us their wallpaper.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Is it the one called "waiting"?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

Yessir! Also note that there's an animals category that has a cat or two as well, but the one you reference is the one that serves as my personal desktop homey.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

I came back to this several days later and was not disappointed 😍

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

I tried to upload a screenshot but it keeps throwing an error. Here's a link to it from their web Site.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

Funny enough i actually switched from niagara to kvaesisto

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Well now I have to go look into this kvaesisto!

Edit: how do you find the interface? I looked at the photos and it looks very interesting, kind of has some Sesame type system wide search functionality?

For those interested: https://kvaesitso.mm20.de/

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago

I used Niagara free for quite a while. It does have a fair few features locked behind the paywall, but it's certainly usable.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

Niagara's free version is still pretty great too. I usually pay for apps but don't want a subscription for my launcher, so I use it in free mode. Despite the limitations it's methodology of getting you to the app you're looking for as quickly as possible is a game changer. I don't know if I'll be able to go back to icons and folders + app drawer launchers haha

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