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Have complete control over the Android Launcher with multiple themes, layouts, widgets, and customization options 

Have complete control over the Android Launcher with multiple themes, layouts, widgets, and customization options 

Vote: (37 votes)

Program license: Free

Developer: Android Does Team

Version: 4.9.36

Works under: Android

Vote:

Program license

(37 votes)

Free

Developer

Version

Android Does Team

4.9.36

Works under:

Android

Pros

  • A free app to use
  • Fairly intuitive (for skilled users)
  • Updates regularly to work out the bugs
  • A lot of different options

Cons

  • Could be a steep learning curve if you have no knowledge
  • Can possibly mess things up on your device

Fully customize your Android mobile computing experience with this free, intuitive app that can help you edit, change and replace a lot of things

An Overview Of Apex Launcher

Android was able to quickly cut into the market share of iOS by providing a few unique things, but a lot of users quickly begin to find the way Android works to be quite stale. So they want to change some things around, adjust their home screens, launch apps differently, etc, but have trouble doing it. This is where Apex Launcher comes in and really simplifies the process of changing how Android works as a mobile operating system.

This app has been available for a few years now and is already on version 4.7.4.2, which means that it's updated quite regularly to work out the bugs and to give Android users a better experience. This free app was developed and released by Android Does, so it's only for Android, with no iOS version. The two are incompatible.

Filed in the themes category, Apex Launcher runs very light, has an incredibly intuitive interface, and is a pretty highly rated app among people who use it.

What Apex Launcher Is and What It Does

Essentially, Apex Launcher replaces the OS-specific launcher on your Android mobile devices. What this means, in a nutshell, is that this app will allow you to change and rearrange how your mobile system looks, how apps launch, how data is stored, and other odds and ends. Basically you're getting a utility here that is going to allow you to customize your mobile device's operating system the way you want it to work.

From modifying your home screen to changing how apps launch, the program is quite intuitive. However, there is going to be a learning curve here. For skilled users, it's pretty easy to change things around. Though if you've never before tried to make such tweaks with an OS, you might find that the learning curve is steep. Though this is where the intuitiveness of Apex Launcher comes in, and a little bit of diligence will guide you through it.

The end result is a mobile device that works more along the lines of how you want it to, which helps users add that personalized touch that used to be too difficult to accomplish due to the costs and skill level associated with rearranging mobile OS aspects.

Features of Apex Launcher

There are a lot of features to cycle through with this app, but they're all really only geared toward two main areas. First and foremost, Apex Launcher, per its namesake, deals with the “launching” of your OS at startup. This will open up a world to users whereby they can change icon sizes, load orders, stop apps from starting entirely, and rearrange things to their liking.

The other big feature deals primarily with home screen modifications. Many people do not like how everything is arranged standard by Android, and so they flip and point and try to change the layout, to no avail. This app allows you to move things around and to actually change the screens entirely.

Pros and Cons of Apex Launcher

Pros

  • A free app to use
  • Fairly intuitive (for skilled users)
  • Updates regularly to work out the bugs
  • A lot of different options

Cons

  • Could be a steep learning curve if you have no knowledge
  • Can possibly mess things up on your device