Nova Launcher

Your home screen, just the way you like it.

Nova Launcher

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Version: VARY (Last updated: 2024-05-18)
Creation date: 2012-02-23
Permissions
Calendar: read calendar events plus confidential information
Contacts: read your contacts
Location: approximate location (network-based), precise location (GPS and network-based)
Phone: directly call phone numbers
Photos/Media/Files: read the contents of your USB storage, modify or delete the contents of your USB storage
Storage: read the contents of your USB storage, modify or delete the contents of your USB storage
Wi-Fi connection information: view Wi-Fi connections
Other:
  • choose widgets
  • update component usage statistics
  • adjust your wallpaper size
  • disable or modify status bar
  • modify secure system settings
  • view network connections
  • expand/collapse status bar
  • full network access
  • close other apps
  • run at startup
  • set wallpaper
  • prevent device from sleeping
  • modify system settings

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App summary

Nova Launcher is a powerful, customizable, and versatile home screen replacement. Nova brings advanced features to enhance your home screens, but still remains a great, user-friendly choice for everyone. Whether you want to completely overhaul your home screens or are looking for a cleaner, faster home launcher, Nova is the answer.

✨ The newest features
Nova brings the latest Android launcher features to all other phones.

🖼️ Custom icons
Nova supports thousands of icon themes available in the Play Store. Plus, reshape all icons to a shape of your choice for a uniform and consistent look.

🎨 An extensive color system
Use Material You colors from your system, or choose your own colors for a personalised feel that's unique to you.

🌓 Custom light and dark themes
Sync dark mode with your system, the sunrise and sunset, or keep it on permanently. The choice is yours.

🔍 A powerful search system
Nova allows you to search for content in your apps, your contacts, and other services with integrations for your favorite platforms. Additionally, get instant Micro Results for calculations, unit conversions, package tracking, and more.

📁Customizable home screen, app drawer, and folders
Icon size, label colors, vertical or horizontal scroll and search bar positioning just scratch the surface of customization for your home screen setup. The app drawer also adds innovative customizable cards to give you the information you need, right when you need it.

📏 Subgrid positioning
With the ability to snap icons and widgets in between grid cells, it’s easy to get a precise feel and layout with Nova in a way that’s impossible with most other launchers.

📲 Backup and restore
Moving from phone to phone or trying new home screen setups is a snap thanks to Nova’s backup and restore feature. Backups can be stored locally or saved to the cloud for easy transfers.

❤️ Helpful support
Quickly get in touch with support through a convenient option in the app, or join our active Discord community at https://discord.gg/novalauncher

🎁 Do even more with Nova Launcher Prime
Unlock Nova Launcher’s full potential with Nova Launcher Prime.
• Gestures: Swipe, pinch, double tap, and more on the home screen to execute custom commands.
• App drawer groups: Create custom tabs or folders in the app drawer for an ultra-organized feel.
• Hide apps: Hide apps from the app drawer without uninstalling them.
• Custom icon swipe gestures: Swipe up or down on your home screen icons to become more productive without taking up more home screen space.
• …and more. More scrolling effects, notification badges, and others.

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Icons used in screenshots
• OneYou Icon Pack by PashaPuma Design
• OneYou Themed Icon Pack by PashaPuma Design
Icon packs used with permission from the respective creators.

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This app uses the AccessibilityService permission for optional support of making certain system functions more accessible, such as with desktop gestures. For example screen off or opening the Recent Apps screen. Nova will automatically prompt you to enable this if it is necessary for your configuration, for many cases it is not! No data is collected from the AccessibilityService, it is merely used to invoke system actions.

This app uses the Device Administrator permission for optional screen off/lock functionality.

This app uses a Notification Listener for optional badges on icons and media playback controls.

User reviews

These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. Google Play Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.
Pros
  • Highly customizable launcher with various features.
  • Users love the old-school 'Stock' Android experience it provides.
  • Long-time users appreciate its functionality and design.
Cons
  • Frequent freezing and unresponsiveness, especially on Pixel devices.
  • Bugs and glitchy behavior reported after recent updates.
  • Customer service response is perceived as inadequate.
Most mentioned
  • Freezing issues when returning to the home screen.
  • Bugs and glitches affecting app switching and widgets.
  • Recent updates have negatively impacted performance.
User reviews
Homepage sporadically but frequently freezes when returning to the homepage from an app. The screen can be interacted with but does not update. Locking and unlocking the phone seems to unfreeze the homepage. This is obviously very inconvenient and annoying. This has been a reoccurring problem for some time now. The device is a Pixel 8.
by Nicholas W, 2024-11-17

Upgraded to a Pixel 9 Pro XL and Nova is still my go to! I love how easy and tough it is. HOWEVER, "hide clock" is nowhere to be found under Look and Feel, and I use a different app for my date and time display. I would very much like the real estate that the persistent notification is taking up back to make room for other notifications I want on my upper bar. Will an update be fixing the missing option to hide the clock?
by Christianna Bonk, 2024-11-13

Update October 2024: This app STILL doesn't work properly and the widgets look out of proportion and weird. The color scheme idea is annoying and the launcher freezes. Wish I could get my $ back. This app used to be great, but now there are a ton of bugs causing the screen to freeze, apps don't work, etc. I reached out to Nova, and they gave me the impression that they couldn't care less. I am highly disappointed by the lack of customer service and that they refuse to address the problems.
by Chakhan, 2024-10-25
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