1. ADWLauncher Ex
ADWLauncher EX ($4), the paid version of ADW.Launcher, is a highly flexible, customizable launcher that supports Android 1.6 and higher. ADW offers hundreds of themes to choose from, customizable home screen layouts, multiple dock styles that fit up to five different shortcuts, customizable icon sets, switchable animations, a hidden dockbar with unlimited scrolling, and more. It's incredibly tweakable for the advanced, but fast and user-friendly for beginners, and it supports a huge number of devices.
3. Go Launcher Ex
Go Launcher EX's claim to fame is how customizable it is. There are thousands of themes and icon packs you can download to customize Go Launcher EX, tons of widgets, lock screen tweaks, and more. Smooth, rounded corners, folder groups, good-looking animations, and an emphasis on clean, customizable layouts make this launcher popular, and it doesn't hurt that it supports Android phones running 2.0 or higher. Combine this with the fact that the developers are constantly updating the launcher (which is actually a drawback for many users) and rolling out additional themes and Go-flavored apps and widgets that fit right in, and you have a wealth of tools to transform your Android experience. Plus, it's completely free.
4. Apex Launcher
Apex Launcher is free, but it's another one in the roundup that only supports Ice Cream Sandwich devices. Even so, it's fast and customizable, offers you up to 9 homescreens, 7 dockbars with 5 icons each, replacement icons for stock Android apps, and tons of beautiful transition and scroll effects. Best of all, if there's any element of Apex Launcher that you don't like, you can easily hide it. You can lock your homescreen so nothing changes, back it up in case you do make a change you want to revert, and tweak the app drawer's appearance and the apps it displays. $4 will buy you Apex Launcher Pro, which adds multi-finger gestures to the ones already in the launcher, support for themes from other launchers (like ADW, Go Launcher, and Launcher Pro), 1x1 widgets in the dock, and unread count badges.
5. Launcher Pro
Launcher Pro is free, and is probably many people's first non-stock launcher. It supports Android devices running 2.0 and higher, and while it's not as frequently maintained as the others, it still offers buttery smooth transitions, customizable layouts, dock scrolling, and live home screen previews. Launcher Pro supports replacement icon packs, infinite scrolling, and more. It's been a long time since its last update, but if you're looking for a good, fast Launcher to get started with, Launcher Pro is a good pick.
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