I have bought over time several different launchers including Go Launcher, Nova and Apex. I got fed up with the adverts in Go Launcher so stopped using it years ago. So I kept switching between Apex and Nova. However, with my Note 3 I have decided to use Nova rather than Apex. Nova just seems to have the edge in many places. The good news is that themes for Nova will work on Apex and vice versa.

I have bought and downloaded many themes but below is a list of my personal favourites. All the themes below are currently installed on my Note 3. I have bought others but these are my preferred ones. Links to the Google Play store.

– Google Kitkat – this comes with Nova
– Axis
– Black and Blue
– Black and Red
– Cardstock
– Click UI – currently not available
– Cube Theme for Apex Launcher
– DCikonz RectaN
– DCikonz SimboX
– Flatastico
– Flatbox
– Flow Icons
– Glass Theme
– Lumos
– Mango
– Minimal UI
– Nox
– Pure White Circle
– Pure Black Square
– Stark
– Stealth
– Tendere
– Tersus 2
– Viper
– Vivid 2
– Windroid 8

So instead of buying a new phone, try one of the above themes with Nova Launcher. If you have a recommendation or a personal favourite please drop a note in the comments.